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The Mandalorian Armor
by K.W. Jeter
I read this for the first time well over a decade ago and didn't remember much about it other than an acid-eaten Boba Fett clawing his way out of the Sarlacc's stomach at the beginning. I find myself foraying back into the "Legends" material recently, already some years after the tighter new canon was established around the Skywalker saga timeline, simply because I used to have a great time reading these.
Canon issues aside (this was published in 1998 before even the release of The Phantom Menace) - like the three-way conversation between Vader, the Emperor, and Prince Xizor that could only have held water *before* the prequel trilogy expanded upon the beginnings of the Palpatine/Skywalker relationship - the characters hold up remarkably well against the 20+ years of world-building that has happened since the book's release. The Hutts are Hutts (if you've never had to visualize a Shell Hutt before, be prepared for a good laugh), Tatooine is Tatooine, and Boba Fett is Boba Fett. Jeter blends the seriousness of true science fiction with the fantasy of Lucas' galaxy quite well, bringing to life reptilian bounty hunters that devour their siblings only moments after birth and an arachnid middleman who produces nodes of separate yet connected sentience that scurry about its web as its assistants. Maybe you won't always believe your eyes, but you'll enjoy yourself regardless. That's just good science fiction.
Canon issues aside (this was published in 1998 before even the release of The Phantom Menace) - like the three-way conversation between Vader, the Emperor, and Prince Xizor that could only have held water *before* the prequel trilogy expanded upon the beginnings of the Palpatine/Skywalker relationship - the characters hold up remarkably well against the 20+ years of world-building that has happened since the book's release. The Hutts are Hutts (if you've never had to visualize a Shell Hutt before, be prepared for a good laugh), Tatooine is Tatooine, and Boba Fett is Boba Fett. Jeter blends the seriousness of true science fiction with the fantasy of Lucas' galaxy quite well, bringing to life reptilian bounty hunters that devour their siblings only moments after birth and an arachnid middleman who produces nodes of separate yet connected sentience that scurry about its web as its assistants. Maybe you won't always believe your eyes, but you'll enjoy yourself regardless. That's just good science fiction.