Slave Ship (Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars, Book 2)

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Summary: Its star wars so I had to read it
Review: Not one of the better star wars book, the only plot that interested me was Neelah's which they didn't get going until the end of book 2. The main plot such as Xizor's seems rather unimportant or at least the author have not express the importance of it which makes it seems boring. Certain dialogs and actions in the book seems outta place and is there just to take up some room, kinda like the gratuitous sex scenes in bad movies. And the jumps in time is rather sketchy especially when described as now and then, but through out the whole book there seems to be more than just 2 time periods that is described. Only thing that kept me reading is a couple of answers such as how xizor dies and who is neelah, which isn't even answered in this book and it doesn't even say how many books is this series gonna be. Bantam better start screening their writers better or at least have better stories, they seem to get worse with each series. Though the Han solo series was pretty good.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: I was kind of dissappointed with Mandalorian Armor, but Slave Ship was much better. Every thing is clear but you still have to put the pieces together. The characters are nicely done. Neelah's character was a great mystery. Slave Ship is a pretty good Star Wars book without going in to the same old theme the other books are stuck in.

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Summary: Great for Boba Fett fans!
Review: This book is very entertaining. I have read all the other books that have included bounty hunters, and this one takes the cake. I can't get enough of it, I have read it from cover to cover several times.

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Summary: I think its great
Review: I read the first book and it was just as good

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Summary: it's actually worse than the first book!
Review: This is the second volume of the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy. I read this book not too long ago and I'm already fuzzy on what exactly happened in it. The storylines began in "The Mandalorian Armor" have not been advanced much, except for what happened off screen. Boba Fett, having been rescued by Dengar, is trying to convince the galaxy that he is still dead, so he is hiding his true identity while going into business with Dengar. There is a lot of backstory going on (which I call the previous book). Then, in the other storyline occurring in the past we have found out that the Bounty Hunters Guild has splintered into two fragments. Xizor is still trying to destroy the Guild even farther so all that is left is individual, highly motivated, bounty hunters.

There is far too much backstory and characters explaining things and trying to find out how everything fits together. There is plenty of chapters with Kuat of Kuat and his shipbuilding yards and Kuat trying to hold onto the control he has over the Kuat Driveyards. "Slave Ship" is just a tedious book that takes far too long to accomplish far too little story and action. There were a couple of decent scenes (trying to capture the Imperial defector was very good), but overall this was just a fairly weak novel and was very, very disappointing.

Hopefully the concluding volume of this trilogy will be far better, because if I wasn't trying to read all of the Star Wars novels this would be a complete waste of my time.

-Joe Sherry

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Summary: Predictable and Slow
Review: I read any and every Star Wars book that I can get my hands on. The Bounty Hunter Wars series was no exception. About now, I'm wishing that I wasn't such a die-hard fan! I've always bben intrigued by the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back and I usually like to know the secrets behind the characters in the background of the trilogy. However, this novel doesn't give much insight into anyone except Bossk. This is the sequel to Mandalorian Armor, and the second book in The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy. A dancing girl that escaped from Jabba the Hutt's Palace is searching for keys to her past. She knows she wasn't always one of Jabba's slaves, and that Boba Fett is somehow involved. In this part of the trilogy, Boba Fett has healed from his injuries in the Sarlaac Pit and is on his way to an unknown destination in a stolen ship with Neelah (the slave dancer) and Dengar (his savior) in tow. Along the way, Neelah forces information about Boba Fett out of Dengar. There are some scenes with Prince Xizor, but each scene seems to be a repeat performance of the first. Kud'ar Mub'at started off as an interesting character, but then became increasingly annoying. What happens to his character is pretty predictable considering that the author finds it necessary to remind us several times how Kud'ar Mub'at came into power in the first place (I won't tell you what happens in case you decide you still want to read this series). The book starts slow, gets slower, and finally, at the end, begins to pick up speed. However, by then, most people would have lost interest. I'm still trying to figure out what Neelah has to do with all of this. At least in this sequel, we finally begin to realize why Kuat Drive Yards' Administrator wants Boba Fett dead. Hopefully, the third book in the series will be the best. If you're a die-hard fan like I am, then you'll read this book. Otherwise, I suggest you ship this series - you won't be missing much.

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Summary: "Shudder"
Review: Out of respect for the serise and Fett I gave this book 2 stars. It really deserves 1. What this serise does is take better already mapped areas of the Star War universe and stings them together in a totally unconving way. For example the wounds Fett suffered and the allience with Dengar has already been discused. Why do people feel the emd to rehash it?

Overall-Whole serise total waste of time(unless you like The Black Sun).