World Famous Comics: Exile (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 4)
Exile (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 4)
By: Aaron Allston Publisher: Del Rey Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Del Rey Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 368 Publication Date: February 27, 2007 Release Date: February 27, 2007
Product Description: In the Stars Wars galaxy, evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war.
With each victory against the Corellian rebels, Jacen Solo becomes more admired, more powerful, and more certain of achieving galactic peace. But that peace may come with a price. Despite strained relationships caused by opposing sympathies in the war, Han and Leia Solo and Luke and Mara Skywalker remain united by one frightening suspicion: Someone insidious is manipulating this war, and if he or she isn’t stopped, all efforts at reconciliation may be for naught. And as sinister visions lead Luke to believe that the source of the evil is none other than Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith, the greatest peril revolves around Jacen himself. . . .
Characteristic Allston, fun entry in the series EXILE was a fun book, playing to Aaron Allston's strengths as well as solidifying the Confederation as an equal to the Galactic Alliance.
Allston did a good job of maintaining a balance of both "his" characters and Denning's, continuing Alema Rar's hunt while bringing the Solos together with the Antilles and the Terriks—together, the titular exiles. Their plotline is filled with the good-natured humor I've come to expect from Allston's novels, without going overboard against the dark backdrop of Jacen's turn and the galactic war.
Ben, meanwhile, has a significant storyline of his own; Jacen tries to test his suitability as a Sith apprentice. Fortunately, he fails; Ben proves that he isn't willing to put himself ahead of the lives of others, something Jacen does daily.
Jacen also has to deal with the expanding war; by the end of the book, not just Corellia is arrayed against him. It doesn't help that Mara and Luke are chasing after Lumiya; they've found evidence of her involvement with Jacen. Allston does a good job of playing the two off of Jacen; even though the reader knows what's going on, he makes sure Jacen isn't just relying on his ability to outright lie in order to escape suspicion.
While the "exiles" and "Sith" plotlines don't really intersect, Allston does a good job of advancing both from where Tempest left off. While the climax that will be Sacrifice isn't obviously set up, EXILE is still a fun and interesting piece of the LEGACY OF THE FORCE story.
Excellent Read and follow up to Tempest I just finished EXILE and it was GREAT... The interaction between the characters was the same as in the movies. The way it moved to the climax of the book, was at times slow and others to fast, but it was a good read over all.
I still do not like the references to the Dark Nest Trilogy, I did not read it so I kept getting lost in translation, the same way I did in Tempest.
The cliffhanger was awesome, eventhough I already knew who the sacrifice would be. If you read carefully and knowing who the sacrifice would be, the book gives you hints of the identity.
Star Wars fan this is one of the GOOD ones, go for it.... but read Dark Nest Trilogy if you do not want to get lost
breath of fresh air I was begining to feel depressed about this series because of how dark the themes are, not that this book makes the story bright and happy but I was begining to find the series less fun to read. I picked this book up as a last chance for the series and read it cover to cover in a couple days. I loved it, it really brings the story back to the fun adventureous plot without losing the more sinister undertones that make it exciting.
Star wars: Legacy of the Force book 4 Gripping story, I'm a little uncomfortable with Jacen being turned to the dark side, but am hoping it turns out to be a tempory aberation.
Its not great I really can sum up this novel in two words.....Love Commander.I really wish the Star Wars EU guys would STOP makeing up profanity like stang,rodder and kriffing it sounds so stupid use the real deal if you must use it or better yet language has many derogitory terms that arent vulgar use those you may actually educate someone.
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