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3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Denning's writing quirks, and the major issues of making Daala chief of state and Ben's underage drinking and being hit on by 3 adult women is bothersome, however The tragedy, the action and the epilogue make up for it
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s finally the end of this series. After a couple of really strong entries, I was actually excited to get to the ending. Unfortunately, all of that momentum came to a screeching halt in the last book, and this doesn’t do much to get back up to pace.
In Star Wars media, especially a book, it’s hard not to get distracted or develop contradictory feelings when the characters keep talking about the perils of the dark side while waging civil war across the galaxy. So many lives are lost in cold blood, but it’s somehow justified to the Jedi, while also justifying their inaction that could have prevented many of those deaths. War is hell, and this series definitely highlights the “no one wins” aspect, but I can’t tell if it’s lamp shading the lack of heroes or somehow unaware of its own dramatic irony at play.
The pace is shockingly slow for how relatively short the book is. There are really two main set pieces, and not a ton happens in between them, or even during them. Caedus ends up being pretty delusional and seems to have mostly lost touch with reality more so than being the cold calculating Sith lord he wants to be. There’s also an interesting nod about someone’s neck being snapped and that Caedus did it “because it’s always him.” I’m curious if this is indicating he’s actually done this to several people and it wasn’t included in the books, or if that’s just the perception his crew has of him at that point.
Jaina still irks me. For whatever reason, I’ve just never really connected with her. I think it’s all of the angst that she still has at like 30 years old, worrying about which boy to choose and her destiny as a Jedi. Don’t get me wrong, she is going through some real stuff in this book, but it didn’t feel like there was any real growth from her.
The end was also very rushed. I kind of get it, but we basically get 5 pages wrapping up all these big overarching plot points. It’s an interesting ending, but very rushed.
In Star Wars media, especially a book, it’s hard not to get distracted or develop contradictory feelings when the characters keep talking about the perils of the dark side while waging civil war across the galaxy. So many lives are lost in cold blood, but it’s somehow justified to the Jedi, while also justifying their inaction that could have prevented many of those deaths. War is hell, and this series definitely highlights the “no one wins” aspect, but I can’t tell if it’s lamp shading the lack of heroes or somehow unaware of its own dramatic irony at play.
The pace is shockingly slow for how relatively short the book is. There are really two main set pieces, and not a ton happens in between them, or even during them. Caedus ends up being pretty delusional and seems to have mostly lost touch with reality more so than being the cold calculating Sith lord he wants to be. There’s also an interesting nod about someone’s neck being snapped and that Caedus did it “because it’s always him.” I’m curious if this is indicating he’s actually done this to several people and it wasn’t included in the books, or if that’s just the perception his crew has of him at that point.
Jaina still irks me. For whatever reason, I’ve just never really connected with her. I think it’s all of the angst that she still has at like 30 years old, worrying about which boy to choose and her destiny as a Jedi. Don’t get me wrong, she is going through some real stuff in this book, but it didn’t feel like there was any real growth from her.
The end was also very rushed. I kind of get it, but we basically get 5 pages wrapping up all these big overarching plot points. It’s an interesting ending, but very rushed.
Voici la conclusion de la série Legacy of The Force. C'est une série que j'ai trouvé plutôt ordinaire. La série manquait beaucoup d'originalité. Elle me faisait beaucoup trop penser à Clone Wars. Cette fois, au lieu d'être Vador, c'est son petit fils, Jacen Solo. Encore une fois, c'est une histoire où le héros devient méchant en voulant protéger ceux qu'il aime. On ne réinvente donc pas la roue avec cette histoire. Je dois avouer que mes attentes étaient grande après le superbe New Jedi Order.
Pour l'histoire de ce tome, Jaina accepte son destin de Sword of the Jedi et décide d'aller affronter son frère Jacen pour mettre fin à son règne tyrannique. On doit donc endurer 200 pages qui n'en finissent plus avant d'arriver au combat final. J'accepte bien la fin mais malheureusement, elle ne rachète pas une histoire qui est à mes yeux beaucoup trop faible et qui ressemble trop à ce qui a déjà été fait auparavant.
