Poe Dameron: Flight
Log is a new “replica
journal” from Studio Fun, the publishers of previous Star Wars middle grade
books like Ezra’s Rebel Journal and Sabine’s My Rebel Sketchbook. This means
the book is set "In-Universe" and meant to be a replica of Poe’s actual writings and data files.
The story of The Force Awakens, or at least Poe’s part in the adventure, is told by “the best pilot in the Resistance” himself through a series of transcribed conversations and notes. The back cover warns that these are “highly classified” documents inside this 96 page hardcover!
The story of The Force Awakens, or at least Poe’s part in the adventure, is told by “the best pilot in the Resistance” himself through a series of transcribed conversations and notes. The back cover warns that these are “highly classified” documents inside this 96 page hardcover!
Similar to
the earlier Rey’s Survival Guide, Poe
Dameron: Flight Log includes photos, diagrams of ships, and insights
specifically from Poe’s perspective. There are fold-out pages and hologram
images cleverly revealed through lift-the-flaps.
The book goes
beyond simply re-telling the story of the movie. There are events that happen
before Poe meets Lor San Tekka on Jakku. Such events may be familiar to readers
of the Poe Dameron comic series, but might be new to others.
Poe Dameron: Flight Log also has a few
other bits and pieces of Poe’s family history included, pulled from comics and
other novels. There’s even a bit of insight of what happened to Poe after he
and Finn crashed on Jakku, who rescued him and how Poe made it off-world.
Poe Dameron: Flight Log is written by Michael Kogge who has
previously written several Star Wars
Rebels novels and the terrific The
Force Awakens Junior Novel. Kogge captures the same confident attitude that
hotshot pilot Poe displays throughout the film. Poe shows disdain for reports
and protocol: he just wants to fly!
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The book
ends with an overview of Poe’s fellow pilots that participated in the final
destruction of Starkiller Base and a promise of more adventures to come!
Perhaps due
to the marketing of The Force Awakens,
or that the toys stand side-by-side on the shelves, it’s easy to forget how
little Poe crosses paths with Rey in the movie. Reading books like Rey’s Story and this one really point
out that those two key characters, though they make mutual friends in Finn,
really have no contact. Perhaps in The Last Jedi they'll get to have a conversation?
If you want
to expand on what you know of Poe, or just revisit The Force Awakens from a new
perspective, this book is for you.
Publisher’s recommendation Ages 6-12
Also
available now for Poe Dameron fans from Lucasfilm/Disney Press:
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