During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one–not even the Solos and the Skywalkers–knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed.
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Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one–not even the Solos and the Skywalkers–knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it costs him his life. And as Luke Skywalker contemplates once unthinkable strategies to dethrone his nephew, the hour of reckoning for those on both sides draws near. The galaxy becomes a battlefield where all must face their true nature and darkest secrets, and live–or die–with the consequences. I think it is really hard to judge the perfect 'length' of a series. I am in no doubt that 'The Legacy of the Force' series was designed to maximise profits.
But, the authors have done a great job within their respective books of building the overall tension and making each adventure (mostly) worth the readers time.We come to a a climax of sorts in this story and I think that they have managed Jacen's decent into the darkside well and even given us an ambiguous glimmer of goodness at the end. I I think it is really hard to judge the perfect 'length' of a series. I am in no doubt that 'The Legacy of the Force' series was designed to maximise profits.
But, the authors have done a great job within their respective books of building the overall tension and making each adventure (mostly) worth the readers time.We come to a a climax of sorts in this story and I think that they have managed Jacen's decent into the darkside well and even given us an ambiguous glimmer of goodness at the end. I am not sure that they need an entire 9th book to act as an epilogue, but I will check the final installment out regardless. 'We don't have a word for hero.
Being prepared to die for your family and friends, or what you hold dear, is a basic requirement for a Mando, so it's not worth a separate word. It's only cowards we had to find a special word for.' 'It was just three words. But it was three too many for Boba Fett.' Karen Traviss has done it again. She has never failed me yet when she writes about Mandalorians and more precisely Boba Fett.
This book is rich with how the gears in Mandalorians beliefs/culture works.A 'We don't have a word for hero. Being prepared to die for your family and friends, or what you hold dear, is a basic requirement for a Mando, so it's not worth a separate word. It's only cowards we had to find a special word for.'
'It was just three words. But it was three too many for Boba Fett.'
Karen Traviss has done it again. She has never failed me yet when she writes about Mandalorians and more precisely Boba Fett.
This book is rich with how the gears in Mandalorians beliefs/culture works.A must for all fans of the Fett. Here is all I have to say. I love the journey that this series is taking the reader.
But I really wish that they made Darth Caedus to be more of a bad ass. Its like, for the past 3 volumes he's been getting his butt kicked by every member of the Star Wars universe. Also, I don't understand how all of the people that hear that he is a dark lord are kinda like, 'oh. It just seems like a little bit of an understatement of the severity of the issues that are surrounding the stor Okay. Here is all I have to say.
I love the journey that this series is taking the reader. But I really wish that they made Darth Caedus to be more of a bad ass. Its like, for the past 3 volumes he's been getting his butt kicked by every member of the Star Wars universe. Also, I don't understand how all of the people that hear that he is a dark lord are kinda like, 'oh. It just seems like a little bit of an understatement of the severity of the issues that are surrounding the story. Here is what I really mean. The story simply feels like it has been going way too long and I kinda feel as though a lot of the major events have become trivalized (does anyone remember that he kidnapped his daughter?
Or that he trashed the planet of the Wookies? Or that he's a FRICKIN' SITH!). Thats all I've got.
Waiting patiently for the final book. Personal ResponseI think that overall this was a very good read and that the author mixed it up from the nonstop action to sometimes a more calmer state. Also she did very well in making very unexpected moments and tense moments along with those.PlotThe book starts off with Jacen wanting to attack Fondor which he does,but before he does, he tries to enlist the help of the Imperial Remnant under Admiral Palleon. Jacen sends Tahiri to enlist there help after that the Imperial Remnant decides to j Personal ResponseI think that overall this was a very good read and that the author mixed it up from the nonstop action to sometimes a more calmer state. Also she did very well in making very unexpected moments and tense moments along with those.PlotThe book starts off with Jacen wanting to attack Fondor which he does,but before he does, he tries to enlist the help of the Imperial Remnant under Admiral Palleon.
Jacen sends Tahiri to enlist there help after that the Imperial Remnant decides to join the Galactic Alliance if it gets more territories. Then Admiral Niathal, Jacen, and Admiral Palleon attack Fondor. There minelayers are destroyed on the spot and they arrive later.
Then they destroy the planetary shield,but then, the Fondorian Fleet appears from hyperspace. Niathal removes Jacen from command as the battle ensues when he tries and succeeds in destroying much of Fondor's largest city. When it looks as if the GA might lose another Imperial Fleet arrives and destroys a lot of Fondor's and Jacen's Fleets. Then Jacen went in a med evac ship to the Imperial Flagship 'Bloodfin' to save his Sith Apprentice.
He succeeds in saving her and leaves FondorRecommendationI would recommend this to boys who like action, tense moments, and unexpected moments. I would not recommend this to most girls they usually do not like fighting or violence in general.
This is obviously the penultimate novel of the subseries, and it brings us to what we anticipate to be an exciting end.Jaina seeks out Boba Fett in order to have something in her own arsenal that can help her fight Jacen. That is a fantastic clashing of subplots. We get a LOT of information on Mandalorian battle/close fighting tactics, and see exactly why/how they can best Jedi.It's fascinating, and Traviss is the perfect person to have written this.Amazingly, there is a heck of a lot more on t This is obviously the penultimate novel of the subseries, and it brings us to what we anticipate to be an exciting end.Jaina seeks out Boba Fett in order to have something in her own arsenal that can help her fight Jacen. That is a fantastic clashing of subplots.
We get a LOT of information on Mandalorian battle/close fighting tactics, and see exactly why/how they can best Jedi.It's fascinating, and Traviss is the perfect person to have written this.Amazingly, there is a heck of a lot more on the Jacen arc than on the Mandos.I love Shevu. He is so awesome.And Niathal is not horrid.
She's manipulative and crafty, but she's not a bad being. She understands humans as well as Ackbar did. And she knows Jacen extremely well and knows just what to say to trigger or placate him.It humors me that Jacen is constantly questioned as to if he's so powerful, why can't he do X, Y, or Z?Jacen manages to get Pellaeon and the Imperial Remnant on his side. Seeing Tahiri and Pellaeon together makes me remember what eventually comes next.It's wonderful to see how immersed with the Force Mara is in order to communicate with Ben. Talk about being redeemed!Daala.I do find it odd that both Mirta and Pellaeon call Tahiri Jacen's 'villip.'
This series has been very good. Despite its slow points this book does not disappoint. It opens up more about the Boba Fett story line and you can really see how he tries to make sense of a life lived for all the wrong reasons. The story opens up with Jaina Solo leaving to find Boba Fett to ask him to train her. She learns that there is more than one way to fight and that there some secrets that are better left uncovered.
In what seems like an unlikely turn of events we see Jaina realizing that This series has been very good. Despite its slow points this book does not disappoint. It opens up more about the Boba Fett story line and you can really see how he tries to make sense of a life lived for all the wrong reasons. The story opens up with Jaina Solo leaving to find Boba Fett to ask him to train her. She learns that there is more than one way to fight and that there some secrets that are better left uncovered. In what seems like an unlikely turn of events we see Jaina realizing that Mandolorians are not that different than her own family and not just mercenaries.While there is very little in the way a Luke, Han, or Leia in the story. We get to see Ben grow up considerably when we finally gets the hard proof that Jacen was indeed the one that killed his mother.
Later in the story Jacen admits it out loud and is recorded.The Story moves along at a good pace and the slow points are few and far between. While interesting i think that the Mandolorian story like could almost have been stripped out and made into its own series. Meh.Some interesting twists here, but Traviss's poor dialogue writing and her portrayal of Boba Fett as a daddy's boy is too distracting. Example: 'By the way Lieutenant, I have a new title, Caedus, Darth Caedus. I would like you to start calling me that now.' That's how someone reveals themselves to be a Sith Lord. Not to mention the philosophical conundrum of Jacen himself.
Jacen adopted Sith tactics and teachings because he thinks they can help him bring peace to the galaxy. He d Meh.Some interesting twists here, but Traviss's poor dialogue writing and her portrayal of Boba Fett as a daddy's boy is too distracting. Example: 'By the way Lieutenant, I have a new title, Caedus, Darth Caedus.
I would like you to start calling me that now.' That's how someone reveals themselves to be a Sith Lord.
Not to mention the philosophical conundrum of Jacen himself. Jacen adopted Sith tactics and teachings because he thinks they can help him bring peace to the galaxy. He doesn't view the act as evil, or his power as evil in and of itself. He thinks that Sith have had moral failings which lead to a universal label of evil, which he intends to avoid.
By this book, Traviss has him behaving in a way that acknowledges that he is evil and has turned him into a typically flat caricature of a typical Star Wars bad guy. I understand that the story is supposed to show his transformation and how one wrong decisions or misperception can lead to a deep slide down a path that you don't intend.
But I just don't feel it. It seems that as this series progresses along it keeps getting better and better. Jacen finally reveals his true colors to the galaxy and Jaina fully embraces her destiny paving the way for the biggest showdown in Star Wars history since the Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi showdown in Episode III. But the most satisfying part of this addition to an incredible series is to finally see Ben Skywalker fully grow into his role as a Jedi.