Pour l'histoire de ce tome, Jaina accepte son destin de Sword of the Jedi et décide d'aller affronter son frère Jacen pour mettre fin à son règne tyrannique. On doit donc endurer 200 pages qui n'en finissent plus avant d'arriver au combat final. J'accepte bien la fin mais malheureusement, elle ne rachète pas une histoire qui est à mes yeux beaucoup trop faible et qui ressemble trop à ce qui a déjà été fait auparavant.
This review is for the Legacy of the Force as a whole. Overall it was interesting and had some good plot lines that made each book a quick read which was good since it was 9 books long. You can definitely tell where the new trilogy took some inspiration from this trilogy and cut things to make an easier to follow, shorter narrative. That said it would also have been exciting to see more aspects of this series put into the films because these books do follow the same fall into darkness, democratic government turns into a fascist state story line you actually get to see the thought process behind it, and there are more complex reasoning than just, "oh I want power." There is also the great acknowledgement that no side is truly in the right (at least in the beginning) so there are a lot of grey areas that typically aren't touched on in the movies.
What hurts this series is the length and the fact that it is written by three different authors. First off, because it is nine books long and you can sort of guess the ending of the series by book one, it is very drawn out. I mean main characters can't really have close calls in book 2 if you pretty much know they will be essential in the last few books. That isn't to say there weren't some surprising character death's and tragedies, but at least 5-10 characters you knew would never be in danger no matter how much of a cliff hanger they would be left on because their picture is on the cover of a later book or you just kind of know the direction the story is going.
The three different author issue definitely makes the story disjointed at times. Disregarding the fact that each author has a different writing style and most people will have an author they prefer, I myself like Karen Traviss best, followed by Troy Denning, they don't always line up their stories. Overall it is one good, connected story, but on the micro level small things don't connect. Characters act or think differently from author to author or weapons or ships have subtle differences that once you notice will nag at you. This is particularly felt in each author's "pet" character, the one they focused on and wrote the most about. The other authors tried, but just didn't capture the same feeling as the original author about the character. This was most particularly felt with Boba Fett who was sort of treated as an emotionally damaged, sad, almost sympathetic if unapologetic character by Traviss, but all traces of sympathy removed by Denning.
So overall a good series with very interesting plot lines that I would have been very interested to have seen more of incorporated onto the big screen, but is hurt from its length and constant change of authors.
What hurts this series is the length and the fact that it is written by three different authors. First off, because it is nine books long and you can sort of guess the ending of the series by book one, it is very drawn out. I mean main characters can't really have close calls in book 2 if you pretty much know they will be essential in the last few books. That isn't to say there weren't some surprising character death's and tragedies, but at least 5-10 characters you knew would never be in danger no matter how much of a cliff hanger they would be left on because their picture is on the cover of a later book or you just kind of know the direction the story is going.
The three different author issue definitely makes the story disjointed at times. Disregarding the fact that each author has a different writing style and most people will have an author they prefer, I myself like Karen Traviss best, followed by Troy Denning, they don't always line up their stories. Overall it is one good, connected story, but on the micro level small things don't connect. Characters act or think differently from author to author or weapons or ships have subtle differences that once you notice will nag at you. This is particularly felt in each author's "pet" character, the one they focused on and wrote the most about. The other authors tried, but just didn't capture the same feeling as the original author about the character. This was most particularly felt with Boba Fett who was sort of treated as an emotionally damaged, sad, almost sympathetic if unapologetic character by Traviss, but all traces of sympathy removed by Denning.
So overall a good series with very interesting plot lines that I would have been very interested to have seen more of incorporated onto the big screen, but is hurt from its length and constant change of authors.
Damn, this book felt like a movie.
The pacing was just on point, immaculate, I read this in two days, today, I did two hundred pages. It is just that gripping.
Everyone is at their peak form in this one, but two definitely shine, Darth Caedus and Jaina Solo. The book centers on the two and just handles them both so well.
It’s a brilliant conclusion, but also a really sad one, and does leave me upset and unsure by the end. Definitely effective.
The opening of the book is explosive and exciting, following Jaina and the Mandalorians, mainly Mirta and Fett. There’s an immediate improvement as we don’t see them through rose-tinted glasses, and Denning writes the Mandalorians as awesome yet flawed as they really are.
