A review by justthatstarwarsbookgirl
World of Reading Level 2: Star Wars: The Fight in the Forest by Nate Millici

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

3.0

I thought this book was highly simplistic and laid out the lightsaber duel at the end of Episode 7 in very basic terms, perfect for children who love the Sequels but are too young to REALLY read into the material and content yet. I do think the story should’ve A. Explained that Rey had the Force before suddenly giving her the lightsaber to fight Ren and B. Should’ve given a little bit of insight into what Starkiller Base was and why we needed to stop it. I didn’t like how the book took two whole pages to write out “Kylo Ren had a red lightsaber. Finn had a blue lightsaber”. That made it seem like the author acted like they were talking to somebody of lesser intelligence. Even a child would read those lines and think it’s insanity to write them. I also didn’t like the line of “Rey knocked Kylo Ren to the ground” like it was such a big deal, when we haven’t even been fully introduced to or know who Kylo Ren is or his powers. I also thought the reason for Starkiller Base exploding should’ve been expressed and expanded upon for the overall story to make sense. To me if it was going to be mentioned at all it should’ve at least been fully explained as a concept. My favorite piece of artwork in the book is when Rey and Finn are rescued by Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon. I like how  they made the light look, as well as Finn’s unconscious state and Rey’s helpless hopelessness as she sits in an appropriate position on the ground. I like Rey’s clothing depictions in all of the artwork as well. The lighting backdrop behind the Falcon as Starkiller Base exploded was a very pretty orange/yellow color. Lastly, the collage image on the last page of Rey holding the saber with Ren in his helmet behind her is great foreshadowing for the future of the Sequel Trilogy movies and all works associated with them.