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A review by ruzgofdi
A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller
3.0
Set between the events of the Prequel and Original film trilogies, this book is actually a prequel to the recently started Star Wars: Rebels cartoon series. Actually, this story is set so far before the events of the cartoon that we're seeing the first meeting of only two of the cast members. I would imagine that we'll eventually see two or three more books (depending on how they want to handle the intro of the droid) to get everyone else in the cast together and everything set up to where the show starts.
For being based off of a cartoon, it doesn't pull any punches. I don't think this is any worse than any of the other Star Wars novels I've read in the past. But anyone expecting something for kids may be a little surprised at a few of the darker moments. I liked it well enough. I think it's biggest weakness is that it's very predictable at times. Some of it is a Chekov's gun kind of thing, where the time spent describing a theoretical possibility hints heavily at a plan that will be put into motion later. Other times, it's seeing which pieces are being removed from play early giving a strong hint about a future event.
As for the audio version itself, it was mostly good. The narrator did a fine job of voicing the different characters, and the use of the film music was a nice touch. My biggest complaint would be with some of the sound effect choices. There was a scene in a control room with various computer sounds going on that included one high pitched electronic squeal that was distracting to a point that I don't really remember what happened in the scene at present.
For being based off of a cartoon, it doesn't pull any punches. I don't think this is any worse than any of the other Star Wars novels I've read in the past. But anyone expecting something for kids may be a little surprised at a few of the darker moments. I liked it well enough. I think it's biggest weakness is that it's very predictable at times. Some of it is a Chekov's gun kind of thing, where the time spent describing a theoretical possibility hints heavily at a plan that will be put into motion later. Other times, it's seeing which pieces are being removed from play early giving a strong hint about a future event.
As for the audio version itself, it was mostly good. The narrator did a fine job of voicing the different characters, and the use of the film music was a nice touch. My biggest complaint would be with some of the sound effect choices. There was a scene in a control room with various computer sounds going on that included one high pitched electronic squeal that was distracting to a point that I don't really remember what happened in the scene at present.