Star Wars – Aftermath: Empire’s End
by Chuck Wendig (Century, 2017)
His penchant for the present tense notwithstanding, Wendig writes Star Wars much in the Legends (née Expanded Universe) vein of overblown military ops and political infighting. Ultimately, though, he does succeed in bridging some of the gap between Episodes VI and VII.
Star Wars: Aftermath
by Chuck Wendig (Century, 2015)
Wendig writes informally but in a manner somehow not out of keeping with the original Star Wars films. The story, though broken by a series of semi-relevant, mostly unrelated vignettes (‘interludes’), kicks along nicely. Bones, the deranged battle droid, is a highlight.
Star Wars – Aftermath: Life Debt
by Chuck Wendig (Del Rey, 2016)
Wendig writes in the present tense (a corollary of his game design work?) and in an oddly chummy manner. His characters have proper Star Wars personality, yet the story — nominally Han Solo’s liberation of Chewbacca’s home world — jinks evasively before making planetfall.