STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE Tie-in Novel Will Tell the Story of the Resistance's Discovery of Batuu
For those of you who are excited about Disney opening up Star Wars: Galaxy Edge this summer at Disneyland and Disney World and are interested in diving into the story of it, there’s a tie-in novel coming out called Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire.
The novel comes from Delilah S. Dawson, and StarWars.com has released some new information on what the story will entail. That story involved the resistance’s discovery of the planet Batuu, which is the setting of the theme park attraction.
Here’s the official synopsis that was released;
After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy’s edge.
A planet of lush forests, precarious mountains, and towering, petrified trees, Batuu is on the furthest possible frontier of the galactic map, the last settled world before the mysterious expanse of Wild Space. The rogues, smugglers, and adventurers who eke out a living on the largest settlement on the planet, Black Spire Outpost, are here to avoid prying eyes and unnecessary complications. Vi, a Resistance spy on the run from the First Order, is hardly a welcome guest. And when a shuttle full of stormtroopers lands in her wake, determined to root her out, she has no idea where to find help.
To survive, Vi will have to seek out the good-hearted heroes hiding in a world that redefines scum and villainy. With the help of a traitorous trooper and her acerbic droid, she begins to gather a colorful band of outcasts and misfits, and embarks on a mission to spark the fire of resistance on Batuu—before the First Order snuffs it out entirely.
This novel is going to take a deep dive into this planet and what it has to offer. It’s certainly an interesting setting where a bunch of characters from around the galaxy gather to try to stay away from and avoid trouble. But when you get a lot of people like that coming together in a single area, you know that there’s going to be trouble!
Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire will be available on August 27, 2019. Will you be checking it out?