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Summary: A good novel, but not up to the expecations of SW fans.
Review: The beginning of this novel makes several references to events that took place after The Last Command, but before Jedi Search. After spending several days being very confused, my husband explained to me that these events are in a series of comics (Dark Empire). Oh. Ok. Anderson refers to these events (apparently Darth Vader comes back?) several times.In this novel, Luke gets permission from the government on Coruscant to begin searching for descendents of the slain Jedi as well as anyone with Jedi abilities to open a new Jedi Academy. He gets his wish and leaves to hunt these people down, having adventures along the way. Han and Chewbacca find themselves in trouble, again, from another old enemy holding a grudge on the mining planet of Kessel. They were sent as ambassadors, but things go very wrong and the two of them end up working the mines. Leia is trying to hold on to her sanity while her brother leaves, her husband is missing, and two of her children have returned from hiding. The twins, Jacen and Jaina, have a difficult time adjusting to their new home and the mother they barely know. And, as usual, Mon Mothma keeps Leia hopping with diplomatic duties. Anderson turns out a worthy novel, with the most entertaining plot line going to Han and Chewie. I hope the two of them are never able to outrun their checkered past.
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Summary: Okay, but lack of creativity
Review: This book is okay, not great, but okay. The plot is good, but I would have liked to see more time spent on Luke and his trainees. With a title like, "Jedi Search" you'd think that would be the main focus, but Anderson spends much time on Kyp Durron and Han Solo on Kessel. It's interesting enough, and you can see why anyone would not want to be exiled there. Characters are written well: new characters are great, old characters remain true to the past. However... Anderson's style is a bit patronizing. It seems as if this is a book written for kids, and the plot is very predictible. Plus, I always wonder WHY we have to keep having a superweapon in every story? Not only is there a new planet destroying weapon, but there's ANOTHER Death Star, which will see action further in the trilogy. It was bad enough that there was a second in Jedi, but now we have to have a third? Anderson seems a bit short on creativity and subtlety. And why must we have all those references to the just AWFUL comic books about the resurrected Emperor and Luke's apprenticeship to him? The comic books were bad enough, but to tie it in with the novels, all I can say is why? This book is filled with more bad than good, but there's enough here to keep a devoted fan reading 'til the end.
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Summary: Anderson Rules
Review: Wow. This book was amazing. I read all three in 4 days. These were the first Star Wars books I had ever read and I loved them. Like StarWars? Like Books? Get this.
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Summary: Not so good...
Review: I am a Star Wars nut, and I was so excited after reading Timothy Zahn's trilogy that I rushed out an bought Anderson's. Big mistake. While I slogged through them for the story line, which is decent, I thought the trilogy was poorly written. All in all, I've been very disappointed by the non-Zahn books, but I keep reading anything that comes out because they're better than no Star Wars-barely.
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Summary: Problems, Problems, Problems, and Problems
Review: Let me begin by saying that I am a huge star wars fan. This book by anderson is ok. In fact, the whole trilogy is ok, but not great or spectacular. This book had just too many problems to be real enjoyable. Problem number 1: Anderson has the annoying habit of refering to what happened in the movies. Almost every situation that our heroes find themselves in, reminds them of what happened in a new hope, empire strikes back, or Return of the Jedi. I don't mind references being made to past events even if they are from the movies once in a while, but Anderson over does it. Problem number 2: Why did Anderson feel it necessary to tell us what happened earlier in the book every 30 pages or so. I have been keeping track of the story KJA I don't need you to do a recap. KJA's entire trilogy shows him recaping events from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd books, very annoying. Problem number 3: The plot is predictable. KJA's plot is predictable, you can almost see what is going to happen chapters ahead of the time it actually happens. And Another super weapon that could destroy large space bodies? Enough is enough and it is time for a change. Problem number 4: The villains in Anderson's books are so aggravating. I especially hated Admiral Daala. Anderson builds up Daala to be this hidden imperial talent that has yet to be unleashed upon the new republic or rebellion. Anderson tells us that she defeated some of the brightest minds in the empire, Having built her up to such a stature, Anderson's story seems to defy every bit of description that he has given us about her. Daala comes out of the Maw after 10 years and does she have a master plan? Does she have sort of plan to retrieve the sun crusher? does she attempt to contact any remaining imperial strongholds in order to pool resources together and fight the republic? No, not at all, she takes her remaining star destroyers and just goes around destroying things, what a brilliant commander, worthy of the rank of admiral, what a complete joke. I was more intrigued with Ambassador Furgan and his plans, even though he was not much developed either. My advice to any star wars fan is if you want to read these 3 books, by all means, but try to borrow them first and read before you go out and buy them, trust me you will see why.
