Thanks to Del Rey Books for the free advance copy of this book.

📚 This was so fun to read! Lots of authors I already loved, and I discovered a few new-to-me favorites.
📚 These stories are all so nuanced and thoughtful about what life for peripheral characters in the movie might be like. Some we already know, like Wedge Antilles, and some are completely fabricated, like a scientist studying ice slugs on Hoth.
📚 My favorites were the stories from the points of view of animals - I never expected to feel so much for a tauntaun.
📚 Plus! The wide variety of authors means this collection includes own voices stories for characters of color, women, queer characters, and more.
📚 I do wish some stories had been longer, but this is my perpetual gripe with short story collections. If you're a Star Wars fan, it's worth checking out. Now I need to go rewatch them all!