Star Wars

The Jedi are desperate to end the Clone Wars, and they will try any means possible to do so. But ending the 3-year long war means getting rid of the notorious Count Dooku. The Jedi decide to pair up Jedi Quinlan Vos with Asajj Ventress, Dooku's former apprentice who now hates him. The plan is for them to try to asssissinate Dooku. But Vos and Ventress go together on a much different path...a path of love.

So...yeah. This is sort of a love story, and I think that Vos and Ventress might be the best pair together. The storyline is really interesting, because...well...Ventress. She's such a complex character, being strong on the outside but secretly very vulnerable. And we don't see much of Vos in the Clone Wars, so you really get to know him. This story is very emotional (because they do kiss a lot), and then the ending is super, super sad.

This novel was originally going to be part of the Clone Wars, but then Lucasfilm decided it would be best as a novel, and truthfully, I agree. But I think this is the best Star Wars novel ever written, because it is so different of a story than most Star Wars, but also just so...Star Wars-y. Is that a word? Well, anyway, you should definitely read this book if you like Star Wars, the Clone Wars, new amazing storylines, and you want to find out what happens to Ventress.

Living as a farm boy on Yavin IV, 16-year old Poe Dameron is tired of his life. Ever since the death of his mother 8 years ago, Poe has constant fights with his father, who would like Poe to stay on his home planet. However, Poe has bigger plans: he wants to become a pilot. After almost dying in a crash that destroys his mother's old A-wing, Poe meets a group of criminals stranded on Yavin IV, and offers to be their pilot. But he doesn't know what he is getting himself into, because the criminals are none other than the Spice Runners of Kijimi. Now Poe cannot back out of this dangerous life that he has chosen with the Spice Runners, and he wonders, if maybe, that adventure was too much to ask for.

I kind of feel like this story is kind of copying the original Star Wars storyline in A New Hope, where Luke is a farmboy and he wants to get off his planet and his guardians don't. But then he ends up doing it anyway and its a little more than what he hoped for. This is also a story that I was really looking forward to ever since we found out about Poe's past in The Rise of Skywalker. And I must say, Alex Segura did an excellent job; I feel like this story is a real masterpiece. And the title...what does Free Fall mean? Well, I think it's describing how Poe feels...constantly falling, not in control of anything.