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Summary: A fairly good Star Wars adventure.
Review: As the first new SW book to come out after Zahn's legendary trilogy, it suffered quite a bit by comparison. By viewing it objectively after some time has passed, it fares better, but it's still not the best. It picks up IMMEDIATELY after ROTJ. Like, the next day. They get a distress call from an outlying Imperial world, Bakura, telling of an evil foe come to kill them all. So, Our Heroes go out there in force, and there are forced to make a treaty with the Imperials to fight a common foe, the Ssi-ruk. (who are V-ish, lizard aliens) It's one of the most cohesive books in the series. It sets out to tell one story, and that's what it does. However, much of the plot seems borrowed from other sources, and the Ssi-ruk never REALLY seem to fit within the Star Wars universe. (cross the Borg with the Visitors, and you've got 'em) It's not as flashy as many, but it is a solid read, especially if you aren't expecting non-stop action. Definately worth picking up
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Summary: Good, but a little slow
Review: A pretty good book overall, and Tyers does a great job at sticking to the characters personalities, as well as writing interesting and believable new characters. Dev was one of my faves, and I was almost as upset as Luke was at the end. The Ssi-ruu are interesting, and downright evil. I loved them! Tyers' interaction between new and old characters is great, shedding light on a new side of Luke Skywalker, and Leia finally comes to terms with her lineage.The beginning is a little slow, and there's quite a bit of politics involved in the middle, but the end battle is exciting. And seeing the Alliance and the Imperials fight together is new and very interesting. A recommended read to a Star Wars fan, but anyone else had better skip it.
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Summary: One of the Weaker Entries in the Continuing Star Wars Saga.
Review: The various Star Wars novels set after the conclusion of Episode VI have been a mixed bag. Some of the novels have been worthy continuations of the Star Wars saga while others have been uninspired filler stories. Kathy Tyers' "The Truce at Bakura" is a single novel outing that falls into the latter disappointing category. Soon after the Battle of Endor has ended, a communications drone is intercepted which contains a message from Bakura's Imperial Governor. The message was intended for the Emperor and warns him that Ssi-ruuk has entered the Bakura system and is laying siege to Imperial forces. The Rebel Alliance sees the attack as an opportunity to try and pry the system away from Imperial control and dispatches a delegation to Bakura. Once there, the Rebels discover the Ssi-ruuk is as great a threat to them as they are to the remnants of the Empire. Realizing that there are no other alternatives, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa secure a temporary truce with their former enemies in order to defeat their common foe. "The Truce at Bakura" is just too lackluster a tale to be considered a Star Wars adventure. None of the swashbuckling fun or witty humor of the films is present here. The single volume format for the story also works against the novel as it severely hinders the character development of the primary film characters. Luke and Leia have their moments in the spotlight but everyone else is essentially relegated to spot duty. The Ssi-ruuk are dreary villains compared to the memorable cinematic adversaries and their practice of transferring humanoid energies into androids is a derivative science fiction plot device. The writing itself is awkward and does not flow as smoothly as Timothy Zahn's superior style. It is possible that "The Truce at Bakura" may have been a worthy addition to the Star Wars mythos had the story been spread over more than one book, but it is sadly nothing noteworthy as a stand-alone single novel.
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Summary: Tyers' post Episode VI tale is effective....
Review: Kathy Tyers' Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura, first published in 1994, is an enjoyable "expanded universe" novel featuring the heroes from the Classic Trilogy in a tale set almost right after Return of the Jedi. In this novel that pits both Imperial and Alliance forces against a new extragalactic threat, Tyers weaves a tapestry full of adventure, excitement, political intrigue, thrilling space battles and even a little bit of romance. As the novel begins, Luke Skywalker -- still feeling the effects of his battle with the Emperor only the day before -- takes his X-wing fighter out on a routine flight over the moon of Endor. But almost as soon as he is space borne and flying amidst the battle-scarred Rebel fleet, Luke must rescue his friend and fellow pilot Wedge Antilles; while inspecting an intercepted Imperial message drone, Wedge has triggered off a security device and risks losing his hand...or even his life. Using his Jedi powers and fighting the painful and debilitating aftershocks of Palpatine's Force lightning strikes, Luke saves Wedge and the message drone is retrieved. In it, the Alliance discovers, the Imperial governor of Bakura, unaware that the second Death Star has been destroyed and that the Emperor is gone, warns Palpatine that a new threat against the Empire has emerged. Bakura is under attack by a powerful alien task force and half of the Imperial forces have been destroyed. Knowing that Bakura has only been under Imperial control for three years and hoping the system will leave the Empire out of gratitude for aid from the Alliance, the Rebel leaders send a small force commanded by Luke, while his sister Leia, accompanied by Han Solo, Chewbacca and See Threepio, volunteers to negotiate a truce with the devious Wilek Nereus, the Imperial governor. Soon, Rebel and Imperial forces unite to fight off the reptilian Ssi-ruuk, intelligent dinosaur-like creatures (they resemble velociraptors) that can entrap the life forces of sentient beings inside droid fighters. Enticed by a deal proposed by the now-dead Palpatine to exchange this technology for -- one supposes -- thousands of the Empire's undesirable captives, the Ssi-ruk have made their way to Imperial territory. Now, having no one to bargain with, the aliens have come to conquer the human-ruled Galactic Empire. On Bakura, Luke will feel the first stirrings of romantic attraction to the beautiful Bakuran Senator Gaeriel Captison, a young woman who not only believes in the stability the Empire offers the galaxy, but is also a follower of the Cosmic Balance, a religion whose basic teachings state that the Jedi are more a threat than a boon to the galaxy. Their use of the Force upset the cosmic balance and caused the resulting chaos and strife that led to the rise of the Empire. In addition, Luke and Leia must deal with two very different Imperial officers: the wily and untrustworthy Gov. Nereus and the more diplomatic Commander Pter Thanas, captain of the small Imperial cruiser Dominant. Together, they must defeat the Ssi-ruuk and hope that the truce at Bakura holds long enough for the combined force of Imperials and Rebels to turn back this alien invasion.
