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Summary: Weird story, but exciting never the less...
Review: This is a good book for only true Star Wars junkies to read... It suffers from a truly weird plot, and sometimes just doesn't make a lot of sense. I found myself rereading sentences and dissecting dialogue to make any sense of some of the sentences. There is nothing absolutely necessary to read in this book to move along the Star Wars sequel book chain. I just wouldn't reccomend this one, especially to younger readers. And also, the love story was a teaser...If you want to see Luke find a good lover, move on to some books with the Awesome Mara Jade...
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Summary: Who cares?
Review: The main problem in this book is that the plot is entirely irrelevant to anything. It has no effect on future conlificts and save for the beginning, doesn't tie into the past... Now, not many women have written Star Wars books but when they do try the plots are hollow and seem too dumbed down... Also, the characters aren't very well developed... The Ssi-ruuk are very cool, I have to admit, but the author didn't really go anywhere with them. All they did was sit around with Dev. There was also way too much description about them. Every single time that it's from Dev's point of view, it restates something about their physical features like their triple-lidded eyes.
Also, it's ironic how everything just works out... Pointless ending to a pointless story.
This book did make an effort at being good and interesting but it failed. The only saving grace was the Ssi-ruuk but they could have been better portrayed. Nice try.
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Summary: Standing O
Review: The author of this book has had a lot of experience writting. The book was very discriptive and was beautifully written. She has told Star Wars fans what happened right after Return of the Jedi. This book is worth every penny.
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Summary: More fun long ago and far, far away...
Review: Being a first time SW novel reader, Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura seemed like an excellent place to start, as it begins a mere 12 to 24 hours after the end of Return of the Jedi (which makes this novel Episode VII, I guess).Still flush from the success of their critical attack against the Empire, the Rebel Alliance troops receive a distress beacon intended for the Emperor and his more powerful Death Star. It seems the Rim World Bakura is under attack by a hostile and previously unknown race from outside the borders of the Empire controlled universe. Seeing an excellent political, not to mention military, chance to shore up support for the Alliance in the coming chaos that will undoubtedly erupt following the spreading news of the Emperor's death, the usual suspects (Luke, Leia, Han, etc) round up and head out to aid the threatened planet. As a Star Wars story this is a fairly routine, albeit fun, Space Opera filled with derring do and political intrigue. Some reviewers may grumble that there was far too much political intrigue, but I thought that it was well handled and realistic considering the tale's timeline. The book is filled with nice, little intelligent touches as well, like having the chief Imperial baddie not be some power mad Emperor wannabe. I also liked how Luke suffered some debilitating fallout from his final face off with the Emperor and Leia had to face some serious anger issues stemming from discovering just who her father really was. Sadly Han Solo doesn't get to do much except get jealous and shoot people (for different reasons, not jealousy). Comic relief is provided by C-3PO and R2-D2, naturally. The reptilian Ssi-ruuk get a pretty high register on the Hissable Villain Rating Scale, the "entechment" of their human prisoners is fairly blood curdling and only surpassed by their abusive treatment and constant brainwashing of their Force strong 'pet'/prisoner Dev (a sad character that ads a bitter dose of pathos to this grand adventure series chapter). While giving five stars to The Truce at Bakura may prove (with further SW spin-off reading) a tad excessive, the novel was far too entertaining of a read for me to be comfortable with just four stars. Recommended.
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Summary: Truce at Bakura
Review: Picking up immediately after the events of Return of the Jedi, this novel has everything anyone would want from a Star Wars novel: favorite characters fighting for freedom to those in need, spectacular battles, and even Luke Skywalker himself in peril. We get to see Leia dealing with her parentage not forgetting what her father had done to her and the people she loved in the past. I thought it very cool that Ms. Tyers did not let us forget the horrors which Vader inflicted upon millions. I also love the jealousy of Han. Whenever another handsome man seems to catch Leia's eye, it raises Solo's emotions. So much so that Luke has to send him a Force-induced cool down. Finally, I found the whole idea of "entechment" fascinating. Luke's bionic hand was also not forgotten. The Ssi-ruuk even saw it as a beginning to the Jedi's mechanization. All in all, this is an excellant read with some new characters who add to the Star Wars mythos.