He may possess a great deal of self-doubt about his own abiliti It seems that as this series progresses along it keeps getting better and better. Jacen finally reveals his true colors to the galaxy and Jaina fully embraces her destiny paving the way for the biggest showdown in Star Wars history since the Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi showdown in Episode III. But the most satisfying part of this addition to an incredible series is to finally see Ben Skywalker fully grow into his role as a Jedi. He may possess a great deal of self-doubt about his own abilities and moral compass, but I think he will be a great Jedi Knight one day, just like his father. All in all, a great Star Wars novel. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it,This one was really good, everything is leading up to an epic conclusion.Jaina really takes the center stage here, training with the Mandalorians to fight Jacen/Darth Caedus (its so weird to call him that). Her character really shines here, as she learns a lot about a different culture that she had always had assumptions about. Her interactions with Beviin and Mirta Gev are great, and I really felt like she was good friends with them by the end of the book. It's all very melancholy though, since This one was really good, everything is leading up to an epic conclusion.Jaina really takes the center stage here, training with the Mandalorians to fight Jacen/Darth Caedus (its so weird to call him that).
Her character really shines here, as she learns a lot about a different culture that she had always had assumptions about. Her interactions with Beviin and Mirta Gev are great, and I really felt like she was good friends with them by the end of the book. It's all very melancholy though, since she is there specifically because she will have to kill her brother.Caedus himself is in full crazy mode now, determined to conquer the galaxy and crush all who oppose him.
What he does at Fondor is some of the most villainous stuff in Star Wars. He is far gone from the Jacen who saved the galaxy form the Yuuzhan Vong, but his path to this point is nonetheless easy too see. Curiously, Niathal has a large role in this novel, and I found her POV chapter good, because she now realizes what a terrible mistake it was to support Jacen, but is not quite sure what to do about it.Ben also gets a lot fo good scenes here, although his role is downplayed a bit in this book. He finally discovers evidence that Caedus killed Mara, at great risk to himself and his friend Lon Shevu. The scene where he reveals the evidence to his family members is heartbreaking.Boba Fett's story was interesting, as he finds his old wife again and has to deal with his crummy past, or at least more than usual. I've never really cared about Fett that much before, but I now find him a much more interesting character after his arc in these books. He's more sympathetic, but still an unsavory character in my view.
He actually shows something close to affection for his family in this book, and it all developed in a natural way.The only downside to this book is the Mandalorians, because while I did find the plot with them engaging, it was sometimes irritating how awesome they're portrayed in comparison to the Jedi. They constantly seem to be shown as down-to-earth regular folk who have a much better perspective and more realistic views not he world than their wide-eyed rivals. Their awesomeness is kind of offset by the fact that they, y'know, kill people for money and don't care about anyone but their own people.Other than that though, this was a great book, and I am very eager to read the next one. Rating: 6.5/10Good Read and Finally Progress at Last in the SeriesWarning: This review may contain spoilers.Whilst I like the character of Jacen Solo, I am looking forward greatly to his demise in the last novel of the Legacy of the Force series. My bone of contention with series has been, and still is, how many times the Jedi, Skywalkers and Solos have gone up against Jacen and he always seems to miraculously survive.
While I enjoy his character, I'm most anxious to see this viscous and annoyi Rating: 6.5/10Good Read and Finally Progress at Last in the SeriesWarning: This review may contain spoilers.Whilst I like the character of Jacen Solo, I am looking forward greatly to his demise in the last novel of the Legacy of the Force series. My bone of contention with series has been, and still is, how many times the Jedi, Skywalkers and Solos have gone up against Jacen and he always seems to miraculously survive. While I enjoy his character, I'm most anxious to see this viscous and annoying plot cycle come to and end.Ben Skywalker, whilst I don't think intentionally (think its meant to be his cousin Jaina), is in my opinion at this point certainly the hero of Revelation and the series. Its continual growth and character development from traumatised child to warrior, warrior to assassin, assassin to jedi, and the journey from childhood to adulthood. Revelation marks the one if the final character growths, as he puts aside his grief and rage of Mara's murder to find proof and trap Jacen at his own game.
Then to live with having to tell not only his father, grandmaster of the Jedi and husband to the murdered, as well as his aunt and uncle, Jacen's parents what he has done.Whilst Jacen has certainly done sith actions, I still don't see him as Darth Caedus. The title of Darth just doesn't sit right as he doesn't feel like a sith, power hunger person enjoying the profits of war, but he isn't nessarily committing himself as a sith, just an oppressive dicator. This for me is solidified by the fact he thinks and has chosen by the end of the book to take Tahiri as his apprentice, replacing Ben. Tahiri defintely is not sith material, and the only reason he likes her is that she is easily manipulated (though I'm still puzzled how she got there in the first place).in other words obdient. Whilst sith is about manipulation, its also about so much more including passing information to your apprentice who in turn will do the same and it just doesn't seem likely.Not a fan of Boba Fett or his continual story in the series, I will admit the plot with him training Jaina was actually handled quiet well, even if a little slow at times.The novel finished on a beautiful high, with not only Mara visiting her son Ben as a force ghost earlier in the novel but also visiting her husband Luke in the final pages. I chose to read Star Wars: Legacy of the Force Revelation.
The author is Karen Traviss. This is the 8th book of the series. The book is about Jacen and Jaina, who are Han and Leia Solos' kids. Jacen is struggling to maintain the loyalty of his officers during a battle against a planet named Fondor. Jaina is trying to get advice from Boba Fett, a retired bounty hunter trying to act like a Mandalorian. She wants his advice so that she could kill Jacen by using powers that he doesn't know.
Meanwhil I chose to read Star Wars: Legacy of the Force Revelation. The author is Karen Traviss. This is the 8th book of the series. The book is about Jacen and Jaina, who are Han and Leia Solos' kids. Jacen is struggling to maintain the loyalty of his officers during a battle against a planet named Fondor. Jaina is trying to get advice from Boba Fett, a retired bounty hunter trying to act like a Mandalorian.
She wants his advice so that she could kill Jacen by using powers that he doesn't know. Meanwhile Jacen is trying to persuade Admiral Pellaeon to rally the Imperials to hep him fight this war. Pellaeon is a stubborn 92 year old man who was kicked out by Jacen from the military but Jacen wants him back. Jacen, also now known as Darth Caedus, uses his new Sith apprentice, Tahiri Viella to make deals with Pellaeon. Darth Caedus also has political struggles with Admiral Niathal, his joint Chief Head of State.Another character, Boba Fett is having emotional problems because his wife just became uncarbonated and he hasn't seen her in 40 years.
He had a bad past with her and has trouble admitting that her daughter had been killed, that he was a jerk when they were young and even that he almost got killed by his granddaughter. He is nervous about her reaction to that.
Ben Skywalker is another character. He is the son of Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker. He believes that his mom got killed by Jacen. The problem is that he doesn't have enough evidence and he can't tell anything to his father because he is scared that will make him upset. Luke was VERY sensitive when it came to the death of his wife and he mourned for weeks.
Luckily for Ben, he has a friend named Shevu who also believes that Jacen killed his mother and he is very passionate about bringing Jacen to justice.My favorite part of the book is when Jaina has her first training lesson with Boba Fett and he beats her in one punch, telling her how much work is needed to be done. This book is good for people who love Star Wars lore and don't care if it's not Canon. Well, this was one of the better books in the series, which says little since this series has been a little bit of a letdown.There were a few surprising deaths by Caedus's apprentice Tahiri, which was unexpected.Luke gets into the action in going after Caedus in the ultimate fool you trick. That was interesting to read.Some good stuff with the Mando's training Jainia.Ben finally finds the proof of who killed his mom Mara. That seemed to take way too long in the series.The bad is that I am still Well, this was one of the better books in the series, which says little since this series has been a little bit of a letdown.There were a few surprising deaths by Caedus's apprentice Tahiri, which was unexpected.Luke gets into the action in going after Caedus in the ultimate fool you trick. That was interesting to read.Some good stuff with the Mando's training Jainia.Ben finally finds the proof of who killed his mom Mara. That seemed to take way too long in the series.The bad is that I am still unconvinced that Caedus is truly a great war leader.
He lost another battle and things really haven't gone good for him, but yet there he is. I just don't see how his staff and soldiers are loyal to him.And the artwork cover of the book is bad. He doesn't look like he is in his late 20's. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,Honestly this book was just alright. Didn't really need to be in the series.
But ugh was I sad when pellaeon was killed. It gave me such flashbacks to the very first Star Wars book I read (heir to the empire duh) and I was just like NOOOO TAHIRI HOW COULD YOU! So hopefully she dies soon cuz honestly she's getting really annoying. She was a great character in the new Jedi order series but now she just needs to die.
Also it was very unbelievable that niathal would only keep 1/3 of the fighters. Li Honestly this book was just alright.
Didn't really need to be in the series. But ugh was I sad when pellaeon was killed.
It gave me such flashbacks to the very first Star Wars book I read (heir to the empire duh) and I was just like NOOOO TAHIRI HOW COULD YOU! So hopefully she dies soon cuz honestly she's getting really annoying.
She was a great character in the new Jedi order series but now she just needs to die. Also it was very unbelievable that niathal would only keep 1/3 of the fighters.
Like everyone hates Jacen. MAYBE a third would stay with him. Not the other way around. I still don't care about the Fett story and they should have forced the other authors to write about it. Cuz it really just feels like karen traviss is telling her own story and the other authors are telling their story. After the minor disappointment that was Fury, I was eager to jump into Revelation, hoping that Traviss would bring the story back to its full potential. The parts of this book ended up being better than the whole.
Not to say it was a bad book or was uninteresting; it was light-years better than the previous one, in my humble opinion. Spoilers follow.This is the second longest book in the series (beaten only by Traviss's previous book, Sacrifice). Unfortunately, there isn't enough relevant plot After the minor disappointment that was Fury, I was eager to jump into Revelation, hoping that Traviss would bring the story back to its full potential. The parts of this book ended up being better than the whole. Not to say it was a bad book or was uninteresting; it was light-years better than the previous one, in my humble opinion. Spoilers follow.This is the second longest book in the series (beaten only by Traviss's previous book, Sacrifice). Unfortunately, there isn't enough relevant plot material to fill all 400 and some odd pages of which the novel is comprised.
