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Summary: Good, Quick Read - but leave a lot of questions.....
Review: Hi,Unlike Zahn's previous books, which were were trilogies or duologies, this is a standalone book and the pacing of the book reflects that. It moves along from point to point much faster than I expected. This helped to keep my interest up and I read the book in less than a week. The most interesting parts of the book were Mara/Luke and the stormtrooper group that was heavily featured in the book. However, it appears Zahn used the Outbound Flight project as simply a tool to advance a story rather than explaining what the project was about. There was some small insight into the Outbound Flight project, but no big revelations. We never hear from the survivors talk about what happened during the attack on the project. We find out a little bit on the survivor's feelings about the Jedi but all in all, very little was revealed about the history and the background of the project. However, the book is still rather good and worth a read for any Star Wars fan. I'm sure some are not sure if the book is worth the price, you can get it from the library or perhaps wait until they put into paperback format. :)
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Summary: OK but disappointed in loose ends
Review: I agree with some of the other reviewers around the loose ends side of things. There was so much build up about the 18 Jedi on board and what Luke could learn about them. Once the action got going, there was almost no discussion about learning what really happened after they got shot down. Why did the people on board fear them etc. Really surprised an author of Zahn's caliber let thing finish the way they did. What did Luke do with the Jedi adept (i.e. take them to Jedi Academy etc)? Way too many unfinished concepts.
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Summary: Wait for it in paperback
Review: I have to admit that I was disappointed. After suffering through the last half of the New Jedi Order series, I was hopeful when I saw that Zahn had written another Star Wars book. While the story itself is not bad, I just found myself not caring much for any of the new characters and felt that many of the questions raised early in the story were simply left unanswered. First, the fact that any part of Outbound Flight survived for 50 years half-buried on a planetoid in the middle of a star cluster didn't seem to make much sense. If Thrawn was supposed to have attacked Outbound Flight, I never got the impression that it would have survived at all. But six Dreadnaughts have survived, and they are found by the Chiss, who promptly ask Mara and Luke to help visit the site to pay their last respects. Luke once again goes in a quest to find any information about the Jedi of the Old Republic. I was hoping for more information on the original Jedi Jorus C'Baoth, but there is only a passing mention of him. There is essentially nothing about the Jedi in this whole book, and it turns out to be yet another story of how Luke goes to find one thing but instead discovers another. This time the new discovery is a group of survivors of Outbound Flight. One question that is brought up, but never really answered, is how the remains of Outbound Flight and its survivors got to where they are. It is suggested that Thrawn, or someone else, may have carried or left it there, although why remains a mystery. It is more strongly suggested that Outbound Flight crash-landed, but that seems like an easy answer and doesn't make sense that Thrawn, continually put up as the most thorough and cunning villain since the Emperor, would not have checked for survivors. Everything just seemed half-hearted. One other glaring thread that was left untied was why the survivors of Outbound Flight despised and hated Jedi. We never find out what the Jedi of Outbound Flight did to garner such hatred, to the point where Force-sensitive survivors are banished from the rest of the community because of the fear and hatred of all things Jedi. I still have no idea where this came from, and the fate of the Jedi aboard Outbound Flight, except for one, is never ever touched upon. I just thought this whole story was an excuse to have Mara and Luke get a story of their own, after taking a backseat for most of the NJO. It was good to see Luke and Mara in action, and Zahn writes their personal interaction as well as ever. The dialogue in Zahn's books is always much better than in other Star Wars novels, although lately that is not saying much. But this story, which wraps up a little too nicely, did not have the punch to it that I had hoped for. Overall, I loved Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy and thought those books read like something I would love to see as films. The Hand of Thrawn duology was okay, but to be honest I didn't get too into it. And now this book is not even as engaging as those prior attempts. It is worth reading, but only in paperback. One final note for those reviewers who explain away a story's shortcoming because it is "setting up a sequel," that is exactly the problem with the Star Wars series. Nothing can be told in one book and readers are required to buy volume after volume to fully read a story that could stand in one book, and unlike Zahn's other outings, which were billed from the beginning as a trilogy (Heir to the Empire) and a duology (Hand of Thrawn), nothing suggests that Zahn is revisiting this story any time soon. So if any of the glaring plot holes are purposely left open so another substandard writer can fill them in later (Dix and Williams, anyone), then I doubt I'll keep shelling out money for stories that fall flat.
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Summary: I like Zahn a lot
Review: I never thought I would see a Star Wars book with him as an author that was not absolutly wonderful. This book is not his best. Not really his fault he still writes well and can still tell a good story but the serise in general is trying to make sense of itself.
There will never never be a single Star Wars book ever agian that can touch the anticipation with which I awaited every installment of the New Jedi Order and that is what kills this book.
You cannot succesfully have a book that follows on the heels of Galactic Civil War not Zahn's fault it just can't be done.
Overall-Not bad, its just that I never thought I would see a star wars book that resorted to the old "A bunch of crazy suvivors trapped on a spaceship ploy. It just doesn't work anymore and no self repecting Star Wars author should have to settle for it. It was however refreashing to watch Luke and Mara get together for some old fashion butt kicking. If that is why you buy a Star Wars book, go for it.
