The Bespin Book Club

Author: Alexander Freed Time: 0 ABY, after the destruction of Alderaan Place: Coruscant Anandra Milon is your typical teenage girl. Except she's on the run from Stormtroopers who are trying to arrest her for being a first-generation Alderaanian on the multi-level city-planet of Coruscant. You see, after Darth Vader blew up the planet Alderaan, some people got a little mad. The Alderaanians living on level 3204 began to protest the unjust destruction of Alderaan. The Empire decided to round them up. Anandra and her younger brother Santigo were able to escape their house by hiding in a cleaning droid. They were supposed to seek refuge with a friend of the family that lived on another floor, but they didn't want to help. Anandra and Santigo were forced to continue moving down the levels of Coruscant, one by one,  until they could find a safe place. They eventually find a drug dealer in a cantina who will provide them safety, but only if Anandra works for him. She ref...

Author: David J. Williams, Mark S. Williams Time: 4 ABY, during the Battle of Endor Place: Endor "Blade Squadron" is a two-part short story, and it holds the distinction of being the very first new entry in the Star Wars   Canon. Gina Moonsong is an ex-smuggler from Coruscant who joined the Rebel Alliance as a B-wing pilot. She has a red buzzcut, which means she's also a rebel, lowercase r. She doesn't always agree with her superior, Lieutenant Braylen Stramm. (But she'll fall in love with him, anyway...) Stramm is an Imperial deserter who got tired of fighting the good guys. Look at me, I'm a rebel! The Wing Commander of Blade Squadron is Adon Fox, who lost his wife during the evacuation of Hoth. His Imperial counterpart, Admiral  Jhared Monferrat, is commanding the Devastator (which used to be Darth Vader's flagship). He's a cruel man (duh) who jettisons potential smugglers and calmly shoots an officer for questioning his judgment....