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Canto Bight (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Kindle Edition

by Saladin Ahmed (Author), Rae Carson (Author), Mira Grant (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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As seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to make their fortunes. Set across one fateful evening, these four interconnected stories explore the deception and danger of the lavish casino city.

• An honest salesman meets a career criminal as a dream vacation turns into the worst nightmare imaginable, in a story by Saladin Ahmed.

• Dreams and schemes collide when a deal over a priceless bottle of wine becomes a struggle for survival, as told by Mira Grant.

• Old habits die hard when a servant is forced into a mad struggle for power among Canto Bight’s elite, in a tale by Rae Carson

• A deadbeat gambler has one last chance to turn his luck around; all he has to do is survive one wild night, as told by John Jackson Miller.
 
In Canto Bight, one is free to revel in excess, untouched from the problems of a galaxy once again descending into chaos and war. Dreams can become reality, but the stakes have never been higher—for there is a darkness obscured by all the glamour and luxury.
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Saladin Ahmed was born in Detroit and raised in a working-class Arab American enclave in Dearborn, Michigan. His short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards, have appeared in Year’s Best Fantasy and numerous magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, and have been translated into five foreign languages. His first novel was Throne of the Crescent Moon. He lives near Detroit with his wife and their twin children.
 
Rae Carson is the author of the bestselling and award-winning Girl of Fire and Thorns series. Her books tend to contain adventure, magic, and smart girls who make (mostly) smart choices. Originally from California, she now lives in Arizona with her husband.
 
Mira Grant is the pseudonym of Hugo, Campbell, and Nebula Award-winning author Seanan McGuire.
 
John Jackson Miller is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Kenobi, Star Wars: A New Dawn, Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, and the Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic graphic novel collections from Marvel, among many other novels and comics. A comics industry analyst, he lives in Wisconsin with his wife, their two children, and far too many comic books.

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THE RIDE
John Jackson Miller
 
 
Vestry clasped both her pairs of hands. “Master Sonmi, you work for the casino. We work for the casino. Exactly who profits from you sitting here alone for another ten hours?” She pointed. “Go home.”
 
“I don’t have a—”

 
“Then eat something. But go.”

 
Kal’s throat went dry as he saw Minn’s hands move toward the undealt cards, ready to dispose of the decks. Please, don’t—
 
 “Oooh, it’s zinbiddle!”
 
Kal turned to see a diminutive reptilian in a formal black coat, accentuated with a dazzling stellabora lapel bloom. The green-skinned creature flashed a smile so broad it nearly bisected his face as he dropped a fat tray of coins onto the tabletop to Kal’s right. “Deal me in,” he said, hopping up into the chair beside Kal.
 
Kal stared at the ebullient arrival, mystified, before looking to the dealer, who suspended her cleanup. He told Vestry, “I guess I’m in luck.”
 
The pit boss stared silently at the players. Kal could swear he saw her mouth form the words, That’s what you think.
 
“I was at the yacht races,” the newcomer said. “Were you at the yacht races?”
 
“No.”
 
“You should have been at the yacht races.” He offered a chubby green hand. “Dodibin. Dodi for short—but don’t call me that.”
 
“Don’t call you Dodi?”
 
“Don’t call me short.” He looked stern for a moment—and then laughed. “And you are Kaljach.”
 
Lucky guess, he began to say, before remembering his badge. “Kal is fine.” He watched as the Suerton—the species he thought Dodi was—unloaded his chips. Then Dodi pushed a large stack onto the instant-win marker, a side bet the casino covered from its rake.
 
“That’s a long shot,” Kal said.
 
“Excellent.” Chipper, Dodi rocked back and forth in his chair as Minn started dealing.
 
It was no skin off Kal’s nonexistent nose; the side bet was against the house, not him. Though he would have loved to cover it, because there was no greater joy than taking money off someone too stupid to—
 
“Zinbiddle!”

 
Kal gawked. “You got it?”

