New Synopsis for Claudia Gray’s Bloodline

Bloodline

 

Thanks to the discovery of Jedi-Bibliotek, we have learned that paperback for Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath not only contains the sample chapter of Claudia Gray’s new book Bloodline but also a new synopsis for it. The chapter is a revised version of the chapter that was previously released.

 

 

The synopsis is as follows:

 

The entire generation has prospered during an era of peace. The New Republic, governed by the Galactic Senate on Hosnian Prime, has held power for more than two decades. The wars that divided the galaxy are fading into legend.

 

Yet conflict has begun to take shape within the Senate. Two unofficial but powerful factions have formed – the Populists, who believe individual planets should retain almost all authority, and the Centrists, who favor a stronger galactic government and a more powerful military.

 

As the political gridlock threatens to cripple the fledgling democracy, Centrists leaders have called for the election of a “First Senator”. It is their hope that this powerful position will bring order to the divided Senate. But Populists like Senator Leia Organa Solo know all too well the price of such order. Even as the election nears, the divisions between the worlds of the galaxy are growing wider…

 

This is the preliminary synopsis and it could change by the book’s release. But, as you can see, we are getting better insight into political situation within the New Republic as well as Leia’s full name. The story takes place roughly six years before the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

 

Bloodline is slated for publication on May 3, 2016 by Del Rey.

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64 thoughts on “New Synopsis for Claudia Gray’s Bloodline

  • March 17, 2016 at 9:37 pm
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    Sounds really political, but the Darth Plagueis novel was really political, and that didn’t stop it from being great. Also Lost Stars was great, so I’m looking forward to this book 🙂

    • March 17, 2016 at 9:40 pm
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      Political drama is great. Look at House of Cards on netflix! Haha.

      • March 18, 2016 at 12:14 am
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        Is that sarcastic, means house of cards is not good, because I’havent watched it?

        • March 18, 2016 at 1:16 am
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          haven’t seen it myself really, but HoC is widely regarded as one of the best “TV” series of the last decade

        • March 18, 2016 at 1:19 am
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          No, it’s not sarcastic. I genuinely think it’s one of the best TV shows I’ve ever seen.

    • March 17, 2016 at 10:11 pm
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      I didn’t like Lost Stars much. Can you pin anything down about Claudia’s style that you like so that I might better enjoy Bloodline?

      • March 18, 2016 at 12:13 am
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        Hmm. I really liked the heroes, the story too. The thing that it was telling the story not from the main heroes but some people that just see them from afar. Claudia Grey made an incredible picture showing us that the rebelion isn’t the ultimate good, and that the empire is not seen as bad from every one.

        • March 18, 2016 at 1:44 am
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          Redeeming quality’s indeed. I just didn’t like the plot or writing style. Thanks tho 🙂

      • March 18, 2016 at 1:24 am
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        Not as amazing as some had made out. It was alright but nothing more. Not sure what the guys from Collider Jedi Council were raving about, it’s almost as if they’ve never read a really really good novel

      • March 18, 2016 at 2:32 pm
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        I thought her character development was top notch. I cared about the characters, which is more than I can say about Aftermath for example. I re-read Lost Stars after the initial go just to make sure I didn’t just think it was great by comparison to the other books that were released at the time. I can say, it’s honestly a fantastically written SW novel and still stands among my favorite SW novels ever written. It’s not my favorite “story” per se, but the way Gray handled the material was fantastic in my opinion. They could have given her a more interesting direction to go in, but she took what she was given and actually gave me the only new book only characters that I really want to see what happens to next. I didn’t care about Thane Kyrell and Ciena Ree until Claudia Gray so masterfully developed them into great characters. She took a mediocre story idea and turned it into a great read. I can’t wait to see what she does with Bloodline with a character and story that I am already interested in.

      • March 18, 2016 at 6:55 pm
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        I like everything about that book. The characters, the story, and the Star Wars! I’m a newcomer to the EU (the old one always felt to large to tackle) and read most of the new books: This was the first one that I really felt expanded the universe but at the same time gave me a better understanding of the exciting universe. And again: Characters, characters, characters!

    • March 18, 2016 at 5:21 pm
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      As much beating up of the EU that I do, I did really enjoy Darth Plagueis. I don’t have mind my Star Wars with a bit of politics, but it’s always come across better in books than on screen.

  • March 17, 2016 at 9:39 pm
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    1. Does anyone know what was “revised” in the chapter preview?

    2. “it could change by book’s release”
    That should be “it could change by *the* book’s release.

    3. So now we know what those posters meant by “First Senator”

    4.This sounds like a really cool political drama, and I like how the Populists and the Centrists mirror the struggle between the Federalists and the Ant-Federalists in the early days of the United Sates.

