‘Galaxy Edge: Black Spire’ Is A Connection To Star Wars Mythos

I’m on a bit of a Star Wars kick right now. Disney+ has new shows coming out in November. The comic books continue to entertain. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is right around the corner. There’s a new “land” at Disneyland, Black Spire Outpost, with a Millennium Falcon ride and a cantina — I’m going next month and I can’t wait. Overall, it is a great time to be a fan. It was with my impending Disney vacation on my mind that I picked up Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire. The book by Delilah S. Dawson, who also wrote the NYT bestseller Phasma, promises to set up the new Disney attraction, while also introducing a new Black woman character to the universe: Vi Moradi. This was something I needed to have a first-hand opinion about. Let’s see how it went. Vi Moradi Courtesy of D23.com I’m going to put this right up front: Vi is Black. And I don’t mean that in a “she’s never assigned a skin color so we can pretend she’s Black” kind of way. She’s got dark brown skin and black hair that she wears in flat twists under a number of stylish wigs. She’s also the main character and hero of Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire. So don’t be concerned about any bait/switch — she’s on the cover and throughout the book and wins in the end. Vi is an experienced spy and Resistance fighter, taking her orders direct from General Leia Organa herself. In her last mission, Vi turned a high-ranking First Order captain, code name Cardinal, but in the process lost a good part of herself, both physically and mentally. …