 
Dodi flipped up his cards, all in the proper suit and sequence. “Dealt pat.”

 
Kal hadn’t even looked at his cards yet. He quickly did, and took note of what Dodi had shown, before Minn recovered them all. That was the risk in riding “final station,” the seat on the dealer’s right; Kal saw more cards that way, but occasionally an instant winner would cut a hand short. Fortunately, the odds said that wouldn’t happen very—
 
“Zinbiddle,” Dodi chirped.
 
“She’s still dealing the hand!” Kal spouted. Calling early was a dumb move, disqualifying if the hand wasn’t as declared. Unless the fool actually had it?
 
“Well, what do you know?” Dodi said, overturning his four cards as soon as they’d landed. “I had a feeling.” He’d left his winnings from before on the instant-win marker; he’d won again. Minn went to work exchanging Dodi’s coins for higher-denomination ones.
 
And now, Kal saw, Vestry was back, keeping a discreet watch from behind Minn. She knew everything, or so she put on. What did she know about this guy?
 
The good news was Kal was only out two initial stakes, and the decks, if anything, had swung even more into his favor. If a hand ever lasted long enough for him to play, he could start building out his pyramid in pursuit of the progressive. But he was beginning to wonder what he was up against—
 
—and wondered some more when he heard a voice like Dodi’s, only lower-pitched, from behind. “There you are!”
 
Kal turned to see another Suerton, looking much like Dodi apart from a few extra centimeters’ height, more pronounced ears, and a necklace of silver ringlets. “Thodi!” Dodi said, hopping off his chair. “Kal, meet Thodi, my brother.”
 
“I’m the smart one,” Thodi said, and smiled. “At your service.” He glanced at Dodi’s stack on the table. “What are we doing?”
 
“Winning,” Kal said.
 
“Well, I know that.” Thodi pushed Dodi. “Step aside for the master, my good chump.”
 
Dodi resisted. “I was doing fine on my own.”

 
“I doubt that.”

 
Minn was befuddled. “Who’s playing, gentlebeings?”

 
“I was hatched first,” Thodi said. “Ten seconds earlier. Mom said.”
 
Dodi smirked at Kal. “He always gets me with that.” The slightly younger brother withdrew, and Thodi climbed into the chair. He looked down at Dodi’s winnings. “Oh, now, see, you’re making these silly blind bets again.” He pulled the stacks of coins back from the table and began to sort them. “What you need to do is add up the values of your cards, and bet that. If the number is even, double it. And if it’s prime, you bet your age.”
 
Wow, Kal thought. That is completely wrong.
 
“Thodi,” Dodi said, “that is completely wrong.”

 
“You’re just a gambler,” the elder Suerton said. “Me—I’m a gamer. Watch.”

 
Thodi played the hand his way—and, in the end, was completely wrong. Kal won some coins, but not many. He must not be that old, Kal thought. But he could live with it. The green guys’ fortunes seemed to dim as the brothers bickered—and that meant the hands lasted longer, giving Kal more data about the decks with every card. And the Ion Barrage chance was ever closer.
 
This is it! Kal fought to stay calm. Forget the brothers. This was him against fate, months and months of it. This hand, he’d be all in, buying extra draws as necessary to build his pyramid. And then all his problems would be—
 
“Hi ho!” shouted someone in the aisle.

 
“Wodi!” the brothers replied in unison. “Over here!”

 
“What now?” Kal said. He shot an anguished look at Vestry, whose steely reserve had yet to crack. Her eyes were on the aisle, where a Suerton with a bounding gait approached—and then receded, in pursuit of a droid carrying liquid refreshments.
 
Dodi poked Kal in the ribs. “Wodi, my kid brother. You’ll like him, Kal. Dad used to call him the kind of guy who’d fly all the way to Alderaan if he heard a party was starting.”
 
“Didn’t Alderaan blow up?”
 
