Phasma (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Delilah S. Dawson

Sep 2017 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by January LaVoy

About this audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover Captain Phasma’s mysterious history in this “Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi” novel.

One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order, Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. But for all her renown, Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins—and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters.

Deep inside the Battlecruiser Absolution, a captured Resistance spy endures brutal interrogation at the hands of a crimson-armored stormtrooper—Cardinal. But the information he desires has nothing to do with the Resistance or its covert operations against the First Order.

What the mysterious stormtrooper wants is Phasma’s past—and with it whatever long-buried scandal, treachery, or private demons he can wield against the hated rival who threatens his own power and privilege in the ranks of the First Order. His prisoner has what Cardinal so desperately seeks, but she won’t surrender it easily. As she wages a painstaking war of wills with her captor, bargaining for her life in exchange for every precious revelation, the spellbinding chronicle of the inscrutable Phasma unfolds. But this knowledge may prove more than just dangerous once Cardinal possesses it—and once his adversary unleashes the full measure of her fury.
 
Praise for Phasma

“Fury Road meets The Force Awakens . . . a much-needed origin story for one of the new Star Wars saga’s most mysterious characters.”—The Verge
  
“Dark, gripping, and entertaining.”—Roqoo Depot
 
“Fabulous, utterly engrossing.”—Kirkus Reviews

Ratings and reviews

It's an interesting book. Nice to have some background on a character that got far too little development, and was thrown away. The reader is not all that great, but if that doesn't bother you then it's an enjoyable experience.

Finally got to see more Phasma in action. This is an entertaining quest where Phasma guides a First Order general to his crashed shuttle through her hostile homeworld. We see her personality, her guile, and her fighting abilities. I didn't care for the framing story. The whole thing is told 2nd and 3rd hand by a Resistance spy named Vi. She is hands-down the worst character. She's so snarky and arrogant. I was going to stop listening to it, but luckily once the Phasma story line starts going we get less of the Vi story line. I liked the sound effects for the most part, but there was this one section where we kept hearing nighttime / cricket noises even though the scene had long ago changed from night to the next day. The reveal of what happened to Parnassos was also cool, and reminded me a little of the Fallout video game series. All in all, I would pass on this unless you're curious about Phasma's orgin, but even then, maybe just read the wikipedia entry. The lady who read the book was excellent though, and I would like to hear more books she narrates.

It's a decent story to fill out Phasma's past. Too bad the movies just use her to fill the female quota.