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Star Wars Insider: Fiction Collections #2
Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2
Star Wars Insider, the official magazine of the Star Wars saga, presents a stunning collection of exclusive tales, both Legends and current continuity, from the galaxy far, far away.
A collection of exciting short stories featuring tales that take will take you from the Battle of Endor to the desolate world of Jakku. The stories, which cover both Legends and tales that fit in with the current Star Wars continuity, feature popular characters such as Hondo Ohnaka, Lando Calrissian, Asajj Ventress, and Princess Leia.
Written by renowned best-selling Star Wars authors including Timothy Zahn, Mur Lafferty, Alexander Freed, David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams, this volume also includes stunning art from several of the saga's best-loved interpreters, including Brian Rood, Joe Corroney, Brian Miller, Chris Trevas, and Chris Scalf.
“INCOGNITO”
Author: John Jackson Miller
Artist: Chris Scalf
“THE THIRD LESSON”
Author: Paul S. Kemp
Artist: Marek Okoń
“THE LAST BATTLE OF JACE MALCOM”
Author: Alexander Freed
Artist: David Rabbitte
“HONDO OHNAKA’S BIG SCORE”
Author: Jason Fry
Artist: Chris Scalf
“SPEAKING SILENTLY”
Author: Jason Fry
Artist: Tom Hodges
“HEIST”
Author: Timothy Zahn
Artist: Brian Rood
“GOOD HUNTING”
Author: Christie Golden
Artist: Joe Corroney
“CONSTANT SPIRIT”
Author: Jennifer Heddle
Artist: Magali Villeneuve
“THE SYROX REDEMPTION”
Author: Joe Schreiber
Artist: John Van Fleet
“HAMMER”
Author: Edward M. Erdelac
Artists: Joe Corroney and Brian Miller
“SILVER AND SCARLET”
Author: James S.A. Corey
Artists: Joe Corroney and Brian Miller
“LAST CALL AT THE ZERO ANGLE”
Author: Jason Fry
Artist: John Van Fleet
“REBEL BLUFF”
Author: Michael Kogge
Artist: Lucasfilm Animation
“THE END OF HISTORY”
Author: Alexander Freed
Artist: Chris Scalf
“KINDRED SPIRITS”
Author: Christie Golden
Artist: Magali Villeneuve
“INBRIEF”
Author: Janine K. Spendlove Artist: Jose Cabrera
“TK-462”
Author: Sylvain Neuvel
Artist: Drew Baker
“SCORCHED”
Author: Delilah S. Dawson
Artist: Joe Corroney
“TURNING POINT”
Author: Jason M. Hough
Artist: Carsten Bradley
“THE VOICE OF THE EMPIRE”
Author: Mur Lafferty
Artist: Jason Chan
A collection of exciting short stories featuring tales that take will take you from the Battle of Endor to the desolate world of Jakku. The stories, which cover both Legends and tales that fit in with the current Star Wars continuity, feature popular characters such as Hondo Ohnaka, Lando Calrissian, Asajj Ventress, and Princess Leia.
Written by renowned best-selling Star Wars authors including Timothy Zahn, Mur Lafferty, Alexander Freed, David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams, this volume also includes stunning art from several of the saga's best-loved interpreters, including Brian Rood, Joe Corroney, Brian Miller, Chris Trevas, and Chris Scalf.
