Which isnвЂ™t to say I donвЂ™t grab those opportunities when they ariseвЂ¦ So I see opportunities to connect to Rogue One more rapidly than I do with, say, Solo: A Star Wars Story or Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. It uses space in my brain in a way the other films donвЂ™t, no matter how many times IвЂ™ve seen them. Do you think your experience writing the novelization of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story influenced your decision to mention Jyn here?ДЄlexander Freed: IвЂ™m sure it did! Writing the Rogue One novelization meant living with that film for quite a while. : I loved how Chass kept comparing herself to Jyn Erso as she was looking for meaning in Shadow Fall. Their arc together is an important one for the trilogy - and thereвЂ™s much more Wyl-Nath content coming in book three. : Conversely, why did you have Wyl and Nath spend so much time together?ДЄlexander Freed: I found Wyl and Nath to be one of the more interesting combinations of characters to write in the first book, and I wanted to get deeper into their relationship for Shadow Fall. Plus, itвЂ™s a Star Wars tradition to split the group in the second part of the trilogy! She was integral to Alphabet as a unit, but their bond was based on a lie and that had to reverberate through the whole team. Why did you decide to spend so much time focused on members of Alphabet Squadron on their own journeys?ДЄlexander Freed: Quell brought the team together, and Quell, in the end, caused them to fall apart. : Much of Alphabet Squadron was about the pilots of Alphabet Squadron coming together as a team while in much of Shadow Fall the team spends time apart from one another. Quell, meanwhile, longs for a mentor but isnвЂ™t ready to trust Hera with her secrets - even though she recognizes that Hera is the sort of person she aspired to be. How would you describe their relationship in this book?ДЄlexander Freed: Hera sincerely wants to mentor Quell, but sheвЂ™s a general now - she doesnвЂ™t have the time to be as hands-on as she was in the past, and has to make do with the opportunities sheвЂ™s given. They respect each other but arenвЂ™t best buddies. : I enjoyed the relationship between Hera Syndulla and Quell in Shadow Fall. Who will Quell become? What of Devon remains in Soran? The question is how will they get through a situation intact or how will they affect the world around them?вЂќ But Shadow Fall is largely about characters who havenвЂ™t fully decided who they are themselves - and hopefully the reader feels that tension, and wants them to resolve it one way or another. You can absolutely write a compelling story by saying, вЂњThe audience knows who this character is. In some respects, thatвЂ™s the heart of the trilogy. At this pivotal moment of change, many characters are being confronted with their actual, immutable pasts and how those may contradict their hopes for the soon-to-arrive future. What is it about a character feeling pulled in two directions that appealed to you as a writer?ДЄlexander Freed: I think of the year after Endor as a period of transition - the warвЂ™s still going on but peace is within reach, and everyone is grappling with what that means for themselves. : The past is on the minds (and is catching up) with many characters in Shadow Fall - most noticeably for Yrica Quell and QuellвЂ™s former mentor Soran Keize. Enough time for the pilots to have settled into a routine, but not enough for their conflicts to have boiled over. : How much time has gone by between the end of Alphabet Squadron and the beginning of Shadow Fall?ДЄlexander Freed: WeвЂ™re around a month or two post- Alphabet Squadron at the beginning, something approximating half a year after the Battle of Endor. To celebrate the release of the latest novel in the series, spoke with Freed about his experience writing his first canon Star Wars sequel and taking a closer look at the pilots of Alphabet Squadron. ItвЂ™s a chaotic time for both Rebels and Imperials trying to find their place in the galaxy after the fall of the Empire and thereвЂ™s a lot to learn about characters from both sides, especially those who are holding onto secrets from their past. In Shadow Fall, the second book in the Alphabet Squadron trilogy, author Alexander Freed continues the story of Alphabet SquadronвЂ™s pursuit of the elite Imperial TIE fighter squadron, Shadow Wing.

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