Rating: 
Summary: Good Book for those who take the time to read it
Review: What's the problem with Mara Jade? She's one of the best female characters in the SW universe! Who would you prefer, Admiral Daala, who rose to a high rank in the Navy despite the fact she doesn't know the first thing about naval combat? And just look at how Mara adapted- she did her job one way, with all of Palpatine's toys, then relearned her trade when those toys were robbed from her. What else do you want? An no brains? Read that escape from Isard and tell me that. You try to escape people who can control the air you breath. Or is it you were too lazy to read all of the text? But enough ranting and onto the review.My appreciation of this book tended to grow the more I read over it. As I pointed out in my ranting, you have to read all the text and get a grip on the situation to fully grasp it. After reading through a lot of the scenes I've pretty mcuhed surmised that Zahn and Stackpole must have drawn out maps of a lot of the areas just to write the story, its so detailed. Very good work there. Zahn and Stackpole are also my favorite authors, I should point out, as compared to Anderson and his horribly botched attempts to write dialogue. Whatever the case, if you bother to read it all and use your brain to some extent, you'll discover a lot of the scenes are very well written and mapped out. Kudos to Zahn & Stackpole for that. The art is good, but I still find it to be a bit un-Star Wars-ish. I barely recognize any of the numerous alien species. that said, its still quite good and keeps a good sense of movement and lots of details. (Very important.) As I said in my rant, its also important to note Mara's transistion. She goes from the Emperor's Hand with all of her toys and gadgets to Mara Jade, scavenging what she has and being a bit more creative. And she does have a heart. She realizes the consequences of her failures and how they hurt innocent people. And that she has to make things right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the whole point of the bloody thing? Oh, yes. Reccomended.
Rating:
Summary: Good Book for those who take the time to read it
Review: What's the problem with Mara Jade? She's one of the best female characters in the SW universe! Who would you prefer, Admiral Daala, who rose to a high rank in the Navy despite the fact she doesn't know the first thing about naval combat? And just look at how Mara adapted- she did her job one way, with all of Palpatine's toys, then relearned her trade when those toys were robbed from her. What else do you want? An no brains? Read that escape from Isard and tell me that. You try to escape people who can control the air you breath. Or is it you were too lazy to read all of the text? But enough ranting and onto the review. My appreciation of this book tended to grow the more I read over it. As I pointed out in my ranting, you have to read all the text and get a grip on the situation to fully grasp it. After reading through a lot of the scenes I've pretty mcuhed surmised that Zahn and Stackpole must have drawn out maps of a lot of the areas just to write the story, its so detailed. Very good work there. Zahn and Stackpole are also my favorite authors, I should point out, as compared to Anderson and his horribly botched attempts to write dialogue. Whatever the case, if you bother to read it all and use your brain to some extent, you'll discover a lot of the scenes are very well written and mapped out. Kudos to Zahn & Stackpole for that. The art is good, but I still find it to be a bit un-Star Wars-ish. I barely recognize any of the numerous alien species. that said, its still quite good and keeps a good sense of movement and lots of details. (Very important.) As I said in my rant, its also important to note Mara's transistion. She goes from the Emperor's Hand with all of her toys and gadgets to Mara Jade, scavenging what she has and being a bit more creative. And she does have a heart. She realizes the consequences of her failures and how they hurt innocent people. And that she has to make things right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the whole point of the bloody thing? Oh, yes. Reccomended.
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