“INCOGNITO”
Author: John Jackson Miller
Artist: Chris Scalf
“THE THIRD LESSON”
Author: Paul S. Kemp
Artist: Marek Okoń
“THE LAST BATTLE OF JACE MALCOM”
Author: Alexander Freed
Artist: David Rabbitte
“HONDO OHNAKA’S BIG SCORE”
Author: Jason Fry
Artist: Chris Scalf
“SPEAKING SILENTLY”
Author: Jason Fry
Artist: Tom Hodges
“HEIST”
Author: Timothy Zahn
Artist: Brian Rood
“GOOD HUNTING”
Author: Christie Golden
Artist: Joe Corroney
“CONSTANT SPIRIT”
Author: Jennifer Heddle
Artist: Magali Villeneuve
“THE SYROX REDEMPTION”
Author: Joe Schreiber
Artist: John Van Fleet
“HAMMER”
Author: Edward M. Erdelac
Artists: Joe Corroney and Brian Miller
“SILVER AND SCARLET”
Author: James S.A. Corey
Artists: Joe Corroney and Brian Miller
“LAST CALL AT THE ZERO ANGLE”
Author: Jason Fry
Artist: John Van Fleet
“REBEL BLUFF”
Author: Michael Kogge
Artist: Lucasfilm Animation
“THE END OF HISTORY”
Author: Alexander Freed
Artist: Chris Scalf
“KINDRED SPIRITS”
Author: Christie Golden
Artist: Magali Villeneuve
“INBRIEF”
Author: Janine K. Spendlove Artist: Jose Cabrera
“TK-462”
Author: Sylvain Neuvel
Artist: Drew Baker
“SCORCHED”
Author: Delilah S. Dawson
Artist: Joe Corroney
“TURNING POINT”
Author: Jason M. Hough
Artist: Carsten Bradley
“THE VOICE OF THE EMPIRE”
Author: Mur Lafferty
Artist: Jason Chan
144 pages, Hardcover
Published November 9, 2021
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About the author
John Jackson Miller
344 books987 followersNew York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in science fiction. His Star Trek novels include the Discovery – Die Standing, the acclaimed novel Discovery — The Enterprise War, the Prey trilogy, and Takedown. His Star Wars novels include A New Dawn, Kenobi, Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and the Knights of the Old Republic comics, available from Marvel as Legends: The Old Republic.
He’s written comics and prose for Halo, Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, Planet of the Apes, and Mass Effect, with recent graphic novels for Battlestar Galactica, Dumbo, and The Lion King. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site.
He is also a comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron.. He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.
He’s written comics and prose for Halo, Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, Planet of the Apes, and Mass Effect, with recent graphic novels for Battlestar Galactica, Dumbo, and The Lion King. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site.
He is also a comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron.. He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.
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December 15, 2021
The worst thing about this is that I feel like everything was copy/pasted, so that typos carried their way over to this.
That and I wasn't a fan of some stories, but that's going to happen.
My star ratings aren't typical but just to organize which ones I like more than others.
Legends:
1. (**)A Senator on the run meets Obi-Wan
2. (****) Malgus and his past meets the present. I like the advice he recalls from his father when facing a Jedi.
3. (*) I couldn't get into this one from Freed but could tell it was good.
4. Ugh. Hondo.
5. (****) This shows some neat silent communication among Lorrdians. Rex even essentially thinks "What Would General Skywalker Do?" which humors me. I liked this more than expected given Rex is here.
6. (****) This is an intro to Tavia and Bink from "Scoundrels."
7. (****) I love the pictures! Jaina, Tenel Ka, and Alana post-LotF.
8. (**) Young Leia on one of her first solo missions
9. (*) Zero from Lockdown. Interesting but only okay.
10. Non-apprentice Telloti who was assigned to the Explorer Corps as a Pathfinder is with a Jedi who didn't take him on as an apprentice years ago. I didn't like the end.
11. (*) I love the art. Rebel tries to get the next generation Star Destroyer plans from Imperials. It's passable.
Canon:
12. TIE fighters and a bar fight between ground-hogs and vac-heads are forced to act nice.
13. (*) Lando on Lothal
14. A dude is on Corellia with a history with the Jedi.
15. Ventress teams up with someone against Hondo.
16. Something with Twilight Company
17. (***) Man who aspired to be a stormtrooper as a teen is one now. He's hated on by the Clone Commander for no reason which is super weird. But that end made me go "wow."
18. (**) Neat story about a pilot contest over Corellia.
19. (*) Interesting story during RotJ but not on Endor.
20. (***) Very interesting about a reporter named Calliope who finds herself as a rebel from the inside.
