Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 10 Great (Canon) Books To Read While You Wait
8. Aftermath
Del Rey
The first of the big books to really tackle the gap between Episode VI and VII, Aftermath - as the cover would intimate - takes place in the fallout of the destruction of the Second Death Star. It's more exposition-y than the other books out there in the wilderness, but it's still a worthy addition to any fan's Star Wars library.
As the first release to bridge the gap between the old and new trilogies, there was a lot of responsibility resting on Chuck Wendig's shoulders. Given the success of the book however, it's clear to say that it didn't weigh too heavily upon Wendig, a writer who, having commanded various novels and comic book series' over the years, was a surefire choice to make the book the success it was two years ago.
Wedge Antilles - one of the more famous side characters from the original trilogy - dominates most of the title's action, but the book is also famous for including one of the first openly gay heroes of the saga in Sinjir Rath Velus, an imperial deserter turned agent of the New Republic.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
