Paolo Villanelli

Charles Soule's Lando book was a fantastic take on the character. He distinguished Lando as a master hustler because he's a bad guy who thinks he's good (as opposed to Han Solo who's a good guy who thinks he's bad).
This book is not that. Lando is a punchline, even to himself. A major disappointment given the great roadmap Soule provided for quite possibly the most interesting of the original trilogy characters.
L3's inclusion is nice, but you really wonder how much better this could have been with a more thoughtful approach to Lando's moral ambiguity.… (mehr)

Spring 2020 (March Live Read):

Hello, familiar-looking inquisitor. || Tiny, spicy girl. || Also, willful and very sad girl. ||

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I went into this one expecting very little of it, as it was a series published leading up to a new Star Wars and that's pretty much all that I got out of it, too. It was a romp, but one that specifically left you with more questions than it did answer (which, one would assume, would be answered more clearly and fully by playing through the game it was a leadup for).… (mehr)