  • March 17, 2016 at 9:49 pm
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    Interesting that Leia is in the “Populist” camp since she disagreed with the Republic’s Disarmament Act and was branded a “warmonger” for forming the unauthorized private military Resistance to watchdog and fight the First Order.

    From Wookieepedia – “As what was left of the Empire transformed into the First Order, Leia continued to be the leading voice for rearmament of the Republic—an unpopular political stance that soured her previously pristine reputation. Many in the new Senate accused Organa of being an alarmist or warmonger and sidelined the princess from the political processes of the democracy she had helped found.”

    • March 17, 2016 at 10:20 pm
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      It’s probably similar to pre-Civil War U.S. The country was much more “Populist” but there was a still a strong military, it was just distributed among the different states. The “Centrists” sound like what took place post-Civil War where the power became more centralized in the Federal government, along with the military power.

    • March 18, 2016 at 1:24 am
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      I think its more, she doesn’t want all the power in a single place because last time that happened, we got the Empire.

      • March 18, 2016 at 9:17 pm
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        I get that, but she still seems to be for a powerful centralized military force. The Military Disarmament Act was about demilitarizing the central government forces by 90%, not individual planets if I’m not mistaken. I’m assuming she will be split on that front or she changes position at some point. It specifically says the Centrists want “a more powerful military.”

  • March 17, 2016 at 10:01 pm
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    Want to hear about Ben and Snoke.

    • March 18, 2016 at 12:36 am
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      You’ll probably get a couple of mentions, maybe a bit more backstory into Snoke, but don’t expect all the information (especially about Ben’s turn to the darkside) to be in this book. Certainly some of those reveals are going to be in Episode VIII

  • March 17, 2016 at 11:09 pm
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    I can not wait to read this book. One of the best things about TFA is that it created so much new mystery and lore. The events of those three decades where quite significant to the current events. Almost too much to be cover by the EU alone. I want a film covering the fall of Luke’s Jedi class. Making one of my complaints, is that I thought TFA should have been Episode VIII .

  • March 17, 2016 at 11:30 pm
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    I normally hate the political side of the Star Wars stories. Guess I’m more an action sort of person. But if anyone can pull it off it is Claudia Gray.

    • March 18, 2016 at 1:20 am
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      Honestly. I’m in the minority but I fucking LOVE Star Wars politics. Do I think it was WAYYY TOO prevalent in the prequels? Yes and they shouldn’t have done that but I loved seeing senate stuff in the Clone Wars TV series. Maybe I’m just one for political drama 😛

      • March 18, 2016 at 5:00 am
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        It was good in TCW, because they made it like a thriller/spy thing, and Padme was usually there.

      • March 18, 2016 at 1:56 pm
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        Concur.

  • March 17, 2016 at 11:42 pm
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    PLEASE SHOT US THE FORMATION OF THE RESISTANCE!

    • March 18, 2016 at 2:37 am
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      Ladies and gentleman: the very last person to type in all caps. Yeah, all kidding aside, I would like to see that as well.

  • March 18, 2016 at 12:17 am
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    as long as there is ben solo, i’m a happy camper

    • March 19, 2016 at 3:14 pm
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      Exactly.

  • March 18, 2016 at 12:23 am
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    So….populists are republicans and centrists are democrats? Ok then

    • March 18, 2016 at 1:11 am
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      Kinda. More like: Populists are Libertarians and Centrists are Trump supporters.

      • March 18, 2016 at 4:26 am
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        Populists are normal republicans.
        Centrists are republicans that are loud enough to say bs on tv.

    • March 18, 2016 at 1:22 am
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      I don’t think that’s that simple to compare to existing real-life parties but yeah, it’s basically big government vs little government. Depends what other issues they support. Like they could be little government but socially, be super liberal which goes against the GOP’s views etc.

    • March 18, 2016 at 4:24 am
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      Actually they took a smart route by giving the Centrists the more controversial aspects of each party. The pro-big government of the democrats and the pro-military of the republicans [not saying either are bad, but those are the points of contention].

      While the populists get the best of both parties; diplomacy from the democrats and small-government from the republicans. In general, there’s a lot of exceptions on both sides.

      Really though, it’s not that great a comparison to begin with.

      When you boil it down, the debate described in the synopsis is more like the difference between Conservatism and Facism — which, in terms of practical use in the real-world, Socialism / Communism is pretty close to Facism. So it’s more like the fight between the Soviet Russians and what would later become the EU.

      Wait … damnit! I’m doing it again.

      Every time SW gives me a hypothetical conundrum to entertain and take my mind off the real world, I ruin it by connecting it to the real world. It’s sad that I do my best political thinking while reading fictitious entertainment hypotheticals.

