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bahnree's review against another edition
3.0
I really wish they would make an anthology solely of Zahn and Stackpole's Star Wars short stories. I only liked ONE of the short stories in this collection that wasn't by Zahn or Stackpole (Laura Burns' "Do No Harm"), and this is a trend with me and the Star Wars short story collections.
"Missed Chance" by Stackpole and the "Side Trip" collab by Zahn and Stackpole make this collection worth it, I guess.
"Missed Chance" by Stackpole and the "Side Trip" collab by Zahn and Stackpole make this collection worth it, I guess.
chriszlol's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
depizan's review against another edition
2.0
From the title, I would have expected stories set inside the Empire and/or from an Imperial point of view, but that isn't really the case here. Only the last story touches on an Imperial point of view, and it is still largely told from the point of view of people in opposition to the Empire (or with the Empire in opposition to them). So it isn't what it says on the tin. It's more: Tales from the Galaxy.
The stories were rather mixed, and in several cases ("Final Exit" was the worst for this), we weren't really given enough of the characters to care about them. Mostly, though, the stories were all right reads, just... pretty forgettable. I think only the very first story, "First Contact" stayed with me at all - probably because there was just enough of a mystery to be gripping, and Talon Karrde is a character I'm already familiar with.
The final story, "Side Trip," should have been better than it was. It suffered both from being too complicated, and from having kind of a downer ending, if you think of it from the point of view of the characters you spent the most time with. (Also, was Corran Horn always this much of an idiot?)
The stories were rather mixed, and in several cases ("Final Exit" was the worst for this), we weren't really given enough of the characters to care about them. Mostly, though, the stories were all right reads, just... pretty forgettable. I think only the very first story, "First Contact" stayed with me at all - probably because there was just enough of a mystery to be gripping, and Talon Karrde is a character I'm already familiar with.
The final story, "Side Trip," should have been better than it was. It suffered both from being too complicated, and from having kind of a downer ending, if you think of it from the point of view of the characters you spent the most time with. (Also, was Corran Horn always this much of an idiot?)
ajlenertz's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this, and I don't usually like short stories, as a rule.
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