Young Reader Favorites: Star Wars: Moving Target by Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry

 

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

  Han Solo is in Carbonite taken by the bounty hunter, Boba Fett. Luke has survived his battle with Darth Vader, losing his hand and father's lightsaber. Alliance intel has Lando Calrissian setting off for Tatooine. And Leia is brought into a meeting with Alliance High Command only to discover that Emperor Palpatine has ordered the construction of a new Death Star.

   In order to amass a fleet large enough to attack the Imperial forces at Endor, the Alliance needs a diversion to keep the Empire from discovering their plans. Princess Leia has a plan to become a diversion to attract the Empire's attention.

  After some thought Chancellor Mothma agrees to allow Leia to gather her crew and head to begin her plan. With an old friend, Nien Nunb, and his ship the Mellcrawler, Leia departs the Rebel Fleet. 

  This book was a lot of fun to read. We went to many new worlds and met many new and memorable characters. I was very entertained by the often hilarious banter between Nien Nunb and the crew. We see Leia struggle with what it means to be a princess to the people of the Rebellion. We watch fellow Rebels give their lives to save her and see what this does to the princess. I was very satisfied with how Leia was presented. We even get some insight into her Force sensitivity. And we find out how the Rebellion got their hands on the Lamda-Class Shuttle, Tydirium, that we see in Return of the Jedi. 

  This book is my favorite of this series so far. I read this in part with the audiobook, and I loved the narrator, January LaVoy. She was masterful at capturing the characters and even did an awesome See-Threepio. This book is full of wonderful little tidbits that not only flesh out the Force Awakens but show us the lead-up to the Battle of Endor.

  This is definitely worth the time to read. And like the others in this series, it is in the two hundred page range, so reading can be done in one sitting. And like Weapon of a Jedi, Phil Noto provides excellent artwork that accents this book beautifully. I give this book five out of five stars, and highly recommend this to any Star Wars fan.

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