That and I wasn't a fan of some stories, but that's going to happen.
My star ratings aren't typical but just to organize which ones I like more than others.
Legends:
1. (**)A Senator on the run meets Obi-Wan
2. (****) Malgus and his past meets the present. I like the advice he recalls from his father when facing a Jedi.
3. (*) I couldn't get into this one from Freed but could tell it was good.
4. Ugh. Hondo.
5. (****) This shows some neat silent communication among Lorrdians. Rex even essentially thinks "What Would General Skywalker Do?" which humors me. I liked this more than expected given Rex is here.
6. (****) This is an intro to Tavia and Bink from "Scoundrels."
7. (****) I love the pictures! Jaina, Tenel Ka, and Alana post-LotF.
8. (**) Young Leia on one of her first solo missions
9. (*) Zero from Lockdown. Interesting but only okay.
10. Non-apprentice Telloti who was assigned to the Explorer Corps as a Pathfinder is with a Jedi who didn't take him on as an apprentice years ago. I didn't like the end.
11. (*) I love the art. Rebel tries to get the next generation Star Destroyer plans from Imperials. It's passable.
Canon:
12. TIE fighters and a bar fight between ground-hogs and vac-heads are forced to act nice.
13. (*) Lando on Lothal
14. A dude is on Corellia with a history with the Jedi.
15. Ventress teams up with someone against Hondo.
16. Something with Twilight Company
17. (***) Man who aspired to be a stormtrooper as a teen is one now. He's hated on by the Clone Commander for no reason which is super weird. But that end made me go "wow."
18. (**) Neat story about a pilot contest over Corellia.
19. (*) Interesting story during RotJ but not on Endor.
20. (***) Very interesting about a reporter named Calliope who finds herself as a rebel from the inside.
February 5, 2025
The second volume of Star Wars Insider Magazine stories is solid, although not every story is a hit. Eleven of the 20 stories within -- all of which appeared in magazines between March 2011 and December 2016 -- are from the "Legends" continuity, the Expanded Universe before Disney bought Star Wars. The remaining nine are part of the current Disney canon. As someone interested in reading through the Star Wars canon, my review focuses on these nine stories.
First of all, part of me is just glad this collection exists. I wasn't particularly excited at the prospect of chasing down magazine copies for these stories, so big hardcover collections are like a godsend. It's fun reading this short form fiction and looking at the fantastic illustrations, learning more about the universe through smaller-scale stories and one-off characters.
The stories themselves are a bit of a mixed bag. They appear to have been taken from the magazines without any editing, and some of them include notable typos like misspellings of main character names. And in any collection like this, not all nine stories are created equal.
The easy standouts here are TK-462, a first-person story from Silvain Neuval about a stormtrooper, and Turning Point, by Jason M. Hough, about a man who guides people through a dangerous jungle. Scorched is a good introduction to Greer Sonnell from the Bloodline novel. The End of History is interesting, about a resistance fighter crashing and meeting an antique dealer. Rebel Bluff features Lando and characters from the Rebels show. The remaining four are pretty forgettable, although The Voice of the Empire does give a small look at Imperial propaganda through the eyes of a reporter -- not a type of character we usually see highlighted in Star Wars. Overall, it's a reasonable assortment and fun to see such a variety of perspectives on the universe -- and in particular, the Disney canon offerings are superior to those in the first Insider Fiction Collection.
If you're not enthusiastic about the idea of short stories, most featuring characters you'll never see again, this collection isn't for you. But if you want these brief slices of Star Wars, this second fiction collection is worth picking up.
First of all, part of me is just glad this collection exists. I wasn't particularly excited at the prospect of chasing down magazine copies for these stories, so big hardcover collections are like a godsend. It's fun reading this short form fiction and looking at the fantastic illustrations, learning more about the universe through smaller-scale stories and one-off characters.
The stories themselves are a bit of a mixed bag. They appear to have been taken from the magazines without any editing, and some of them include notable typos like misspellings of main character names. And in any collection like this, not all nine stories are created equal.
