The New Rebellion Part 3

[colls]

Welcome to our third of four check-in and discussion posts for our Book of the Month.

This month’s book is Star Wars The New Rebellion by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Chapters 29-41

The New Rebellion

1. What are your impressions of Smuggler's Run? Any thoughts on the characters who seem to have made it their home?

2. Kueller seems to have unleashed something in an ancient mask - or is Krueller the "something" that was unleashed? How does his brand of 'Sith-bent-on-galactic-domination' differ from Palpatine?

3. R2-D2 and C-3PO seem to be having an adventure of their own. How will they manage to escape the droid factory planet and will they manage to take Cole with them?

4. If this novel had been made into a movie, what sort of details would you be most interested to see on screen?


FYI - There's no need to answer all (or any) of the questions above - they're just talking points to get us started. Informal chatter is more than welcome! In-person book clubs often veer off-topic, it's okay if we do as well. :)
All I ask is that you try to avoid spoilers for things past Part III of the book.

Comments

[barbiejedi]

Still can't stop thinking that Artoo stealing evidence from the scene of the senate bombing is ruining any kind of court case the New Republic might want to bring against the perpetrators of the bombing.

Also find it super hilarious that the existence of Leia's ship, the Alderaan, is referenced in only two stories in Legends ever-- this book, and the infamous Crystal Star. No other authors ever used it.

With the reveal in this week's section that Kueller is making this attacks via sabotaged droids, I wonder if he's also using droids to staff and run the three whole-ass Star Destroyers he's fielding against Wedge's little task force. Three Star Destroyers is a LOT-- Wedge even says in the narration: He had not expected this. A ragtag fleet of some sort, perhaps, cobbled together from various other ships. Or maybe even a home complement. But not Star Destroyers, nor so many. This Kueller had trained military personnel operating some of the most powerful ships in the galaxy. How had he come by all of this? And so quickly?

I was wondering how Brakiss was going to tie into the larger plot since he didn't seem to be the Vader to Kueller's Palpatine, but him running a droid factory both to get sabotaged droids into the hands of Kueller's enemies and provide staff for Kueller's fleet would make a lot of sense.

[colls]

I had the same thought about R2 stealing evidence. That or it'd implicate him as a droid with a bomb or a droid that plants bombs.
I think perhaps "evidence" isn't always a forensic strong suit in Star Wars tales? (LOL)