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The New Jedi Order: Traitor

   I have been looking forward to reading this one. Not because of the author but because I wanted to read what happened to Jacen. He's been missing for a while now.

   After reading a few pages I put the book down and in awe wondered, "who wrote THIS?!" It was completely different then any other New Jedi Order books I have read thus far. But, I slightly recognized the style, but could it be... I couldn't remember the name. It's been a number of years since I read The Revenge of the Sith. But I recognized the ability of this author to take a story to another level. I was right the author is Matthew Stover.

   Most of this story is about Jacen. I read on Wookieepedia that it was the first Star Wars EU to not have an appearance of an original character. It also claims this is the shortest. My paperback copy is 292. Dark Journey is close at 301.

    We are now learning more about this bird like alien named Vergere. Vergrere now claims she met Jacen's Grandfather when he was a child. But did not know of his fate with the dark side.

  Some ideas she shares with Jacen sound Jedi'ish but some stuff she comes up with sounds like it came straight from the darkside and is confusing the day lights out of Jacen. She seems to want to save one minute and turn him over to the Vong the next!

  The Jedi who has a history of reckless adventures Ganner enters in the story with rumors that Jacen Solo is still alive and takes on a personal search to find him believing if he is still alive it could make a differance in the war and help turn Jaina around from her Dark Journey.

   I don't understand why he goes to Jaina about Jacen. They had all been together when Jacen's death supposedly happens. Jaina does admit that she never told her mother what the Vong put him through before he died. She believes that they kept him alive just to hurt him and does not want to hurt her mother who still has hope that her son is still alive. So Ganner goes out on his own.

   One interesting point struck me. Is Anakin really dead? I mean, I think he is and at one point Vergere remarks that it is unknown if the dead can still feel pain after thier death... In the beginning of the book Jacen sees his brother in a much deeper level of pain then he.... He also knows about Jaina's slip into the dark side before he is cut off from the force. So... is Anakin really in pain... dead, and/or capture in someway by the Vong and being held by them. Where was the author trying to go with this... I don't have answer.

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

This is another novel by Matthew Stover, the author of the novelization of Revenge of the Sith. It comes between The Truce at Bakura and Tatooine Ghost. I missed reading this one until now. I need to blog my own reading list to help anyone who wants to read these books in order! Being a later published book (2008) it did not appear on my book chart. It is hard to find a good chart on the Internet as well. I recall first seeing this book in a book store back in 2009 when I first discovered this book series but didn't know where in the series it fell. I later last year got a copy of it off E-bay which.... is another blog of it's own to come...

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But back to the book! This novel deals with Luke Skywalker's last days of his military career and his issues with the media. I was excited to read this one due to I was so impressed with his novelization of Revenge of the Sith.  What sets Matthew Stover apart in the Star Wars writer Universe is his way of describing the "Dark Side". He becomes very metaphoric and poetic in a creepy nightmarish way. You start to wonder which side he is really on! Of course the "Light Side" wins out, that's a given, but Stovers writings can get down right erry.
The whole book is a bit different then other SW books I have read yet. Like with Lybrith of Evil modern issues are brought up but unlike LOE it is done in a way that I feel does not get too close to the real world that it doesn't work. In it Luke is struggling with half true stories being told and published about him as such has happened with many heroes through the years in reality. Basically Luke has an issues with being 'Hollywoodized'!
Stover also has a very different depiction of Luke Skywalker then I've seen. Basically this is Luke having a VERY BAD DAY! Some things that are said sound more like something Han would say! But he does at least stick to the fact that although very powerful Luke is also a very compassionate and hurt human being.

There was a bit more tech talk then I would have liked but I wont complain much about it. Being written after all three prequels, details could be added to give a little more depth. He was able to make comparisons between Luke and his father along with little stuff like the fact that R2 is a very old model droid which makes you realize he's not only a faithful friend to Luke but had also been Anakin's droid as well. It's little details but so nice when they are thrown in there. Unlike some who can even get Luke's lightsaber color right... ugh! Actually with one character I wish a little more time had been spent on details from the past but sadly this sub-story gives a little info and does not pick back up which I find odd on why they cut it so short. Maybe there was a reason but you are left wanting more.
I'm now going to pick up where I left off in the Callista trilogy. I have gotten my hands on a copy of Planet of Twilight and now can move on...

Revenge of the 5th! (The Dark Side of Drinking)

It's not a pretty picture but it's a true one. Heading home from Hoboken on the NJ Path on the night of Cinco De Mayo was quite a trip. Upon entering the car the smell of alcohol hit me then I discovered someone had thrown up in the car that made the center seats unusable. All trying to keep a distance from the gross sight some laughing at the young girl whom had caused it. She was now on the platform continuing to be sick. The last I saw of her a young male friend of her's was walking, more like carrying her out. She had no ability to stand on her own. When arriving at Newark Penn we were met by an unbelievable amount of youngsters boarding the train obviously some on a mission to condemn themselves of a similar fate as the young girl throwing her brains out in Hoboken. Packing themselves in metal car like sadines packed in liquor. It's such a sad story and the image is gross, and the laughs at the girl callous, but all true... and I ask, why do people do this to themselves? But a better question is, how do we stop people from doing this to themselves? It's an unpleasant sight but one that should be seen. This is only one result of over drinking... she was lucky, another is death.

Revenge of the Sith

My Copy with holographic cover!

Wow... this book was pretty intense! Really love the authors approach in getting into the minds and feelings of the characters! A very important thing to me. I love depth! Long drawn out battles can be a bit boring partially when there is little depth but this author kept a fairly good pace with the action scenes adding the emotions and mind sets of the players in the scene.
Very different and dramatic writing style with a lot of insights in things there is no way you could spell out well in a movie. Too bad this author did not write a novelization of Return of the Jedi because I think he could do it justice! Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi are my favorites of the films. ROTJ being the top on my list which I have now watched it countless times. The official novel for ROTJ is not very good. I would love to see an updated one now that Darth Vader's story is known!
I haven't seen Revenge of the Sith in a number of years and not nearly as many times as I've seen ROTJ. I don't remember a quarter of this book even being in the movie... guess I'm going to have to go and watch it again now. But that was a good thing that I didn't remember a lot of the movie cause it made the book even better not quite knowing what was coming next.
The author sets a very dark mood with poetry and the book is segmented in three parts with a poem starting each one. The chapters are also named! Something I haven't seen in a book in a long time! In my own writings I have always liked to name chapters... just a personal thing maybe, I don't see it done much.
This has to go on my list of the best SW novels I've read so far!
By the way, I finished it on May 4th... May the 4th by with you! And this is being blogged on the Revenge of the 5th!

The Last Command

The final book in the Thrawn Trilogy is the BEST. I’ll partly remember this as the book I read coming home nights on the train from Asbury Park. Timothy Zahn is really good. But I wish he’d stop saying people are frowning… that gets annoying after a while but otherwise I was surprised by the twists in the story and the characters were well written and true to the originals. I was sad to finish this one! But Zahn has written others so I look forward to reading them :~)

In Asbury Park where I was a cast
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