Boba doesn’t entirely care for Jaina, and I love that she sees right through him, using him to her own ends and even having an upper hand against him more than he realises.
The tragic decision is made to begin each and every chapter with a joke from young Jacen Solo, and it is really sad to begin every chapter with a reminder of the sweet, lovely, pacifist Jacen we used to have, and is upsetting almost every single time.
It’s especially sad as the time comes where everyone finally agrees it is time to kill Caedus - the Jedi Council, Luke, Han, and Leia. But this begins a really great story for Luke where he is extremely determined, mysterious, and scheming.
I love this side of Luke, and he is slowly becoming more and more like a Yoda-type figure, which makes him so good here. It’s great to finally see someone else doing a lot of the main action and stuff, here it is Jaina, and Luke being in charge and teaching her and preparing her.
This mysterious Luke is very Doctor-y if you’re a Doctor Who fan, as there’s always this element of him knowing more than he’s letting on, and putting everything into place and manipulating behind the scenes in order according to his devised plan in an amazingly complex and clever manner to set up everything as he requires it to defeat Caedus.
Darth Caedus is more powerful than Jaina Solo, so even with the learning she has done recently, it’s an incredibly difficult fight for her when it finally happens.
The fight is fucking amazing, Jacen gutting down Mandalorians whilst Jaina tries to snipe him, watching Caedus finally embody some of the power we have been told he contains, he is presented as a proper threat rather than the bratty type he has often been shown as so far.
Luke manipulating Jacen throughout the book is gold too, using the Force to give him false visions of the future, and even convincing him that he’s fighting Luke instead of Jaina, it’s brilliant and darkly tragic too.
Jaina cutting off Jacen’s arm with a beskad was absolutely shocking, even if I had the moment spoiled a while back, and I love how clean, quick, and clear a moment it is, and how it’s horrifying to see how perverted things have become.
Jaina has her ribs broken, she is burned by Force lightning directly to the chest, and Jacen’s blood stains her face, a Dathomiri trick he uses to track her to the Jedi’s hidden base, something Luke knows and lets happen, all according to his cryptic plan.
In this confrontation, we learn just how powerful Jacen has become, even using Shatterpoint. I really love how we find out that rather casually how Luke has already mastered the ability!
This leads to a great sequence of Jaina training, managing to fend off a bunch of the most well known Jedi Knights to most of the readers, and use Shatterpoint, mastering the ability even with Beskar.
The big final battle at the end is epic, we seem to have lost Zekk, and even Isolder was killed by Jacen, showing just how awful he has become. But this begins to slip away as the big fight finally comes ahead.
Immediately, Caedus takes a lightsaber to the chest, just like Qui Gon. This left me totally gobsmacked (running out of ways to say shocked)! And begins the duel between Jaina Solo and Darth Caedus, instantly crutching Caedus.
It’s a really sad fight, as all Caedus is now trying to do is truly save his wife and daughter, but why would Jaina believe him? She has no reason to! So it’s really sad as throughout the fight, he slowly begins to return to the old Jacen Solo more and more, and she has to kill him. Her own brother.
I cried a little when she cradles his body and Jag tries to talk to her, Han and Leia eventually arrive, and she’s very incoherent. It’s so sad and I miss Jacen very much. It got me a little upset.
Jagged Fel is now in charge of the Imperial Remnant, which is a fucking awesome decision as far as I’m concerned. Love it! Teach those absolutely pathetic excuses of humans who’s fucking boss, Jag.
Han’s absolute fury at the seeming death of his granddaughter, Allana, was also a tear-jerker, and I was honestly convinced that Allana was dead here, so it was a really satisfying but tragic moment.
Luke and the Masters almost letting him just so he can see what he’s about to do was even sadder. No one blames Han and I don’t either. Such a good moment.
Daala in charge of the Alliance is… an odd decision. I’m a Daala lover but I’m not sure on that!
I was so glad to see Allana still alive, now under a different name. Lovely little bit to keep her going, and I’m so happy she still lives on.
Jaina has a retrospective moment that really hit hard, which is the idea that Jacen won after all. She sees how the galaxy is being shaped into one large coalition and how Jacen’s actions lead to this. It’s really messed up but true.
