Episode 99: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (A Junior Novel)

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In this episode of Tarkin's Top Shelf, Mark and Becca review <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53098969-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-junior-novel" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53098969-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-junior-novel&source=gmail&ust=1589323843321000&usg=AFQjCNFyv5kFeZp95Fx_rLK_5bBlRKK5HA"> Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Junior Novelization</a> by <a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Kogge" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Kogge&source=gmail&ust=1589323843321000&usg=AFQjCNFn4Dwvle1EEtIDgOGSZZSspDa3ww"> Michael Kogge</a> and <a href= "https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Disney%E2%80%93Lucasfilm_Press" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Disney%E2%80%93Lucasfilm_Press&source=gmail&ust=1589323843321000&usg=AFQjCNE5kQiqOE33j0x7D9KtPXQ-9g3cWA"> Disney Lucasfilm Press</a>. Your hosts go over Michael's perspective of the film and compare his creative take to <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52306589-the-rise-of-skywalker" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52306589-the-rise-of-skywalker&source=gmail&ust=1589323843321000&usg=AFQjCNGEOPVN8G5syovMwhFGM-x5jGqQ4Q"> Rae Carson's</a> point of view from her  <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52306589-the-rise-of-skywalker" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52306589-the-rise-of-skywalker&source=gmail&ust=1589323843321000&usg=AFQjCNGEOPVN8G5syovMwhFGM-x5jGqQ4Q"> "Expanded Edition."</a> They also go over their initial thoughts as a whole and whether or not both books work as essential companion pieces to enjoy and or enrich the film's thematic conclusion of the