Reviews - Catalyst: A Rogue One Story

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Catalyst: A Rogue One Story

James Luceno

3.62 AVERAGE

beboopbebooop's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

-read physically and with audio

jclermont's review against another edition

4.0

I'm really glad to have read this before seeing Rogue One. It does a great job setting up the back story and relationships between some of the major characters. On top of that, it's a really solid story in its own right.

dodgerdad93's review against another edition

5.0

This book changed the way I view the movie Rogue One. It is still not my favorite Star Wars film, but this book gave me a better understanding of the personal conflicts at the center of the film!

spinescens's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

I have audio-processing issues; audiobooks with sound effects are cool and all but I can't hear a damn thing.

darjeeling1eaf's review against another edition

I loved this. It was wonderful to see all the little building steps of what went wrong and what pieces had to fall into place to make things come to pass.

djwills369's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

_ash0_'s review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars
I bought this book last year hoping to read it before watching the Rogue One movie. But finally ended up reading after watching the movie. Reading it before watching the movie would have been better in a way as this is a prequel to the movie. But still I am glad I read this novel since it gave me a lot of backstory about Jyn's parents who played a major role in building the Deathstar. We saw Jyn's parents for hardly 5 mins in the movie and we had no idea what they were doing on that deserted planet and why the Imperial troops came and took Galen. Reading this book bridged the gap between Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One. It kind of made me understand what happened before and after the Jedi were killed, from the perspective of the Republic. Also Has and Lyra were amazing characters. We also get to know more about Krennic and Tarkin and their rivalry in this book. I loved all the characters and the roles they played. Plot wise there wasn't much going on in this book and I don't think reading this book without watching Rogue One will work. This book cannot stand on its own without the movie but along with the movie, it is great.

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Dec 26th, 2016:
My first Star Wars novel. Can't believe I haven't read any so far. Airport buy after so many years. I love buying books at the airport.