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Are Cham's freedom fighters (not terrorists) what a Rebellion looks like without the guidance of Jedi? Luke, by simple virtue of his involvement in the Rebellion, gave the rebels their moral compass, or at least filled the gap that was left after Kanan, Ezra and Ahsoka were mercilessly slaughtered by (fill in the blank).
Dodonna says "May the force be with you," before the battle of Yavin for a reason. Cham's freedom fighters (not terrorists) don't seem to have that moral compass that the larger Rebellion has further down the line. The heroes in this book are very flawed, and I think that's intentional.

Which of the imperials did you find honorable? I found Mors to be a hedonistic spice-head, Belkor a power-hungry backstabber, and Vader a merciless war machine so I'm having trouble finding any of them even remotely honorable.
Personally I really like Cham. You can tell he's an idealist who's unafraid to be ruthless when necessary. At the same time however he's struggling with reconciling his morals with his actions indicated by how he always reminds himself he's "Not a terrorist, but a freedom fighter," which makes him a very interesting character. Isval on the other hand really annoys me because so far all she's proven to be is a murderous lunatic. I really hope she develops into more than that later in the book
Al bring up an interesting point because, if I recall correctly, Cham mentions at one point that he didn't have a good relationship with the Jedi. That could have contributed to their questionable morals. The Rebel Alliance on the other hand had a firm root in Jedi ideals probably because one of its founders, Bail Organa, had a close relationship with the Jedi. I don't think it was Luke exclusively that gave the Alliance their moral compass because Dodonna says "May the Force be with you" before Luke becomes a Jedi.

There's definitely much more to him taken I expected from Clone Wars.


The Star Destroyer scenes also had all the necessary tension in them delightfully set up in the books opening
Dog fights and space battles are a tricky beast in pros and they were played out well, enough detail to picture ship movements without sounding like you are reading a role playing manual.
I don't think this book has made a miss step yet. It's currently up there with my top Star Wars books

The S..." IMO Isval had real potential. An ex-Twilek slave. A version of her hunt could have been in a prologue or very early in story. She is brutal, dark-side angry, behaving like a terrorist. Isval's struggles could be the fight between dark and light writ small. Would also distinguish more between terrorist acts and freedom fighter to back up Cham's dialogue.