The Truce at Bakura

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Summary: I don't know I don't care....
Review: This book was all right. Better than anything by Kevin J. Anderson, at least. However, it DID kind of start off the annoying, "Let's see how many girlfriends Luke can have" trend. The new alien additions were okay, and I would have liked to see them in a later book, but the "truce" part was stupid. I don't think either the Empire OR the N. Republic would make a truce with eachother. Or if they had, and this book was really serious about a final Empire/Alliance truce, (like "Vision of the Future" was), then the truce should have showed both sides the benefits of peace and spelled out a new era of trnquility for the galaxy.

But if it did, it wouldn't be "Star WARS," now, would it?

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Summary: Wake me up when it's over
Review: This book was so boring that I had to set the timer on my watch to wake me up every 5 minutes. I would recommend reading a compendium of instruction in underwater basket weaving, rather than try to keep your eyes open reading this book. Or you can try to read it, but do it during the day, right when you wake up, otherwise you won't get past the first 100 pages.

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Summary: It was a so-so book
Review: first of all, luke is a blonde. he has dirty blonde hair...look at the book covers in the stores...go watch the movies...go stalk mark hammil :) u will see he is blonde. second of all, because i read the 1st zahn trilogy b4 reading this (and we all know zahn is always the master of the SW univers)i believe that mara jade is luke's true love (if only THEY'D realize that!) so it was tough for me to picture him w/ another girl. but gaerial is ok (although i wish her name was something else, come on, Gay-Rial? it doesn't sound right) in the original movies, although luke is the hero, he has no personality so it is almost NICE to see him acting out of character. besides we all lose our heads & act different once in a while. although i have to agree there's little action (how much fun can a TRUCE be?)and the only reason i liked this book is because i'm a huge SW fan and i was glad this book was devoted more to the characters (namely, luke). dont read it if u're looking for action, or if u can't handle the prospect of seeing ur fave characters in a different light. read it if u like star wars and enjoy the novels, but if u're looking for a REAL star wars read, i suggest the zahn trilogy. P.S.-so we've established luke has blonde hair...but what color is his eyes? mark hamill's eyes are hazelish, but on book covers luke always has blue eyes...think about that one....

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Summary: Pretty good read.
Review: The book is worth reading for the Ssi-ruuk alone. You'll love to hate them!

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Summary: In a word: slow
Review: Never buy a book about a "Truce." I will remember this forever. Kathy Tyers was good at molding her additions to the Star Wars universe, including the awesome Ssi-Ruuk, but she couldn't put pictures in my mind and the story that made use of these features was bland. Worst of all, though, was the boringness of the book. Sure, it picked up around the end (although the action never reached a fever pitch like it should), but I was really struggling through it. The one-day-after-ROTJ didn't seem like a fitting timeframe for these events. Some of the names were also unpronounceable. Slightly below average, but not awful.

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Summary: I liked it!
Review: The Truce At Bakura, i htough was very accurate and filled in some of the holes left by the movie. Although it was sorta slow in some parts, all in all it was a great read!

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Summary: umm...ok i guess
Review: This is not the greatest SW book ever but it's agood attempt at a follow up from the films. the bit where Vader (sorry Anakin skywalker)'s spirt visits Leia. This is Lukes book though.

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Summary: okay, but not breathtakingly spectatcular.
Review: this book started off ssssllllooooowwww and and at about page 115 it started to get better. but, there were lots of things that proved sketchy in my mind instead of a fuull-blown collage of perfectly fitting words and images. had a hard time saying "firwirrung" without stumbling. i'd hate to be the guy who had to read the book for the audio version. sjome characters were underdeveloped, and some were so overdeveloped, i didn't even care about those people, anyway. i used to go and check this out from the library and for about 6 times i'd get up to about page 100 and would always return it because it was lousy. but about a week ago i tried again and struggled through those first 100 pages and it got pretty good ( off and on, of course). not on top of my list of "awesome star wars books", but definitely higher than barbara hambly's "children of the jedi." that was a stinker. but that's another matter. the bottom line is, if you want to sit through a hundred pages of junk, and you are patient, this is probably the sw book for you. thank you, and good night.

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Summary: The Sequel That Never Was
Review: I loved this book. If you loved the Star Wars films, then you will definetly love ''The Truce At Bakura.''

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Summary: By far one of the better Star Wars books!
Review: I've read most of the Star Wars novels and this one is one of my favorites. I like the way Luke's still young and has a lot of the farm-boy still in him, and isn't the almost-gloomy Jedi Master he becomes later on. I also liked the way the Rebels and Imperials fought side-by-side to beat off dem Fluties. Kathy Tyers is a great writer with a promising future.