Star Wars: The Bad Batch “Sanctuary” didn’t quite live up to my very high hopes. It’s not bad, but it never fully captured me.

The story picks up right after the water event on Pabu, with the Batch cruising around with Phee trying to acquire funds for Paub to help with the clean up. Of course, anything with Phee tends to go sideways and naturally, that happens here.

This book has a flaw that’s almost inherent to the Bad Batch: the story starts out at a very frenetic pace and stays that way for the majority of the book. There’s very little contrast between events. Unfortunately, there’s no real character growth or arcs here. Hunter is pretty much just not happy through the entire book, and it’s like, man, you’re kind of a downer to travel with.

It didn’t quite live up to my hopes, but it’s definitely not a bad book. If you are a Bad Batch fan and want to hang out with the Batch, I’m not necessarily going to say they’re in a good mood but you can be with them, and that in itself is super cool.3/5

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