Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel
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7 stars: Good
"The end of the clone wars is in sight. But beyond hope's horizon, the darkest of stars is rising...."
From the back cover: War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key.
Galen's energy focussed research has captured the attention of both Krennic and his foes, making the scientist a crucial pawn in the galactic conflict. But after Krennic rescues Galen, his wife Lyra, and their young daughter, Jyn, from separatist kidnappers, the ERso family is deeply in Krennic's debt. Krennic then offers Galen an extraordinary opportunity: to continue his scientific studies with every resource put utterly at his disposal. While Galen and Lyra believe that his energy research will be used purely in altruistic ways, Krennic has other plans that will finally make the Death Star a reality. Trapped in their benefactor's tightening grasp, the Erso's must untangle Krennic's web of deception to save themselves and the galaxy itself.
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7 stars: Good.
I didn't love the movie Rogue One --I felt it was solid movie but I didn't love any of the characters or bond with any of them. This book---which is essentially the lead in to Rogue One, from Krennic/ Erso family's pov--- is much the same. It's solid. I can't point to anything wrong with it. Krennic in particular was an intriguing character. Yet I didn't find anything to rave about it, either.
A few quotes I liked:
[The introduction of Tarkin]...
"Galen didn't know anything about Tarkin, other than that he had served in the Republic Navy before being appointed adjutant general. A tall man some ten or fifteen years older than Galen, he had sunken cheeks, a high brow, and a look of penetrating intelligence."
"Did it work?"
"Did what work?"
"Defiance. Was that enough?"
"That wasn't the point."
"What was?"
"Believing that your actions mattered, and believing that a good end would come of them, even if you didn't live to see the results."
"How did people convince themselves to act against their nature; to do something entirely out of keeping with who they imagined themselves to be? How did they rationalize lying, betrayal? By claiming situational ethics, or in the belief that they were protecting someone they loved from pain, from hurt? Opening someone's eyes to what wasn't being seen or recognized? If she was trying to explain her actions to Jyn, where would she begin? Where did she need to look to find the words that would make her actions seem at least sensible, if not righteous?"
"The end of the clone wars is in sight. But beyond hope's horizon, the darkest of stars is rising...."
From the back cover: War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key.
Galen's energy focussed research has captured the attention of both Krennic and his foes, making the scientist a crucial pawn in the galactic conflict. But after Krennic rescues Galen, his wife Lyra, and their young daughter, Jyn, from separatist kidnappers, the ERso family is deeply in Krennic's debt. Krennic then offers Galen an extraordinary opportunity: to continue his scientific studies with every resource put utterly at his disposal. While Galen and Lyra believe that his energy research will be used purely in altruistic ways, Krennic has other plans that will finally make the Death Star a reality. Trapped in their benefactor's tightening grasp, the Erso's must untangle Krennic's web of deception to save themselves and the galaxy itself.
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7 stars: Good.
I didn't love the movie Rogue One --I felt it was solid movie but I didn't love any of the characters or bond with any of them. This book---which is essentially the lead in to Rogue One, from Krennic/ Erso family's pov--- is much the same. It's solid. I can't point to anything wrong with it. Krennic in particular was an intriguing character. Yet I didn't find anything to rave about it, either.
A few quotes I liked:
[The introduction of Tarkin]...
"Galen didn't know anything about Tarkin, other than that he had served in the Republic Navy before being appointed adjutant general. A tall man some ten or fifteen years older than Galen, he had sunken cheeks, a high brow, and a look of penetrating intelligence."
"Did it work?"
"Did what work?"
"Defiance. Was that enough?"
"That wasn't the point."
"What was?"
"Believing that your actions mattered, and believing that a good end would come of them, even if you didn't live to see the results."
"How did people convince themselves to act against their nature; to do something entirely out of keeping with who they imagined themselves to be? How did they rationalize lying, betrayal? By claiming situational ethics, or in the belief that they were protecting someone they loved from pain, from hurt? Opening someone's eyes to what wasn't being seen or recognized? If she was trying to explain her actions to Jyn, where would she begin? Where did she need to look to find the words that would make her actions seem at least sensible, if not righteous?"
Journal Entry 2 by PokPok at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA on Sunday, July 8, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (7/9/2018 UTC) at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA
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