Don't get me wrong, a lot happens, but not all of it is particularly relevant to the overall story.A large part of the first half of Revelation is devoted to Ben gathering enough evidence to convince his family that Jacen murdered Mara. While this seems to be essential to the characters (as no one seems willing to believe Ben), it's unnecessary to the reader, who already knows who Mara's killer was. The whole crime scene/police investigation feel of this section was handled well and the dynamic between Ben and Shevu was a joy to read, but after so many pages of it, it begins to get tiresome. The tension of this part of the book is lost because we, the readers, already know what the outcome will be. A certain amount of time needed to be spent on this, more for the characters' benefit than the readers', but Traviss devoted just a little too much of the novel to reveal something that has already been well covered in a previous novel (her own, no less).As has become a signature of Traviss's Legacy of the Force novels, many, many pages were devoted to the Mandalorians. I have personally enjoyed following Boba Fett into the unfamiliar territory of family and leadership, but there has always been a slight feel of irrelevance to this particular plot line.
Fortunately, the Mandalorian story is tied in to the overall plot via Jaina. This ended up being one of my favourite portions of the series thus far. Traviss handled the dynamic between Jaina and Fett very well and the training Jaina goes through to realize her true potential and become a 'new' Jaina is one of the highlights of Revelation. Ultimately, not a lot of time is spent on Jaina's training itself, but the dialogue between her and the Mandos is just as valuable as the actual training. Boba Fett also finds and revives his long lost ex-wife.
I still wasn't completely sold on the idea of Fett having a family before I read this novel, but now I think I'm comfortable with it. Fett dealing with Sintas could have been handled very poorly and there was a lot of ways Fett could have gone out of character, but Traviss dealt with the situation well while keeping Fett very Fett-like.
The epilogue regarding the Mandalorians is exceptional and provides a good conclusion to their part in the LotF series. Traviss is obviously a master when it comes to dealing with the Mandalorians and while their part should probably have been shrunk to not take up such a large part of the book (and the previous ones she's written), it has definitely been fun to read about them.The Imperial Remnant makes a return in Revelation after being largely absent from the series thus far. Pellaeon is certainly one of the EU's most well loved characters, and he shines here both politically and in combat.
My complaint with this portion of the book is that there are far too many pages devoted to the politics of the Remnant. We know that the Moffs will always cause problems and that Pellaeon will probably constantly be dealing with them. Much like Ben's investigation, a certain amount of time needed to be devoted to the inner politics of the Remnant, but not nearly as much that actually was. It starts to become a bit tiresome after a while.After all of this preliminary ground work is laid, one of the most unique and exciting space battles to appear in the Legacy of the Force series yet takes place. Pretty much every character of importance is involved in some way. The Mandos have their part; the Remnant has theirs; Niathal and her forces have theirs, the Jedi have theirs; and Caedus and his forces have theirs. It's an explosive finale in which one beloved character meets his end and Admiral Daala makes an appearance.
I actually really liked seeing Daala again, as she seems to be largely forgotten in the grand scheme of the Star Wars universe. This final battle was probably the best part of Revelation; Traviss gets a gold star for her writing here.One complaint I have about this book is that we don't really see much of Caedus in comparison to the rest of the characters. He's the main villain (and he's finally stepped into the public eye as 'Darth Caedus') and should therefore receive a decent amount of screen time. Not seeing as much of him is a bit disappointing. The character of Tahiri also started to become a bit annoying.
During the end of the final stages of the New Jedi Order and throughout the Dark Nest trilogy, she seemed to have accepted Anakin's death and was starting to move on. Here, however, she can't seem to get over it. Perhaps it's because she keeps revisiting it through time walking. Whatever the reason, it seems to be a huge regress in her character.This isn't a bad book. As usual, Traviss's writing is some of the best of the LotF series and her characters are well written and kept true to what's already been established. It's just that, while there are exceptional portions (the Mandalorians and the final space battle), large sections are devoted to things that just don't warrant so many pages (Ben's investigation and the Remnant's politics). There are some great parts to this book, but the book as a whole just isn't one of the best.This review is also posted on Amazon.com.
This was a strong story that really fizzled at the end, really driving home the fact that this should be a six-book story instead of the full nine. Darth Caedus is a full Sith Lord now and the Jedi seem uninterested in bringing him down quickly.
Or at least, unrushed. I found the side-story on Mandalore revolving around Boba Fett and his ex-wife to be 'draggy'. I do love the Mandalorians and Karen Traviss is the best person for the job of telling that story, but it didn't belong in this book and This was a strong story that really fizzled at the end, really driving home the fact that this should be a six-book story instead of the full nine. Darth Caedus is a full Sith Lord now and the Jedi seem uninterested in bringing him down quickly. Or at least, unrushed.
I found the side-story on Mandalore revolving around Boba Fett and his ex-wife to be 'draggy'. I do love the Mandalorians and Karen Traviss is the best person for the job of telling that story, but it didn't belong in this book and as a result it really slowed things down. Of the last four or five novels, this one had the slowest and most uneventful ending.
Book wasn't bad, just had a lot of stuff that didn't really need to be there.I really liked the writing during the Battle of Fondor. It was well paced, you could see what was going on, you could feel the nets closing it, well done.The parts with Mara were great, especially the nice touch at the ending.The Ben investigation parts were alright. Nice to see him growing up, but he's been growing up in past books, so ya.At first (in the series) I liked the Boba Fett tie that started in book 2, but no Book wasn't bad, just had a lot of stuff that didn't really need to be there.I really liked the writing during the Battle of Fondor. It was well paced, you could see what was going on, you could feel the nets closing it, well done.The parts with Mara were great, especially the nice touch at the ending.The Ben investigation parts were alright. Nice to see him growing up, but he's been growing up in past books, so ya.At first (in the series) I liked the Boba Fett tie that started in book 2, but now it kind of just feels tagged on. In Bloodlines (the 2nd book) it was kind of a nice open ending to Boba Fett but now we've got all these new Mandolorians.
Plus, I'm sorry, Jaina and Fett? You need training Jaina? Jag was there helping you learn, beats you in a fight last book, and you feel the need to go to Fett because he's 'captured and killed Jedi' before?Am I missing something? When did he do all this? I've read quite a lot of materials and the ONLY think I can find for that is in the comic 'Prey' where he's talking to Vader and tells him that 'he's not the only one that's killed a Jedi'.Maybe we're thinking of Jango? He got some clear kills.
Then lost his head.But I digress. Long story short, the Mandolorian arc doesn't serve much point other than the author probably really likes them and it feels like they are tacked on. I was loving in the past books where a package came from Fett to Han. That was enough of a Mando-tie-in for me thanks. Don't really need Jaina going to Fett for training, only to have the training done by other Mandolorians that we never heard anything about before.Also, where's Tenel Ka? She existed in this book less than Han, Leia, and Luke? We're just forgetting all the Jacen things from before now?Last, Pellaeon.
He's smarter than that. Even though he had a plan for that eventuality, it's hard to imagine that he'd just let what happened happen.So ya, not a bad book, and maybe the rating is affected by me comparing it to the others in the series, but aside from Fondor, there were just. Issues.Still, if I were ever to read (or recommend) the series again, I wouldn't skip this book. It wasn't Plagueis.
There were good parts. Just weaker compared to its brothers and sisters. Before I finished Revelation, Karen Traviss announced she'd be leaving the Star Wars universe to tackle other projects. Which is a damned shame, because she's hands-down the best thing the franchise has going for it these days (and no, I don't think that's a gross overstatement-have you seen the Clone Wars series?)I've found this series an increasingly hard road to slog down, mainly because I've realized I just don't care if the Jedi are being persecuted by the rest of the galaxy anymore. Travi Before I finished Revelation, Karen Traviss announced she'd be leaving the Star Wars universe to tackle other projects. Which is a damned shame, because she's hands-down the best thing the franchise has going for it these days (and no, I don't think that's a gross overstatement-have you seen the Clone Wars series?)I've found this series an increasingly hard road to slog down, mainly because I've realized I just don't care if the Jedi are being persecuted by the rest of the galaxy anymore.
Traviss has been beaten up for daring to portray the Jedi from a different point of view, but she makes an excellent point: when you pit two conflicting groups of superhuman beings (the Jedi and Sith) against one another, every normal person ultimately becomes collateral damage, their lives upended because of philosophical differences about a power that so relatively few in the galaxy possess. And yet 90% of the Expanded Universe is told from the perspective of Force-wielders, most of it falling under a simple formula: Jedi good, Sith bad.That rant done, I want to say that I recommend Traviss' books in the Legacy series.
Her depiction of the Mandalorians is wonderful, and nobody writes Boba Fett like she does. I don't think it would be much of a stretch to say that Fett is the best-written character in the entire series (the character does downhill quickly in the next book, thanks to Troy Denning's obvious bias against him, but that's another review), seeing as almost every other character has been nearly hacked to death due to Traviss, Denning, and Aaron Allston having their own characterizations of the key players.Anyway, four stars for the fact that this is a Traviss novel. Her strong writing and decision to take the story seriously and look at things from another perspective salvaged a book I otherwise would've rated a two or three. Expect more fandom mocking and ranting in my Invincible review, once I managed to finish the bloody thing. I hate to do it, but I've got to give two stars to a Star Wars novel.
