Star Wars Missions #2
Escape From Thyferra
by Ryder Windham

Published by Scholastic

Adrick's Rating:   1.8 out of 4

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The Rebel forces have found an Imperial conspiracy involving contaminated bacta, a deadly substance that can poison entire planets. In order to stop the Empire, the Rebels travel to Thyferra…where they are trapped by a squadron of stormtroopers! Your mission: to escape from Thyferra…before it’s too late.

May the Force be with you.

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Adrick:

    This is a fun little adventure set immediately after A New Hope. Windham does a decent if not complex job of writing the main characters of the original trilogy in the brief story sections that bookend the game in this book. I particularly liked the Emperor’s brief appearance, and his reaction to the Death Star’s destruction. This book also provides a little more information on the contaminated Death Star bacta, which is an interesting mystery. There’s also a nice gag involving two Rodian thugs and a vat of concentrated bacta.

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Adrick:

    This is nitpicky, but I find it a little unlikely that the Millennium Falcon could transport a Y-Wing the way it does in this book—attached to its underside. Why couldn’t one of the characters just fly it to Thyferra?

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Adrick:

    Unidentifiable sabacc player #1.

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