Thread:Sakaros/@comment-31421-20170929201806/@comment-104549-20170929204041

BLUF: It was a logical break point in the three-part saga, and a good milestone in the series of interactions between Tirien and Narasi.

More fully: Well, the whole Apprentice Trilogy was intended as a complete set; even though I wrote it piece-by-piece, I knew generally what each piece would cover. I could have written them all as a novel, but it would've been a little tortured; as you'll see, Twist of Fate and Second Chance have narrative gaps and changes that would've made it awkward as one big work. That, and it was easier to stay motivated writing three novellas than one novel.

On a completely different note, I've always found  dissatisfying because of how neatly and quickly everything is just hunky-dory. Admittedly it was geared toward children, but for me the transition from "No, uh-uh, never in a million years will I have a Padawan" to "You're an integral part of my life and missions, Snips!" was jarringly quick; different people don't come together that easily, if at all. And Tirien and Narasi are, in many ways, even further apart personality-wise than Anakin and Ahsoka.