World Famous Comics: Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2)
Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2)
By: Karen Traviss Publisher: Del Rey Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Del Rey Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 416 Publication Date: August 29, 2006 Release Date: August 29, 2006
Product Description: A new era of exciting adventures and shocking revelations continues to unfold, as the legendary Star Wars saga sweeps forward into astonishing new territory.
Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds–and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han and Leia return to Han’s homeworld, Corellia, the heart of the resistance. Their children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance’s campaign to crush the insurgents.
Jacen, now a complete master of the Force, has his own plans to bring order to the galaxy. Guided by his Sith mentor, Lumiya, and with Luke’s young son Ben at his side, Jacen embarks on the same path that his grandfather Darth Vader once did. And while Han and Leia watch their only son become a stranger, a secret assassin entangles the couple with a dreaded name from Han’s past: Boba Fett. In the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem. . . .
Definitly my least favorite in the series. It was hard to follow, and didn't really have much to do with the past book. This author also made one of my favorite charecters, Boba Fett look really bad. It was the only book in the series that I didn't really enjoy. You will probably have to read it if you want to know what is going on in the series, but it won't be the most enjoyable time of your life. I got very bored of this book really fast.
Jacen's continuing decline to the dark side I enjoyed this book even though I really don't like Jacen turing to the dark side. I still remember him as he was in the young jedi series. Now he is the apprentice of Lumiya, a sith and an old enemy of his father's. Boba Fett is dying and trying to find a kaminoan scientist to help him. It makes him a little more human.He is also trying to find his daughter who he hasn't seen in 50 years. He finally finds his daughter but he finds out she has died by the hands of Jacen. If you want see how Jacen falls deeper to the dark side then read this book.
Great author, bad story I love Karen's books. She is great, but not even she could make up for this silly story. On the one hand you have all the goofy behavior of the characters. Jacen Solo--it makes me laugh. He's playing the martyr roll to the silly extreme. "Oh woe is me, I know everyone will hate me if I do these things, but it is the right thing and has to be done, so I'll do it." Even when he tortures someone to death, it doesn't quite dawn on him that he's probably not one of the good guys anymore. Its just another rehashing of the old Anakin plot. There HAS to be order in the galaxy, and of course the ONLY person who can do that is Jacen? Give me a break.
What's even more silly is that suddenly the GA are the bad guys, yet nobody ever says why. Not to mention that Luke--has allowed the Jedi to get roped back into "protecting" the government, which is exactly what lead to their downfall the first time. It is as if all those decades of experience amounted to nothing. Continuing the sillyness is their 13 year old son that they simply let run around and do whatever he wants. Jedi or not, the kid is still a kid, and although I sympathize with him to some extent, I get tired of hearing about his whining inner dialogue about being viewed as just a kid, or just luke's kid. The little family problems just got so ridiculous that they detracted from the story completely.
The saving grace of the book is the Fett storyline, which is masterfully done. It is nice seeing the world from his perspective for once. Yes its cool viewing him as this mysterious bad-guy, but that's just not enough after this many years. Karen does a fabulous job of showing his humanity, or what little he can possess given his background.
Enjoying The Series I'm really enjoying this series within the series. I hated the New Order series about the Vong. I thought it was pointless. Yes, there were some good books but overall I didn't like the series. However, I'm really getting into the changing of Jacen Solo. I've always been interested in Jacen and Jaina. I know a lot of people are saying it's a repeat of Anakin Skywalker's turn. Maybe it is, but I think it's more. Jacen is older and more mature. He knows what he is doing and getting into. He is wanting to become a Sith Lord. I really got into this second book of the series. I felt that Karen Traviss wrote the thoughts and feelings very well. She explored issues with Ben Skywalker being brought into this and being in the middle. I didn't really care for the Bobo Fett sections of the book. I didn't understand why he was in even in the book other than the author loves Mandolores. I hope that this series doesn't become an action only series. I've only read the first two and am looking forward to picking up the rest. I know what a Sith Lord can do the universe. I saw Darth Vader. I want to see what they go through on the journey. What they think and feel. I highly recommend this series and this book to all Star Wars fans.
Skip chapters! You'll find a great story! Sadly, I found skipping over all chapters of the troubles of the Skywalker & Solo families left a really great Karen Traviss story about our favorite bounty hunter, Boba Fett. It was almost like it was two different authors writing the intersecting story lines. Boba Fett's story was excellent and I can't wait for the author's next installment of stories of renegade clones/Mando warriors to be added to the Star Wars cannon.
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