I hope everyone got their fill of ‘Watch Bria have an emotional breakdown’ with the last post because we won’t be getting another one of those for awhile. Now that the Clone Wars are over, we get to look in on what some characters were up to before the Battle of Yavin. The Coruscant Nights books follow the adventures of Jax Pavan, a Jedi Knight who was lucky enough to survive the Purges and who, for some idiotic reason, is stupid enough to remain on Coruscant instead of fleeing for the stars.
Jedi Twilight
Hey guys. Do you know who was alive and then died in this book? Even Piell. Want to know who I still don’t give a bantha’s butt about? Yep. You got it in one. Literally all I know about him is that there was some continuity snafu and… nope. Still no caring to be found.
As for the book itself, it’s a decent enough read, I guess? I could’ve done without everything related to Black Sun because I really don’t care about Kaird or think it was a vital part of the book. (I mean, out of all the characters to bring back from MedStar, you picked him, Reaves? Really?) A lot of things about the plot just felt really convenient. I still don’t get why Vader is so focused on getting Jax of all the Jedi who might have survive. I also don’t get why Anakin apparently gave Jax a jewel as a gift a while ago? Just… what? Oh and the whole Grey Paladin thing is a bit weird too. Basically, there are a lot of things I just don’t get but it’s an entertaining enough read to not be a waste of time. However, I think I enjoyed it more when I first read it a year or two ago.
Oh and when I said I wanted more Nick Rostu, I meant a short story where he and Mace work together to command some battle during the Clone Wars and have lots of humorous exchanges. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still nice to see him being used but it just doesn’t feel like the same Nick although the war can probably be partially blamed for that. Poor Nick. He deserves so much better.