The Fifth Liners

Welcome to the Fifth Liners book club, the first in a hopefully regular series of book reviews. The book: Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel Written by: James Luceno Format: Audiobook (read by Jonathan Davis) Aside from the (non-canon) comics in the Lego magazine, I've never delved into the written world of Star Wars before. There have been Star Wars books for as at least as long as the films (the first was released in 1976 as far as I can tell), and these books ranged from novelisations of the movies through to completely original stories. These stories, published under the Expanded Universe banner, covered pretty much every time period possible, including subjects covered in Catalyst. In 2014, the Expanded Universe was rebranded as Legends, and now only content produced after 2014 is considered canon. The movies and Clone Wars cartoon/film are also canon, for obvious reasons. By wiping the historical slate, it opened the door for new stories and movies to be ma