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Summary: Zahn and star wars
Review: I really enjoyed this book. But It was'nt as good as The original thrawn trilogy which was the high water mark for star wars fiction. It seems like with each star wars installment he does the quality is starting to ebb. Specter of the past and vision of the future for instance were not as gripping as his original trilogy. i.e.(Heir to the empire, dark force rising, the last command). Don't get me wrong tim zahn is probalbly the single greatest writer of military science fiction today, but he creativity seems to be hampered having to stay within the star wars canon. As he said once in an interview, it's like playing in some other kids sandbox. It's more satifying to be able to create wondefully original human stories for science fiction, your own chracters your own worlds. My favorite tim zahn chracter owned by lucasfilm is Mara Jade, because it provided luke skywalker with a love interest. He had'nt had one since he found out Leia was his sister. I can't wait for his next book which he was particularly excited about, the outbound flight project in the prequel era, which involves one then Liutenant thrawn in the service of the emperor. And his rise to admiral and destroying the jedi of outbound flight. I wish Del Rey would do a book series set in the future about ben skywalker luke's son, and another book like tatooine ghost instead Luke and Leia visit Naboo to find out about their mother kinda a sequel to tatooine ghost, or leia visits the site of the remnants of alderaan and remembers about her life on alderaan and her mother, and bail organa. Would vader have tortured her on the death star if he knew she was his daughter? If Padme had told him about the twins would he have turned to the dark side?
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Summary: An Entertaining Cookie-Cutter Romp
Review: I'm glad that "Survivor's Quest" was a library read. I was a big fan of Zahn's earlier Star Wars works, and was excited to see his name on the cover. Overall, it was an entertaining read but nothing to get excited about. Luke and Mara go on a cookie-cutter romp: A->B (fight, escape, solve puzzle); B->C (repeat). There are some cool elements, and a few revelations, but it's not up to the level of his earlier trilogy (hence my stingy 3 stars). It's definitely worth a rental, and is still superior to the latest movies (like that's saying much). I'm sure the die hard fans will really enjoy it.
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Summary: Um, Get the timeline right...
Review: In response to Page7's review on January 10th - This story takes place before the New Jedi Order, that's why no mention of the Yuuzhan Vong, ravaged Coruscant, etc. It's also not the first of a new series, but an extention on an old one (Hand of Thrawn duology: Vision of the Past and Specter of the Future). Anyone reading the reviews should know this so they don't get confused.
All in all, Zhan has continued the saga of characters he created well. The question of why Thrawn destroyed Outbound Flight is even more murky by the end of this book, something that should be wrapped up neatly by the Outbound Flight book coming out in 2006. The book is paced much slower than his previous outings, but for me it kept the eerieness of the situation more alive.
When it comes to the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Zhan is still king. We can only hope that his forthcoming offerings maintain the past expectations.
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Summary: Very interesting
Review: Luke Skywalker has a wife, also a Jedi Knight, and other alien characters are thrown into this timeless and highly successful space opera series. Written by Timothy Zahn, who has written other books in this series, proves why he is a Hugo Award holder. Buy and add this book to: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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Summary: Star Wars + Tim Zahn = Masterpiece
Review: Okay, so this is not exactly a masterpiece, but it is a great read. It's got an interesting mystery and awesome action. I understand that many reviewers have mentioned the fact that there are a lot of loose ends, and I agree. But, I know that Zahn is also coming out with a book that takes place during Outbound Flight next year, so that is probably why he didn't get all that detailed about the Outbound Flight Project.
So, with that said I'd also like to thank Zahn for making this about Luke and Mara because their relationship was way too corny in the New Jedi Order series and Mara hardly even acted like Mara. Now Zahn, who already had to do this once, has corrected some errors in other SW books. Like making Luke and Mara an interesting couple that doesn't drip with cheesiness.
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Summary: Luke lives
Review: Over fifty years ago Thrawn destroyed the Outbound Flight containing some Jedi. Now on the planet Nirauan, aliens have found the remains of the Outbound Flight. They want to hand over their find to the New Republic. Knowing the diplomatic value of accepting this "gift" and the internal appreciation of leaving no one behind, leaders of the New Republic send the Skywalkers to Niraua, graveyard to over fifty-thousand. Master Jedi Luke Skywalker and Jedi Knight wife Mara Jade discuss technology on the journey as the duo still struggle to adjust to married life with missions seemingly always happening. However, others want to reach the colossal remains before the Skywalkers get there. Some are enemy survivors of the post-Palpatine Empire while others are New Republic "allies" with their own agenda. Though the simple trip turns dangerous as foes seek the annihilation of the Skywalkers and the destruction of their allies, the biggest mystery resides inside the massive hulk. Aimed at teenage Star war fans, this stand alone thriller is a superb action and adventure tale that spins somewhat like an out in space epic sword and sorcery story. Luke and Mara is a delightful pair though many old-timers will need to adapt to the young Jedi master having a wife (can Jedi kiddies be far behind"). The twists and turns add excitement that will please readers of all ages as once again Master Writer Timothy Zahn insures the force is with his readers. Harriet Klausner
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