Star Wars: The Last Order

Set after the events of *The Rise of Skywalker*, the novel begins with the Resistance rescuing young passengers taken by the First Order. Finn and Jannah pursue the officer responsible, while confronting the histories they share as former stormtroopers. That pairing gives the story two linked threads: a mission to protect children from further danger and an exploration of what it means to carry a past shaped by service to an oppressive regime. Kwame Mbalia’s Star Wars novel centers on these characters’ backgrounds and their place in the aftermath of the sequel-era conflict.