SPOILER Battlefront II Inferno Squad Discussion

I enjoyed the book and it wasn't what I was expecting. I agree that if they had infiltrated the actual Rebel Alliance it would not have worked. I didn't really connect with any of the squad member like I have with other imperials in other novels like Rae Sloan, Ciena Ree, or Eli Vanto. I did like the Rebel Rising nods and Lux showing up.

 

Really enjoyed the novel and has me even more pumped for the game in November!!

Cool to see Lux is still around (but any ideas on his God daughter or am I missing something?)

Enjoyed the tie ins to Rebel Rising and Rogue One too. The name Dreamers took a while to sink in, at first I thought it was a bit silly but it grew on me! Interesting character development and twists along the way. Very pleased with the book!

 

As like several of you, I Really enjoyed the story. Listenin' to Janina Havankar read it was FaNtAsTiC ! (Hope yer on here somewheres readin' these posts, Janina !)
Kyle was Right. We weren't ready for a story like this.
But it is Well that we got one.
Very much liked the characters, kinda started to get a crush on Seyn, then spoiled myself by checkin' the posts in this here thread and seein' that she dies.
Gonna re-listen to it again soon.

 

i had mixed feelings upon finishing this book. first of all, i think it's pretty poorly written from a technical standpoint. structurally it's okay--very by the numbers story, but entertaining. the language was redundant and kinda fluff. this is all okay, i suppose, but the quality of most of the rest of the other books (even the ones i don't like) has been far superior. also: typos! good heavens. seriously, between the language in general and the typos it's like an editor never touched this thing.

all that kvetching aside, this was an easy, quick read and had some great characters. i didn't expect to like Iden or Seyn, but i did. Gideon and Del were awesome. Admiral Versio was awful (but in that love-to-hate sort of way). i also feel like there was just enough humanity in Staevan to keep him from being a caricature. the romance with Sadori felt outta the blue to me, though. and some of the plot points were weird (like why did they need a big flashy distraction at the party in the beginning when they were able to get in and out of the room without being noticed anyway?)

i didn't like the Mentor. i couldn't tell if he was supposed to be condescending or actually wise (again, i fault the writing). and i started to get irritated toward the end once Iden knew his identity but we still had to wait several chapters for what turned out to be basically a weak reveal. i remembered Lux from the series, but not enough to care that much. i did like, however, that of all of them, Iden was the one who spared a life at the end. was really surprised Del was willing to kill Piitkow but then i guess he was nearly dead anyway.

and i was afraid the giant crystal booby-heads were going to be stupid, but that final moment was actually touching--and sort of hit the nail with the warped perspective of the Dreamers: they had seen the fate of the dead as this awful final insult, but each body was treated with respect and care in the after--as they should be.

i was disappointed that the actual survivors of Jedha didn't figure in (maybe they are saving them for something else?).
we know the eggmates lived and it would have been cool to see them again here.

all-in-all, i liked this (heck, i finished, it, which is saying a lot for me since Thrawn, Catalyst, Twilight Company, and Asohka didn't make it this far).
probably if the writing hadn't been so maddening, i would have liked it a lot more.
it had plenty of genuine emotional moments and like i said before, i really like the characters.

i'd rank this one last on my list of the new EU, but i'm glad i read it and it's a fun Star Wars yarn overall. : D

 

I loved the novel. My only complaint was that their wasn't a lot of action and would of like to seen a few more missions with Inferno Squad. But I enjoyed all the characters and loved the chemistry between the squad. Can't wait to play as Iden in the the new game!

 

If any might be interested, I just finished listenin' to most recent episode (#228) of Full of Sith. Mike Bryan, Holly and guest Bria discuss, in full, about the story. Rilly Good, Deep and Wide talk about it.
I recommend (if yer a podcast listener) if yer lookin' for more perspective or different angles, thoughts or opinions on it.

 

The book has direct relevance to the ST era - it gives us a good look at the mindset of the people who would go on to form the First Order.

 

interesting thought. i don't know.
neither, Iden, Gideon, nor Del actually strike me as FO material, but it's hard to judge since we're not in a post-Imperial (or even end-of-the-war) mindset to see how they would behave--for now they are all absolutely loyal to the Empire, it seems.
you see the more obvious spark in Rae Sloane: she's disillusioned.
and obviously in Rax as well: he believes he's been robbed of his own birthright.
those people had no love nor loyalty to the Emperor as a person or an "office"; something which the FO seems to pride itself on as well.

 

The First Order was created by the most fanatical and loyal members of the Empire after it fell, of which Iden and her team definitely are. We also know they do join the FO from the BFII trailer.

 

The Game story will tell us how the rest goes... whether how many of the squad make it to the ST.
Hard part in that for me will how to... err, follow along to learn of it, as I've no PlayStation 3 or 4.
PS 2 and N64 are newest I got.

 

i guess that's not what i see happen in Aftermath and it's not the line we see Rax drawing for it (nor Sloane, nor Hux, nor Ren).
in fact Rax deliberately killed the critical fanatical Imperial loyalists before he was to launch into the Unknown Regions.
but we still have a lot to learn about it, i suppose.
hopefully the Phasma book will might answer some of these questions.

 

From the epilogue of Empire's End:

Description from the TFA VD.