Star Wars Before the Awakening (Hardcover) by Greg Rucka

from BenKline

A fun quick little pre-TFA story for the three main heroes from it (Finn, Rey, Poe), that leads up to the events of TFA. Finn's was fun. Rey's was a bit boring, especially knowing the end payout ahead of time (easily telegraphed by the story, and knowing TFA), and Poe's was fun though a bit unbel...

from Othemts

A companion piece to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, this book contains three short stories about the protagonists of that film immediately before the events of the film. Finn, then known as FN-2187, goes through rigorous training as a stormtrooper showing great skill and leadership, but the First ...

from Adilinaria

This was good, but I think I waited to long after the movie to read it. Not because I have lost interest in the movie but I actually read a lot of what would have been new information for me online. The stories were definitely also written in more of a YA tone and I was hoping for a more adult to...

from octoberdad

A set of longish, yet still somewhat perfunctory, short stories. I found Poe's story to be the most interesting, probably because we get less of his story in Episode VII. Nothing in Finn's backstory is terribly surprising, especially for anyone who has read or watched any canon stories about Impe...

from tapestry100

Star Wars: Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka is a collection of 3 shorter stories, one each about Finn, Rey, and Poe that more or less leads up to The Force Awakens movie. While neither is reliant on needing knowledge of the other (if you've seen the movie, for instance, you don't need to read t...