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Summary: sorry i didnt write much more about how much this book sucs
Review: Lets put it this way Kube-Mcdowell wrote 3 different books with no endings. Lukes looking for mum and i never understood how he hooked up with the white current girl. Landos off on some ship, i never understood why. and leias holding the new republic together against the "huge threat" of the yevetha i mean jeez how could anyone write a more shocking book? And as for 1 of those great spellbinding usual excellent last 2 chapters of star wars books poof nothings there.This book is hollow shallow and boring.and if Kube-Mcdowell reads this you made me spend money on a bad book (although your other books are usually good.
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Summary: How could George Lucas let this published!?
Review: Look. I am a huge Star Wars fan, but this book (actually the whole trilogy) is nothing but crap!
No apologies! The Star Wars universe has been contaminated and this series is the final straw.
Star Wars is fun. These books are not. The plot is dull and the writing is boring.
I just can't be construction with this - I am angry that George Lucas has let the Star Wars Universe turn into such dribble. But, I am a Star Wars fan and I will continue buy any and all books
that come out. I just hope that George Lucas raises his standards or at least that the publishing
company will look a little harder into the book...and not just that it is Star Wars.
We, the fans, deserve a lot more than what this series has to offer
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Summary: In real life, there are few heroes and fewer clear victories
Review: My thanks to those among the many fans of the BLACK FLEET books who took the trouble to leave a few words here. You made all three books in the series national bestsellers on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly lists, and I'm most grateful for your enthusiasm and support.Now, about the rest of you--<g> I'm not a big fan of anonymous reviews--least of all reviews which contain unannounced spoilers! Nevertheless, some of the comments I've read here invite a response. First, you should understand that the outlines for all the Bantam STAR WARS titles were approved at three different levels before a single word was written--by the SW editor at Bantam, by the Lucasfilm Licensing continuity staff, and finally by George Lucas personally. And the finished manuscripts were reviewed and approved by both Bantam and Lucasfilm. So while you are welcome to think that the Black Fleet books do terrible violence to some aspect of the SW universe, you should at least be aware that the writer, the editors, and the creator are united in their disagreement with you. <g> Second, I believe that any differences in perspective on the characters between the Black Fleet books and other STAR WARS fiction are a strength, not a weakness. Do any two friends of yours see you exactly the same way? Unlikely. Then which of your friends should we talk to to discover what you're like? The most complete picture of you would probably emerge from talking to all your friends--with a leavening from some people who know you but _aren't_ your friends. No single biography--no single history--is definitive. I approached my STAR WARS trilogy as a mix of biography and history, as a chance to tell part of the fascinating story of some people who achieved extraordinary things at a very young age--and who then became adults in a future shaped by what they accomplished. What do you do for the rest of your life when you saved the galaxy from tyranny at age 18? What are the moral responsibilities of power? What are the moral ambiguities of duty? How much different does the world look at 38 than it did at 18? These are some of the questions which interested me as a "biographer" and "historian" in the STAR WARS universe. The BLACK FLEET books are _not_ aimed at the fan for whom the best parts of the STAR WARS films are the space battles. They're character-driven, politically-flavored, grown-up STAR WARS novels full of conflict but short on simple answers. Lucasfilm and Bantam explicitly invited me to examine and explore and enrich and expand, not to merely echo what had gone before. And that's what I endeavored to do. I worked very hard on the BLACK FLEET books, and I'm very proud of the results. (P.S. As readers of my earlier novels know, I'm not a big fan of tales which depict a conflict settled by who shoots first/fastest/most/last. I can always find shades of gray where someone else sees in black and white. The most interesting conflicts to me are not between good and evil, but between differing ideas of good. The most interesting stories to me are not about who won, but about what was learned. Anyone who has issues with the ending(s) of the BLACK FLEET trilogy might want to consider them in that light.)
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Summary: By all considerations, a bad book.
Review: Okay, I admit that the begining of this book was alright, but the rest stank! I mean come on! Who cares about stupid polotics! This isn't REAL, it's just a story! And what was the deal with that white current nonsense! Did anyone else happen to notice that no one who wrote a SW book afterward ever said a word about any of the charackters who were introduced in this book? And why? BECAUSE THEY WERE BAD CHARACTERS! No personality, no deapth of emotion! Even the characters that weren't new were terrible! Leia never leaves coruscant, Luke never does anything, and Han is well behaved! And forget Lando! He never even has a significant influence on the rest of the plot! And to top it all of, the "ending" was weak and contrived. I would say there should be another, 4th, book, but I don't want to see Kube-McDowwel put his fillthy little hands to the SW universe ever again. In fact, I loath this book so much, my sister tries to blackmail me by reading parts of it out loud. I threw it out the window, and I hope no one ever pics it up. (They might be tempted to read it!)