I would not have finished this one if hadn't been part of the Legacy of the Force series.First, this is what I liked about Revelation:Ben growing up. His investigation of Jacen was the best part of this book.Mara visiting Ben and Luke was a great touch.Next, what I disliked about the book. And there is a lot.Jaina, a jedi and daughter of Han and Leia, going to Boba Fett to figure out how to defeat Jacen.
Not only that, but Han I hate to do it, but I've got to give two stars to a Star Wars novel. I would not have finished this one if hadn't been part of the Legacy of the Force series.First, this is what I liked about Revelation:Ben growing up. His investigation of Jacen was the best part of this book.Mara visiting Ben and Luke was a great touch.Next, what I disliked about the book. And there is a lot.Jaina, a jedi and daughter of Han and Leia, going to Boba Fett to figure out how to defeat Jacen. Not only that, but Han's whole point in this novel was to give Jaina his blessing to do so. I realize Karen Traviss has this thing about the Mandolorians and she needed a reason to pull them in, but this was not plausible in any way.Tahiri killing Admiral Palleon.
I realize Palleon needed to be retired due to his age. As far as I'm concerned she might as well have killed Tahiri at the same time. She would never do the things Jacen has her doing, not even to Force-walk back with Anakin. The Tahiri that became so popular during the NJO series would NEVER do anything that would make Annakin disappointed in her. Period.Jacen has just become boring. They should at least have him interacting with Tenal Ka, Han, Leia, Ben, and other family and friends.I have one more in this series and then I get to move on to Fate of the Jedi. I'm happy to see that this particular author isn't part of that series.
Karen Traviss may be my least favourite Star Wars author. Besides the description of the Second Battle of Fondor, there was a whole lot of nothing going on on this book. I mean, come on guys, a new Sith Lord has appeared, and besides Jaina Solo, who happens to be this particular Sith Lord's sister, the Jedi don't seem the least bit interested in hunting this guy down and doing something about him. At one point in the book, Luke has Caedus confused, outgunned and overpowered, but let's him scramb Karen Traviss may be my least favourite Star Wars author.
Besides the description of the Second Battle of Fondor, there was a whole lot of nothing going on on this book. I mean, come on guys, a new Sith Lord has appeared, and besides Jaina Solo, who happens to be this particular Sith Lord's sister, the Jedi don't seem the least bit interested in hunting this guy down and doing something about him. At one point in the book, Luke has Caedus confused, outgunned and overpowered, but let's him scramble back to his Star Destroyer because.well, just because. Jaina, in the meantime, has sought out the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter, Boba Fett, to learn how to hunt and kill Jedi as she prepares to be the only Jedi who can (or is willing) to face Caedus. Boba, of course (hear the sarcasm) agrees to help her,but is quite busy himself with some familial problems of his own which have NOTHING to do with the Caedus vs.
Jaina showdown, but which do take up way too much of the book. I love the character of Boba Fett, but this just didn't seem like the right time to get into it. These 9 book arcs are too long (same problem with NJO), and I will be happy to see this one come to its conclusion in the next, and last book 'Invincible'. Worst Star Wars book I have read. There have been a few that were slow or had some issues, but not to this magnitude.
First of all this series had massive problems with consistency in pace or what they wanted to do with Jacen. They took a bad-ass Jedi with deep alternative force knowledge and they made him a weak, spoiled, pompous, irrational, wuss who does not do well in battles, tactics, or strategy. All he ever does is show proficiency for escaping after being butt kicked over and over.
He de Worst Star Wars book I have read. There have been a few that were slow or had some issues, but not to this magnitude. First of all this series had massive problems with consistency in pace or what they wanted to do with Jacen. They took a bad-ass Jedi with deep alternative force knowledge and they made him a weak, spoiled, pompous, irrational, wuss who does not do well in battles, tactics, or strategy.
All he ever does is show proficiency for escaping after being butt kicked over and over. He destroys the image of a Sith Lord as a bad ass and turns it into a pouting crazy man. No deep philosophical analysis of evil, good, and perspectives. Karen Traviss does horribly in every way and everything in this book. Her books are going to be best sellers of course because she got invited to write Star Wars.
She is a bore though. She destroyed my image of mandalorians and made Boba Fett into a fairy boy obsessed with baby momma drama. I did not even see a good justification to insert mandalorians into this series at all. None of the characters in this book are interesting. She destroys their image with needless exposition, poor dialog, poor understanding of tactics, and many other issues. Do these writers have editors???? MAY - CONTAIN SPOILERS!Can you marry a book?As in the cheesy words from AOTC I truly, deeply, loved this book.
Yes, it has a lot to do with my partiality towards Mandalorians and Boba Fett in general (and that I am quite easy to please) but this book and the “training session” were pretty kick ass. This book has great lines, great flow and story line and dialogue are entertaining. The action scenes don’t bore me, like they did in the Troy Denning books. (Big secret.not really: I love Karen T MAY - CONTAIN SPOILERS!Can you marry a book?As in the cheesy words from AOTC I truly, deeply, loved this book. Yes, it has a lot to do with my partiality towards Mandalorians and Boba Fett in general (and that I am quite easy to please) but this book and the “training session” were pretty kick ass.
This book has great lines, great flow and story line and dialogue are entertaining. The action scenes don’t bore me, like they did in the Troy Denning books. (Big secret.not really: I love Karen Traviss).If you’re reading the legacy, then you have to read this book. This review is not really going to do much for you but look forward to reading this one because this is when I start to love Jaina. Additionally, as someone who hasn’t really read that many EU stuff from Star Wars, this introduces you to Mandalorian culture, really quick, and really hard and it’s awesome!I definitely hold Karen Travis in high regards as a SWEU author and she’s raised the bar really high for other EU authors, and the Legacy books in general.Negative point: Fett uncarboniting his wife, and all that drama that surrounded around it was too much! I can handle only so much of sappy emotions and Sintas Vel crap.
Karen Traviss is moving towards the top of the list of tie-in authors I enjoy.This pentultimate volume in the Legacy of the Force series has battle scenes written in such a way that I kept responding almost as one does watching an athletic contest, with little involuntary gasps, head ducks, exclamations of 'Yes!' And cheers of triumph as well-placed shots careened down the nozzle of plasma cannons provoking massive explosions obliterating whole Star Destroyers. Just thinking about it Karen Traviss is moving towards the top of the list of tie-in authors I enjoy.This pentultimate volume in the Legacy of the Force series has battle scenes written in such a way that I kept responding almost as one does watching an athletic contest, with little involuntary gasps, head ducks, exclamations of 'Yes!'
And cheers of triumph as well-placed shots careened down the nozzle of plasma cannons provoking massive explosions obliterating whole Star Destroyers. Just thinking about it brings me back to the heat of battle.But she doesn't just get the battles right-she is able to, with spare language, reveal complex characters, and complex motivations. And this volume is complex, examining the question of to what extent the personal motivations for an act determines the moral consequences for the actor-whether or not the intent and the result of the act is to create good for others. Motivation and intention are very different things, something that often is forgotten. Traviss doesn't let us.I was sorry when this volume ended. Book 8 of 9.Jacen is reeling. The galaxy is in turmoil and alliances are being forged and broken on a daily basis.
The Empire Remnant is brought into the story and another one of my favorite characters is killed in a way that just wasn't fitting in my mind.Jacen finds himself in the middle of a 3 way war where the sides are constantly shifting. The mandalores are in the thick of it, showing us why they are such feared warriors. Yet another one of my favorite characters from the past (I won't s Book 8 of 9.Jacen is reeling.
The galaxy is in turmoil and alliances are being forged and broken on a daily basis. The Empire Remnant is brought into the story and another one of my favorite characters is killed in a way that just wasn't fitting in my mind.Jacen finds himself in the middle of a 3 way war where the sides are constantly shifting.
The mandalores are in the thick of it, showing us why they are such feared warriors. Yet another one of my favorite characters from the past (I won't spoil it for you) shows up and reminds me of why I liked her so much before she was stupidly written out of the universe a decade ago.Jacen somehow manages to escape more near misses than ever before and it is getting a little old. But the conclusion is coming in May, and I think I finally know who is going to kill him. I couldn't get through Traviss' other two books in the series because, as apparently many others feel, the incessant focus on Boba Fett just stalls the story.
I started, stopped, and skipped ahead with the others but stuck with one because I really wanted to see how Jacen's devolution would play out. I guess I'm glad I did because I now feel more than ready for the conclusion of this story arc, but it was a bit of a letdown that even after Caedus' public coming out, there was so little meaningfu I couldn't get through Traviss' other two books in the series because, as apparently many others feel, the incessant focus on Boba Fett just stalls the story.
I started, stopped, and skipped ahead with the others but stuck with one because I really wanted to see how Jacen's devolution would play out. I guess I'm glad I did because I now feel more than ready for the conclusion of this story arc, but it was a bit of a letdown that even after Caedus' public coming out, there was so little meaningful reaction, practically nothing from any of his family, and Traviss even suggests a joke from his own apprentice.seriously? I'll take it for what it is and the other 2 Traviss stories were, just a means to getting from Allston to Denning and now, finally, to the end! Can't wait to see how it all goes down. #1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, and her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans.
She's best known for military science fiction, but GOING GREY and BLACK RUN, the first books in her new techno-thriller seri #1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, and her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans.
She's best known for military science fiction, but GOING GREY and BLACK RUN, the first books in her new techno-thriller series RINGER, are set in the real world of today. A former defence correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire, England. She's currently working on SACRIFICIAL RED, the third book in the Ringer series, and a new comic franchise.