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Summary: Truce at Bakura, Lucas worth
Review: The story begins literally after the celebration in the trees of endor. a imperial messenger ship from a planet on the outer rim named Bakura has sent a distress call to the emperor. They have not realized or heard of vader and the emperors death or the destruction of yet another Death Star. Intercepted by the alliance ( by wedge antilles), a weary luke has a visit from Obi-wan, who has advised him that it is the up-most importance for the alliance to go to Bakura to assist the imperials in the fight for the human race. Though the alliance can only spare a certain amount of manpower and ships to aid in the fight, luke, leia, han and the rest of the crew, including rogue sqaudron have set out to the outer rim. Upon arriving it is a battle. This beginning intrigued me to read this book in 2 nights. It was excellant! The usual characters played their roles in a lucas-esk way. The aliens were ruthless and even there pet human who has a shining light of the force is to real. I loved the fact that imperials and the Allinace had to fight on the same side but also watch their own backs in case one side turns against the other. The middle of the book slows down to a more personal nature. For luke it is the possibility of love. For leia it is a brief visit by her father Anakin( although leia can't see him as anything else but the dark night himself), she has n't come to terms of him being her father although luke has told her about bringing him the good side just before his death. For han it is being with leia and thinking about the 2 of them. And for Dev( the aliens pet human) it is trying to remember his past and fighting a losing battle between knowing whats right and his loyalty to his masters who saved him years ago. As things heat up both in the minds of our heros and on the battle field we see the genuine feel of Star Wars. The battle between good and evil. It is nicely paced and yet pays great attention to detail. I would love to go on about this book but i have only read it once and need more time to reflect upon it. Overall is in excellant book that needs to be read by a Star Wars fanatic and for people who love Sci-fi.
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Summary: Flat and slow, but still compelling
Review: "The Truce at Bakura", while not the first book to be published in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (Timothy Zahn's "Heir to the Empire" has that honor), it is the first chronological story to take place after "Return of the Jedi". Literally hours after the final battle above the Endor moon, which rebellion forces are cleaning up the aftermath of the vicious and legendary space battle, and signal beacon sent from the fringe world of Bakura arrives in system seeking out the local imperial presence to request help in repelling and alien invasion. Luke, who is still physically and emotionally recovering from his battle with the Emperor and the death of his father, Darth Vader, and Han and Leia, who are also recovering from the battle while exploring their burgeoning new romance, are assigned the duty of taking a task force to Bakura to inform them that the Empire is now longer in power and to also provide whatever assistance they can in helping the Bakurans repel the alien invaders known as the Ssi-Ruuk.
After having read the original Timothy Zahn 'Thrawn' trilogy ("Heir to the Empire", "Dark Force Rising", and "Last Command"), reading "The Truce at Bakura" was a bit of a let down. There are some good moments and good characters to this book, but too often it gets bogged down in the internal politics of the planet (which is still run by an Imperial governor) and the too much time aboard the Ssi-Ruuk ships with the unpronounceable names of the aliens. One of the better characters introduced is Gariel Captison, a young, pretty, strong-willed politician who advocating Bakuran independence and is a potential love interest for Luke. The Ssi-Ruuk are also formidable characters, as fierce an alien race the New Republic will face until the deadly arrival of the Yuuzhan Vong 20 years later. In addition to territorial cravings, the Ssi-Ruuk also seek to enslave huge numbers of the Bakuran people to be used in a gruesome scientific process called 'entechment', which actually transfers the life energies of an individual from their flesh body into a droid controlled ship. These ships are thought to be much more efficient fighters, although the people trapped within them are suffering tremendously.
