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Review: Phasma ( Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi) by Delilah S. Dawson

January 9, 2018 by David W Leave a Comment

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Genre – Science Fiction (Duh, it’s Star Wars)

Publisher – Del Rey

Hardcover – 400 pages

Audiobook – 12 hours and 14 minutes

 

4/5 Stars

Phasma, IMO, is one of the coolest movie villains that no one really knows anything about. She has had about 10-15 minutes of total screen time across two (2) movies, with about 5-6 lines of dialogue that add nothing to the storyline; but she looks awesome and has an obvious air of mystery surround her chrome-plated armor. When I saw that Delilah Dawson had written a full-length novel about Phasma, I knew that I had to get my hands on it and dive in as soon as I had some time to kill.

Phasma (Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi) is about, you guessed it, Captain Phasma. The chrome-plated, ruthless stormtrooper that took everyone by storm when she first appeared in trailers for The Force Awakens. Who is she? Where did she come from? Well, now we have a novel to tell you just that, kind of… The novel starts out with a Resistance spy, Vi Moradi, being captured by the First Order and sent for interrogation by a red-armored trooper known as Captain Cardinal (I’m assuming he is one of the Crimson Guard, but not quite sure). Its obvious from the get-go that Cardinal has some real hatred for Phasma and, since he can tell from Vi’s logs that she recently visited Parnassos (Phasma’s home planet), he figures that he can prod answers about Phasma’s history from this smuggler. What ensues is a lot of flipping back and forth between 10-12 years ago (Phasma on Parnassos and her road to the First Order) and Cardinal zapping Vi for more information that will get Phasma erased. But will Hux believe anything Cardinal says, or is Phasma in too deep?

In the barren wasteland known as Parnassos, readers are given the perspective of Phasma they have been craving, though it is one devoid of any true emotion or characterization. Her only prerogative is survival by any means necessary, a killer instinct with unsurpassed fighting prowess, which does show us the ruthless side we see in small glimpses during the films. But why is she the way she is? No clue. This is really the one thing I was hoping to get out of this story and was (still am) disappointed. We are just left to assume she was born a killer and stayed that way up to this point. ‘

All in all, Phasma was a good read (3.5ish stars) made better by January LaVoy’s audiobook narration. On top of the sound effects and music that accompany it and most of the other Star Wars audiobooks, Lavoy almost perfectly captures Gwendoline Christie’s voice in every Phasma scene which kept a smile on my face. She also provided perfect pacing and her male voiceovers were actually pretty spot on; definitely need to keep her name on my list and I recommend giving the audio a shot if you decide Phasma is one of your next reads.

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About David W

Believer, Hubby, Girl Dad. Owner/CEO of FanFiAddict. Works a not so flashy day job in central Alabama. Furthest thing from a redneck and doesn’t say Roll Tide. Enjoys fantasy, science fiction, horror and thrillers but not much else (especially kissy kissy).

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  1. danithebooknerd says

    January 9, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    I’m reading this one right now! I am about a quarter of the way through and have been really hoping there would be some good character development for Phasma or at least some good plot twists regarding Vi. I will hold out hope until the end though! Lol

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  2. fanfiaddict says

    January 9, 2018 at 10:14 pm

    Let me know what you think when you finish! Overall I enjoyed it, but was just expecting more.

    Reply

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