Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars
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Narrated by:
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Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes
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By:
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Sam Maggs
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Cal Kestis leads the Mantis crew on an adventure set between Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the highly anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, Cal's crew has brought down bounty hunters, defeated Inquisitors, and even evaded Darth Vader himself. More important, Merrin, Cere, Greez, and faithful droid BD-1 are the closest thing Cal has had to a family since the fall of the Jedi Order. Even as the galaxy's future grows more uncertain by the day, with each blow struck against the Empire the Mantis crew grows more daring.
On what should be a routine mission, they meet a stormtrooper determined to chart her own course with the help of Cal and the crew. In exchange for help starting a new life, the Imperial deserter brings word of a powerful, potentially invaluable tool for their fight against the Empire. And even better, she can help them get to it. The only catch-pursuing it will bring them into the path of one of the Empire's most dangerous servants, the Inquisitor known as the Fifth Brother.
Can the Imperial deserter truly be trusted? And while Cal and his friends have survived run-ins with the Inquisitors before, how many times can they evade the Empire before their luck runs out?
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it's okay, bridges the 2 games just not very well
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Jedi: Battle Scars
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So, yeah, this was fun—so many great moments.
Return of the pink poncho!
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I question whether the author understands the universe or the established characters. So much attention is paid to Merrin that the other character, particularly Cere, fade to the background. Cal also comes across as a support just to facilitate Merrin's narrative.
Merrin's romance overtakes the universe, giving a Mills and Boon-esque romance with a Star Wars filter feel.
The book is further let down by the narration and audio effects. Though if the intent was to appeal to a young audience, maybe it isn't as bad as it seems to me as an older listener.
Overall, the story is reasonably self contained with a potential for call backs in the upcoming game. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this book. I'd even go so far as to say that it has changed my opinions of the characters, given their clumsy handling.
Disappointing
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