Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 4)

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Summary: BEST ONE YET!
Review: This book is by far the best NJO book I have read so far, even though I'm only on Star By Star. It had a ton of action and introduces Droma, who kept me laughing with all of his witty remarks.

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Summary: Probably the NJO book thus far. . .
Review: It is nice to see that Han Solo is still on the Star Wars map. Not that there isn't room for a whole new cast, but the old one is what made Star Wars, Star Wars. This book brings us into the thick of the greatest battle in the history of the Star Wars Universe. Han is still reeling over the death of Chewbacca. He hooks up with an old friend who tells him about a group of smugglers who have made an alliance with the enemy. A great deal of the book revolves around how he persues this group of rouges. The characters introduced in this book are pretty cool. The Ryn character that kind of attatches to Han is very cool. As I understand, part of the reason Chebacca was killed, is that it was hard to work with his POV, Point Of View. This new character can speak, so therefore, a POV can be used. . . Like I said in the title, this is, in my opinion, the best book so far in the New Jedi Order series. I look forward to the suprises to come.

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Summary: Good, but not enough Showolter to go around. :-D
Review: Great book, the first one I've read through entirely. Too bloody, I thought, but I loved the way the characters were built, and Elan was interesting. C3-PO's griping got old after a while, but that's him for you. Han was great, as always. The references to the books and movies were a bit corny, but I mostly expected that. Major Showolter... :D I loved him, he was really cool!... I wish he was in the other books. :D

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Summary: Solid but unimaginative addition to the NJO series.
Review: This book is ok. It is much better then Agents of Chaos II. The story however, revolves too much around Han Solo to the detriment of the other characters. Yes, Han Solo was ignored on the 2 Stackpole books, but to have 2 books with the main focus just on him was not really needed. The stories could have been told in one much more interesting book, than in two books that it is easy to skim through. While it was nice to see some of the characters from the Han Solo books brought back, they really did not do much to enhance the story. The addition of Droma, just made him into a Chewie clone. It was uninspired. I would much rather have seen Han working with Anakin than with Droma. The subplot involving the Ving priestess and Vergere was interesting, but really only served to reintroduce Vergere to the Star Wars universe after the few times she was mentioned in Bear's Rogue Planet. Thankfully, the disease that plagued Mara Jade is beginning to be wiped out, but Luceno ignores his more dynamic characters to settle in the stereotypical companions for Han. That said, Hero's Trial is better than its sequal, but the two Agents of Chaos books are the 2 worst books in the NJO series.

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Summary: (yawn) boring
Review: I realize all of those who have written reviews for this book already are going to hate me for this, but I really disliked this book. It was boring. It had to much Han, not enough of the other characters. The parts I liked were the ones with Anakin and Jacen. I would recemend skimming this book, because there are quite a few important plot points, but I really did not like it.

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Summary: At last, a more realistic Star Wars!
Review: The writers have finally realized our characters can't be young forever and allowed them to age like normal people. Han's grief over Chewie's death is very touching and his personal journey very understandable. I hope the sequel is just as good.

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Summary: ok
Review: The book is ok. It was good to see more of Han after he had to make place for this Corran-creature in the last two books. Yet I missed the other characters. It's really a Han-book but it's not that bad because the next one makes up for the lack of other characters in this book.
The whole story with Elan was good but the end was very disappointing because she didn't achieve anything. Well, at least Vergere seems to have cured Mara, which I didn't expect to happen that quickly.

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Summary: Top notch story in the NJO
Review: Those who question the direction Star Wars novels have taken should read 'Hero's Trial'. Dealing with the continuing invasion of sinister alien forces, this book deals more with Han Solo than any of the past New Jedi Order books had. This makes it a plus for any fans of the original characters from the films. Also, the novel manages to move the Yuuzhan Vong invasion story along, keeping the continuity in the books more plausable. Star Wars stories are definately on the upswing.

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Summary: It's Disappointing, as is Most All he New Star Wars Books
Review: I consider myself a die hard star wars fan. Yet I fail to see all the writing magnifance in these new star wars books. Hero's Trial is my least liked so far. My favorite Star Wars authors are by far Timothy Zahn and Keven J. Anderson (Zahn being the better writer of the two). These new books quake in comparison to these books that started the all Star Wars books. So i make a plea to all those loyal hardcore Star Wars fans out there. Pick up The Last Command again, or reread the Jedi Academy trilogy and just pause and compare them with these new "star wars" books coming out. I hope you see the difference I do.

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Summary: The new enemy for the New Republic
Review: Since Heir to the Empire was first released, I have read nearly every Star Wars book that has been published based on George Lucas' universe. The New Jedi Order Series, though written by various authors, has left me screaming for what happens next whenever I finish the latest. A complement to the series is Rogue Planet, which actually comes in after Phantom Menace (Episode I), but eludes to the existence of the Yuuzhan Vong, the new enemy that approximately 50 years later will begin to decimate the galaxy we all have come to know in the Star Wars craze. I highly recommend the entire series to anyone who wants a fast-moving story and an utterly terrifying look at a new, seemingly undefeatable, foe.