YKJ12: Return to Ord Mantell

 Return to Ord Mantell

I was going to make fun of this cover, but the more I looked at it the worse it go. WTF is up with literally everything.

I don't know if I'm just getting used to it, or if the writing is actually improving. I highlighted a lot fewer "wtf how can you write this?" moments in this one.

AM continue with the obscure deep cuts by introducing Anja Gallandro, daughter of Gallandro, who appeared in two of the Han Solo Corp Sec novels. Most of the EU treats everything pre-Thrawn with a light touch, but we're all in on it here, along with a sprinkling of Jedi Prince series references, and even one to the Ord Mantell audio drama.

Beyond that, this is 'Nam/Civil War in Star Wars, with Han and the kids not actually helping to negotiate a truce on a planet that is not Ord Mantell. They're only on/around Ord Mantell for maybe a third of the book. I'm not really sure why it's in the title, it's not like it's famous for marketing or anything.

Mostly this is just here to set up Anja, who is a drug addicted, misanthrope badass. We'll see how PSAish this gets on the drug part. Jacen and Zekk have the hots for her. Again, I'm not sure why we need to introduce another 3 book guest character when Lowie and Tenel Ka are still so under developed. Hell, the Solo kids haven't really gotten a "feature" book in awhile. Whatever. Chugging through to the end.


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