This book wasn’t perfect, one thing I was unsure on, was Tahiri trying to seduce Ben into giving up the location of the Jedi base.
Luckily, almost all of Ben’s imprisonment plotline was brilliant for him, we got to see how mature he has become, how clever he has become, and a true punch to the gut as we lost Shevu.
The price of this war is something I love, and how it all stems from the hubris of Caedus.
I don’t mind a Sith Lord being a terrible person, or a Sith Apprentice, but Tahiri of all people doing something as fucked up as trying to seduce a fourteen year old… just doesn’t sit right with me reading it.
Generally, Tahiri’s story in this book is pretty solid, but that was maybe a touch too far for me.
Overall, it’s quite a short book for all it accomplishes.
But it accomplishes a fucking lot. It’s a thrilling conclusion and a real page-turner, so much so I’ve read it in two days, reading almost the whole book today.
Chapter after chapter is tragic and gut-wrenching, but so entertaining and action packed, filled with exceptional character moments, and really sad but satisfying scenes.
It’s a far more somber novel than I expected, but I think it was the right decision for the series.
A spectacular entry even with my few little issues, and I really loved my time with this book.
Maybe I now need a break!
9/10
The pacing was just on point, immaculate, I read this in two days, today, I did two hundred pages. It is just that gripping.
Everyone is at their peak form in this one, but two definitely shine, Darth Caedus and Jaina Solo. The book centers on the two and just handles them both so well.
It’s a brilliant conclusion, but also a really sad one, and does leave me upset and unsure by the end. Definitely effective.
The opening of the book is explosive and exciting, following Jaina and the Mandalorians, mainly Mirta and Fett. There’s an immediate improvement as we don’t see them through rose-tinted glasses, and Denning writes the Mandalorians as awesome yet flawed as they really are.
Boba doesn’t entirely care for Jaina, and I love that she sees right through him, using him to her own ends and even having an upper hand against him more than he realises.
The tragic decision is made to begin each and every chapter with a joke from young Jacen Solo, and it is really sad to begin every chapter with a reminder of the sweet, lovely, pacifist Jacen we used to have, and is upsetting almost every single time.
It’s especially sad as the time comes where everyone finally agrees it is time to kill Caedus - the Jedi Council, Luke, Han, and Leia. But this begins a really great story for Luke where he is extremely determined, mysterious, and scheming.
I love this side of Luke, and he is slowly becoming more and more like a Yoda-type figure, which makes him so good here. It’s great to finally see someone else doing a lot of the main action and stuff, here it is Jaina, and Luke being in charge and teaching her and preparing her.
This mysterious Luke is very Doctor-y if you’re a Doctor Who fan, as there’s always this element of him knowing more than he’s letting on, and putting everything into place and manipulating behind the scenes in order according to his devised plan in an amazingly complex and clever manner to set up everything as he requires it to defeat Caedus.
Darth Caedus is more powerful than Jaina Solo, so even with the learning she has done recently, it’s an incredibly difficult fight for her when it finally happens.
The fight is fucking amazing, Jacen gutting down Mandalorians whilst Jaina tries to snipe him, watching Caedus finally embody some of the power we have been told he contains, he is presented as a proper threat rather than the bratty type he has often been shown as so far.
Luke manipulating Jacen throughout the book is gold too, using the Force to give him false visions of the future, and even convincing him that he’s fighting Luke instead of Jaina, it’s brilliant and darkly tragic too.
Jaina cutting off Jacen’s arm with a beskad was absolutely shocking, even if I had the moment spoiled a while back, and I love how clean, quick, and clear a moment it is, and how it’s horrifying to see how perverted things have become.
Jaina has her ribs broken, she is burned by Force lightning directly to the chest, and Jacen’s blood stains her face, a Dathomiri trick he uses to track her to the Jedi’s hidden base, something Luke knows and lets happen, all according to his cryptic plan.
In this confrontation, we learn just how powerful Jacen has become, even using Shatterpoint. I really love how we find out that rather casually how Luke has already mastered the ability!
This leads to a great sequence of Jaina training, managing to fend off a bunch of the most well known Jedi Knights to most of the readers, and use Shatterpoint, mastering the ability even with Beskar.
