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Aftermath: Star Wars
- Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Narrated by: Marc Thompson
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens
“Star Wars: Aftermath [reveals] what happened after the events of 1983’s Return of the Jedi. It turns out, there’s more than just the Empire for the good guys to worry about.”—The Hollywood Reporter
As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance—now a fledgling New Republic—presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy’s scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy’s strength is unfolding. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but he’s taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders.
Meanwhile, on the planet’s surface, former rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned to her native world—war weary, ready to reunite with her estranged son, and eager to build a new life in some distant place. But when Norra intercepts Wedge Antilles’s urgent distress call, she realizes her time as a freedom fighter is not yet over. What she doesn’t know is just how close the enemy is—or how decisive and dangerous her new mission will be.
Determined to preserve the Empire’s power, the surviving Imperial elite are converging on Akiva for a top-secret emergency summit—to consolidate their forces and rally for a counterstrike. But they haven’t reckoned on Norra and her newfound allies—her technical-genius son, a Zabrak bounty hunter, and a reprobate Imperial defector—who are prepared to do whatever they must to end the Empire’s oppressive reign once and for all.
Critic reviews
“[Chuck] Wendig neatly captures the current states of the Empire and Rebel Alliance and does so through flawed, real, and nuanced characters. His writing gets you up close and personal. . . . Wendig does wonders with dialogue and voice and carving out space for everyone to breathe. Aftermath is a strong foot forward into unexplored territory and puts down just enough foundation that you can start picturing the Resistance and First Order of The Force Awakens taking shape.”—Nerdist
“The Force is strong with Star Wars: Aftermath.”—Alternative Nation
“The Star Wars universe is fresh and new again, and just as rich and mysterious as it always was.”—Den of Geek
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- Gaius Corcoran
- 07-05-20
Roger Roger!
brilliant story had to buy the remaining books in the series, obviously mr bones is my favourite
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- Jonathan T.
- 09-09-20
Great book but I have problems
I enjoyed the story. However I want to see I bit more from characters and li felt the story was very slow. However it was a good way to start a new trilogy. However I would have liked to see more from characters like Wedge and Galluis Rax
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- Jonathan M.
- 25-11-19
Not much happens
Quite a long book with not much substance. Out of all the canon books I have listened to so far this is probably one of the most boring. I hope the "sum of its parts" will make this book more worth while as I listen to the rest of the trilogy.
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- Steve
- 05-09-20
Enjoyable
Quite good really, the narration was good. Some parts were pretty cheesy and predictable, but overall an okay story. I imagine once more of the sorry has been revealed in the next one's it'll be clearer how we get from RotJ to the Force Awakens, but as yet, this remains fairly unclear.
Good to be introduced to some new characters outside of the normal ones.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-08-20
A star wars story
As a long time star wars fan who has only recently tried to catch up with the new cannon stories this is one of my favourites. A story told at a great pace, characters I genuinely started to enjoy, looking forward to the rest of the series....
Plus Mr Bones, people that is reason enough to add this to your star wars library
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- Bazmock2@aol.com
- 29-11-22
Forgettable
Far from the worst audiobook I’ve ever listened to but certainly the most overrated. A standard Marc Thompson narration, his Han Solo is still as janky as ever but nonetheless a solid performance. The plot is young adult in style with limited believability, if you’re looking for something more substantial then I would pass on this one. One thing that needs a mention is the way the story touches on multiple modern topics i.e. PTSD, homosexuality, interracial sex but inelegantly stumbles past them as if the writer wanted to acknowledge their existence only but not get involved too deeply. This is maybe because the book is for young adults or maybe it’s just poor writing, either way Alphabet Squadron is the obvious example of how these topics are properly presented and handled.
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- Heather Jean Jack
- 19-12-22
Amazing
Love this book very much can’t wait to listen to next one. Very exciting book and interesting
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- Mr. I. A. Fairhurst
- 27-01-20
Good start to series
A good collection of books. The first book in collection start a little slow as there is lot of back story to tell.
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- Peter C
- 24-11-19
really good bit confusing at times.
I would recommend this book to big star wars fan. over all great story 🙂😄
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- Megan
- 17-06-19
gripping from the very start.
flows seamlessly from the movies. great all round and cant wait to carry on with the rest of the trilogy.
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