Friday 28 September 2018

Raymus by Gary Whitta

I do love these kinds of collections, where they fill in little corners of iconic stories and movies.

This one bridged the events of Rogue One and A New Hope.  In the opening sequence of the original movie, the rebel ship, Tantiv IV, was boarded and the captain questioned while being lifted off the deck and strangled.

This is his story.

Princess Liea has the Death Star data in her hands and the ship is trying to escape the star destroyer.

This was a personal war story.  One where the main character suspects that this is when his part in the struggle will come to an end.

We know just a little bit more about this poor man who died shortly after the opening credits. In movies, death is meaningless.  But here we come to understand how each body had a story, a history of its own.

A strong start to a giant collection that was published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the first movie.

Gary Whitta's website - http://www.garywhitta.com/



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