

Resistance Reborn has a sprawling cast of characters, from movies, books, comics, and video games. Characters, characters, and more characters. Resistance Reborn is seminal character arc for Poe that leads into how we see him in The Rise of Skywalker.ģ. Now he must face what he’s done, confess to his friends in Black Squadron in the hopes they can forgive him, and figure out how to do better moving forward, for himself and for everyone who’s counting on him.

Poe’s errors in judgment in The Last Jedi led to tragedy, a fact of which he is keenly aware. It’s an important journey for Poe Dameron. But how do you start to pick up the pieces after such loss? How do you find the strength to go on in face of such odds? Who steps up to do the hard work of rebuilding, and why? We see characters like Rey, Poe, and Finn wrestle with these issues…with plenty of hard-earned and never sugar-coated advice from Leia along the way.Ģ. In Resistance Reborn, we see how Leia regroups and starts to rebuild the Resistance - with a little help from her friends. We also all know that if anyone can come back from that low point, it’s Leia Organa. We all know the Resistance was left in dire straits after the Battle of Crait. It picks up from where Star Wars: The Last Jedi left off. And now, with the release date of November 4 upon us, I want to share with you why I think this book is essential reading before seeing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, whether this is your 100 th, or first, Star Wars novel.ġ.

But it was difficult to contain my exuberance while reading the magic Rebecca Roanhorse was weaving in the Star Wars galaxy. At one point I even tweeted a detail that I realized minutes later was too spoilery and I had to go back and delete it.