As with most of the Star Wars novels, "...Bakura" has its fair share of government intrigue and conspiracy, much of which is designed to thwart the efforts by the Republic to help save Bakura. As mentioned before, too much time is spent on the dealings of the government and that does slow the book down considerably. Yet, on the whole "The Truce at Bakura" is a good novel and provides some insight into characters, places, and events that will have a major impact on the Star Wars Universe in years to come.
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Summary: One of the greatest books I've ever read.
Review: I liked this book because it was very interesting. The book explores what happens after Darth Vader is defeated and, for the time being, peace is restored. This book has many reasons to be read, and I think many will want to know why. The major events in this book are all very exciting. For example, Leia gets a suprise visit from someone. Luke meets someone special. Strange this are happening on the planet of Bakura. Luke gets a message from someone familiar telling him to go to Bakura. Kathleen Tyers' writing style is very unique. She made the characters very believable. She made them react and sound like a normal person would react. She didn't make them sound phony. She also did a good job at building the suspense. She made it so that one minute you could be reading about the fate of one person and the next reading about what another person was doing. I think that the characters stayed with me even after I finished reading the book. That's how much I liked this book. I would recommend this book to my friends, family, and many other people so they could enjoy it like I did. I would also like to read more books like this one and by the same author.
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Summary: Luke. You must go to Bakura. Need we read this book tho?
Review: This is a review for both the Hard cover book and the audio Casette. I read this 10 years ago, as the second book following the Zahn Trilogy. By comparison it was natural to feel disappointed. But over the years, listening to it several times on audio cassette it has grown on me. The question you are asking, with so many SW books to select from should you read this one? Yes. Luke falls in love. The characters here appear in the Corellian Trilogy. Bakura and Biotechnology used by the Ssi Ruuk is revisited in the ill intentioned NJO series. Though it didn't seem to fit when I first read the book, the story here does fit nicely with the entire Expanded Universe. On the timeline I have this one at year 4.5 ANH. The story takes place right after the battle at Endor in ROTJ. Ben appears and tells Luke to go to Bakura. Luke, at age 20 is in command and can only assemble a small force after the devastation of the battle they have just fought. Naturally the Falcon, Han, Leia and Chewy are available to assist. The point of the plot is for the Rebels to help the Imperial garrison on Bakura defend against an invasion that is coming from the unknown regions. The invaders are Large Reptilian creatures that, when they speak sound like flutes playing. They use entechment to take the essence of sentient beings and place that essence inside their machines to run those machines. This is a book I recommend reading if you are now deciding to read the stories written for the classic era which starts with the Han Solo trilogy and ends with the Zahn Duology and the Dark Horse comic Union. Fortunately, at this writing, Amazon.com had both new and used audio cassettes and paperbacks for sale.
Audio Casette. This is an abridged version that can be listened to in about 2 ½ hours. Anthony Heald is the reader and he is the best. I recommend all the Bantam Audio books for star wars. They do a great job presenting the books with music and sound effects.
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Summary: One of the first and best Star Wars books
Review: Truce at Bakura is a riveting action packed tale of the days directly after Return of the Jedi. Luke injured by the Emperor during the final battle aboard the Death Star II, is receiving treatment for those life threatening electrical convulsions you see him go through, when he receives a visitation from the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi bidding him to go to Bakura which is in great danger. So Luke in command of a task force with diplomats Han and Leia in tow heads out to Bakura. It was interesting to see Luke Skywalker in command of a military force, something not seen in any of the other Star Wars books. At Bakura our heroes find Imperial forces about to be destroyed by soul sucking aliens. In the interests of the innocents enemies join force and the fun begins. The battles both on land and in space are well written and the story is great. Love, death, betrayel, everything a Star Wars reader could possibly want is here. Han's gloating over the defeat of the Empire at Endor in front of Bakura's Imperial governor is classic, Leia's confrontation with the spirit of Anakin Skywalker is an imporatant aspect to the story, while Luke's romantic feelings for a lovely Bakuran senator are a humanizing influence on a character to often viewed as above human emotions. Overall Truce at Bakura is a great read, well written and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Lets say "cooperation" everybody!
Review: This novel is set just hours after "Return of the Jedi" A group of super aliens (from outside Star Wars' Galaxy) have come to invade this outer world, Bakura. The Imperials and Rebels form a truce (which is held loosely on both ends) in order to prevent these aliens from entering the Star Wars Galaxy. I think this plot has been done, though (Earth forces team up to stop evil aliens?) and that detracts from the uniqueness of Star Wars. It is an okay book, but I've read better.
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