  • March 18, 2016 at 12:37 am
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    I hope there is a lot of politics in this books, I love my Star Wars with some politics

    • March 18, 2016 at 4:56 am
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      And Jar-Jar too!

      • March 18, 2016 at 1:03 pm
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        Don’t forget sand.

        • March 18, 2016 at 8:28 pm
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          Ugh, no. I hate sand. It’s rough, and coarse, and it gets everywhere.

          • March 19, 2016 at 7:49 am
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            I bet you hate Sandpeople as well.

          • March 19, 2016 at 6:11 pm
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            Yeah, they’re like animals. And I slaughtered them like animals.

          • March 20, 2016 at 2:02 am
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            You’re breaking my heart…

          • March 20, 2016 at 2:05 am
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            I have brought peace and prosperity to my new Empire!

  • March 18, 2016 at 4:29 am
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    Personally, I have no problem with political stuff if it’s in a book. It’s when you try to mix it with the action in the movies where things go haywire. With books, you can get away with a lot more because the book is automatically word-based no matter how much action is in it, so political talks have a leg up.

    Further, with the amount of books, not everyone has to enjoy it. Also Leia is a lot more interesting than Padme.

  • March 18, 2016 at 5:50 am
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    A talented writer Claudia is! Ashamed the EU is gone, would loved to have seen her writing there. Just having a hard time with this new timeline and stories. I think they should have borrowed from the EU and had Leia as a Jedi and politician.

    • March 19, 2016 at 3:08 am
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      Yeah, me too. But then they’d have to explain how she ends up as a frumpy cenile old woman in Episode VII….

      • March 19, 2016 at 5:13 pm
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        They’d need to explain alot about 7…maybe, we could find out that the current state of the universe is an alternative reality created by the dark side manipulations of Palps!

        • March 19, 2016 at 6:05 pm
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          I might actually be up for that.

  • March 18, 2016 at 12:38 pm
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    What strikes me about the description is that it refers to her as “Leia Organa Solo”, which is her name in the EU. With the official canon, we’ve only heard “Leia Organa”, meaning that they’re bringing back some of that good ‘ole EU content.

    • March 19, 2016 at 3:08 am
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      “There’s always a bit of truth in Legends.”
      -Lucasfilm, via Ahsoka Tano

    • March 19, 2016 at 6:16 pm
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      See, what strikes me is – WHERE the hell is LEIA SKYWALKER?? She didn’t knew her real name, then she discovered it, and then she still keeps using a second or a third one. The fact that she NEVER uses her real name in her life (in BOTH continuities) is mind-boggling.

      • March 20, 2016 at 2:01 am
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        She’s supposed to give up her adopted name just because she found out the name of her birth father?

        • March 20, 2016 at 2:05 am
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          No, she’s supposed to add that name in as well.

          Leia Organa Skywalker Solo

          • March 20, 2016 at 2:07 am
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            I respect your opinion. However, as the spouse of an adoptee, I can assure you it doesn’t work that way.

          • March 20, 2016 at 3:45 am
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            Cool. But this is Star Wars. The writers get to decide how it works.

          • March 20, 2016 at 3:48 am
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            You’re right. And they did. 😉

          • March 20, 2016 at 7:24 am
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            Badum tss

  • March 18, 2016 at 7:36 pm
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    Such a bland cover. I wish they’d go back to the hand painted ones from the 70’s-90’s instead of more minimalist crap like this.

    • March 19, 2016 at 3:07 am
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      It’s supposed to look like a dramatic campaign poster. Calm your tits.

      • March 19, 2016 at 2:23 pm
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        I prefer the Rebels ones they did. Especially since the Empire would be more probe to propaganda than the Resistance,

      • March 19, 2016 at 6:12 pm
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        Yeah, but I’m sick of minimalism in designs too. People are overkilling it all over the place these days, just like typography in graphic design. You know typo? Good for you, but that doesn’t make you a graphic designer.

  • March 19, 2016 at 3:35 pm
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    If Leia creates the Resistance in Bloodline, she will have to change her stance on a strong central military, or already be in conflict over that with other Populists. The whole point of her creating the Resistance is because the Republic reduced their central military by 90% and can’t/won’t fight the growing threat of the First Order. The Republic brands her a warmonger (save for a few Senators who help her in secret) for suggesting the First Order is a threat and that the Republic need a strong military if they attack.
    In TFA she is trying to warn the Republic of the threat and get their fleet ready to fight. This all makes me think the Populists turn on Leia, possibly when her relation to Vader is exposed.

    • April 7, 2016 at 4:19 pm
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      Agreed. I think Leia probably wanted middle ground between the two factions. Maybe a strong central military and more freedom among planets. Kinda like how the US is.

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