***WARNING THE LAST JEDI SPOILERS MAY BE AHEAD, READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION***

I saw that it had finally been released and included extended scenes so I decided to snag it and power through as much as I could. I've read all the way up to the scene where Rey and Kylo touch and Rey confronts Luke about the origins of Kylo Ren. I have to say, I enjoyed the movie entirely, but the book adds a layer of depth that can't be properly encapsulated through a purely audio/visual experience. Many of the internalized parts of each character are brought to life adding some background to the choices made on screen.


When I finished TLJ for the 5th time in theaters, I made the prediction that for Episode IX Hux will turn the First Order against all force users, including Kylo, forcing the new generation of Jedi, Rey, and Kylo to band together to stop the FO from wiping them out. It was very clear to see from his time on screen in both movies that he begrudges Kylo, and must constantly compete with him for the supreme leaders attention. He holds his army and the FO in general above old traditions and takes pride in his tech. When the Supremacy is struck by the Raddus and Hux finds himself standing over what appears to be an unconscious Kylo we see a glimmer of his desires as Hux draws a blaster to finish his rival. These were my original considerations when making this prediction. After reading through the opening scenes of the novelization, I have very little doubt this is the path the story will take. Internally they have revealed Hux as not just begrudging Kylo, but force users as a whole (including Snoke). He considers their sorcery less effective and efficient than technological prowess. He even goes on to think of himself replacing Snoke as supreme leader under the ideal that the future needs a different kind of leader.


Besides confirming my predictions about Hux, the book has given much better insight into many situations throughout the TFA and TLJ era...

For example, Rey, during her training under Luke internalizes over how her powers were awakened to begin with. The reader is taken back to where Kylo is forcing himself into her mind. He sees the island, buried fears and hopes about her parents, her thoughts of Han, and while this is happening, little to his awareness he has forced her into his own mind. She can feel his rage, his pain, his isolation, and his deepest fears. More than that, as she was forced into his mind his experiences poured over her, his training imprinting on her mind. She reflects that at the time on starkiller she didn't understand how she knew to use a jedi mind trick, or to call a lightsaber to her hand, but that she simply knew it. She believes that this is what had awaken her powers, and now that she has this training imprinted on her she doesn't know what to do with it or how to use it properly.


I haven't finished the book just yet, but I can say I'm enjoying it thoroughly.

I preordered it from Amazon back in December.

Now my Amazon account says I should get it by next Wednesday.

Grrrr....

3 minutes ago, TTC said:

I preordered it from Amazon back in December.

Now my Amazon account says I should get it by next Wednesday.

Grrrr....

I snagged a digital copy.... I figure, I always have my phone on me, may as well use it! lol

I've just gotten to the part when Finn Rose and DJ make it on board the supremacy. They added so much to the story, Finn's mission doesn't just feel like filler any more.

Well... He falls for a stupid phone prank at the beginning of the movie so I wouldn't fell too menaced by Hux... They really need a better villain. Like Snoke turning out to be Darth Plagueis who cheated death once again.

On 3/10/2018 at 1:08 AM, Norell said:

Well... He falls for a stupid phone prank at the beginning of the movie so I wouldn't fell too menaced by Hux... They really need a better villain. Like Snoke turning out to be Darth Plagueis who cheated death once again.

I really don't think they do. They've filled in Hux's personality quite well. He's an extremist to the point of insanity. Snoke is the sole reason he hasn't burned down the entire galaxy with his super weapons. Snoke was a strategist, slowly playing the field, knocking pieces out of the way. Hux centers himself around shows of force and brutality. Without Snoke there to restrain him and plan the battlefield, I think we'll see a lot of destruction.

He is inexperienced, and quick tempered, but Hux, like Kylo is a growing character in this trilogy. Depending on how far out in the timeline the next movie is, he could have grown into the shoes he's been expected to fill.

we'll see.

On 3/10/2018 at 1:08 AM, Norell said:

Well... He falls for a stupid phone prank at the beginning of the movie so I wouldn't fell too menaced by Hux... They really need a better villain. Like Snoke turning out to be Darth Plagueis who cheated death once again.

Hux is in the vein of tarken honestly. Just younger and by proxy dumber. I really look at him as a far less seasoned Tarkin with all the same level of arrogance and hubris. It's just since Hux isn't dead he has a chance to grow into a more credible antagonist, which I feel he is. Just as with kylo Ren. Tlj did alot to grow these antagonists.

1 hour ago, Noosh said:

Hux is in the vein of tarken honestly. Just younger and by proxy dumber. I really look at him as a far less seasoned Tarkin with all the same level of arrogance and hubris. It's just since Hux isn't dead he has a chance to grow into a more credible antagonist, which I feel he is. Just as with kylo Ren. Tlj did alot to grow these antagonists.

We saw a younger Tarkin in The Clone Wars. He didn't come off as that dumb.

56 minutes ago, Democratus said:

We saw a younger Tarkin in The Clone Wars. He didn't come off as that dumb.

Hux didn’t grow up on Eriadu, either.

The Trial of the Carrion Spike (and it’s precedent lessons) really shaped Tarkin