During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one–not even the Solos and the Skywalkers–knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one–not even the Solos and the Skywalkers–knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it costs him his life. And as Luke Skywalker contemplates once unthinkable strategies to dethrone his nephew, the hour of reckoning for those on both sides draws near. The galaxy becomes a battlefield where all must face their true nature and darkest secrets, and live–or die–with the consequences.
I think it is really hard to judge the perfect 'length' of a series. I am in no doubt that 'The Legacy of the Force' series was designed to maximise profits. But, the authors have done a great job within their respective books of building the overall tension and making each adventure (mostly) worth the readers time.We come to a a climax of sorts in this story and I think that they have managed Jacen's decent into the darkside well and even given us an ambiguous glimmer of goodness at the end. I I think it is really hard to judge the perfect 'length' of a series. I am in no doubt that 'The Legacy of the Force' series was designed to maximise profits. But, the authors have done a great job within their respective books of building the overall tension and making each adventure (mostly) worth the readers time.We come to a a climax of sorts in this story and I think that they have managed Jacen's decent into the darkside well and even given us an ambiguous glimmer of goodness at the end.
I am not sure that they need an entire 9th book to act as an epilogue, but I will check the final installment out regardless. 'We don't have a word for hero. Being prepared to die for your family and friends, or what you hold dear, is a basic requirement for a Mando, so it's not worth a separate word. It's only cowards we had to find a special word for.' 'It was just three words. But it was three too many for Boba Fett.'
Karen Traviss has done it again. She has never failed me yet when she writes about Mandalorians and more precisely Boba Fett.
This book is rich with how the gears in Mandalorians beliefs/culture works.A 'We don't have a word for hero. Being prepared to die for your family and friends, or what you hold dear, is a basic requirement for a Mando, so it's not worth a separate word. It's only cowards we had to find a special word for.'
'It was just three words. But it was three too many for Boba Fett.' Karen Traviss has done it again.
She has never failed me yet when she writes about Mandalorians and more precisely Boba Fett. This book is rich with how the gears in Mandalorians beliefs/culture works.A must for all fans of the Fett. Here is all I have to say. I love the journey that this series is taking the reader. But I really wish that they made Darth Caedus to be more of a bad ass. Its like, for the past 3 volumes he's been getting his butt kicked by every member of the Star Wars universe. Also, I don't understand how all of the people that hear that he is a dark lord are kinda like, 'oh.
It just seems like a little bit of an understatement of the severity of the issues that are surrounding the stor Okay. Here is all I have to say.
I love the journey that this series is taking the reader. But I really wish that they made Darth Caedus to be more of a bad ass. Its like, for the past 3 volumes he's been getting his butt kicked by every member of the Star Wars universe. Also, I don't understand how all of the people that hear that he is a dark lord are kinda like, 'oh.
It just seems like a little bit of an understatement of the severity of the issues that are surrounding the story. Here is what I really mean. The story simply feels like it has been going way too long and I kinda feel as though a lot of the major events have become trivalized (does anyone remember that he kidnapped his daughter? Or that he trashed the planet of the Wookies? Or that he's a FRICKIN' SITH!).
Thats all I've got. Waiting patiently for the final book.
Personal ResponseI think that overall this was a very good read and that the author mixed it up from the nonstop action to sometimes a more calmer state. Also she did very well in making very unexpected moments and tense moments along with those.PlotThe book starts off with Jacen wanting to attack Fondor which he does,but before he does, he tries to enlist the help of the Imperial Remnant under Admiral Palleon. Jacen sends Tahiri to enlist there help after that the Imperial Remnant decides to j Personal ResponseI think that overall this was a very good read and that the author mixed it up from the nonstop action to sometimes a more calmer state. Also she did very well in making very unexpected moments and tense moments along with those.PlotThe book starts off with Jacen wanting to attack Fondor which he does,but before he does, he tries to enlist the help of the Imperial Remnant under Admiral Palleon. Jacen sends Tahiri to enlist there help after that the Imperial Remnant decides to join the Galactic Alliance if it gets more territories.
Then Admiral Niathal, Jacen, and Admiral Palleon attack Fondor. There minelayers are destroyed on the spot and they arrive later. Then they destroy the planetary shield,but then, the Fondorian Fleet appears from hyperspace. Niathal removes Jacen from command as the battle ensues when he tries and succeeds in destroying much of Fondor's largest city. When it looks as if the GA might lose another Imperial Fleet arrives and destroys a lot of Fondor's and Jacen's Fleets. Then Jacen went in a med evac ship to the Imperial Flagship 'Bloodfin' to save his Sith Apprentice.
He succeeds in saving her and leaves FondorRecommendationI would recommend this to boys who like action, tense moments, and unexpected moments. I would not recommend this to most girls they usually do not like fighting or violence in general. This is obviously the penultimate novel of the subseries, and it brings us to what we anticipate to be an exciting end.Jaina seeks out Boba Fett in order to have something in her own arsenal that can help her fight Jacen. That is a fantastic clashing of subplots.
We get a LOT of information on Mandalorian battle/close fighting tactics, and see exactly why/how they can best Jedi.It's fascinating, and Traviss is the perfect person to have written this.Amazingly, there is a heck of a lot more on t This is obviously the penultimate novel of the subseries, and it brings us to what we anticipate to be an exciting end.Jaina seeks out Boba Fett in order to have something in her own arsenal that can help her fight Jacen. That is a fantastic clashing of subplots.
We get a LOT of information on Mandalorian battle/close fighting tactics, and see exactly why/how they can best Jedi.It's fascinating, and Traviss is the perfect person to have written this.Amazingly, there is a heck of a lot more on the Jacen arc than on the Mandos.I love Shevu. He is so awesome.And Niathal is not horrid. She's manipulative and crafty, but she's not a bad being. She understands humans as well as Ackbar did.
And she knows Jacen extremely well and knows just what to say to trigger or placate him.It humors me that Jacen is constantly questioned as to if he's so powerful, why can't he do X, Y, or Z?Jacen manages to get Pellaeon and the Imperial Remnant on his side. Seeing Tahiri and Pellaeon together makes me remember what eventually comes next.It's wonderful to see how immersed with the Force Mara is in order to communicate with Ben.
Talk about being redeemed!Daala.I do find it odd that both Mirta and Pellaeon call Tahiri Jacen's 'villip.' This series has been very good. Despite its slow points this book does not disappoint. It opens up more about the Boba Fett story line and you can really see how he tries to make sense of a life lived for all the wrong reasons. The story opens up with Jaina Solo leaving to find Boba Fett to ask him to train her. She learns that there is more than one way to fight and that there some secrets that are better left uncovered. In what seems like an unlikely turn of events we see Jaina realizing that This series has been very good.
Despite its slow points this book does not disappoint. It opens up more about the Boba Fett story line and you can really see how he tries to make sense of a life lived for all the wrong reasons. The story opens up with Jaina Solo leaving to find Boba Fett to ask him to train her. She learns that there is more than one way to fight and that there some secrets that are better left uncovered. In what seems like an unlikely turn of events we see Jaina realizing that Mandolorians are not that different than her own family and not just mercenaries.While there is very little in the way a Luke, Han, or Leia in the story. We get to see Ben grow up considerably when we finally gets the hard proof that Jacen was indeed the one that killed his mother. Later in the story Jacen admits it out loud and is recorded.The Story moves along at a good pace and the slow points are few and far between.
While interesting i think that the Mandolorian story like could almost have been stripped out and made into its own series. Meh.Some interesting twists here, but Traviss's poor dialogue writing and her portrayal of Boba Fett as a daddy's boy is too distracting. Example: 'By the way Lieutenant, I have a new title, Caedus, Darth Caedus. I would like you to start calling me that now.' That's how someone reveals themselves to be a Sith Lord. Not to mention the philosophical conundrum of Jacen himself.
Jacen adopted Sith tactics and teachings because he thinks they can help him bring peace to the galaxy. He d Meh.Some interesting twists here, but Traviss's poor dialogue writing and her portrayal of Boba Fett as a daddy's boy is too distracting. Example: 'By the way Lieutenant, I have a new title, Caedus, Darth Caedus. I would like you to start calling me that now.'
That's how someone reveals themselves to be a Sith Lord. Not to mention the philosophical conundrum of Jacen himself. Jacen adopted Sith tactics and teachings because he thinks they can help him bring peace to the galaxy. He doesn't view the act as evil, or his power as evil in and of itself. He thinks that Sith have had moral failings which lead to a universal label of evil, which he intends to avoid. By this book, Traviss has him behaving in a way that acknowledges that he is evil and has turned him into a typically flat caricature of a typical Star Wars bad guy.
I understand that the story is supposed to show his transformation and how one wrong decisions or misperception can lead to a deep slide down a path that you don't intend. But I just don't feel it. It seems that as this series progresses along it keeps getting better and better. Jacen finally reveals his true colors to the galaxy and Jaina fully embraces her destiny paving the way for the biggest showdown in Star Wars history since the Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi showdown in Episode III.
But the most satisfying part of this addition to an incredible series is to finally see Ben Skywalker fully grow into his role as a Jedi. He may possess a great deal of self-doubt about his own abiliti It seems that as this series progresses along it keeps getting better and better. Jacen finally reveals his true colors to the galaxy and Jaina fully embraces her destiny paving the way for the biggest showdown in Star Wars history since the Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi showdown in Episode III.
