Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars)

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By Delilah S. Dawson

Publisher Description

Walk the ancient streets, meet the colorful characters, and uncover the secret history of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the new expansion to the Disney Parks experience!

After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy’s edge.

A planet of lush forests, precarious mountains, and towering, petrified trees, Batuu is on the furthest possible frontier of the galactic map, the last settled world before the mysterious expanse of Wild Space. The rogues, smugglers, and adventurers who eke out a living on the largest settlement on the planet, Black Spire Outpost, are here to avoid prying eyes and unnecessary complications. Vi, a Resistance spy on the run from the First Order, is hardly a welcome guest. And when a shuttle full of stormtroopers lands in her wake, determined to root her out, she has no idea where to find help.

To survive, Vi will have to seek out the good-hearted heroes hiding in a world that redefines scum and villainy. With the help of a traitorous trooper and her acerbic droid, she begins to gather a colorful band of outcasts and misfits, and embarks on a mission to spark the fire of resistance on Batuu—before the First Order snuffs it out entirely.

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88 Reviews

3.5

Christian St. Croix

Created 10 days ago

““Black Spire” is a fun, fast-paced Star Wars story with a strong villain and a real sense of adventure. Vi Moradi’s crew is full of personality, and Archex—formerly Cardinal—is a standout, bringing emotional depth to the story. Vi’s spycraft, however, lands awkwardly. She purposely draws attention from the start, wearing a Resistance jacket and a blue-streaked wig while “undercover.” For a spy trying to stay hidden, it all feels bizarrely careless. The author isn’t Black, and when creating a Black female character, there’s some issues sensitivity readers might’ve flagged. Stormtroopers somehow overlook the hair and instead describe her to locals by her “dark brown skin”…in a universe full of aliens, no less. The focus on Vi’s wig—not just that it’s fake, but that it’s constantly mentioned—plays into long-standing biases around Black women’s hair. (I found myself wondering why she even had to be wearing a wig in a galaxy where non-Black characters like Holdo and Sabine Wren wear colorful hair that grows naturally.) She’s also written into a situation with no access to soap for the first half of the book, and we’re reminded again and again that she smells, especially her feet, to the point of discomfort. She’s granted asexuality, but rather than offering meaningful representation, it feels as if the author is feeding into the tired “strong Black woman who doesn’t need a partner” trope. The story works—but these choices reflect the kind of cultural blind spots that weaken it.”

Likeable Memorable Minor characters stand out Strong relationships Strong villain Unforgettable protagonist

atlascorpse

Created 3 months ago

sunny (@twin.sunns)

Created 3 months ago

“I want to start by saying that I love Galaxy's Edge and that definitely had an impact on my rating. I really wanted to love this book but, honestly, it felt like nothing was happening for 75% of it. It was almost like a slice-of-life in the way everything in the first part of the book felt mundane and of little consequence. I like the characters that this book introduced and think it did a good job of furthering Archex and Vi's stories but, honestly, I wish this book was either a lot shorter or a lot more exciting.”

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Miles

Created 9 months ago

Tony Chlopek

Created 11 months ago

About Delilah S. Dawson

Delilah S. Dawson is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Phasma, Hit, Servants of the Storm, the Tales of Pell (with Kevin Hearne) and the Blud series, the creator-owned comics Ladycastle and Sparrowhawk, and the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen). She lives in Florida with her family and a fat mutt named Merle.