Sublight Drive (Star Wars)

Sublight Drive is a fantastic story to read and follow. The characters are good writing and makes understandable choices (no dumb weird choices). The MC is smart yet not OP. He knows stuff from the movies/series, and it is felt very early how the universe has moved away from the main story from Star Wars Canon. You don´t need to know Star Wars to understand to story here, however it will help. When the MC uses his ships in the space battles, he uses the 3D of space to the maximum. This could be as an example slingshot around planets. So, no 2D water ship fight in space from the MC side.

So I would heavily secondment Sublight Drive is you are into Star Wars, strategy and space operas stuff.

Ok, first off, I can't emphasize enough how fast this got me on board. I'm moderate fan of star wars, but holy shit this grabbed me like a gorilla raised on a healthy diet of protein shakes and crack cocaine.

The battles are interesting, and we follow our separatist out of context captain trying to survive the war and maybe undermine the crazy space wizards on the down low.

It's something to behold, love the navel action and cant wait for more.

TL;DR: Brilliant writing with mistakes I can ignore, delightful characterizations, and appropriate space wizard bullshittery mixed supremely.

My deeply held and incontestable biases make this the perfect mixture of tactical fun and political intrigue set in my favorite setting, on my favorite side. It’s like mirrth reached into my brain to make the perfect thing, and did it. It’s astonishingly perfect. Thank you mirrth.

A nice look at a less explored side of the franchise: typically, stories set in Star Wars follow the Republic/Empire and heavily emphasis the force users fighting. This is one of the rare exceptions that tackles what it actually means to fight with starships across a theater spanning the entire galaxy.

I want to start by saying that it is my greatest dishonor to notice I did not write a review for this work before. I have followed it from close to the beginning and always assumed I wrote a review, but this novel had drawn me in so extremely that all else was forgotten.

Sublight Drive is, in short, a masterpiece not just about the world of Star Wars, but also for the Space, Sci-Fi and Military genres. Calling it a "Star Wars Novel" is doing it a major injustice, for it is so much more than that. 

At the very beginning, when I just started reading, I wondered how the novel would progress from that point. Very quickly, the thought disappeared and never returned, for it was such a insignificant thing to think about when I look back at it now. This story is impeccably written and manages to hold me tight in it's grasp whenever a new chapter releases.

The characters are notable, well written and develop over time in a way that fits the original lore while also perfectly adapting to the story that is being written with a noticeable passion. Not for a moment have I felt bored, distracted, annoyed or otherwise negatively while reading and thinking about this novel. 

I have recommended it faithfully to the Star Wars fans I know, not just for it's passionate and well-written story, but also for the unique perspective it gives to the Galaxy where it all plays out. The struggles of knowing you are fighting a losing war, and doing your part to try and turn the tides are shown here in a way unique to the genres befitting Sublight Drive, for it is a similar story many of us have seen before in the movie theatres, on tv, in comics and in kther media.

I find it important to know that, for anyone new to this novel, the very start of the story, and the chapter I am currently on, have been a truly incredible reading journey and I wholeheartedly invite you to join me to see where this path will lead us :)

And lastly, thank you dear Author for your time, passion and great ideas in writing this story. I wish it will continue for a long time to come, and that I may one day witness the efforts of the White Hand.

May the Force guide you,

Labooooon

I've read all chapters available as of this post, and it is one of the better stories from my recent memory. Wish author would update the book more but that ain't a bad thing, personal preference is all.

All things with this story are rather good, the only problems I've seen are some very small grammar details and that the book jumps characters quite a bit, but that's, again, personal preference.

The character design in the book are rather thought out, and it shows that the MC's actions have ramifications, both significant and not. The secondary character's are again, not forgettable throwaway's, and they integrate into the plot well. The main character isn't some overpowered god that farts greatness. Just a guy in a plot bigger then himself that manages to stay afloat.

It has war, politics, comic relief, etc. Nothing is overwhelming in any significant way. Each chapter has its place in the grand story and the character's reflect that.

The author has made a good book for any who like starwars, sci fi in general, war and politics, and more. I cant recommend it enough, even if its only for casual perusal. So, I wish the author luck in this writing endeavor.

Originally reviewed at 19 when the story started to add its second dynamic. I thought it was going to make the main character some OP isekai protag slope but still gave it 3.5 stars. Now I would give it 5 stars for exceeding my expectations.

Cons: The story is all about the Clone Wars and thus you needs to both look up all these minor details to figure out who's what from where and how it matters. The author does bring in a lot of the old expanded universe stuff into the fold which is cool but does cause casing size bloat which leads me into the pros.

Pros: This is a fantastic Space Opera. The cast size is large, interconnected and important within each little domain. The MC takes center stage early but after his (rocky imo) first intro all these unique characters start to come in. Finally the isekai powers are not a simple "I win" button. He's actually competent and knows what the goal is. Many kingdom/nation centered series give one to three battles before calling it a day. The main focus of this series is the space battles in decent to high details. Both opponents are competent and are actively countering each others moves.

Fantastic series to act as mouthwash after the slop that has hit the big screens lately.

This is the best Star Wars fanfiction I've seen. The basic setup involves a main character put into a fictional setting with knowledge of what will happen in the main plot, which has been done in a number of stories, with fictional games and fantasy series and so on, but here the setting is Star Wars, which comes with an enormous amount of background that the author seems to have a deep understanding of. The characterization is good, and the character actions make sense. In some ways it reminds me of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Anyway, bravo.

A great read, I would judge myself as I have a middling amount of starwars knowledge. So I enjoyed the different plot points and learning new names. Looking them up and checking over things. Interesting in seeing how things might change or turn out :)

I really really enjoyed all of the fleet command strategies. I know ill probably have to go and check out a few starwars books. It was a lot of fun watching tactics be used and then blown away by brute force. Things changed or switched up. I have to figure out where dooku lies yet. 

Amazing story, the author designs rain to be slightly overpowered but this is due to his unique perspective and his rationality. He is rational and clever and overall, the moral arguments, planning, and overall portrayal of a war where neither side is black and white. A war designed to not be won but rather one designed to grind the galaxy down until they are helpless to the true victor who shall consume the whole. And he is now trying to escape this fate.