Queen's Shadow (Star Wars Disney Canon) by E.K. Johnston

Queen's Shadow (Star Wars Disney Canon) by E.K. Johnston-345 pages

I enjoyed reading this Star Wars Disney Canon novel about Padme Amidala. It covers her last days as Queen of Naboo and her early time spent as a Galactic Senator on Coruscant. It was compelling to read about her time after the events of The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode I) and before Attack of the Clones (Episode II). Additionally, I liked learning about Padme's origins and family on Naboo and about how she first struck a friendship with Senator Bail Organa. I would recommend it to any Star Wars fan, especially those who liked the prequel trilogy.

Aftermath: Empire's End (Star Wars: Aftermath, #3) by Chuck Wendig

Aftermath: Empire's End (Star Wars: Aftermath, #3) by Chuck Wendig-423 pages

I liked this the best of the three. It is as good an ending as one could ask/hope for with what came before in the first two books of the trilogy. Overall, I thought the trilogy was okay and it did shed some light on the end of the Empire and beginning of the New Republic and even a hint of the start of the First Order, but it's not as good as Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy (and I am excited for Thrawn, as an aside). I thought that Han, Leia, and many of the other original characters were much more "true to character" in this novel than in the previous one, also. Overall, I enjoyed reading Aftermath: Empire's End, as I do any Star Wars novel I read (at least any I've read thus far). 
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