1. I think that this book does a decent job of highlighting that the way the clones are created and trained is abhorrent - even moreso than is suggested in the prequel movies, because this goes into detail on just how much the training treated their lives as being of no value.
2. I'm not surprised that Etain decided to stay on Qilura - I think that while she's probably not going to make Jedi Knight any time soon, her attachment to the clones and to the world felt like natural character development to me. I was intrigued as to whether she and the clones would stay together, but I didn't think that the idea of only one clone staying there was plausible. If there are millions of clones, then four staying makes no more difference than just one staying. I think I'm rather hoping that Etain and the rest of the squad don't get back together, because I really don't like the idea of it being this squad who kill Etain when Order 66 comes in.
3. I'm not sure how I feel about the little bits and pieces coming through the one character in this novel about Mandalorian culture. The comics are somewhat confusing about how much of Mandalorian culture is even still in existence at this point. I'm starting to feel that what I've seen in the Mandalorian tv series is a way of somehow making all the viewpoints correct, by creating a situation where there are multiple splinter factions all calling themselves Mandalorians and with differing perspecitves on themselves and their history.
4. I honestly have mixed feelings about whether to continue reading the series or not. On the one hand, I thought it was a good military sci-fi story that moved quickly and brought up some difficult points about the Clones and how they're treated, but on the other, I know that Order 66 is on the way, and I'm not sure I really want to get invested in anyone from this particular period.
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2. I'm not surprised that Etain decided to stay on Qilura - I think that while she's probably not going to make Jedi Knight any time soon, her attachment to the clones and to the world felt like natural character development to me. I was intrigued as to whether she and the clones would stay together, but I didn't think that the idea of only one clone staying there was plausible. If there are millions of clones, then four staying makes no more difference than just one staying. I think I'm rather hoping that Etain and the rest of the squad don't get back together, because I really don't like the idea of it being this squad who kill Etain when Order 66 comes in.
3. I'm not sure how I feel about the little bits and pieces coming through the one character in this novel about Mandalorian culture. The comics are somewhat confusing about how much of Mandalorian culture is even still in existence at this point. I'm starting to feel that what I've seen in the Mandalorian tv series is a way of somehow making all the viewpoints correct, by creating a situation where there are multiple splinter factions all calling themselves Mandalorians and with differing perspecitves on themselves and their history.
4. I honestly have mixed feelings about whether to continue reading the series or not. On the one hand, I thought it was a good military sci-fi story that moved quickly and brought up some difficult points about the Clones and how they're treated, but on the other, I know that Order 66 is on the way, and I'm not sure I really want to get invested in anyone from this particular period.