But the most satisfying part of this addition to an incredible series is to finally see Ben Skywalker fully grow into his role as a Jedi. He may possess a great deal of self-doubt about his own abilities and moral compass, but I think he will be a great Jedi Knight one day, just like his father. All in all, a great Star Wars novel. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it,This one was really good, everything is leading up to an epic conclusion.Jaina really takes the center stage here, training with the Mandalorians to fight Jacen/Darth Caedus (its so weird to call him that). Her character really shines here, as she learns a lot about a different culture that she had always had assumptions about. Her interactions with Beviin and Mirta Gev are great, and I really felt like she was good friends with them by the end of the book.
It's all very melancholy though, since This one was really good, everything is leading up to an epic conclusion.Jaina really takes the center stage here, training with the Mandalorians to fight Jacen/Darth Caedus (its so weird to call him that). Her character really shines here, as she learns a lot about a different culture that she had always had assumptions about. Her interactions with Beviin and Mirta Gev are great, and I really felt like she was good friends with them by the end of the book. It's all very melancholy though, since she is there specifically because she will have to kill her brother.Caedus himself is in full crazy mode now, determined to conquer the galaxy and crush all who oppose him.
What he does at Fondor is some of the most villainous stuff in Star Wars. He is far gone from the Jacen who saved the galaxy form the Yuuzhan Vong, but his path to this point is nonetheless easy too see. Curiously, Niathal has a large role in this novel, and I found her POV chapter good, because she now realizes what a terrible mistake it was to support Jacen, but is not quite sure what to do about it.Ben also gets a lot fo good scenes here, although his role is downplayed a bit in this book. He finally discovers evidence that Caedus killed Mara, at great risk to himself and his friend Lon Shevu. The scene where he reveals the evidence to his family members is heartbreaking.Boba Fett's story was interesting, as he finds his old wife again and has to deal with his crummy past, or at least more than usual. I've never really cared about Fett that much before, but I now find him a much more interesting character after his arc in these books.
He's more sympathetic, but still an unsavory character in my view. He actually shows something close to affection for his family in this book, and it all developed in a natural way.The only downside to this book is the Mandalorians, because while I did find the plot with them engaging, it was sometimes irritating how awesome they're portrayed in comparison to the Jedi. They constantly seem to be shown as down-to-earth regular folk who have a much better perspective and more realistic views not he world than their wide-eyed rivals. Their awesomeness is kind of offset by the fact that they, y'know, kill people for money and don't care about anyone but their own people.Other than that though, this was a great book, and I am very eager to read the next one.
Rating: 6.5/10Good Read and Finally Progress at Last in the SeriesWarning: This review may contain spoilers.Whilst I like the character of Jacen Solo, I am looking forward greatly to his demise in the last novel of the Legacy of the Force series. My bone of contention with series has been, and still is, how many times the Jedi, Skywalkers and Solos have gone up against Jacen and he always seems to miraculously survive. While I enjoy his character, I'm most anxious to see this viscous and annoyi Rating: 6.5/10Good Read and Finally Progress at Last in the SeriesWarning: This review may contain spoilers.Whilst I like the character of Jacen Solo, I am looking forward greatly to his demise in the last novel of the Legacy of the Force series.
My bone of contention with series has been, and still is, how many times the Jedi, Skywalkers and Solos have gone up against Jacen and he always seems to miraculously survive. While I enjoy his character, I'm most anxious to see this viscous and annoying plot cycle come to and end.Ben Skywalker, whilst I don't think intentionally (think its meant to be his cousin Jaina), is in my opinion at this point certainly the hero of Revelation and the series.
Its continual growth and character development from traumatised child to warrior, warrior to assassin, assassin to jedi, and the journey from childhood to adulthood. Revelation marks the one if the final character growths, as he puts aside his grief and rage of Mara's murder to find proof and trap Jacen at his own game. Then to live with having to tell not only his father, grandmaster of the Jedi and husband to the murdered, as well as his aunt and uncle, Jacen's parents what he has done.Whilst Jacen has certainly done sith actions, I still don't see him as Darth Caedus. The title of Darth just doesn't sit right as he doesn't feel like a sith, power hunger person enjoying the profits of war, but he isn't nessarily committing himself as a sith, just an oppressive dicator. This for me is solidified by the fact he thinks and has chosen by the end of the book to take Tahiri as his apprentice, replacing Ben. Tahiri defintely is not sith material, and the only reason he likes her is that she is easily manipulated (though I'm still puzzled how she got there in the first place).in other words obdient. Whilst sith is about manipulation, its also about so much more including passing information to your apprentice who in turn will do the same and it just doesn't seem likely.Not a fan of Boba Fett or his continual story in the series, I will admit the plot with him training Jaina was actually handled quiet well, even if a little slow at times.The novel finished on a beautiful high, with not only Mara visiting her son Ben as a force ghost earlier in the novel but also visiting her husband Luke in the final pages.
I chose to read Star Wars: Legacy of the Force Revelation. The author is Karen Traviss. This is the 8th book of the series. The book is about Jacen and Jaina, who are Han and Leia Solos' kids. Jacen is struggling to maintain the loyalty of his officers during a battle against a planet named Fondor. Jaina is trying to get advice from Boba Fett, a retired bounty hunter trying to act like a Mandalorian. She wants his advice so that she could kill Jacen by using powers that he doesn't know.
Meanwhil I chose to read Star Wars: Legacy of the Force Revelation. The author is Karen Traviss. This is the 8th book of the series. The book is about Jacen and Jaina, who are Han and Leia Solos' kids.
Jacen is struggling to maintain the loyalty of his officers during a battle against a planet named Fondor. Jaina is trying to get advice from Boba Fett, a retired bounty hunter trying to act like a Mandalorian. She wants his advice so that she could kill Jacen by using powers that he doesn't know. Meanwhile Jacen is trying to persuade Admiral Pellaeon to rally the Imperials to hep him fight this war. Pellaeon is a stubborn 92 year old man who was kicked out by Jacen from the military but Jacen wants him back. Jacen, also now known as Darth Caedus, uses his new Sith apprentice, Tahiri Viella to make deals with Pellaeon. Darth Caedus also has political struggles with Admiral Niathal, his joint Chief Head of State.Another character, Boba Fett is having emotional problems because his wife just became uncarbonated and he hasn't seen her in 40 years.
He had a bad past with her and has trouble admitting that her daughter had been killed, that he was a jerk when they were young and even that he almost got killed by his granddaughter. He is nervous about her reaction to that.
Ben Skywalker is another character. He is the son of Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker. He believes that his mom got killed by Jacen. The problem is that he doesn't have enough evidence and he can't tell anything to his father because he is scared that will make him upset. Luke was VERY sensitive when it came to the death of his wife and he mourned for weeks. Luckily for Ben, he has a friend named Shevu who also believes that Jacen killed his mother and he is very passionate about bringing Jacen to justice.My favorite part of the book is when Jaina has her first training lesson with Boba Fett and he beats her in one punch, telling her how much work is needed to be done.
This book is good for people who love Star Wars lore and don't care if it's not Canon. Well, this was one of the better books in the series, which says little since this series has been a little bit of a letdown.There were a few surprising deaths by Caedus's apprentice Tahiri, which was unexpected.Luke gets into the action in going after Caedus in the ultimate fool you trick. That was interesting to read.Some good stuff with the Mando's training Jainia.Ben finally finds the proof of who killed his mom Mara. That seemed to take way too long in the series.The bad is that I am still Well, this was one of the better books in the series, which says little since this series has been a little bit of a letdown.There were a few surprising deaths by Caedus's apprentice Tahiri, which was unexpected.Luke gets into the action in going after Caedus in the ultimate fool you trick. That was interesting to read.Some good stuff with the Mando's training Jainia.Ben finally finds the proof of who killed his mom Mara.
That seemed to take way too long in the series.The bad is that I am still unconvinced that Caedus is truly a great war leader. He lost another battle and things really haven't gone good for him, but yet there he is. I just don't see how his staff and soldiers are loyal to him.And the artwork cover of the book is bad. He doesn't look like he is in his late 20's.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,Honestly this book was just alright. Didn't really need to be in the series. But ugh was I sad when pellaeon was killed. It gave me such flashbacks to the very first Star Wars book I read (heir to the empire duh) and I was just like NOOOO TAHIRI HOW COULD YOU! So hopefully she dies soon cuz honestly she's getting really annoying. She was a great character in the new Jedi order series but now she just needs to die.
Also it was very unbelievable that niathal would only keep 1/3 of the fighters. Li Honestly this book was just alright. Didn't really need to be in the series. But ugh was I sad when pellaeon was killed. It gave me such flashbacks to the very first Star Wars book I read (heir to the empire duh) and I was just like NOOOO TAHIRI HOW COULD YOU!
So hopefully she dies soon cuz honestly she's getting really annoying. She was a great character in the new Jedi order series but now she just needs to die. Also it was very unbelievable that niathal would only keep 1/3 of the fighters. Like everyone hates Jacen.
MAYBE a third would stay with him. Not the other way around. I still don't care about the Fett story and they should have forced the other authors to write about it. Cuz it really just feels like karen traviss is telling her own story and the other authors are telling their story. After the minor disappointment that was Fury, I was eager to jump into Revelation, hoping that Traviss would bring the story back to its full potential.
The parts of this book ended up being better than the whole. Not to say it was a bad book or was uninteresting; it was light-years better than the previous one, in my humble opinion.
Spoilers follow.This is the second longest book in the series (beaten only by Traviss's previous book, Sacrifice). Unfortunately, there isn't enough relevant plot After the minor disappointment that was Fury, I was eager to jump into Revelation, hoping that Traviss would bring the story back to its full potential. The parts of this book ended up being better than the whole. Not to say it was a bad book or was uninteresting; it was light-years better than the previous one, in my humble opinion. Spoilers follow.This is the second longest book in the series (beaten only by Traviss's previous book, Sacrifice).
