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I've made a list of 11 canon books featuring Mon Mothma that I enjoyed, ordered by story chronology (ish) and with my comments. Hoping this will be useful to anyone who wants more of this character in the wake of Andor!

Links/more info after the cut:

The Falcon had taken him away from Tatooine decades ago—a shell-shocked farm boy hurled into the middle of a galactic civil war he’d wrongly assumed would never touch him, his step-parents, or his friends.

He wondered what that Luke Skywalker would think of what he’d become.

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars Visual Guide: Ultimate Battles" is a Legends reference book based on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars written by Jason Fry, published by Dorling Kindersley, and released in August 2009.

Rose can't fly the way I can, which has always driven her crazy, but she's a genius with machines. Give her a few minutes to poke around inside something broken, and she'll figure out why it isn't working and how to fix it. Fossil saw what my little sister could do and trained her as a flight engineer... something the Resistance needs even more than pilots. But I know the Resistance needs her skills for more than fixing stuck communications arrays and arguing with stubborn droids. The problem is making Rose realize what she's capable of. My little sister thinks I'm a hero while she's some nobody with a hydrospanner.

What if she figures out a way to let our fleet move across the galaxy undetected? Or invents the machine that lets the Resistance defeat the First Order? Or does something even more amazing that I can't imagine? I've been thinking about how to get Rose to see that her destiny lies on a different path. But that leaves me with two worries. The first is that she won't be able to accept that. And the second is that I won't.

➡ The Last Jedi - Bomber Command - Paige Tico’s Journal

Written by:  Jason Fry

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There's a really great interview with Jason Fry, who wrote the novelization.

Comments on Kylo Ren

I think Ben is disappointed by all his father figures, which is a part of what fuels his rage. He sees Han as a scruffy criminal, Luke as a jealous rival and Snoke as an uncaring manipulator. He rejects all these father figures as wanting and can’t fill the void that’s left -- until he reaches that pivotal moment on Kef Bir.

Do you feel by the end of TLJ that Kylo was turning back to the light or solidifying his stance in the dark side?

Neither. He’s won a battle but lost his personal war, and is adrift. The Resistance has escaped, his chance at vengeance has been lost (complete with the great “no dice” joke when they disappear in his hand), and Rey has severed the connection between them.

What do you think Kylo was suggesting to Rey in the throne room? Do you see it as a strictly force partnership or did see his words as meaning more than just that and an actual relationship?

It wasn’t clear to me, because at that moment I don’t think it’s clear to Kylo. He sees Rey as a partner in the Force, absolutely, and there’s obviously this incredibly powerful connection between the two of them. But Kylo’s still working through his own issues there, including what that connection means to him.

He tries to use Rey, which is why she’s so disappointed in him – she thought she could bring him back to the light, and the first thing he does after she thinks she’s succeeded is to try and make her a partner in his ambitions.....that connection goes back to The Force Awakens, when Kylo tries to pry open Rey’s mind and instead lets her into his own. That’s pivotal for both of them – it unlocks Rey’s nascent power, because she sees how Kylo can do what he does, but it also leaves Kylo’s deepest fears and insecurities open to her.

I think this is additional wonderful insight into criticism around Finn's storyline in the The Last Jedi.