“Well, Wodi wasn’t responsible.” Dodi pursed his giant lips as Wodi, having scored a tray of beverages, let out a loud whoop. “At least, I don’t think he was. When did it happen?”

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073YTDV5S
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Worlds (December 5, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5116 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 387 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1780898584
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    Saladin Ahmed's THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards, and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. His first comic, BLACK BOLT, won the Will Eisner award. His original horror comic ABBOTT was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and was a Michigan Notable Book. Saladin currently writes the Marvel comics MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN and THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL. He lives near Detroit.

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    New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. He's best known for his Star Wars and Star Trek work, including Star Wars: Kenobi, his Scribe Award winning novel from Del Rey; Star Wars: A New Dawn; the Star Trek: Prey trilogy, and Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War.

    He's also written comics included the long-running Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics series, as well as comics for Battlestar Galactica, Halo, Lion King, Mass Effect, Iron Man, Indiana Jones, and The Simpsons. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site (farawaypress.com).

    Miller is also a noted comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron (comichron.com). He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.

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    Rae Carson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of award-winning fantasy and science fiction. She lives in Arizona with her husband.

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Customers have mixed opinions about the story complexity. Some find the stories engaging and stand alone, while others find them a slog to get through.

"...As a whole, all the stories are engaging. Each author brings his/her own style to the prose, but each draws you in...." Read more

"...that purpose, then appreciate its four stories for the engaging, fun tales they are.**SPOILER**..." Read more

"...The first two stories are slow and dull, but the second two pick up the pace and were at least entertaining...." Read more

"...For the most part, the stories are self-contained, although there is some slight overlap between a couple of them...." Read more

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Customers are mixed about the writing style. Some mention it has a nice touch, while others say the two stories are slow and dull. They also say the book insufficiently describes the appearance and background of these species.

"...2. Insufficiently describe the appearance and background of these species3. Take place in a setting I am not familiar with4...." Read more

"...Nice touch. “The Ride“ - John Jackson Miller - Another really good story...." Read more

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AM Robins
5.0 out of 5 stars Not essential, but a great read nonetheless
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2018
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There aren't many reviews for this book, so I thought I'd help those out who aren't sure what this book is about and are wondering if it is worth reading.

Full disclosure: Star Wars novels are my guilty pleasure. They aren't all great, but I read most of them anyway (Legends before and the now new ones as well).

Canto Bight is the name of the Las-Vegas-like casino city in The Last Jedi. However, this should not scare you away. Many people complained about the Canto Bight story line in The Last Jedi, feeling like it could have been cut out of the film. Maybe it could have, but there was some good character development that happened there. No matter how you come down on the debate, we now have a new location in the Star Wars universe that was hardly explored in the movie itself.

The book Canto Bight is actually a set of four short stories by four different authors. Each story is set Canto Bight and explore the city in different ways. Several other reviewers have talked about the individual stories, so I will not review each separately. As a whole, all the stories are engaging. Each author brings his/her own style to the prose, but each draws you in. I read this book just after finishing Phasma (another tie-in Star Wars novel) and I must admit I enjoyed Canto Bight more than Phasma.

What you really need to know about these short stories is that they are about real people and aliens, not Jedi and Sith. These stories could have worked without the Star Wars universe shroud, but the fact they are set in the Star Wars universe allows you to be immediately comfortable that you understand the rules of the universe. For example, the authors don't have to spend time explaining that money is called "credits" or what is happening in the broader universe because you already know.

These stories will not give you insight into the mysteries of the overall Star Wars saga, but if you are looking for a good read by some fantastic authors, this is a good buy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Establishes a Mythology for the Canto Bight Casino Complex
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017
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I disagree with the other reviewers in that I overall liked this book, which it took me all of about two days to read. The first, third, and fourth stories are engaging and for me at least were page turners. I struggled the first time through with the second story about the wine, but after returning to it later I found that one enjoyable as well.

