Jedi Knight (Star Wars: Dark Forces)

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Summary: Great! Encore! Dietz Does It Again!
Review: The illustrations for the book were atsounding and very impressive. The story itself was at its peak for the Star Wars series and computer game, Dark Forces.

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Summary: Very intriging story. Excellent illustrations.
Review: The illustrations for the book were atsounding and very impressive. The story itself was at its peak for the Star Wars series and computer game, Dark Forces.

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Summary: The best of the Trilogy
Review: This book continues the adventures of Kyle Katarn, a young man who is training to become a Jedi. It is by far the best of the trilogy, which began with Soldier for the Empire. The novella is generally pretty good, connecting chapters (levels in the game) pretty well, and developing on Jan and Kyle properly. The plot is not too bad, and the illustrations are great. The drawings alone make this the best of the series, but the plot thickens as a bonus. Still, the novella fails to improve on some of the other books failings. The long and drawn out lightsaber battles in the movies and the game are shortened to just a few paragraphs in length, if that. Maw's duel with the young Kyle lasted no more than three sentences, and Selonia somehow manages to lose a battle she clearly has the upper hand in. While not quite as dissappointing (or as humorous) as Gorc's demise in Rebel Agent, the battles are still far too short for their own good, and a character who ends up dying early is developed almost as fully as Jan and Kyle are. Still, this is probably the best of the series, and a fine ending the trilogy. If you don't have the other two, buy this one first to see if this is the kind of book you want. It won't be very hard to catch on to what happened in the others, and the money you save if you don't like it will be worth it.

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Summary: It's about time!
Review: This book is another look at the development of Kyle Katarn, argueably the most underdeveloped and most interesting character ever to grace a graphic novel. Not to spoil anything but it's ABOUT TIME those two got together, you'd think they'd have noticed earlier! The book has some great scenes, the Raiders of the Lost Arc scene with Katarn and Gorc. The murderous Droid 88 and Raan. Still some parts didnt click, the discovery of the Valley and the Dark Jedi who I had no feel for whatsoever. Save Yun, Jerec, and Sarris...alittle. The art was excellent. I think a trilogy is not enough frankly for Katarn and he needs to have a "Mysteries of the Sith" sequel.

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Summary: An improvement on the first two in the series
Review: This book was enjoyable because it also included a brief glimpse of other main Star Wars characters. With prior knowledge from the first two stories, this work moved quite well, with an ending that left few loose ends. Kyle Katarn can be seen as another true Star Wars hero, and Dietz and Dorman combine to provide yet another excellent work.

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Summary: Good Story. AMAZING Illustrations. I'm glad I got it!
Review: This is a good story....it's keeping me satisfied until the new movie comes out. What I liked most were the beautiful illustrations. It is definitely a different approach to sci-fi illustrations, much more painter-ly and atmospheric. I want to hang them on my walls.

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Summary: I DON'T KNOW!!
Review: This is not my real e-mail adress. I didn't read this book because it is not out, but it looks good.

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Summary: It was pretty cool.
Review: This was a great book, in my opinion, because it told how Kyle ended up going from an Imperial Officer to a Rebel Agent.

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Summary: PHAT, PHAT, PHAT!
Review: Well its based on the award winning game jedi knight, whick won best game ever by several pc magazines. the book is fantastic too. Dave Dorman does an awsome job with the art, and its the only star wars book out their that really gets the feel of the star wars saga. Its deals with desteny, love, action and a bunch of other cool things, and if you don't have the game, buy right now. its action packed. It has live video cutsences and you get to play around with a lightsaber and a couple force powers. oh and theirs 2 endings to the game. of chorse that all depends on wether you choose to follow the light or dark side of the force.