The easy standouts here are TK-462, a first-person story from Silvain Neuval about a stormtrooper, and Turning Point, by Jason M. Hough, about a man who guides people through a dangerous jungle. Scorched is a good introduction to Greer Sonnell from the Bloodline novel. The End of History is interesting, about a resistance fighter crashing and meeting an antique dealer. Rebel Bluff features Lando and characters from the Rebels show. The remaining four are pretty forgettable, although The Voice of the Empire does give a small look at Imperial propaganda through the eyes of a reporter -- not a type of character we usually see highlighted in Star Wars. Overall, it's a reasonable assortment and fun to see such a variety of perspectives on the universe -- and in particular, the Disney canon offerings are superior to those in the first Insider Fiction Collection.
If you're not enthusiastic about the idea of short stories, most featuring characters you'll never see again, this collection isn't for you. But if you want these brief slices of Star Wars, this second fiction collection is worth picking up.
December 11, 2021
A collection of twenty short stories originally published in Star Wars Insider magazine, featuring tales from the old Expanded Universe (Legends) and from the new canon (evil Disney).
Ranging from the days of the Old Republic up to the Legacy era, these stories star characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Malgus, Hondo Ohnaka, Jaina Solo, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian and Asajj Ventress.
As with the previous volume, I was immensely pleased that this book allowed me to once again dive into the now-defunct EU canon that I loved for twenty-odd years, with tales tying-in to novels like 'Kenobi', 'Scoundrels', 'Maul: Lockdown' and 'Honor Among Thieves'.
The new canon stories, on the other hand, felt oddly shallow and detached. Honestly, they actually felt more like the stories which used to be published in the 'Star Wars Adventure Journal', with major Star Wars characters being featured as cameos, if at all.
The exception is certainly Michael Kogge's Lando story which not only does that character justice but which also fits nicely into the events of the Rebels TV series.
All that said, this book as a whole definitely feels like the B-list stories, with the first volume feeling like it had the pick of the best stories overall.
There's still plenty to enjoy here but it's just not quite as good as its predecessor. However, I certainly hope they keep producing these anthologies because I know there's plenty more great Insider fiction yet to be collected.
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Ranging from the days of the Old Republic up to the Legacy era, these stories star characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Malgus, Hondo Ohnaka, Jaina Solo, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian and Asajj Ventress.
As with the previous volume, I was immensely pleased that this book allowed me to once again dive into the now-defunct EU canon that I loved for twenty-odd years, with tales tying-in to novels like 'Kenobi', 'Scoundrels', 'Maul: Lockdown' and 'Honor Among Thieves'.
The new canon stories, on the other hand, felt oddly shallow and detached. Honestly, they actually felt more like the stories which used to be published in the 'Star Wars Adventure Journal', with major Star Wars characters being featured as cameos, if at all.
The exception is certainly Michael Kogge's Lando story which not only does that character justice but which also fits nicely into the events of the Rebels TV series.
All that said, this book as a whole definitely feels like the B-list stories, with the first volume feeling like it had the pick of the best stories overall.
There's still plenty to enjoy here but it's just not quite as good as its predecessor. However, I certainly hope they keep producing these anthologies because I know there's plenty more great Insider fiction yet to be collected.
* More reviews here: https://fsfh-book-review2.webnode.com *
April 30, 2024
The Star Wars galaxy is always expanding, from our first glimpses of Tatooine in 1977 to the ever-expanding number of planets and moons now present in the universe. Star Wars Insider: Fiction Collection Volume 2 is an anthology of twenty short stories from fifteen writers, selected from the popular magazine.
The compilation includes stories from the Legends era and the current continuity, featuring the writing of Timothy Zahn, James S. A. Corey, Jennifer Heddle, and Jason Fry. Some stories feature characters we all know and love: Obi Wan Kenobi, Leia, Lando Calrissian, and even Jace Malcom from the Clone Wars series. Other characters can only be found in the many iterations of Star Wars books, comics, and magazines. But all the stories are exciting.
