Product Description

The last original mass-market paperback and the penultimate book in the bestselling Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series! At last we learn more of the history of the Yuuzhan Vong invaders - where they come from and why they are out to conquer the galaxy far, far away. And the scene is set up for the final, exciting climax of the series, this November's hardcover STAR WARS: THE NEW JEDI ORDER: THE UNIFYING FORCE!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121888 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

Synopsis
The ultimate guide to the characters and creatures from "Revenge of the Sith", the third and final film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

From the Publisher
Focusing on Darth Vader, the newly created Sith Lord and epitome of evil, this exciting original Star Wars novel builds on the events of the movie Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith to chronicle Vader's coming into power

About the Author
James Luceno is best known as half of the writing duo that was Jack McKinney, author of the Robotech series; the other half was Brian Daley, of Star Wars fame. Jim lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife and children.

Customer Reviews

Empathise with the Dark Lord...
I enjoyed this - i really liked how the author put you into the mind of the newly rebuilt Vader & the way his existence in that life support suit is described.
There's some interesting scenes involving Vader's relationship with his master, Emperor Palpatine - The resentment is starting to ferment...
Also the book's closing scenes where Obi Wan, now residing on Tatooine, learns the true fate of his former padewan will chill to the bone!

A very decent follow up to The Revenge Of The Sith...Bring on the TV series..

Should have been better
I was really hoping for a true Darth Vader novel; a story about the inner man and his suffering following his fall to the dark side and his final conflict with Obi-Wan and the injuries he suffered. I had been expecting a very dark story about his pain and despair and instead much of it was in the style of nearly all Darth Vader stories, a vaguely menacing protagonist without much depth and some fairly disposable characters for him to destroy. We really do need a much more grown-up story about one of the most effective villains every created.

Major disappointment
There are several problems with this book beginning with the sad fact that there is no real story, just a loosely woven collection of vignettes featuring a collection of minor characters that are best forgotten. Vader never develops as a result of any of the events depicted between this book's covers, although the author claims that Vader makes a major breakthrough in understanding the darkside. Unfortunately, we're never shown why, how, or what that possibly means.

Secondly, the book is populated with minor characters (Vader isn't introduced until nearly page 50) that are really nothing more than fodder for the Dark Lord, characters that are stood up only so they can be knocked down. Except for their names, they are indistinguishable.

Which speaks to the major shortcoming of this book, the very poor writing. I was never once "drawn" into any of the scenes or the lives of the characters. The writing was flat, the characters d.o.a., and the story missing in action.