Monday, July 11, 2022

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Junior Novel by Joe Schreiber - OPTIONAL

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Junior Novel by Joe Schreiber, 198 pages. Disney Lucasfilm Press (Buena Vista Books), 2021. $7.

Language: PG (1 swear, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG13

BUYING ADVISORY: MS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Mando, the Mandalorian, takes another client because it’s his job as a bounty hunter, and he needs the money. Routine takes Mando to his gunship to start the trip to the target’s coordinates, a process that will lead him back to where he started for another job. But this time, with this client and this target, something feels different.

Reading the book is almost exactly like watching the show’s episodes – reading it just gets through them faster. There are sudden time and scene jumps from mini cliffhangers, and, of course, the end is the cliffhanger from the end of Season 1. The action sequences are fun to read, which is good because they make up the majority of the book.

In typical Star Wars fashion, there are several races and species of characters. Skin colors and races as we define them are not addressed and none of the characters can be implied as one race or another because of the variety, though there are images from the show included in the book which depict the human characters as white and Black. The violence rating is for gun, knife, blaster, and other weapon use as well as for battle scenes and killing.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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