Rating: 
Summary: The NJO has reached an all-time low
Review: Well, after finally finishing the Force Heretic trilogy, I must say that I was sorely disappointed. It seems like the entire trilogy was just put there to bide time until the Final Prophecy comes out, which, after reading the Heretic trilogy, I'm not holding my breath to be any good. The NJO has had it's ups and downs, but these three books mark a definite all-time low. The first 9 books, as far as I'm concerned, were the NJO glory days, with a few books afterward being up to par, such Traitor and Destiny's Way. All of those books were an enjoyment to read, and I always looked forward to picking the book up and reading about an exciting space battle or a harrowing Jedi/Yuuzhan Vong duel. But I had to force myself to read all three of the books in the trilogy, because it wasn't something I looked forward to. I must say, after reading the Force Heretic trilogy, I'm on the verge of becoming NJO heretic.
Rating: 
Summary: At least SOMEthing was salvaged from this trilogy
Review: Well, having forced myself through the atrocities that were the first two books in this trilogy, I had to keep up to date with the storyline for the following New Jedi Order books. This book alone should have been the output for these two authors, as it was the only one worth reading, and was not great to begin with.First, the Nom Anor storyline basically went nowhere. There is nothing achieved, nothing resolved, and it ends basically where it began. The entire plot should have been omitted from this set of three books. It would have been better to have a single book focused on that, like the Jacen story of Traitor. Not this mish-mash jump-around format. Second, the Han-Leia-Jaina-Jag-Tahiri plot also went about nowhere. Tahiri has the only growth among them, with the others essentially unchanged from their molds before these two had their go at Star Wars. Again, the writing was very youth-oriented, in my opinion, seeming to rely upon those things that kids would interpret as romantic or symbolic of great love, when in fact they are not. The resolution of the Tahiri story also could have been achieved in about ten pages, instead of taking three books. At least Pellaeon and the Empire do some good. There should be more focus on good characters like him, as there is a great deal of exploration that could be done regarding the Imperial contribution to the war effort. Third, at least Luke, Mara, Jacen, Saba, et al., managed to accomplish something. They located the Rogue Planet, and there is some action on that planet. You can definitely tell that the same guys wrote these three books, since the conflicts in them are all the same formula: Land on planet, get attacked for no reason by people you do not know, reason with them instead of taking them down, find out they were not responsible for their actions, hug. It is insulting. And the book's end was so touchy-feely that I was revolted. While I can say that they wrapped everything up, I also have to say that nothing really changed! Thus nothing needed to be packaged at the end! I really hope that the next SW:NJO book is plotted and written better (and edited, too, for while this one was less populated with typoes and grammar errors than the first two, it still had WAY too many for my money -- hire a proofreader, dangit!), else I am done with this shared universe.
Rating:
Summary: Thank the force it's over!!
Review: Why on earth is this book getting such high star-ratings? The fact that these authors have done their research (and know the Star Wars Universe extremely well) can not possibly make up for the fact that they can't write!! The mistakes are many and unforgivable. The style is inconsistant. Characters completely change personality from page to page. The end result is simply unsatisfying. All three of these "Force Heritic" books could have been been made as one single book - or even left out entirely! Why make us suffer through this filler nonsense? It's not speaking well for the franchise. I only hope and pray that Dix and Williams aren't contracted to write the novelization for Episode 3.
Rating: 
Summary: I Hate This Book
Review: Why would you do this to the Star Wars series Williams and Dix? Why would you write those load of crap novels before this one to spew out more crap. Their styles in each book are different. The first one was just another Star Wars book, the second one was written like a James Bond story, and this one seems like they've tried to create a suspense novel. Well, they failed in each way possible. The biggest problem is that they were given important information to write with. And after reading three books you'd think that you'd learn something that you didn't already know. Everything turns out like you'd expect it to and yet nothing we didn't know. And why were the novels so long? The other authors didn't have a problem with making shorter novels than usual for this series and frankly the ones that were longer tended to be good, but not as enjoyable as the others.
Rating:
Summary: Better than the first two in the series, but not compelling
Review: Williams and Dix tie up the loose ends in the conclusion of this substandard SW series, but it simply isn't good enough to make up for the disappoinment in the first two. Read it if you read the first two "Force Heretic" books, but otherwise there's really nothing here you'll miss if you simply move on to the next book in the series, "The Final Prophecy" by Greg Keyes. Keyes will probably take about 3 pages to cover what took these two three books.
Rating: 
Summary: Force Heretic III
Review: Would some of you guys pleeeeeeeease include some spoilers? I am on a 3-week waiting list to get this book out over Inter Library Loan because only 4 of the public libraries in Ohio are lending it out right now. I particularly want to know about what goes on between Jaina and Jag. Thanks so much!
| 
