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Summary: Not Good
Review: This book was not good. Nothing happened, nothing was explained, by the end I was just reading every other line to get through. I had to finish it because I had already invested so much time in it. If you are going to start reading Star Wars, start with something else. Something by Timothy Zahn, James Luceno, or Troy Denning. Not this.
By the way---where is the character development?
Rating: 
Summary: A Good Book That's A Perfect Follow Up To Phantom Menace
Review: `Rogue Planet' is sort of an anomaly. It is much more of a stand-alone story than other Star Wars novels, yet manages to fit snugly into the timeline all the same. Where most other novels in the series focus on key historic events - and some of the more popular characters' places therein - `Rogue Planet' takes us on a trip away from the Republic and almost even away from the known Galaxy. Far away from that chewy centre, Bear still succeeds in presenting us Anakin and Obi-Wan, Tarkin and Sienar - even Vergere and the Vong! (Albeit cameos, it must be said.) He manages to continue their stories fluently and convincingly.
Moreover, as the story unfolds, and the secrets of Zonema Sekot (the Rogue Planet) are slowly being unfolded, you know you're reading an exceptional addition to the Star Wars story cycle. However, the real eye catcher is Greg Bear himself. His writing is fluent and exciting, he makes you want to turn page after page. He manages to fit the events in his novel into the greater scheme as if he owns it all, while usually Bear's stories are far from the techno-myths that Star Wars is made out of. No event and character seems forced and uneasy in its position; something that cannot be said for all other "Old Republic" Star Wars novels. `Rogue Planet' is a breather, the pearl in a string of beads. My favourite "Old Republic" novel by far. This one gets four stars. Bram Janssen,
The Netherlands
Rating: 
Summary: not bad, i wanted to know more about Sekot
Review: This Star Wars novel is set several years after the events of "The Phantom Menace." To better place it in relation to the two prequel films, Anakin Skywalker is 12 years old. He is the Padawan apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi is no longer the reckless apprentice that he was when he served under Qui-Gon Jinn. Kenobi has found his center of peace, but Skywalker is even more reckless than perhaps Obi-Wan once was. Anakin sneaks out of the Jedi temple to seek dangerous races. The novel opens with one such race (which I still don't quite understand the logistics of), but as the race begins (and Obi-Wan tries to find him), Anakin is attacked by one of the racers, an alien race called a Blood Carver. This begins an exciting chase that Obi-Wan joins shortly after it begins. Anakin Skywalker has a lot of energy and he is frustrated by the lack of responsibility given him by the Jedi Council. To channel this energy, the Council sends Obi-Wan and Anakin on a mission to the strange (strange because next to nothing is known about it) planet Zenoma Sekot to investigate the planet's organic spaceships, and also to investigate the disappearance of the Jedi Vergere, who was last heard from on that planet. At the same time as the Jedi mission to Sekot, we also see Tarkin (a younger version of the Grand Moff Tarkin from "A New Hope") plotting his own deeds in regards to that planet and we see Tarkin's continuing rise in the Republic (not yet the Empire). For a Star Wars novel, this one was pretty good. I enjoyed the story, found it interesting and I wanted to know more about Sekot and the battle that occurred on that planet (though I understand this ties in better to the New Jedi Order series that comes much later), and I got to see Anakin develop a little bit more so that I could better understand his anger, his frustration, and how he develops into the man that he does. Sure, every novel that has Anakin Skywalker as a boy/young man will show shades of the future Darth Vader, but a novel that didn't would seem a little strange, to not hint at it at all. This was a well done Star Wars novel, though I'm not sure it would work quite so well without the shape of the Star Wars universe and the preceding (and later) novels.
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Summary: A well-written and thoughtful effort
Review: Greg Bear is someone that I respect, but this novel read like an attempt to make Star Wars into hard Sci-fi. I normally write reviews that are paragraphs in nature but the following is the best way to describe this book. Did Bear do a good job? Yes Is this an interesting book? Yes, somewhat. Does it feel like Star Wars? No, not even close. Does it do much to expand the Star Wars world? Not really. Does it have any redeeming qualities? Yes, It gives an explination as to why Qui-Gon didn't fade away in EP 1, and they build a cool ship with neat technology. Would I read it if I weren't a Star Wars Geek? Probably NOT!
Rating:
Summary: Looks Good
Review: I haven't been able to read this book since I've had it. It looks good but, I just don't read. Now I have a book project something in my English class. So I figure I'll finish what I've started. I am now looking foreward to reading it. It looks good.
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