The latest Star Wars novel, Battlefront: Twilight Company, is a gritty look into war.
Here’s our review!
The newStar Warscanon establishes a Rebellion and Empire noticeably different from their Legends counterparts.
Of course, this is a simplification of over 30 years of stories.
In fact, her help might come with even more danger than Twilight Company is used to expecting.
The former is part of what makes the book work so well, though.
A wounded soldier is a pile at the officers feet.
In another moment, During a lull between attacks, Namir saw a body move beside him and moan.
I think it doesnt.
Ambiguity can still be poorly written or poorly handled.
Legends Vestara Khai comes to mind, or the bloody but quickly forgotten violence ofCrucible.
However,Twilight Companys moral ambiguity brings it a kind of gentleness.
Its stories offer forgiveness, just like the mercy Luke offered Darth Vader.
Bad people do bad things.
They remain perpetrators of bad things after their story ends.
They can also still do good.
And with that ambiguity comes realism.
The Jedi could have saved some people in this storybut there arent any Jedi around.
That realism is really whatTwilight Companyhas going for it.
It steered clear of the jargon that was one of my few complaints about the enjoyableAftermath.
Namir sometimes knows less than the averageStar Warsfan about the world around him.
An encounter that could have been frightening had strikingly long-lasting consequences, but was written with little poetry.
However, the Imperials are still effective.
A fancy gala turns into a sanctioned beating.
Chalis herself is vitally flawed and an unstoppable force for strategy and negotiation at the same time.
War could be everywhere.
War is always a moment away from being present.
An early mission takes the Rebels though an opulent mansion filled with aromatic fruit and busts of murderers.
But the ending ofTwilight Companydoesnt fizzle.
Not by far, and it isnt simply a photo negative of any otherStar Warsstory.
Megan Crouse is a staff writer.
Rating:
4 out of 5
