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Continuing my thoughts from my previous blog entry...

I got my copy of The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning (Book 10 of 10) by Jude Watson (a.k.a. Judy Blundell) yesterday. I read it last night. It took me just under two and a half hours to read it.

I was very pleased with the ending. I was worried that I would be disappointed but I was very pleasantly surprised. I consider it a good thing when the ending of a book surprises me. And not only did it surprise me but the ending felt right. This series does an excellent job of making the transition from the Prequel Trilogy to the Original Trilogy.

The first book in this series was published in the spring of 2005. I didn't start reading it until April 2006. Still, that's over two years of my life that I spent enjoying this series and looking forward to the next publication. I am sad that it is over. Sure, there will be other books, but not this part of the story. It's unlikely that anything else will be done with these characters. Astri has been around since the Jedi Apprentice series that started in 1999. Many of those books are now out-of-print and hard to find.

The ending of Reckoning did raise one big ethical issue that I've seen discussed in the real world Earth medical community. But that's one of the things that Star Wars does; it highlights real world ethical issues. Issues are not always as black and white as we would like. Very often, right, like truth, depends on your point of view.

I won't elaborate on the details of what I am talking about because that would be a big spoiler and also I expect most readers are not familiar with the current real world Earth medical issues in this area but I can't help but wonder; was what "the good guys" did at the end to Trever really the right thing to do? I know there is probably not a yes or no answer to that question but if you comment on this (or read the comments), please be mindful of spoilers.

Was it kindness? Can it be wrong to do a kindness for someone?

Can "the good guy" shoot first and still be a "good guy"?

Who was the more moral person? Han Solo, a former spice smuggler? Or Boba Fett, a bounty hunter?

May the Force be with you.