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Summary: Darth Vader still #1!
Review: No way in the world can I believe that Xixor is as smart and cunning as Darth or Jabba. There was not enough space action or blaster showdowns as it should have. Dash Rander was okay... Xixor and Guri just plain sucked. Mr. Perry took way to many chances throughout the book to build them up for nothing. I hope they both died and never come back. As far as Darth Vader's equal, PLEASE. Not on even. Vader has been around for decades, and all of a sudden I'm supposed to think Xixor is just as ruthless? Nope. I was tricked by the bestseller thing at the top of the book. No more.
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Summary: this book is awesome
Review: This is my favorite Star Wars book!It gives you a lot of information about what happened between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.I recommend this book to every Star Wars fan out there.
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Summary: Continue the Thrills of STAR WARS with Shadows of the Empire
Review: If you liked the STAR WARS movies, you'll love Shadows of the Empire. Han Solo has been captured and frozen in carbonite. Now Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, Lando, and their new friend Dash Rendar are on a mission to break him out. Set between Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi, it explains the events between the two of George Lucas's action-packed films. It will also give new meaning to the Shadows of the Empire video game for Nintendo 64. The game corresponds almost exactly with the novel. Steve Perry perfectly captures the action that people have come to expect from the name STAR WARS. The action is amazing,the detail makes it even more thrilling, and it comes down to a climax any reader would love. Read this book to continue the non-stop action of STAR WARS.
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Summary: Very well done.
Review: I feel that Mr. Perry did and excellant job explaining the happings between Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi. Although I did not totally care for the ending. I did not have a problem with the aparent death of Dash Render, but more the way Darth Vader delt with Xisor. It needed a face to helmet confrontation. All in all I am still pleased.
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Summary: As good as the films!
Review: After reading the Empire series by Timothy Zahn I spotted this book on the shelves and decided to continue reading Star Wars novels. What a good move that was because this book is a real classic. Involving many of the original movie characters as well as some exceptionally good new ones. It fits nicely into the void between the Empire and Jedi movies. The evil character of Xizor of the Black Sun Organisation is great and his infactuation with Leia provides a great plot line, especially his fatally attractive pheromones. This book could easily be made into a successful movie which is what makes it so good. All in all this is an excellent swashbuckling adventure which Lucas would be proud of and with a superb climatic finish. Read it sooner rather than later!
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Summary: The BEST Star Wars story aside from the movies!
Review: Shadows captivates all the elements of the Star Wars universe that we find amazing. Whether it be the relationship between the characters, the space dogfights, the Jedi, etc... Shadows brings it all together in a magnificent crescendo of excellent storytelling. If you want to read Star Wars as it was meant to be, buy this book.
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Summary: my first non-movie star wars book
Review: this book got me into reading star wars books. i like how the bantan books try to keep everything consistent. this would be a nice book to read right after the han solo trilogy.
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Summary: Eh...
Review: When I first read this book I loved it. About a year later, I came back to it and thought "Wow, this just sorta...there). I guess I didn't like Dash Rendar as much as Han. Though it's better than some of the other SW books(Crystal Star, Darksaber, Jedi Academy), it doesn't compare to Hand of Thrawn/Thrawn or Young Han Solo. Read it for completeness(as well as interesting pre-TPM descriptions of Coruscant) and for some "missing pieces".
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Summary: A Masterpiece!
Review: I have read so many "Star Wars" novels that try to capture the feeling and storytelling power of George Lucas's dazzling world. Steve Perry's thrilling, emotional, and action-packed novel, "Shadows Of The Empire," is the best I have ever read. I even it enjoyed more than Timothy Zahn's "Heir To The Empire." This novel is stylish, full of great situations and fun to read characters. There's also a touch of eroticism which I really enjoyed since sexual situations rarely appear in "Star Wars" books. Perry has written a masterpiece that deserves to be read more than once. It's just total fun from beginning to end and it also has a touch of conspiratorial, underworld intrigue. This is how a "Star Wars" novel should be written!
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Summary: Great Star Wars Book
Review: This book happens to be one of the best Star Wars books I've ever read. I like how the author filled in the gap between the end of the second movie of the Star Wars trilogy and the beginning of the third one. What happened to Dash Rendar was kind of sad, though.
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