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Summary: A fun romp through the Galaxy with Darth Maul
Review: .... I introduces Darth Maul's first mission, roughly a year prior to the events of Episode I.I will speak truth: the plot is extremely straightforward, and there is little, if anything, that complicates Maul's mission. Even the death scenes are spartan and sterile. For now, it seems that LucasFilm is just playing around with the e-book format, having a little fun before they get serious. All Darth Maul really has to do is sabotage (hint-hint) a couple of mining corporations. As a hardcore SW fan, I fail to see how a lommite ore mining guild poses a threat to Darth Sidious' plans to take over the galaxy. Nevertheless, that is the plot, and who am I to argue with history? In the end, Maul pits the mining guilds against a group of mercenaries in a classic strategy: he only stands off to the side, waits for each group to exhaust themselves to death, and then he cleans up the mess. Seriously, this novella could have been expanded a LOT more, and for once, adding some details and stretching out the plot of this book would actually make the story better.
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Summary: e-book worth $2- why not try it?
Review: at 94 pages, i fear my review may be longer than the book. still, this book marks an interesting beginning to the star wars e-book era. i, personally, had hoped that they would have flexed the muscles of the e-book format. simply put, i would have liked to have seen the ability to click on a word (such as weequay) and have an image appear with a brief explanation to reinforce the uninitiated reader's sense of wonderment. alas, it IS a new format, sigh. the story itself is a simple "out and back" tale of darth maul being sent on his first solo mission for his master. i had heard it was to be the tale of maul's assault on the black sun (as referred to in shadow hunter) and was dissappointed to find otherwise. still, the tale was pleasureable. for those of you who have read the jedi apprentice series by scholastic, it reminded me of the evil version of those. i was even impressed that maul used the force to choke someone (my largest complaint of shadow hunter was that he never used anything other that his lightsaber to dispatch someone). the tale is well worth the price of admission.
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Summary: Worth every cent
Review: Darth Maul: Saboteur is an eBook, or rather an eStory, which was publicized as a digital prelude of sorts to Michael Reaves' novel Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. In fact, though, it takes place more than six months and probably close to a year before the novel, shortly before the Darth Maul comic, and it chronicles Maul's first solo assignment. Written by James Luceno, the author of a duology set in the New Jedi Order series, as well as a forthcoming prequel-era novel, 'Cloak of Deception,' Luceno continues his high standards of writing and delivers a piece of quality entertainment. In this story, which in terms of length is worth approximately fifty printed pages, Darth Maul is sent to disrupt a couple of corporations mining lommite ore, a substance needed for the production of transparisteel. With these corporations devastated, the Neimoidian Trade Federation will pick up the pieces, and the profits, helping to cement their trust in Darth Sidious. This story shows us a more restrained side of Maul than we have seen before. In the comic, he was a killing machine, plain and simple. In the novel, he was a ruthless hunter. This story was able to show us his ability to be patient when necessary, to cover his tracks, to deceive rather than simply all-out attack. Of course, there is a cool lightsaber fight, but the appeal of this story is in his other abilities. In addition, in this book we meet Lieutenant Governor Tarkin of Eriadu. Yes, the same Tarkin who later dies in the movie, and the same Tarkin who will be a main character in 'Cloak of Deception.' I love the way Luceno is able to tie things together. Overall, this is a very fun story. Is it worth two dollars? Yes. Unfortunately, without the ability to print the eBook format means staring at a computer screen for around an hour, which really detracted from the experience for me. Nevertheless, if you like Star Wars, or are a 'Mauloholic,' this book is worth the buying.
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Summary: Para conocer los inicios
Review: Este libro electronico, o e-book, nos muestra un poco de los inicios de Darth Maul, y su camino a transformarse en unos de los villanos más grandes de la galaxia. La historia es un poco corta, pero suficientemente entretenida para comprender todo lo que ocurre en el universo de Star Wars
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Summary: Excellent Start for Star Wars ebooks
Review: Following in the footsteps of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, we begin to learn even more about this dark character from Episode I. It's just too bad that he died so soon in the movies. It would have been great to see more action sequences with such a tremendous character!!
