Survivor’s Quest by Timothy Zahn

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Luke and Mara Skywalker join a diplomatic mission to enter the crash site of an old spaceship. The mission is visibly pointless and way below their Jedi levels and qualifications. However, someone somewhere knows this is not the case and their powers are going to be needed. The plot thickens, as the story progresses.

This wasn’t bad at all but the story suffered from a slow start, followed by endless descriptions of battles. I didn’t fancy any of the details about the precise lightsaber’s movements. I found this boring. Jedis are also too OP for my taste. Someone that OP doesn’t even need to move to disarm an enemy, as we known from many scenes with Darth Vader.

Somewhere below the surface hides Thrawn and the threat he so much fears. However, the book gives no new information about Thrawn or his nemesis.

Overall, not bad, but maybe better for a movie script than a book. 3/5 stars on my shelves.

PS. This is only my second book this month. I got stuck again and find it difficult to read. I even ordered some thrillers to help me get out of the block with no luck yet.

Group photos

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WordCamp Sofia attendees & Organizers + Volunteers. The last photo is missing some of the volunteers who had to leave earlier.

With the Contributor Day also over, I think I can go back to posting cat photos and book reviews.

WordCamp Sofia 2026

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That was it, most of the WordCamp is over. Tomorrow is the Contributor Day, when we traditionally gather together to do small contributor tasks. For me, that’s usually translations and validation.

2 halls, 19 speakers, 300+ attendees who showed up (the exact number will remain unknown). Over 100 people stayed for the closing remarks. We had the latest check-in in the recorded history (under my watch), after 17:00. Food was good, coffee was good, snacks were plentiful. It was a lot more a web-in-the-AI-era conference than a WordPress one but this is what the speakers wanted to talk about. The team was strong and positive, true pleasure to work with.

A large amount of volunteer work was done by 3 teenagers from different schools, whose parents were organizers or speakers. I’m very thankful to have had the chance to work with them. Bright young people.

On top of being the lead of the Volunteers team, I was also responsible for a large pile of tote bags, that were Jetpack’s swag. I managed to get all of the tote bags picked up. I couldn’t do the same with our Jetpack stickers. Tote bags good, stickers – boo.