Canto Bight

Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

By: Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant, John Jackson Miller

Narrated by: Sean Kenin, Saskia Maarleveld, Marc Thompson, Jonathan Davis, John Jackson

Soon to be 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 original novellas 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.

Cast of narrators:

• Rules of the Game by Saladin Ahmed, read by Sean Kenin
• The Wine in Dreams by Mira Grant, read by Saskia Maarleveld
• Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing by Rae Carson, read by Marc Thompson
• The Ride by John Jackson Miller, read by Jonathan Davis

©2017 John Jackson Miller, Saladin Ahmed, Mira Grant and Rae Carson (P)2017 Random House Audio

Pleasantly Surprised

This book is comprised of 4 Short stories about activities on Canto Bight. This not your typical Star Wars novel. That said, I found the characters very likable and the stories were thoughtful and interesting. There was not much time for character and plot development, but a good enough job was done.

Bet you'll like this collection!

Fun collection of stories from Canto Bight! Even an early misstep in writing style couldn't keep these stories from being interesting and entertaining. The last two stories were enjoyable and made this one of the better entries into the new canon.

Great!

Four great short stories that give us insight into mysterious casino planet of Canto Bight.

Meh. A couple of the stories we're good..

but I was just sitting there waiting for the other 2 stories to END ALREADY!

great twist and addition to the star wars series

beautifully done wpuld advise anyone whos a fan of star wars to get on board with this one now.

Las Vegas Style Stories

This isn't really a Star Wars book. It's four stories set in a gambling planet in the Last Jedi film, Canto Bight. Three stories are fairly good, one less so.
The first, Rules of the Game, is about a salesman who runs into an assassin. The hapless salesman has all sorts of misfortune. This one really had no ending and just stopped. Worst of the bunch for me.
The second story, The Wine in Dreams, about a wine expert was better, though I'm not a wine fan. It got more interesting towards the end.
The third story, Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, was about a masseuse and underworld entanglements. That one didn't have an expected ending either.
The fourth and last story, The Ride, was about a down on his luck gambler who learns to live a little. That one was somewhat interesting, though I'm not a gambling fan.
The stellar narrators of Sean Kenin, Saskiaa Marleveld, March Thompson and Jonathan Davis really make these come alive. Their talents lift any material they narrate. This isn't a must read book, and with the exception of a few references, doesn't really connect to the larger Star Wars universe. It took me five years to get around to reading/listening to this one.

Welcome to the Vegas of the Star Wars galaxy.

A great little collection, even though I only recognized two of the narrators. All stories were excellent, sounding like they could be in any place on earth.

So entertaining!!!

Loved it! Afforded a fresh perspective of how the Force of others can actively shape Destiny.

Great add on the Star Wars universe!

Great read, wasn’t to crazy about the wine story but they can’t all be winners right? The rest were quite fun. Can’t recommend this enough

Well orchestrated anthology that connect very well

it takes talent to write four stories about a casino town. The stories fairly slow but are well- written.