Ahsoka

A story focused on a fan-favorite Jedi character introduced in Clone Wars and continued in Star Wars Rebels. Some solid characters, knowledge of Star Wars canon required - this feels like the middle book in a trilogy.

I've seen a handful of Clone Wars episodes, out of order, and none of Rebels. I don't know Ahsoka Tano very well, and this book didn't do enough to introduce her. The internal dialog did open a window into her motivation and some scenes from earlier life, but some of those require a solid knowledge of the canon - especially around Star Wars III and Order 66.

The story itself started well, Ahsoka going to ground (literally) on an outer-rim farming moon. The farmers are interesting characters, and their story is interesting when the Empire shows up. The story then takes a turn to Ahsoka's recent past, then a hunter, and named characters I don't recognize. From there to the end, it feels like the book is in order to match the next story - a very middle-book kind of feel, for a book that is supposed to stand on its own.

I'd like to check out another book from this author; this doesn't feel like a representative work.