Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Elizabeth Schaefer

The Last Jedi is a young-readers adaptation of the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It was written by Elizabeth Schaefer, illustrated by Brian Rood, and released by Disney–Lucasfilm Press on March 6, 2018.

Reading Challenge category: a short story

The funny stories are not just the best, but also profound: The Sith of Datawork, Born in the Storm, The Trigger, Of MSE-6 and Men and The Angle are all excellent and worth the read alone.

I can't spoil this book, everyone already knows the story, it follows the story of Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) chronologically through the “points of view” of other characters, both seen and unseen.

Some were funny (the stormtroopers on Tatooine, Whills), some interesting (swamp monster) and some were intense (Alderaan when the Death Star arrived, the trench run). Obi Wan's story (Time of Death) was interesting, I loved how it alluded to the events of the prequels.

If you like Star Wars, I definitely recommend this book, I very much enjoyed it. Also, the audiobook was great, it had sound effects and great narration, check it out!

This was a lot of fun, with the caveat that you'd have to be fairly well invested in Star Wars trivia and lore to get anything worthwhile out of it. But, if you've ever wondered about the hidden lives of characters like the Mos Eisley bartender, the droid that malfunctioned outside of the Lars homestead, or the chief mechanic of Yavin IV, this is the book for you!

The collection of authors the book is comprised of are fantastic, as well - some of my favourite current sci-fi authors are here.