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Summary: MIsses what is exciting....
Review: This was the first real Star Wars book, and yet, it completely missed why Star Wars is so entertaining. It had all the characters and weapons, etc., but it didn't have a good STORY. This book starts badly, is filled with numerous cliched quotes, and relies most heavily on boring politics. That's right: the majority of this book is spent in diplomatic meetings. How awful can you get? The book's saving grace is a good ending battle, which has a nice little twist to it. It's hardly worth the effort of getting through th first part of the book, though. For a GOOD Star Wars book, check out anything written by Kevin J. Anderson, such as his Jedi Academy Trilogy or Darksaber. Or how about Shadows of the Empire? All of those are involving reads that have twisting, exciting stories.
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Summary: Very good SW book
Review: This is one of my favorite SW books. It is a little hard to follow and to read, but that just makes it better. The Ssi-ruuk are different, I wish she used a better alien race. But even though I did not realy like the Ssi-ruuk, Kathy Tyers did a very good job on them. The book was a little slow, but realy picked up in about the last 8 or so chapters. I wish Lando could of been in it too. Also, Wedge should have gotten a bigger part.
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Summary: Basically a good book, though some parts were annoying
Review: In general, this was a very good, well written book with a believable plot, and well constructed characters. In fact, I would probably have even rated it five stars if it weren't for certain faults that I will go into in a few moments. The book starts the day after Return of the Jedi when the alliance suddenly intercepts a message to the emperor from the planet Bakura begging for help against a strange alien force attacking them. (apparantly they hadn't yet heard of his death) The alliance goes to help them fight these aliens (the Ssi Ruuk) and have a hard time convincing the strict, Imperial Bakurans that they're friends and only really want to help them. (The hope of course is that they'll eventually want to join and help them fight the remnants of the Empire) Meanwhile they discover the Ssi Ruuk are an even more formidable foe than previously thought, while meanwhile Luke develops a major crush on the beautiful senetor Gaeriel Captison. The book, judging it all together, was excellent, better than a lot of other Star Wars litterature I've read. However, there were certain faults that I have to mention. Let's start with Gaeriel. Actually, I didn't hate her like I thought I was going to, and while she isn't my idea of a strong female she actually turned out to be quite interesting. However, that doesn't cover the fact that she was a complete and total jerk to Luke. Even if she really didn't like him (not the case) she didn't have to be so mean and hurt his feelings like that. Especially since he was going out of his way to be nice to her. I mean this is Luke Skywalker we're talking about here! What in the universe was she THINKING turning him down like that! Also, when this book was written Star Wars history up to five and ten years later had already been written so we KNOW Luke isn't going to end up with Gaeriel, and basically her only purpose is so that Luke can get his heart broken yet again. Also, Luke himself seemed too much like he did during A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and less like the mature Jedi he had become by Return of the Jedi. I sincerly doubt Mature Luke would have fallen for someone like Gaeriel. Actually, it is in fact out of character for Luke to fall in love at all, at least the 'love at first sight, head over heels, puppy love' kind of way they have him do it here. Oh, well. Besides that though though this was a good book, which probably does deserve five stars except I had to knock one off because of Gaeriel's behavior. There is nothing that bad in this book, and anyone could probably read it, child or adult. I personally would probably not have enjoyed this much if I was less mature than I am now (I'm fifteen) but that may not be true for others.
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Summary: An Excellent Read - much better than any of Zahn's efforts
Review: A really enjoyable Star Wars book. The Ssi-Ruuk were great (although I'm not sure about their descriptions as basically over-grown birds) but their actions and lifestyles were cleverly thought up and really entertaining. Entechment was an ingenious and scary idea. Dev was also great. I also liked the Bakurans especially Gaeriel and Eppie. A good book, much better than Zahn's trilogy which was a disappointing entry into the new world of Star Wars novels for me. Read this or the X Wing series not the Thrawn Trilogy.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: This is without a question, one of the best Star Wars books ever written. It describes the Rebellion's plight after the Battle of Endor and how thin their resources are spread. Han, Leia, Luke, Wedge and the rest are portrayed as the heroes they deserve to be shown as.
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