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A really fun book, but it suffers the same issues as the first one: a lack of oversight that hinders the book's greatness. First, the stories in this book tended to contradict each other. Not as bad as it did in the first one, but the inconsistencies are still there. Secondly, a huge number of the stories took place on Hoth. I could only read so much about Hoth before I started to get bored.

That being said, this had one of my favorite Star Wars stories: "There is Always Another" by Mackenzi Lee was very good. It was the source of some great quotes:

"Even though the concept was only introduced to him a few years earlier by a stranger he had previously believed to be a hermit gone half mad from sun exposure. Now, when he needs a reason to go, the Force is telling him exactly what to do, like it's a guidebook I'd been recommending to him for years but he's pretending he found all on his own." (346)

"With Anakin, it was his mother, then Qui-Gon, and me and Ahsoka and Padmé, childhood abandonment resulting in him clinging with white knuckles to whoever was nearest him. It has been him and Shmi against the galaxy for so long, then she was taken from him. Then he had Qui-Gon and me, the only familiar stars in the constellation of his new life. And then just me." (350)

and

"He turns back to us for just a moment, and there he is again, the dumb, beautiful son of my dumb, beautiful friend who could never be talked out of anything he set his mind to." (350)

kaycie51782's review against another edition

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5.0

Spent a lot of time on Hoth (less time than the first book spent in Mos Eisley) but also spent a lot of time on Bespin. The stories were enjoyable. Definitely recommend.

shmis's review

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

tylerbrown7844's review against another edition

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4.0

I think this book suffered only because it had less to work with than the previous. Such large parts of the movie are with only core characters that this book truly has to stretch out the Hoth and Bespin stories to the point where many lead characters are entirely new

acutebagel's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

onehellofanerd's review against another edition

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3.0

I liked how we got to see other people in the story. I was honestly surprised when some of the stories had LGBT characters. Overall, it made the star wars world look larger than just the parts that I've seen on the screen.

My one complaint was that a lot of time was spent on Hoth. We saw the same section way too many times for my liking.

kelszee's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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