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Summary: Just didn't match up to the other Tales books
Review: This book was just plain boring and a waste of time. Most of the characters were just annoying and underdeveloped. I'm so sick of a Jedi or Force twist on every story and I can't stand how the good guys always come away the winner. The only two saving aspects of this book are the Fett story and the Stakepole/Zahn story which in itself was still too long.
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Summary: Magnifico!
Review: This book was the best! I read this one through in a day and I really enjoyed it. Timothy Zahn outdoes himself in a short story as do other writers. This is definatly one of the best SW books. I've read them all and this one is very good. read it!
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Summary: I haven't even read it yet!
Review: This has got to be the best book ever, short stories from the New Rep. Mara's there along with Kyp and Hal Horn. Karrde's still running the business along with Mara and the stories about it are just the best. Buy this book now before you have to waste your money on everybody else's presents
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Summary: Star Wars
Review: This is a collection of short stories. While the main characters from the movies are mentioned only briefly, if at all it is still an interesting read.
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Summary: Great collection of Star Wars stories
Review: This was a great read! The Zahn/Stackpole collaberation was really wonderful and I loved reading about Hal Horn in particular. I also really liked the Pahl/Cassidy collaberation that featured Kyp. Frankly, the characterization of him there rang much truer than the one in Vector Prime. Jean Rabe's story was refreshing since it was told from an alien's POV and the Bobba Fett story had an interesting twist, even for this not-a-Fett-fan. There did seem to be an awful lot of dark Jedi in some of the pre-Endor era stories, but since these were all written before TPM and the new info we have about the Sith, it is understandable. All in all a very good book.
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Summary: Another excellent anthology
Review: This was truly a great collection of Star Wars short fiction. Each story is totally different, and yet forms a whole, of life in the Star Wars Galaxy. Interlude at Darkknell: By Tim Zahn and Mike Stackpole, this one delivers. It is the big draw to the whole book, and lives up to that. We get to learn more about Hal Horn and Gen. Bel Iblis, against the background of some major galactic events. Good characters and some great tying together of loose threads. (similer to the Zahn/Stackpole in Tales from the Empire) Jade Soliaire: Zahn really has some fun with this one, showing the infamous Mara Jade in action. While there are some tie ins with other stories in the universe (Hand of Thrawn especially), it stands alone by and large. Well written, and a fast read. Gathering Shadows: Kathy Burdette does a great job with this one, showing the very real effects of tourture and imprisonment, with a healthy dose of doubt and disillousionment thrown in. Kind of heavey reading, but very emotional and well done. Hutt and Seek/ Simple Tricks: Chris Cassidy and Tish Pahl, two non-fiction writer SW nuts, pull it off. These two stories feature Fenig Nabon and her partner in crime Ghitsa Dogder, as they swindel denizens of the Galaxy. These two stories are pure fun, but offer an interesting look into the galaxy. Simple tricks has some great scenes with Kyp revealing the depth of his anguish for destroying Carida. Well done ladies. The Longest Fall/Uhl Eharl Khoehng: Patricia A Jackson is a Dark Jedi Nut. Both of these stories feature Dark Jedi she created. While I am sick of Dark Jedi popping up whenever you kick a rock these days, these are good stories. While the Longest Fall is not really my cup of tea, it is a bit obvious, Uhl Eharl Khoehng is a great story. It comes back to the Dark Jedi and family featured in her story from Tales from the Empier. The Emotion and writing is GOOD in this one. No Disitegrations, Please: Paul Danner scores with this story, featuring the only movie character in the ENTIRE book, Boba Fett. It follows Fett as he battles an Imperial garrison for a bounty. Nice to really see Fett in major action. The other stories are- Conflict of Interest, a nice one about the morality of the individuals and their respective govornments, Day of the Sepulchral Night, an interesting exposition on Weequays, and The Last Hand, a really nice story about a great gambler with a big heart, who (gasp!) is not Lando. I would be remiss if I did not commend Paul Youl for his wonderful cover, one of his best. (I still prefer the Bacta War cover) This book is 5/5, even better than its companion.
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Summary: Good book, worth about 4 1/2 stars
Review: While this book is not as diverse as Tales of the Empire, and it perhaps better organized and focuses on a less concentrated time period. (ranging from the Old Republic to the middle of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (about seven years after Return of the Jedi)) The stories are intelligent and well written, and some of them even heartbreaking. I wouldn't however, recommend this to someone who has had little experience with the Expanded Universe, because they would be totally lost. Anway, the stories are: Interlude at Darknell(four parts) Yet another collaboration between Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole! AN interesting story about a younger Bel Iblis and Corran's dad as well. Jade Solitare: My favorite in the book. How Mara aquired her beloved ship, the Jade's Fire. Gathering Shadows: A severely wounded man and woman sit in a cell and share their delirious miseries. Hutt and Seek: The hilarious duo of Fen and Ghitsa mess with Shada D'ukal and her mistryl pals, not a good idea... The Longest Fall: A chilling acount of an Imperial officer getting force-choked to death by Darth Vader. Conflict of Interest: A young Rebel spy tries to desipher who is friend and who is foe. No Disintigrations, Please: A fascinating Boba Fett story. Day of the Sepulchral Night: A pair of greedy weequays get what they deserve. Uhl Ehearl Khohng: A bizarre story that I'm guessing takes place at the end of the Old Republic. Warning: reads like a romance novel. The Last Hand: A young man desperately wants a lightsaber and will go to any lengths to buy one. Simple Tricks: Another story about Fen and Ghitsa and taking place some years later, during the Jedi Academy Trilogy. I never like Kyp Durron at all, but this story gave me somewhat of a different view of him. Suffice to say, this is good book recommendable to anyone with a clear understanding of Star Wars.
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