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Star Wars Adventures In Wild Space: Book One – The Snare
The Snare is written by Cavan Scott

This Star Wars book is for young readers, but it’s canon and there are several more books in this series coming soon. I’m not sure where this book takes place in the timeline because it wasn’t made clear, but the empire is ruling the galaxy.
Summary: The empire has plans to explore and expand to the reaches of wild space – the unknown regions. Adventurist Auric and Rhyssa Graf were well known for their work on mapping out wild space, because it wasn’t an easy job. The Empire had sought out the Grafs and had taken them against their will to work for the Empire. The children of Auric and Rhyssa, Milo and Lina and trusty droid CR-8R, are on the run.

The children and droid pilot their ship, Whisper Bird, to the planet Thune. There, they have high hopes in gaining more information from an old family friend on how to retrieveretreive their parents. One problem leads to the next as the children do what they can to avoid imperial entanglementsentaglements and scummy individuals as they take on their personal mission to rescue theirthier parents. Traps are set and sprung as this wild adventure is just getting started.

Characters: Lina Graf is the oldest of the two children. She wants to protect her little brother the best she can, that’s what older siblings do! She puts the weight of responsibility on her shoulders to not just to care for him, but protect him from the wide range of dangerous situations they find themselves in. She’s a smart girl that wants the best for her family.

Captain Korda, a ranked imperial who is responsible for taking Auric and Rhyssa Graf. His jaw is made of steel, that’s not some euphemism for a strong fighter or a mouth filled with witty comebacks, he literally has a steel jaw. We don’t really get much on the character in this book. We just learn he’s desperate to capture the Graf children. He wants them alive, but comes pretty close to other options as he gets upset. I hope to learn more about Korda the deeper we get into this series.

Overall Thoughts: The one major complaint is not knowing where in the timeline this tale takes place. The dialogue was decent, the droid was the most annoying character. The humor was ok, of course it’s written for children but I still found some things humorous. Cavan did a great job introducing us to new characters. The actions scenes were written very well in this young readers book.
This story is not required reading to get a better grasp of any other tale in the Star Wars canon, at least not yet. I do hope that the deeper we get into the series, more events will tie into other major events we’ve either seen on screen or read in other books.

Rating: I give this book a 2.5 out of 5