The problem with all of these stories is that they:
1. Overwhelmingly use unfamiliar alien species as main characters
2. Insufficiently describe the appearance and background of these species
3. Take place in a setting I am not familiar with
4. Use plots that do not seem very important to the greater Star Wars universe

The function of this book and each of these four stories appears to be to characterize the Canto Bight casino and culture. Canto Bight is a glamorous yet dangerous luxury complex situated in the main city of the planet Cantonica. I presume it is going to have some importance in The Last Jedi so I hope the time I took with these stories will pay off.

What made the second story such a struggle for me is the fact that it features five main characters, all of whom are females, the majority of whom are novel alien species, two of them are identically-dressed identical twins, two of them are similarly-dressed aliens, and one is a human. On a first quick readthrough I was lost. Once I slowed down and got the characterizations down I was able to enjoy even this story.

Overall, then, if the purpose of this book is to populate in your mind a sort of legend or mythology of the Canto Bight casino complex, it succeeds. As long as you don't expect anything more from this book than that purpose, then appreciate its four stories for the engaging, fun tales they are.

**SPOILER**
Having seen The Last Jedi, I can attest that Canto Bight is exceedingly unimportant, underdeveloped, underused etc in the film. Shame.
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Curtis Hoffmann
5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwarming slice of Star Wars
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020
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If you're the type of Star Wars fan I am, you love it when authors come along to weave a fun yarn around a character you see in passing, or a visually iconic location that lacks on screen explanation. Canto Bight is both. The magically depraved (clearly Las Vegas inspired) little city of glitz, glam, and gambling comes alive in four tangentially connected stories by writers Saladin Ahmed, John Jackson Miller, Rae Carson, and Mira Grant. The lives of hapless tourists, wealthy aliens, criminals, and hard-working locals mix in interesting ways in this collection, with something for any reader to enjoy. Each story becomes an inviting page turner only a few minutes in, giving the reader such a connection to the city that it almost makes you a little upset to see it trashed by Rose and Finn in "The Last Jedi". Honestly recommended for any sci-fi fan who is at least generally knowledgeable about the Star Wars Universe.
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Begeisterter Leser
5.0 out of 5 stars Real fun to read
Reviewed in Germany on April 30, 2024
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The four stories are exciting, sad, funny and everything in between but far from boring. I enjoyed them very much.
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IlSolitoRedz
4.0 out of 5 stars Onesto
Reviewed in Italy on June 18, 2018
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Una raccolta di quattro storie di altrettanti autori che getta luce sulla Las Vegas/Montecarlo della galassia lontana lontana. Ci sono alti e bassi e si avverte la differenza di stile tra i vari racconti, ma gli spaccati di vita quotidiana lontana dalla guerra meritano una occasione.
Inglese di difficoltà intermedia.
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James Parkes
5.0 out of 5 stars Decadent, debauched and good fun
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2017
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Canto Bight what can I say other than an excellent read. Imagine the most luxurious resort possible, fill it with every hedonist and pleasure seeker in the galaxy and you've got canto Bight. It's very much star wars but seen from a very different angle, a more intimate and smaller angle. You get swept up in the lives and troubles of a few of its inhabitants, new hero's and villains. I found it compelling and couldn't put it down.
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James I Mapletoft
5.0 out of 5 stars The best Star Wars book in a long time.
Reviewed in Australia on December 11, 2017
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This book blew all of my expectations away and then some. It is always nice to go into a story with no former knowledge and to enjoy, almost love, new characters. I challenge you to read this and not be taken.
If the scenes of Canto Bight in The Last Jedi are even close to this, then we are all in for a treat. Ten out of ten.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The stories themselves were interesting and well written, however ...
Reviewed in Canada on March 3, 2018
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The stories themselves were interesting and well written, however the fact that there was nearly no connection to the larger Star Wars story line made these novels less entertaining for me. Usually a Star Wars novel gives you some new insight into the larger story, but these are basically stand alone.
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