Review of Star Wars Rebels: The Rebellion Begins by Michael Kogge

When the Star Wars fans sat down last October to see the dawning of the age of the Rebellion, we knew that we would be immersed in that galaxy far, far away in all of its splendor. We were not disappointed. All of the classical elements were there – a lived-in universe, Force-sensitive beings, and so on. And in that distressed universe, a new literary world began, immersing us in the Dark Times.  We met a group of rebels – the outcasts, the disaffected and the oppressed.

CWK: Luke Returns Home as a Man and a Jedi

For your reading enjoyment, here is my post from Coffee With Kenobi that was published a few weeks ago.  

In my first regular post, let’s just get this out there.  My favorite character is Luke.  In an age where many are rooting for the underdog and cheering for the peripheral characters, I am a fan of the New Hope to the bitter end.  There is just something about his life, his journey and his lineage that calls to me.  And there is something that calls me out of myself – out of my comfortable world to something greater.
This calling is innate in all of us.  It calls us from our childish states to a greater maturity.  Luke heard this call and left his home in order to fulfill his greater purpose as the emerging heir to the Jedi.

The Reliquary of an Old Jedi Master

There was a familiar motif in the expanded universe novels that often frustrated me:  the long journey to an uncertain destination.  There are quite a few examples.  In The Approaching Storm, Obi-wan and Anakin meet up with Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee to trek across a desolate planet for many days.  Come to think of it, the same story element appears in the movies as well.  Why did the AT-ATs land so far from Echo Base?  Seriously, if they had landed a few kilometers closer far fewer transports would have been able to escape.