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A review by verkisto
Dark Apprentice by Kevin J. Anderson
2.0
I can see why there are so many mixed reviews for this series. On the one hand, there are a lot of good ideas here in the story, and I can see fans of the EU eating that stuff up; on the other hand, the writing isn't that good. The dialogue in bad, the characterization is mixed (Luke comes across as milquetoast, which is a sure sign that Anderson doesn't get his character), and there are weird asides that don't do anything for the larger story. In Jedi Search, is was Lando's excursion to the glob races; here in Dark Apprentice, it's the twins getting lost in lower Coruscant. I don't understand their inclusion here at all.
Something else that bugs me about this trilogy is how Anderson writes "Artoo-Detoo" and "See-Threepio" instead of the droids' actual names. It's like he's only ever seen the Star Wars movies, and never bothered to find out how they actually spell their names. I get "Artoo" and "Threepio", since those are nicknames, but he always. Spells. Them out. It's annoying for some reason.
Something else that bugs me about this trilogy is how Anderson writes "Artoo-Detoo" and "See-Threepio" instead of the droids' actual names. It's like he's only ever seen the Star Wars movies, and never bothered to find out how they actually spell their names. I get "Artoo" and "Threepio", since those are nicknames, but he always. Spells. Them out. It's annoying for some reason.