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Summary: Has this guy actually seen the movies?
Review: What is this guy thinking? The characterizations are lousy, the plot stumbles along, and, as everyone can tell from the cover, he crashes the Millenium Falcon into a planet. How can Han call a wookiee that is 250 years his senior "Lad?" I do believe that our author should go watch the original movies and read the original New Hope novel before writing anything else.
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Summary: Fast paced Star Wars fun!
Review: I know that Star Wars was meant to be epic and serious as Zahn's trilogy was, but it can also be fun. I enjoy Kevin J. Anderson's fast paced style and this trilogy was incredible. Not only did it have many fun story elements, it also incorporated one of the most important post-movie events. This was the establishment of Luke's Jedi Academy. You will enjoy reading these books, trust me. Pay no attention to these otherreviews. Kevin J. Anderson is GREAT!
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Summary: The ability to quote doesn't make you intelligent
Review: Personally, I don't think Anderson is as bad as some people say. But he isn't as good as most other Star Wars authors, not by far. Anderson has the tendency to constantly quote lines from the original trilogy, and his Jedi look almost close to complete omnipotence. Furthermore, it looks a lot like he forgot to do his homework before he started writing this series (hangerbay doors on a Stardestroyer?). Next, most of the new characters Anderson introduces are pretty lame. Admiral Daala looked almost as if she couldn't get her men to hit the broadside of the Death Star. Kyp is simply a 'young Luke'-clone gone bad, and ambassador Furgan isn't much more than a bragging warlord wannabee. The worst thing though, is the fact that Anderson had to put a third Death Star AND a whole new superweapon in the overall story. Although it was nice to find out more about the origins of Tarkin's battlestation, I don't think introducing a whole new one was really necessary. Overall it's a nice read. It contains several nice ideas that are fairly well used and the storyline is just good enough to make most Star Wars fans reach the end of the novel easily. If you are looking for a nice series of Star Wars books though, I would rather recoment Timothy Zahn's Thrawn-trilogy, or Stackpole and Allston's X-wing series.
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Summary: Why was this printed?
Review: This book, hands down, is the worst Star Wars stuff I've read. I wonder to myself why it was printed, and since it was, I wonder why it was not printed under the "young adult" category. If you like the silly things in some of the movies, like fuzzy little Ewoks destroying a whole Legion of the Emperor's best troops, or Jar-Jar taking out several war droids because he got his foot stuck in the wires of a downed droid, then you'll probably like Anderson's work. It's more along those lines. I found the book very hard to read (in keeping my interest), and there is one non-plausible situation followed by another. His basic idea for the trilogy is pretty cool, but he destroyed it in the telling. I would have liked to have seen these same ideas brought to us in the hands of a better writer. Skip this book (and the trilogy) unless you like "silly" Star Wars stuff. If you do (and there's nothing wrong with that), then you will love this set. Kenneth.
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Summary: Searching for a book?
Review: This entire trilogy is amongst the best books ever written in the Star Wars universe. The characters continue their saga with great new locations (and a few that were mentioned briefly in the movies), enemies and allies. The plot is generally convincing, and sticks to the tried and true Star Wars universe. Kevin J Anderson is certainly a very good author, who portrays the entire area faithfully. He obviously thought out this series well before he wrote about it.
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