The big final battle at the end is epic, we seem to have lost Zekk, and even Isolder was killed by Jacen, showing just how awful he has become. But this begins to slip away as the big fight finally comes ahead.
Immediately, Caedus takes a lightsaber to the chest, just like Qui Gon. This left me totally gobsmacked (running out of ways to say shocked)! And begins the duel between Jaina Solo and Darth Caedus, instantly crutching Caedus.
It’s a really sad fight, as all Caedus is now trying to do is truly save his wife and daughter, but why would Jaina believe him? She has no reason to! So it’s really sad as throughout the fight, he slowly begins to return to the old Jacen Solo more and more, and she has to kill him. Her own brother.
I cried a little when she cradles his body and Jag tries to talk to her, Han and Leia eventually arrive, and she’s very incoherent. It’s so sad and I miss Jacen very much. It got me a little upset.
Jagged Fel is now in charge of the Imperial Remnant, which is a fucking awesome decision as far as I’m concerned. Love it! Teach those absolutely pathetic excuses of humans who’s fucking boss, Jag.
Han’s absolute fury at the seeming death of his granddaughter, Allana, was also a tear-jerker, and I was honestly convinced that Allana was dead here, so it was a really satisfying but tragic moment.
Luke and the Masters almost letting him just so he can see what he’s about to do was even sadder. No one blames Han and I don’t either. Such a good moment.
Daala in charge of the Alliance is… an odd decision. I’m a Daala lover but I’m not sure on that!
I was so glad to see Allana still alive, now under a different name. Lovely little bit to keep her going, and I’m so happy she still lives on.
Jaina has a retrospective moment that really hit hard, which is the idea that Jacen won after all. She sees how the galaxy is being shaped into one large coalition and how Jacen’s actions lead to this. It’s really messed up but true.
This book wasn’t perfect, one thing I was unsure on, was Tahiri trying to seduce Ben into giving up the location of the Jedi base.
Luckily, almost all of Ben’s imprisonment plotline was brilliant for him, we got to see how mature he has become, how clever he has become, and a true punch to the gut as we lost Shevu.
The price of this war is something I love, and how it all stems from the hubris of Caedus.
I don’t mind a Sith Lord being a terrible person, or a Sith Apprentice, but Tahiri of all people doing something as fucked up as trying to seduce a fourteen year old… just doesn’t sit right with me reading it.
Generally, Tahiri’s story in this book is pretty solid, but that was maybe a touch too far for me.
Overall, it’s quite a short book for all it accomplishes.
But it accomplishes a fucking lot. It’s a thrilling conclusion and a real page-turner, so much so I’ve read it in two days, reading almost the whole book today.
Chapter after chapter is tragic and gut-wrenching, but so entertaining and action packed, filled with exceptional character moments, and really sad but satisfying scenes.
It’s a far more somber novel than I expected, but I think it was the right decision for the series.
A spectacular entry even with my few little issues, and I really loved my time with this book.
Maybe I now need a break!
9/10
Over all, these books do a better job of expanding the Star Wars mythology than Lucas's own prequels. The heroes of the Rebellion have grown into leaders who try to fashion a New Republic from the ashes of the Galactic Empire. Each author really captures the voice of the characters, as well as the feel of the universe as a whole.
This is the last book of the current storyline, in which Luke, Han, and Leia must once again face a civil war tearing the galaxy apart and the totalitarian iron grip of a Sith Lord. The current timeline has shifted forward about 25-30 years from Return of the Jedi, so it's a bad jumping-on point. But, if you've read any of the post-Jedi novels that came before, especially Heir to the Empire and New Jedi Order, then you shouldn't have much trouble catching up to what's going on in the Legacy of the Force series.
This is the last book of the current storyline, in which Luke, Han, and Leia must once again face a civil war tearing the galaxy apart and the totalitarian iron grip of a Sith Lord. The current timeline has shifted forward about 25-30 years from Return of the Jedi, so it's a bad jumping-on point. But, if you've read any of the post-Jedi novels that came before, especially Heir to the Empire and New Jedi Order, then you shouldn't have much trouble catching up to what's going on in the Legacy of the Force series.
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