This is a book any Star Wars fan would appreciate. Artwork from a number of important artists brings the stories to life: Drew Baker, Magali Villeneuve, and Joe Corroney, to name just a few. With battle scenes against an AT-ST, to the grotesqueness of Malgus, and even a glimpse of a nexu, the illustrations that accompany these stories make the adventures more compelling. So, join a TIE fighter squadron, take on a Sith Lord, or become a spy for the Rebellion in this wonderful collection.
The compilation includes stories from the Legends era and the current continuity, featuring the writing of Timothy Zahn, James S. A. Corey, Jennifer Heddle, and Jason Fry. Some stories feature characters we all know and love: Obi Wan Kenobi, Leia, Lando Calrissian, and even Jace Malcom from the Clone Wars series. Other characters can only be found in the many iterations of Star Wars books, comics, and magazines. But all the stories are exciting.
This is a book any Star Wars fan would appreciate. Artwork from a number of important artists brings the stories to life: Drew Baker, Magali Villeneuve, and Joe Corroney, to name just a few. With battle scenes against an AT-ST, to the grotesqueness of Malgus, and even a glimpse of a nexu, the illustrations that accompany these stories make the adventures more compelling. So, join a TIE fighter squadron, take on a Sith Lord, or become a spy for the Rebellion in this wonderful collection.
January 27, 2023
Celkově bohužel fádnější než první svazek. Z těžkého průměru až podprůměru přesto vystupuje několik příběhů, které stojí za pozornost: z Legends "Incognito" (Miller), "The Third Lesson" (Kemp), "Hondo Ohnaka's Not-So-Big Score" (Fry), "Heist" (Zahn), "The Syrox Redemption" (Schreiber), z nového kánonu "The Voice of the Empire" (Lafferty, především díky novinářskému tématu).
Ostatní povídky v knize jsou většinou jen nevýrazná šeď (byť s perfektním ilustračním doprovodem). Dosti tragické jsou opět korektury, a nejde jen o množství překlepů a typografických nešvarů; v obsahu jsou nepřesně uvedené názvy hned dvou povídek, v textu je dokonce u příběhu "Last Call at the Zero Angle" chybně uvedený autor - Joe Schreiber namísto Jasona Frye.
Ostatní povídky v knize jsou většinou jen nevýrazná šeď (byť s perfektním ilustračním doprovodem). Dosti tragické jsou opět korektury, a nejde jen o množství překlepů a typografických nešvarů; v obsahu jsou nepřesně uvedené názvy hned dvou povídek, v textu je dokonce u příběhu "Last Call at the Zero Angle" chybně uvedený autor - Joe Schreiber namísto Jasona Frye.
April 23, 2024
A cool set of short stories found in the magazine. I am glad they came out with these so that the stories aren't locked behind a magazine subscription. This one has a mix of both Canon and Legends stories. I think it is weird that they didn't separate them, but oh well. I'd only really recommend this if you want to collect all of the short fiction. The first volume was a bit better than this one when it comes to the stories.
June 26, 2023
I have the same issue with this volume that I did with the previous one - Legends and Disney canon stories should not be presented in the same collection. It really highlights how much better the older works are. This time, though, I did enjoy one of the newer pieces.
January 25, 2025
A good collection of short stories from Star Wars Insider magazine. A good variety of stories with some famous characters.
March 1, 2025
Best Stories in my opinion:
TK-462
Speaking Silently
Good Hunting
Constant Spirit
The Syrox Redemption
Hammer
The End of History
Turning Point
TK-462
Speaking Silently
Good Hunting
Constant Spirit
The Syrox Redemption
Hammer
The End of History
Turning Point
January 28, 2022
Some neat stories - possibly a better collection than Volume 1.
And 2 stories with Hondo Ohnaka! When do we get a book of just Hondo stories?
And 2 stories with Hondo Ohnaka! When do we get a book of just Hondo stories?
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