Assault at Selonia (Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy, Book 2)

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Summary: great book
Review: This is a good book. It is a good continuation of the Corellian Trilogy. The way things go makes you want to keep reading.

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Summary: A fantastic ride
Review: This person who gave this trilogy such a low score is a fool! Do not listen to him. This is one of the best trilogies there are! This trilogy is almost as good as the han solo trilogy.

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Summary: Better than the first one in the series
Review: Unlike some of the other reviewers, I thought this one was slightly better than the first in the series. Still light on action, but better written, with a less laughable plot. The tunnel sequence was pretty painful, though (don't the Selonians believe in public transport?). One of the problems with the entire Star Wars millieu is the use of aliens simply as substitutes for different type of human characteristics. For example, Selonians are fanatically honest, Drall, honorable, Wookiees loyal, etc. This is often used as a crutch by authors. They fail to develop the characters, hoping that their "alien-ness" will distract us. This is a failure of almost all sci-fi, and why sci-fi will never be great literature. Entertaining, though...

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Summary: Very good, and action-packed
Review: Very good and entertaining. I quite like how the author gets the magic of the kid's characters

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Summary: Average writing, though a fun story
Review: While I do agree with to some extent with the people who said they hated this series because of the author's writing style, even so it was fun and interesting and had a good plot that was well executed. Sure, this author isn't Tim Zahn, but I think he did a reasonably good job (better than a few others I could mention anyway) and the series is certainly worth reading if you're really a serious fan. However, if you're just a casual fan somewhat interested in finding out what happens next, this is not one I'd recommend, especially if you're just starting out and don't know anything about Star Wars chronology. Also, for all of you who (like myself) hated Callista as Luke's girlfriend and always thought he should be with Mara, think about the consequences if this series hadn't been written when it was, or not at all! (This series taking place about fourteen years after Return of the Jedi, and Star Wars history at the time it was written being at about six or seven years after Return of the Jedi) Though Callista was officially introduced in Children of the Jedi (eight years after Return of the Jedi) this series had already been written at the time and though it takes place some years later, she is never mentioned in it, since her character did not exist at the time it was written. So naturally it was fundamentally impossible for Luke and Callista to end up together due to George Lucas's lifesaving rule of all Star Wars books having to relate to each other. Anyway, this series picks up almost exactly where the previous one left off, shortly after the attack on Corona house, with Han imprisoned in a dungeon by his own long lost cousin, and sharing a cell with a somewhat bloodthirsty alien, Luke and Lando trying to get help for the Corelian sector which is trapped under an interdiction field, and Leia also stuck in a cell on Corellia with a room mate she isn't exactly pleased with... I have to admit Lando and Tendra make a cute couple. I didn't really like her much at first, because she seemed pretty boring, but I do like her with Lando. She's stable enough to keep him on the ground, but fun and interesting enough so he won't be bored, and I suppose anything is better than that whole Lando/Mara thing that seemed to be going on in some of the previous novels. Also, Gaeriel Captison makes her return at last in this book. I have to admit I like her better now since she seems a stronger female and can stand up for herself. Also she is no longer a love interest of Luke's so that opened me up to her more as well. Speaking of Luke, I felt bad for him in this book, since, while Gaeriel is no longer a love interest, her presence reminds him of how lonely he is... Also this book has some very interesting interaction between Leia and Mara, two characters who, while initially not trusting each other, have to work together to escape, and eventually start to become friends, which is good since within a year or so they're going to be sisters. It annoyed me though, that Han and Leia still seem to distrust her so much. She's been their friend for what, nine years? And even when she was an evil imperial agent it was Luke she wanted to kill, and even he has long since made up with her, and they have been close friends ever since. The kids are also fun to watch, since, being a longtime fan of Young Jedi Knights, it was fun to watch them as cute, spoiled, mischievous, superpowered, youngsters. Anyway, this is a good book that I greatly enjoyed and would recommend to most fans.