Unfortunately, there isn't enough relevant plot material to fill all 400 and some odd pages of which the novel is comprised. Don't get me wrong, a lot happens, but not all of it is particularly relevant to the overall story.A large part of the first half of Revelation is devoted to Ben gathering enough evidence to convince his family that Jacen murdered Mara. While this seems to be essential to the characters (as no one seems willing to believe Ben), it's unnecessary to the reader, who already knows who Mara's killer was. The whole crime scene/police investigation feel of this section was handled well and the dynamic between Ben and Shevu was a joy to read, but after so many pages of it, it begins to get tiresome. The tension of this part of the book is lost because we, the readers, already know what the outcome will be.
A certain amount of time needed to be spent on this, more for the characters' benefit than the readers', but Traviss devoted just a little too much of the novel to reveal something that has already been well covered in a previous novel (her own, no less).As has become a signature of Traviss's Legacy of the Force novels, many, many pages were devoted to the Mandalorians. I have personally enjoyed following Boba Fett into the unfamiliar territory of family and leadership, but there has always been a slight feel of irrelevance to this particular plot line.
Fortunately, the Mandalorian story is tied in to the overall plot via Jaina. This ended up being one of my favourite portions of the series thus far. Traviss handled the dynamic between Jaina and Fett very well and the training Jaina goes through to realize her true potential and become a 'new' Jaina is one of the highlights of Revelation. Ultimately, not a lot of time is spent on Jaina's training itself, but the dialogue between her and the Mandos is just as valuable as the actual training. Boba Fett also finds and revives his long lost ex-wife. I still wasn't completely sold on the idea of Fett having a family before I read this novel, but now I think I'm comfortable with it. Fett dealing with Sintas could have been handled very poorly and there was a lot of ways Fett could have gone out of character, but Traviss dealt with the situation well while keeping Fett very Fett-like.
The epilogue regarding the Mandalorians is exceptional and provides a good conclusion to their part in the LotF series. Traviss is obviously a master when it comes to dealing with the Mandalorians and while their part should probably have been shrunk to not take up such a large part of the book (and the previous ones she's written), it has definitely been fun to read about them.The Imperial Remnant makes a return in Revelation after being largely absent from the series thus far. Pellaeon is certainly one of the EU's most well loved characters, and he shines here both politically and in combat. My complaint with this portion of the book is that there are far too many pages devoted to the politics of the Remnant. We know that the Moffs will always cause problems and that Pellaeon will probably constantly be dealing with them. Much like Ben's investigation, a certain amount of time needed to be devoted to the inner politics of the Remnant, but not nearly as much that actually was. It starts to become a bit tiresome after a while.After all of this preliminary ground work is laid, one of the most unique and exciting space battles to appear in the Legacy of the Force series yet takes place.
Pretty much every character of importance is involved in some way. The Mandos have their part; the Remnant has theirs; Niathal and her forces have theirs, the Jedi have theirs; and Caedus and his forces have theirs.
It's an explosive finale in which one beloved character meets his end and Admiral Daala makes an appearance. I actually really liked seeing Daala again, as she seems to be largely forgotten in the grand scheme of the Star Wars universe.
This final battle was probably the best part of Revelation; Traviss gets a gold star for her writing here.One complaint I have about this book is that we don't really see much of Caedus in comparison to the rest of the characters. He's the main villain (and he's finally stepped into the public eye as 'Darth Caedus') and should therefore receive a decent amount of screen time. Not seeing as much of him is a bit disappointing. The character of Tahiri also started to become a bit annoying. During the end of the final stages of the New Jedi Order and throughout the Dark Nest trilogy, she seemed to have accepted Anakin's death and was starting to move on. Here, however, she can't seem to get over it.
Perhaps it's because she keeps revisiting it through time walking. Whatever the reason, it seems to be a huge regress in her character.This isn't a bad book. As usual, Traviss's writing is some of the best of the LotF series and her characters are well written and kept true to what's already been established.
It's just that, while there are exceptional portions (the Mandalorians and the final space battle), large sections are devoted to things that just don't warrant so many pages (Ben's investigation and the Remnant's politics). There are some great parts to this book, but the book as a whole just isn't one of the best.This review is also posted on Amazon.com. This was a strong story that really fizzled at the end, really driving home the fact that this should be a six-book story instead of the full nine. Darth Caedus is a full Sith Lord now and the Jedi seem uninterested in bringing him down quickly. Or at least, unrushed. I found the side-story on Mandalore revolving around Boba Fett and his ex-wife to be 'draggy'. I do love the Mandalorians and Karen Traviss is the best person for the job of telling that story, but it didn't belong in this book and This was a strong story that really fizzled at the end, really driving home the fact that this should be a six-book story instead of the full nine.
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Darth Caedus is a full Sith Lord now and the Jedi seem uninterested in bringing him down quickly. Or at least, unrushed. I found the side-story on Mandalore revolving around Boba Fett and his ex-wife to be 'draggy'. I do love the Mandalorians and Karen Traviss is the best person for the job of telling that story, but it didn't belong in this book and as a result it really slowed things down.
Of the last four or five novels, this one had the slowest and most uneventful ending. Book wasn't bad, just had a lot of stuff that didn't really need to be there.I really liked the writing during the Battle of Fondor.
It was well paced, you could see what was going on, you could feel the nets closing it, well done.The parts with Mara were great, especially the nice touch at the ending.The Ben investigation parts were alright. Nice to see him growing up, but he's been growing up in past books, so ya.At first (in the series) I liked the Boba Fett tie that started in book 2, but no Book wasn't bad, just had a lot of stuff that didn't really need to be there.I really liked the writing during the Battle of Fondor. It was well paced, you could see what was going on, you could feel the nets closing it, well done.The parts with Mara were great, especially the nice touch at the ending.The Ben investigation parts were alright. Nice to see him growing up, but he's been growing up in past books, so ya.At first (in the series) I liked the Boba Fett tie that started in book 2, but now it kind of just feels tagged on.
In Bloodlines (the 2nd book) it was kind of a nice open ending to Boba Fett but now we've got all these new Mandolorians. Plus, I'm sorry, Jaina and Fett? You need training Jaina? Jag was there helping you learn, beats you in a fight last book, and you feel the need to go to Fett because he's 'captured and killed Jedi' before?Am I missing something?
When did he do all this? I've read quite a lot of materials and the ONLY think I can find for that is in the comic 'Prey' where he's talking to Vader and tells him that 'he's not the only one that's killed a Jedi'.Maybe we're thinking of Jango? He got some clear kills. Then lost his head.But I digress. Long story short, the Mandolorian arc doesn't serve much point other than the author probably really likes them and it feels like they are tacked on.
I was loving in the past books where a package came from Fett to Han. That was enough of a Mando-tie-in for me thanks. Don't really need Jaina going to Fett for training, only to have the training done by other Mandolorians that we never heard anything about before.Also, where's Tenel Ka? She existed in this book less than Han, Leia, and Luke? We're just forgetting all the Jacen things from before now?Last, Pellaeon. He's smarter than that. Even though he had a plan for that eventuality, it's hard to imagine that he'd just let what happened happen.So ya, not a bad book, and maybe the rating is affected by me comparing it to the others in the series, but aside from Fondor, there were just.
Issues.Still, if I were ever to read (or recommend) the series again, I wouldn't skip this book. It wasn't Plagueis. There were good parts. Just weaker compared to its brothers and sisters. Before I finished Revelation, Karen Traviss announced she'd be leaving the Star Wars universe to tackle other projects. Which is a damned shame, because she's hands-down the best thing the franchise has going for it these days (and no, I don't think that's a gross overstatement-have you seen the Clone Wars series?)I've found this series an increasingly hard road to slog down, mainly because I've realized I just don't care if the Jedi are being persecuted by the rest of the galaxy anymore. Travi Before I finished Revelation, Karen Traviss announced she'd be leaving the Star Wars universe to tackle other projects.
Which is a damned shame, because she's hands-down the best thing the franchise has going for it these days (and no, I don't think that's a gross overstatement-have you seen the Clone Wars series?)I've found this series an increasingly hard road to slog down, mainly because I've realized I just don't care if the Jedi are being persecuted by the rest of the galaxy anymore. Traviss has been beaten up for daring to portray the Jedi from a different point of view, but she makes an excellent point: when you pit two conflicting groups of superhuman beings (the Jedi and Sith) against one another, every normal person ultimately becomes collateral damage, their lives upended because of philosophical differences about a power that so relatively few in the galaxy possess.
And yet 90% of the Expanded Universe is told from the perspective of Force-wielders, most of it falling under a simple formula: Jedi good, Sith bad.That rant done, I want to say that I recommend Traviss' books in the Legacy series. Her depiction of the Mandalorians is wonderful, and nobody writes Boba Fett like she does. I don't think it would be much of a stretch to say that Fett is the best-written character in the entire series (the character does downhill quickly in the next book, thanks to Troy Denning's obvious bias against him, but that's another review), seeing as almost every other character has been nearly hacked to death due to Traviss, Denning, and Aaron Allston having their own characterizations of the key players.Anyway, four stars for the fact that this is a Traviss novel. Her strong writing and decision to take the story seriously and look at things from another perspective salvaged a book I otherwise would've rated a two or three. Expect more fandom mocking and ranting in my Invincible review, once I managed to finish the bloody thing. I hate to do it, but I've got to give two stars to a Star Wars novel.
