"The closest we ever come to being truly one with the Force is when we're working to help make the galaxy a better place for everyone."

Mission to Disaster is definitely my favorite junior novel from Phase I: the plot is dynamic, the setting is amazing, and even the new characters feel alive.

I think the choice to focus more on Avon here worked extremely well! She's witty and resourceful, but with her share of miscalculations to round up the character. Not showing up on other works like Vernestra and Imri, we had much more space to explore and see her development.

Other detail I loved was how this book clearly lays ground to expanding the era. We hear about a mysterious past, a conflit not talked about, motivations we don't understand, all of it possibilities to be explored on future works (hi, Phase II).

I'm much more comfortable with Vernestra's portrayal here. I think her character works best in the junior format as opposed to YA (or maybe Justina Ireland does, hard to tell), and the same can be said to Imri. The return of other characters as well as the new ones also felt very natural and I want to know more about them!

My only nitpick with Mission to Disaster is the climax. I think the way it was paced didn't manage to hit the high as well as it could've, especially considering we know exactly how things will end on the adult side of things.
But this is simply me looking for more drama.