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Summary: Best of the Trilogy, that's not saying much though
Review: The best of the Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy, Tyrant's Test takes us back to the convoluted lives of our heroes. The characterizations of Luke and Leia remain poor, Lando's mission is still annoying but there is a bright spot. Chewie's rescue of Han Solo is one of the few bright points in this trilogy. The daring and insane rescue of a battered and tortured Han Solo by his best friend is truly a memorable scene in an otherwise forgettable book. Chewie becomes much more than just a hairy sidekick, but rather he is more of a brother to Han than Luke is, as Han points out when he is brought back to a medical ship where Luke happens to have just landed. Luke and the strange woman continue to search for her people and his mother training. They finally track down this secretive people, but unknown to Luke (but known to everyone else), his traveling companion lied to him and his mother was really not a part of the secret society, yet Luke can still learn how to use their powers with only like 2 hours of training.. A slave revolt against the evil Yevetha helps to end the threat to the New Republic and Leia sits triumphant atop the backstabbing political world. The end has Luke and Leia reconciling (from a separation that was totally unnecessary) and Luke returns to his real living family. As for Lando, Luke also took time out of his busy schedule to hop halfway across the galaxy to save his old friend trapped aboard a living ship/seedpod. Sounds kind of Vongish to me. Anyway the Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy is one of the worst in the Star Wars universe. All three books filled with annoying convoluted plot and terrible depictions of the main characters. It simply the worst trilogy of the Star Wars universe, which is saying something considering how bad the Jedi Academy Trilogy is. Kube-McDowell should have spent more time writing and editing his book to be much more streamlined than the clunky and poorly written result that Star Wars fans received. Words cannot describe the awfulness of this series.
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Summary: Best of the Trilogy, that's not saying much though
Review: The best of the Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy, Tyrant's Test takes us back to the convoluted lives of our heroes. The characterizations of Luke and Leia remain poor, Lando's mission is still annoying but there is a bright spot. Chewie's rescue of Han Solo is one of the few bright points in this trilogy. The daring and insane rescue of a battered and tortured Han Solo by his best friend is truly a memorable scene in an otherwise forgettable book. Chewie becomes much more than just a hairy sidekick, but rather he is more of a brother to Han than Luke is, as Han points out when he is brought back to a medical ship where Luke happens to have just landed. Luke and the strange woman continue to search for her people and his mother training. They finally track down this secretive people, but unknown to Luke (but known to everyone else), his traveling companion lied to him and his mother was really not a part of the secret society, yet Luke can still learn how to use their powers with only like 2 hours of training.. A slave revolt against the evil Yevetha helps to end the threat to the New Republic and Leia sits triumphant atop the backstabbing political world. The end has Luke and Leia reconciling (from a separation that was totally unnecessary) and Luke returns to his real living family. As for Lando, Luke also took time out of his busy schedule to hop halfway across the galaxy to save his old friend trapped aboard a living ship/seedpod. Sounds kind of Vongish to me. Anyway the Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy is one of the worst in the Star Wars universe. All three books filled with annoying convoluted plot and terrible depictions of the main characters. It simply the worst trilogy of the Star Wars universe, which is saying something considering how bad the Jedi Academy Trilogy is. Kube-McDowell should have spent more time writing and editing his book to be much more streamlined than the clunky and poorly written result that Star Wars fans received. Words cannot describe the awfulness of this series.
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Summary: Just plain bad!
Review: The Black Fleet Crisis The good:
Well there is not much in favor of the black fleet crisis trilogy.Maybe the conflict Luke has with the use of the force is interesting. The bad:
Mr. Kube-McDowell should have taken more time understanding the characters. Lea is a dictator, Luke by now a Jedi master is confused and the droids act like teenagers. The overall storyline is a copy of the same theme others used.
Lost fleet an aggressive species come on be original! Finally what is this circle crap? Conclusion:
Please Mr. Kube-McDowell don't spoil the universe!
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Summary: fitting ending to bad series
Review: The lack of a great ending fits perfectly. Nothing resolved. Not worth the read.
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Summary: Well,?
Review: The only reason that I have given this trilogy two stars is because it offers a trip to the Star Wars universe. Other than that the entire trilogy just sucked! All of the original characters are either pale or just stupid. All the new characters are worthless! The situations and events the characters get into are also completely and utterly worthless. Leia somehow falls out of favor with the Senate? How did this happen exactly? The trilogy opens with almost everybody hating her guts. The whole thing remains me too much of the Clinton scandal. The Senators suddenly become whinny little punks who get upset at the slightest notion. "Oh no! President Organa Solo has built a fleet to protect the New Republic, what are we to do?" How about getting a clue and a life!! Luke is once again a whinny little brat who can't seem to do anything. "Oh, I'm having trouble consintrating with the Force. I'll just seclude myself from the universe and go on a wild goose chase with someone I do not even know." Give my a break. And what the hell is this White Current sh**!! "Now Luke. You shouldn't kill anything, even if it's going to torture, kill, and mutilate you. It's not nice." I wanted to scream and rip the pages out of the book when I read this crap! And Luke has SEX with this loser. He didn't even have sex with Callista, which I am surpised to say is actually a better character than this worthless and ridiculous one. Han is completely worthless. His character is very underdeveloped. Enough said. Chewie. How in the world can a author completely eliminate Chewie from an entire book (Shield of Lies)?! When he finally does reappear in the third book he is the only character that is worth anything. Lando and the droids. I'm not even going to go into that pointless situation. Nil Spaar. What a moron!! "Oh I'm a greatest life form in the universe so bow down to me or I'm going to slit your damn throat." The character was not threatening, especialy when he was intended to be. All I wanted to do was cut the blood flow to his brain, if he even has one, so the monotony and stupidity would stop. The situations are also pointless. The war, the search for Luke's mother, and the Qella ship are all stupid and not even worth talking about. In short, DO NOT READ THIS TRILOGY. I repeat, DO NOT READ THIS TRILOGY. It will destory Star Wars for you.
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Summary: Dont get me wrong ,i'm a hard-core Star Wars fan ...but.....
Review: The problem with this book is it's BORING!..it's not the plot..not the characters..but the writer himself!! The whole story when i think of it now seems pretty good..but when the writing is lousy HOW in the world can u enjoy it?!?!? I for 1 think Mr.McDowell should have been a lecturer NOT a writer.
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