Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine book review

I think that there's a kernel of a good story in The Ruins of Dantooine, but it's hidden beneath too many video game references, excessive use of side/fetch quests, useless OT character cameos, and some rather fanfiction-y main characters. Whitney-Robinson wrote this story in a super abbreviated span of time, and it shows... Goodreads review:   / 4692963474   Voronica Whitney-Robinson: The Fastest Pen in the Galaxy? (February 2004): https://web.archive.org/web/200907181... Homing Beacon #96 - Exploring the Ruins of Dantooine (June 2003): https://web.archive.org/web/200502051... Star Wars Galaxies - First Gameplay Trailer (uploaded by Kid Lee):    • Star Wars Galaxies - First Gameplay Trailer   Purchase The Ruins of Dantooine from a local bookstore: https://bookshop.org/a/99992/97803454... *Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org where your purchases support local bookstores. I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 00:00 - Intro 01:53 - Brief history of Star Wars Galaxies 04:13 - Lots of video game easter eggs 04:43 - Bad cover 05:09 - Dusque & Finn 05:53 - Holocron nitpicking 06:21 - The plot 08:27 - Just a one-off 09:06 - Spy/intrigue story + stealth romance subplot 09:30 - Too many side quests 10:19 - OT character cameos 11:12 - Too fanfiction-y 13:24 - In Short 15:29 - Cat cameo