Rejoice! Roanhorse Delivers with ‘Star Wars: Resistance Reborn’

It is, all around, a Star Wars season at my house. Disney+ has me finally watching Rebels. Baby Yoda and The Mandalorian are the meme faves of my social media threads. I even snagged a Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar this year. All this of course is leading up to the main event: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker coming out December 20th. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m lukewarm on the last movie of the Skywalker Saga (please let it be the last movie in the Skywalker Saga), while being utterly hooked on the supporting fiction. The latest — Star Wars: Resistance Reborn — came out at the end of October. Written by award-winning author Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn deeply develops characters you thought you knew, while introducing new faces I hope to see in the movie and beyond. Dark Days for the Resistance

The Hosnian Cataclysm destroyed the New Republic. Then the Battle of Crait hollowed out the Resistance, leaving them with only General Organa as a leader and the Millenium Falcon as the flagship. With the First Order tightening their control over planet after planet, what comes next? Everyone is carrying their scars in Resistance Reborn. Organa is tired and out of ideas. Poe is guilt ridden over his mutiny. Finn and Rey are loose ends, wanting to help, but not having the experience or contacts needed to be effective. From this fragile beginning, perhaps because of the humanity of it, Roanhorse crafts a feisty space adventure that balances multiple threads with ease. Resist…