Sunday, January 14, 2018

Bloodline: another great adventure in the Star Wars universe

Bloodline by Claudia Gray is a Star Wars story which takes place in the years leading up to the events of Episode VII The Force Awakens. Leia Organa Solo is now a senator in the New Republic which is in trouble. The Senate is made up of two political parties. The Populists who want to keep the power within the individual planets instead of in a central leader and the Centrists who has a strong powerful leader to control the different systems. And she wants to quit and join her husband on his space travels. First, she needs to investigate accusations made by the representative from Ryloth about criminal activity oppressing his people. She is joined by Senator Ransolm Casterfo, a Centrists who collects memorabilia of the Empire. Leia soon discovers that a larger criminal organization is at work who poses a threat to the already weakening New Republic. Will she be able to gathering enough evidence to convince the Senate to put aside their difference and act for the good of the New Republic? Or will she be too late and watch the fragile government fall apart?


I loved Bloodline! It was exciting as well as nostalgic as Leia thinks back to events which occurred in the original trilogy as well as people and events from the prequels. There are so many twists and turns and clues as to the rise of the First Order who we see in full force in The Force Awakens. With the knowledge that I know of the movie and now reading the books, I realized that many of the confusion on part of the fans have been because they didn’t read the books. There is a whole list of books and tv series which help give details about what happens between films. I highly recommend Bloodline and I will read the other books and review those as well to see if my theory is correct.

Bloodline
is now available in paperback and eBook

If you are interested in reading the books and watching the tv series, here’s the list in which to read them and where they fit in the timeline of the films.
Episode I The Phantom Menace
Episode II Attack of the Clones
            The Clone Wars (tv series 2008-2015 available on DVD and Blu-ray)
            Dark Disciple (book) by Christie Golden
Episode III The Revenge of the Sith
            Catalyst: Rogue One Story (book) by James Luceno
            Lord of the Sith (book) by Paul S. Kemp
            Tarkin (book) by James Luceno
            Thrawn (book) by Timothy Zahn
            A New Dawn (book) by Joan Jackson Miller and Dave Filoni
            Rebels (tv series 2014- seasons 1-3 are available on DVD and Blu-ray and the 4th and        final season is currently airing on Disney XD)
Episode IV A New Hope
            Battlefront: Inferno Squad (book) by Christie Golden
            Heir to the Jedi (book) by Kevin Hearne
            Battlefront: Twilight Company (book) by Alexander Freed
Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI Return of the Jedi
            Aftermath (book) by Chuck Wendig
            Aftermath: Life Debt (book) by Chuck Wendig
            Aftermath: Empire’s End (book) by Chuck Wendig
            Bloodline (book) by Claudia Gray
            Phasma (book) by Delilah S. Dawson
            Canto Bight (book) by Saladin Ahmed and Rae Carson
Episode VII The Force Awakens
Episode VIII The Last Jedi      

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