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Summary: you get what you pay for
Review: For less than two dollars, one really can't complain about this title. Still, I did not find this story compelling at all -we get no "feel" for any of the characters. I wish Darth Maul would exhibit some sort of personality in this "novellete" so I could get to know him a bit. The story is told more in a documentary style with a presentation of the facts than anything else. As I said, you get what you pay for, I guess.
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Summary: Mysteries Unrevealed
Review: Having thoroughly enjoyed the eBook, Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Recovery, I decided to give Star Wars: Darth Maul: Saboteur a try. This one is just 57 pages long, as opposed to Recovery which is 97 pages long. But, I figured it was half the price I paid for Recovery so why not. This is definitely the ultimate quick-read novel. Set before the events of Phantom Menace, Darth Maul: Saboteur begins at a lommite ore mining facility called Lommite Limited, which is located on a planet named Dorvalla. Lommite ore is one of the ingredients of transparisteel, a strong, transparent metal used in building starships. Lommite Limited has been having trouble lately on two fronts ? the Trade Federation has been looking to purchase the company and its rival, InterGalactic Ore, is looking to put them out of business. Enter Darth Sidious. Seeking to keep the Trade Federation loyal to him, Sidious sends his evil apprentice, Darth Maul, to Dorvalla to find a way to secure the planet and its abundant supply of lommite ore for them. I enjoyed the novel, but I?m glad this wasn?t my first eBook. For one thing, most Star Wars fans are very intrigued by the character of Darth Maul. We want to know more about him. Well, if your looking for the mystery of Darth Maul to be revealed, look elsewhere. This novel is more about the conflict between two bitter rivals and how Maul uses this conflict to carry out his master?s orders. It?s not the best Star Wars novel, but it is well-written and keeps your attention. At least it moves fast, but its 57 pages just doesn't allow us to get to know the main characters before the book ends. Only die-hard fans like myself will find any redeeming factors in this book. If you aren't a die-hard fan, you can skip this book, or you can buy the paperback version of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, which has the eBook in print format at the end of the book.
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Summary: Mysteries Unrevealed
Review: Having thoroughly enjoyed the eBook, Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Recovery, I decided to give Star Wars: Darth Maul: Saboteur a try. This one is just 57 pages long, as opposed to Recovery which is 97 pages long. But, I figured it was half the price I paid for Recovery so why not. This is definitely the ultimate quick-read novel. Set before the events of Phantom Menace, Darth Maul: Saboteur begins at a lommite ore mining facility called Lommite Limited, which is located on a planet named Dorvalla. Lommite ore is one of the ingredients of transparisteel, a strong, transparent metal used in building starships. Lommite Limited has been having trouble lately on two fronts ? the Trade Federation has been looking to purchase the company and its rival, InterGalactic Ore, is looking to put them out of business. Enter Darth Sidious. Seeking to keep the Trade Federation loyal to him, Sidious sends his evil apprentice, Darth Maul, to Dorvalla to find a way to secure the planet and its abundant supply of lommite ore for them. I enjoyed the novel, but I?m glad this wasn?t my first eBook. For one thing, most Star Wars fans are very intrigued by the character of Darth Maul. We want to know more about him. Well, if your looking for the mystery of Darth Maul to be revealed, look elsewhere. This novel is more about the conflict between two bitter rivals and how Maul uses this conflict to carry out his master?s orders. It?s not the best Star Wars novel, but it is well-written and keeps your attention. At least it moves fast, but its 57 pages just doesn't allow us to get to know the main characters before the book ends. Only die-hard fans like myself will find any redeeming factors in this book. If you aren't a die-hard fan, you can skip this book, or you can buy the paperback version of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, which has the eBook in print format at the end of the book.
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Summary: Short and dissapointing...
Review: I bought this e-book thinking it would be a decently long story about Darth Maul. Suffice to say Maul is pictured as if a blank slate, and the dialogue is pathetic. With words such as, "You can read my mind master", over and over again... the story is short and very dissapointing, I clicked the last page and was astonished... what only 54 pages?!?! I bought this from Australia, and even if you think the price is great, I think it was not so, because the quality of the novel is very poor. My recommendation is go out and by a real Star Wars book...
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Summary: E-books
Review: I think if this book was written in paperback more people would buy it to read it. it was a good book but i think more people could use thieir imaginations by holding a book more than reading it from a computer.
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