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Summary: It is one of the best books I have ever read.
Review: It's one of those books that has so much going on at once that you want to keep on reading nonstop untill the end of the book.
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Summary: Good
Review: I do not know why everyone hates this book.Okay,some parts were off.But It is the best in the thilogy.Anderson is no Stakepole or Zahn,but he is good.
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Summary: Its Better than Children of the Jedi at least
Review: What can I say this was a decent book. Not nearly as bad as "Children of the Jedi" or "Truce at Bakura" but nothing impressive either. It was pretty simple and straightfoward and I was pretty upset about the liberty that Anderson took with Crix Madine. If you've read the book you know what I mean. Overall its an enjoyable book, easy to follow and at some points interesting. Not a must-read...but a should-read to follow the expanded Universe.
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Summary: KJA sucks
Review: Kevin J. Anderson has crappy plots, weak characters, and he totally destroys characters created by other authors including but not limited to Luke, Leia, Han, Mara, Talon Karrde, and Paelleon. His portrayal of the Imperials as dottering, idiotic beaurocrats is stupid and implausible considering that they were ruling the universe only a few years before. Darksaber is the worst of the worst. I can't believe they're still letting this guy write and butcher Star Wars stories.
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Summary: Star Bores...yawn.
Review: This novel (I hesitate to call it that) is such garbage that I am compelled to warn others: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! If you enjoyed any of the Star Wars movies or have the slightest affinity for any of the characters, please destroy this book on sight. I have not read any other work by Kevin Anderson, and after suffering through this filth I have no intention of doing so. The characters are perpetual irritants, the plot is ludicrous, and even the "action" scenes are vapid. I kept telling myself that no one would intentionally write a book this awful. Anderson writes like he's nine, repeating himself throughout the book. Maybe he thinks the reader cannot recall what he wrote just five lines ago. I hope BDD jettisons Anderson in an escape pod. After this book, he can never redeem himself.
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Summary: Anderson's best
Review: Anderson outdoes himself in this conclusion of his works in Star Wars. It features a huge cast from many different books. If you liked The Jedi academy trilogy, you will love this book.
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Summary: Strictly for children ...
Review: Fellow Fans, this Star Wars book is strictly for children. Kevin J. Anderson's previous work in the Star wars universe, the Jedi Academy Trilogy, was disappointing but this book was truly dreadful for any thoughtful, mature reader. It's characterizations were poor, it lacked any interesting detail that could bring the story to life and the plot reeked of slapsticky goofiness. If you read the positive 'reviews' written below it is easy for the astute observer to realize that they are soley from children who are not likely to be leaving their teens anytime soon. Not exactly the most discriminating readers. I've even spoken to fans in their early teens who were outraged at this novel. Read this book ONLY if you feel you must read all of Star Wars as it is absolutely miserable. There are so many better novels in this series. Anderson and LucasFilm should be ashamed.
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Summary: Quick! Jump in the escape pod!
Review: Let me preface by saying that this was my first Star Wars novel, and I must say that I found it to be a frustrating experience. Anderson has crafted a tale that delivers action (unarmed Jedis versus 17 Imperial Star Destroyers!) and a few genuinely amusing moments. But his dismal writing style keeps getting in the way of the story he's trying to tell. He repeats himself constantly, often writing essentially the same thing three times on one page. It seems as though Anderson is just trying to take up space so he can reach page 400. And although Luke is only in about a quarter of the novel, Anderson succeeds in making him an annoying character. (I could see why Callista dumped him.) Overall, the book is what it is: a way to eat up the hours on the plane from Los Angeles to New York.
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Summary: good book something to enjoy but not a classic.
Review: I am and avid reader of Mr. andersen work though this was not his best work. Though enjoy how he pulled the fiesty admiral Daala to be the enemy of the New Republic. But to be trueful i thought you could use more of Mara jade. Though I was a little surprised that Callista disappeared though being Luke love I realized that another charcter been drawn be his true love. this not your greatest but a good one.
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Summary: Excuse me, Mr. Anderson? is this the best you could do?
Review: Um, Mr. Anderson I have a rather large bone to pick with you, actually I have several, where to begin, where to begin, lets just start at the begining shall we? First off, Callista was WHINEY! Not stressed out, not in the middle of that time of the month, just plain WHINEY. And she was like that for THE WHOLE BOOK, she was mostly upset she didn't have the Force, she should have been happy to get the #&!! out of The Eye of Palpatine. Second, where was Mara? She never hangs around when something she can help with is going on, it's not her style at all, yet I only saw her once, did anyone else get more than a glimpse of her? Third, why did you kill off Dorsk 81? Why did you kill off Crix Madine? I rather liked them both. Fourth, why did the Emporer keep Lemelisk? He hated failure, we can see how much he hated it in ROTJ("The Emporer is not as forgiving as I am")was I the only one who caught that? Fith, how many Death Stars and mocked up Death Stars must we endure? It's starting to get old, we don't need anymore of them, why couldn't you just make an origanal super weapon that other people can rip off? Like, maybe a Star Blade, or something like that, anything is better than that crap I just forced myself to read. Sixth, when did the Wampas become sentinent? When did that bat-things on Dagobah become violent? When did Leia become a polititian?(I mean she always was one, but she was also a fighter and willing to follow her own heart before that). Seventh , why was the thing that Leia was the most upset at the Hutts for the slave outfit she had to wear? Jabba froze the man she loved, almost killed him, send bounty hunters after him, tryed to kill her and her brother, and the only thing she is REALLY mad about is the bikini, well, does that make sence to anyone? And since when would she blaim an entire race for the actions of a few? Or in this case one; Jabba. Eigth and last, since when did the Empire hate women? I know that their weren't many in the origanals, but I'm fairly sure that Leia and Mara are women aren't you? Also he never had anything against women, he was Hitler in A galaxy far, far, away, nothing against women, just everyone who was different or had different opinions. Why Mr. Anderson, did you subject us to this? We truely could have lived without the book, but it would have at least been tolerable if you hadn't included the things a stated above, please, do us all a favor and stay far, far away from Star Wars, and keep the The X-Files where you can kill people off and make mockerys of them to your hearts content.
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