Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8) | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Traviss
Publisher: Del Rey
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Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 034547757X
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780345477576
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Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one–not even the Solos and the Skywalkers–knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.
Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it costs him his life. And as Luke Skywalker contemplates once unthinkable strategies to dethrone his nephew, the hour of reckoning for those on both sides draws near. The galaxy becomes a battlefield where all must face their true nature and darkest secrets, and live–or die–with the consequences.
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 Solomon October 3, 2008
Revelation is a tale of a avenger seeking to set right the wrongs of her brother. Only death can salve this conflict and the noble light saber will carry out the task. Many key players drew me into this novel from, Pellaon's ancient yet conventional wisdom and the way the other characters reflect on each other's ambition. Even Jabba Fetts and his failings reminded me that a standalone war hero actually stood alone. As a writer I have to call in question the one star rating this book has received. Thus far it outshone Darth Bane in more ways than one. The characters aren't just characters there are very much flesh and blood as you and I with enough scheming and plotting to continue the legacy beyond this novel. So I solemnly grant this work of art five stars.
 Please don't let her write anymore books for Star Wars... July 4, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'll try to keep this short:
- I didn't start reading a series about the Skywalkers and Solos with the intent to read 3 books about Boba Fett's family.
- If I did want to read about Boba Fett, I'd like to read about the cool stuff he might do rather than how sad he is.
- If you're going to write a book about a Jedi training to kill a Sith Lord, please include actual TRAINING instead of an overview of Mandalorian social life
- This book was edited so badly that it actually got on my nerves, for example, "It fitted."
I hope that LucasArts denies Karen Traviss anymore opportunities to water down their flagship series with soap opera stories about Mandalorians. She should be confined to short stories and side series. I think even Boba Fett fans would be pretty bored by this book.
Revolation: Another Bad Installment of the Legecy of the Force-Spoilers Follow June 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wow, what a surprise, Revelation was....horrible. Who would have guessed? Jaina Solo finally gets storyline beyond Jag-Zekk where she decides the best way to defeat Jacen is to fight like a Mandalorians. Sure because that's going to be very handy against a Sith. Then again, Jaina doesn't really do anything but stand in awe of everything Mandalorians. Right because 2/3 of the book is exactly how much time should be dedicated to a group of people who have nothing to do with the over all plotline and their plotline is only how wonderful they are. At least in Bloodlines by the end you understood why we had to go through all the Boba Fett drama but as in Sacriface here in Revelations we're not that lucky. I don't care about the Mandalorians I don't want to care about them. I care about the Skywalkers, the Solos, and the Jedi. Not to mention Jaina has all ready done this before. Is too much to ask the author to look back in previous books to see if tis all ready been done before? Oh and let's not forget Jaina is the daughter of legendary smuggler, scoundral Han Solo your never going to convince me Boba Fett can teach Jaina anything that Han Solo can not except how to escape the creature that ate him on Tatooine.
The next feels like a really bad Law and Order, Ben Skywalker suspects Jacen but when Ben raises his suspicions he gets completely shot down which I still can't understand why. Oh right the man who went from being a boring Jedi who orginially refused to fight in NJO wars to insane power hungry murderous Sith who fired on his own parents' ship among his numerous and very public crimes and has been dressing up like Grandpa Vader shouldn't be the number one suspect.
Lastly its finally revealed Jacen is a Sith. Wow...gee..what a shocker. Well it might have been if Jacen wasn't dressing in black, building is own empire, committing various public crimes and doing everything but painting Sith on his back. I mean really the galaxy that was terrorized by Vader couldn't figure it that out that his own grandson turn to the dark side? Or the children of Vader? Or the Jedi who's number one job has always been defeating the Sith yet they couldn't figure it out. That's the main trouble with the way Jacen's turning its being written in a way everyone else in galaxy has to be dumb. Karen Travis is not completely to blame for this because all three writers have also done their very best to rip out any potental for it being good.
I mean this had the potental of being an amazing moment. This was the one thing that made Leia fearful about having children in the first place. This was Luke's fear when he decided to start the New Jedi Order that some day some how one of his students could be the next Vader. It had to have been in the back of Han's mind with both Anakin and Luke Skywalker have turned to the dark side that there was a chance one of his own children could turn too. All three thought if they were good parents, good Jedi, did their very best and had faith in Force it wouldn't happened again. