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Check out this Space Opera in all its majesty! To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, Published September 2020 by TOR Books This massive book is Space Opera in all its Space Opera trope glory! This is my first Paolini book, I say that to inform other readers of my ignorance of Mr. Paolini's style previous to this book. But I was engaged and the action keeps coming fast and furious. Like a certain classic Space Opera, the story is loaded with religious / mystical overtones and certain characters sole purpose seems to be to spout mysterious phrases and encourage our protagonist with popular philosophy. Our protagonist along with a motley band of smugglers set forth on an epic quest to save the galaxy, by means of finding an object of great power. Our reluctant heroes are pulled along via alien visions and pushed into fulfilling an enormous destiny. Humankind face a possible extinction-level threat, and only one person can save them! This is not fully a "chosen one...

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue StarWars : The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, Rise of Skywalker from Lucasfilm SPOILERS: Yes. During the production of The Force Awakens the hype train was full steam ahead and I was riding on it! Writer/director JJ Abrams spoke of wanting to give something good to the existing fans, but also wanting to create a 'new mythology' for a new generation of Star Wars fans for whom this new trilogy would be their first experience and have ownership of it. I respected this approach and it excited me. I wanted something new and fresh in the Star Wars universe, that would take the galaxy far, far away in new directions, which would be thrilling for old fans like me and capture the imagination of new young fans.  I grew up with the original trilogy. My dad took us to stand in lines that wrapped around the blocks to watch the movies when I was seven to ten years old. I watched those original trilogy movies so many ti...