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I would not have finished this one if hadn't been part of the Legacy of the Force series.First, this is what I liked about Revelation:Ben growing up. His investigation of Jacen was the best part of this book.Mara visiting Ben and Luke was a great touch.Next, what I disliked about the book.
And there is a lot.Jaina, a jedi and daughter of Han and Leia, going to Boba Fett to figure out how to defeat Jacen. Not only that, but Han I hate to do it, but I've got to give two stars to a Star Wars novel. I would not have finished this one if hadn't been part of the Legacy of the Force series.First, this is what I liked about Revelation:Ben growing up. His investigation of Jacen was the best part of this book.Mara visiting Ben and Luke was a great touch.Next, what I disliked about the book. And there is a lot.Jaina, a jedi and daughter of Han and Leia, going to Boba Fett to figure out how to defeat Jacen.
Not only that, but Han's whole point in this novel was to give Jaina his blessing to do so. I realize Karen Traviss has this thing about the Mandolorians and she needed a reason to pull them in, but this was not plausible in any way.Tahiri killing Admiral Palleon. I realize Palleon needed to be retired due to his age.
As far as I'm concerned she might as well have killed Tahiri at the same time. She would never do the things Jacen has her doing, not even to Force-walk back with Anakin. The Tahiri that became so popular during the NJO series would NEVER do anything that would make Annakin disappointed in her. Period.Jacen has just become boring. They should at least have him interacting with Tenal Ka, Han, Leia, Ben, and other family and friends.I have one more in this series and then I get to move on to Fate of the Jedi. I'm happy to see that this particular author isn't part of that series.
Karen Traviss may be my least favourite Star Wars author. Besides the description of the Second Battle of Fondor, there was a whole lot of nothing going on on this book. I mean, come on guys, a new Sith Lord has appeared, and besides Jaina Solo, who happens to be this particular Sith Lord's sister, the Jedi don't seem the least bit interested in hunting this guy down and doing something about him. At one point in the book, Luke has Caedus confused, outgunned and overpowered, but let's him scramb Karen Traviss may be my least favourite Star Wars author.
Besides the description of the Second Battle of Fondor, there was a whole lot of nothing going on on this book. I mean, come on guys, a new Sith Lord has appeared, and besides Jaina Solo, who happens to be this particular Sith Lord's sister, the Jedi don't seem the least bit interested in hunting this guy down and doing something about him. At one point in the book, Luke has Caedus confused, outgunned and overpowered, but let's him scramble back to his Star Destroyer because.well, just because. Jaina, in the meantime, has sought out the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter, Boba Fett, to learn how to hunt and kill Jedi as she prepares to be the only Jedi who can (or is willing) to face Caedus. Boba, of course (hear the sarcasm) agrees to help her,but is quite busy himself with some familial problems of his own which have NOTHING to do with the Caedus vs.
Jaina showdown, but which do take up way too much of the book. I love the character of Boba Fett, but this just didn't seem like the right time to get into it.
These 9 book arcs are too long (same problem with NJO), and I will be happy to see this one come to its conclusion in the next, and last book 'Invincible'. MAY - CONTAIN SPOILERS!Can you marry a book?As in the cheesy words from AOTC I truly, deeply, loved this book. Yes, it has a lot to do with my partiality towards Mandalorians and Boba Fett in general (and that I am quite easy to please) but this book and the “training session” were pretty kick ass. This book has great lines, great flow and story line and dialogue are entertaining. The action scenes don’t bore me, like they did in the Troy Denning books.
(Big secret.not really: I love Karen T MAY - CONTAIN SPOILERS!Can you marry a book?As in the cheesy words from AOTC I truly, deeply, loved this book. Yes, it has a lot to do with my partiality towards Mandalorians and Boba Fett in general (and that I am quite easy to please) but this book and the “training session” were pretty kick ass. This book has great lines, great flow and story line and dialogue are entertaining. The action scenes don’t bore me, like they did in the Troy Denning books. (Big secret.not really: I love Karen Traviss).If you’re reading the legacy, then you have to read this book.
This review is not really going to do much for you but look forward to reading this one because this is when I start to love Jaina. Additionally, as someone who hasn’t really read that many EU stuff from Star Wars, this introduces you to Mandalorian culture, really quick, and really hard and it’s awesome!I definitely hold Karen Travis in high regards as a SWEU author and she’s raised the bar really high for other EU authors, and the Legacy books in general.Negative point: Fett uncarboniting his wife, and all that drama that surrounded around it was too much! I can handle only so much of sappy emotions and Sintas Vel crap. Worst Star Wars book I have read. There have been a few that were slow or had some issues, but not to this magnitude.
First of all this series had massive problems with consistency in pace or what they wanted to do with Jacen. They took a bad-ass Jedi with deep alternative force knowledge and they made him a weak, spoiled, pompous, irrational, wuss who does not do well in battles, tactics, or strategy. All he ever does is show proficiency for escaping after being butt kicked over and over. He de Worst Star Wars book I have read. There have been a few that were slow or had some issues, but not to this magnitude. First of all this series had massive problems with consistency in pace or what they wanted to do with Jacen. They took a bad-ass Jedi with deep alternative force knowledge and they made him a weak, spoiled, pompous, irrational, wuss who does not do well in battles, tactics, or strategy.
All he ever does is show proficiency for escaping after being butt kicked over and over. He destroys the image of a Sith Lord as a bad ass and turns it into a pouting crazy man. No deep philosophical analysis of evil, good, and perspectives.
Karen Traviss does horribly in every way and everything in this book. Her books are going to be best sellers of course because she got invited to write Star Wars. She is a bore though. She destroyed my image of mandalorians and made Boba Fett into a fairy boy obsessed with baby momma drama. I did not even see a good justification to insert mandalorians into this series at all. None of the characters in this book are interesting. She destroys their image with needless exposition, poor dialog, poor understanding of tactics, and many other issues.
Do these writers have editors???? Karen Traviss is moving towards the top of the list of tie-in authors I enjoy.This pentultimate volume in the Legacy of the Force series has battle scenes written in such a way that I kept responding almost as one does watching an athletic contest, with little involuntary gasps, head ducks, exclamations of 'Yes!'
And cheers of triumph as well-placed shots careened down the nozzle of plasma cannons provoking massive explosions obliterating whole Star Destroyers. Just thinking about it Karen Traviss is moving towards the top of the list of tie-in authors I enjoy.This pentultimate volume in the Legacy of the Force series has battle scenes written in such a way that I kept responding almost as one does watching an athletic contest, with little involuntary gasps, head ducks, exclamations of 'Yes!' And cheers of triumph as well-placed shots careened down the nozzle of plasma cannons provoking massive explosions obliterating whole Star Destroyers. Just thinking about it brings me back to the heat of battle.But she doesn't just get the battles right-she is able to, with spare language, reveal complex characters, and complex motivations.
And this volume is complex, examining the question of to what extent the personal motivations for an act determines the moral consequences for the actor-whether or not the intent and the result of the act is to create good for others. Motivation and intention are very different things, something that often is forgotten. Traviss doesn't let us.I was sorry when this volume ended. Book 8 of 9.Jacen is reeling. The galaxy is in turmoil and alliances are being forged and broken on a daily basis.
The Empire Remnant is brought into the story and another one of my favorite characters is killed in a way that just wasn't fitting in my mind.Jacen finds himself in the middle of a 3 way war where the sides are constantly shifting. The mandalores are in the thick of it, showing us why they are such feared warriors. Yet another one of my favorite characters from the past (I won't s Book 8 of 9.Jacen is reeling. The galaxy is in turmoil and alliances are being forged and broken on a daily basis. The Empire Remnant is brought into the story and another one of my favorite characters is killed in a way that just wasn't fitting in my mind.Jacen finds himself in the middle of a 3 way war where the sides are constantly shifting. The mandalores are in the thick of it, showing us why they are such feared warriors. Yet another one of my favorite characters from the past (I won't spoil it for you) shows up and reminds me of why I liked her so much before she was stupidly written out of the universe a decade ago.Jacen somehow manages to escape more near misses than ever before and it is getting a little old.
But the conclusion is coming in May, and I think I finally know who is going to kill him. I couldn't get through Traviss' other two books in the series because, as apparently many others feel, the incessant focus on Boba Fett just stalls the story.
I started, stopped, and skipped ahead with the others but stuck with one because I really wanted to see how Jacen's devolution would play out. I guess I'm glad I did because I now feel more than ready for the conclusion of this story arc, but it was a bit of a letdown that even after Caedus' public coming out, there was so little meaningfu I couldn't get through Traviss' other two books in the series because, as apparently many others feel, the incessant focus on Boba Fett just stalls the story. I started, stopped, and skipped ahead with the others but stuck with one because I really wanted to see how Jacen's devolution would play out. I guess I'm glad I did because I now feel more than ready for the conclusion of this story arc, but it was a bit of a letdown that even after Caedus' public coming out, there was so little meaningful reaction, practically nothing from any of his family, and Traviss even suggests a joke from his own apprentice.seriously? I'll take it for what it is and the other 2 Traviss stories were, just a means to getting from Allston to Denning and now, finally, to the end!
Can't wait to see how it all goes down. #1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, and her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans. She's best known for military science fiction, but GOING GREY and BLACK RUN, the first books in her new techno-thriller seri #1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, and her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans. She's best known for military science fiction, but GOING GREY and BLACK RUN, the first books in her new techno-thriller series RINGER, are set in the real world of today.
A former defence correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire, England. She's currently working on SACRIFICIAL RED, the third book in the Ringer series, and a new comic franchise.