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Summary: Ok so now Luke has a lovelife
Review: As mentioned in other reviews you can ignore that part. The action sceans both on with the Hutts and the Imperials are very good. I recommend this book.
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Summary: A pretty bad book
Review: As a reader before said the Callista/Luke thing is pretty sick. Why should Luke fall for Callista when there are plenty of other women out there? He shouldn't thats why. Over all if you skip the Callista/ Luke stuff the action is pretty good.
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Summary: Darksaber is okay, but could have been a lot better.
Review: This will probably be the last book I read written by Kevin J. Anderson. The title emphasizes a great superweapon built by the Hutts, and when you get into reading it, eventually this becomes a small part of the real story. "Wrath of Daala" would have been a better title, because that's what this book is really about. The Darksaber gets destroyed half way through the book anyway. Anderon rushes through everything, too. Instead of spending some time with characters at one place, he rushes around and by the time you get used to what's going on the characters are up and gone to somewhere else. Also Luke is portrayed as a wimpy guy.
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Summary: Good idea, poor execution
Review: When I read the plot summary for this book, I was, despite myself, excited. While I had found Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy far, far from enjoyable, I had to admit that it sounded like he was on to something with Darksaber. The idea of combining all the aspects from the SW literary universe up to 8 years after Endor was a good idea, and the Darksaber--a Death Star laser without all the excessive bother of shaping it into a small moon--was solid. I also liked the idea (in concept) of turning Children of the Jedi, this, and then Planet of Twilight into a sort of Callista trilogy.However, as usual, Anderson fails horribly when it comes to fleshing out his ideas. He does not do anything resembling justice to the original characters, nor are his new characters realistic, believable, true to SW, or enjoyable. Humor, once again, is childish, slapstick, and (how do I put this?) stupid. Also in the fine Anderson tradition, most characters are whiners, such as Callista, who spends her time whining when she's not giving a half-hearted attempt at pretending she loves Luke. I was also largely annoyed with Anderson killing off an original trilogy character. Note to all authors: do not make such a drastic move unless it enhances the plot! I can assure you, in this instance it certainly didn't. I felt this was only done to shock me, but since the character wasn't really important to SW anyway, I didn't really care. I really wish there was something good I could say about this. Save for a potentially good idea, there isn't.
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Summary: Extremely cool!!! A lot of fun reading it
Review: I really liked this book a lot. It was actually the first SW book I read because I haven't become such a fan of SW until Feb 1998. But anyways, "Darksaber" is totally thrilling and it got me into reading more and more SW novels. Ok, the story is not the most extraordinary or intelligent I have ever seen but it keeps the reader excited throughout the whole book. I guess every SW author has his or her own way of writing and presenting things and Anderson's is definitely ACTION!! But don't worry if you are someone who prefers reading things about the Jedi Knights, the Empire, or good characterizations - you'll get that, too, in "Darksaber". However, I recommend reading "Children of the Jedi" by Barbara Hambly prior to this novel because Darksaber is actually kind of the "sequel" to Hambly's book. But you should go and read this, it'll definitely thrill you!!!
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Summary: Not my style
Review: First of all, let me note that I am a fan of the Empire and of Mr. Tim Zahn's works. That being noted it should be fairly obvious why I detest this book so much. I had read Anderson's triolgy and thought it was a decent premise, if lacking in follow-through, especially in the character of Admiral Daala, who never lived up to the expectations on her, given her rank and gender. But I would let bygones be bygones and try his new book. Never again. Daala was hopelessly incompentent, and Pellaeon was nothing more than a shadow of a compentent man. Neither of these characters deserve this treatment, and the heroes are sullied by their defeat of such caricatures of decent villians. Go read the Zahn or Stackpole books or _Truce at Bakura_ for decent _Star Wars_. Don't bother with this.
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Summary: I'm in love with the huts!
Review: I like this book because of my beloved characters called... The Huts. Durga is my all time favorite hut character indeed. This book is absolutely cool, as well as adventurous. I'm in love with the huts because not only of Jaba or Durga, but both of them. I also like how Admiral Daalah gets defeated again and again. Now! back to the huts. I like how Anthony Heald does the voice of Durga The Hut. I like how he made all the characters come to life in this audio book. It's too bad the huts were defeated without a fight in this book by the Darksaber getting crushed by the Hoth Asteroid Field. Oh what a shame that Durga and his minions had died. I would have wished I'd be on that Darksaber to watch the reactions of Durga and the impirial general. I love the way Mr. Anderson would involve the huts in this book. I love there new secret project. It's also too bad the project didn't get completed right. Also! It's too bad the Darksaber got sabotaged. I highly recommend this book to any future star wars fan, and to someone who is in love with the huts as I am.
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Summary: Quoting the Movies is NOT Writing a Book.
Review: This is the most unimaginative Star Wars book I have yet read. It's almost like Mr. Anderson was afraid to develop the characters beyond the original trilogy. They don't even use original dialogue half the time! Also, Mr. Anderson has a problem with killing off characters: namely, he can't. Admiral Daala survived against all odds one too many times for me to care anymore, and the way Callista attacks her is crazily improbable. Read the New Jedi Order instead, one of the characters might actually die.
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Summary: awesome book
Review: dear readers.
now ive read quite a few starwars books, and not all of them were as good as they could have been...that is not the problem with this book at all..the plot is thought out very well, and i must say this was one of my favorite starwas books.. the only small problem with it is that the action doesn't start intil the middle of the book..so don't look at this book like it isn't in a series and there is no point to read it. but try it out..what like the most about the starwars books is they all are in huge series that keeps getting added too, like a neverending story. me a jedi master recomends this book to all of those faithful starwars fans that are into the books........
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Summary: An okay Star Wars book.
Review: Darksaber. It sounds ominous and it should. The hutts have found the plans for the orignal death star and are creating their own. As Leia and Han rush around to stop this new threat, a new batch of Jedi have graduated from the acadamy and go off looking for work. And on top of that, Admiral Daala has banded all of the Imperials together into one main force. Luke and his new love, Callista are looking for ways to restore Callista's powers.
Daala uses revenge against the New Republic and sends a massive strike force against the Jedi. The hutt weapon is sabotoged and eliminated.
Overall, the book was pretty unrealistic. The jedi defeat about 100 star destroyers by throuwing them out of the system and the hutt weapon never fires a shot. By the end, the entire Imperial force is all but ruined and Callista vanishes.
An okay read, but not the best.
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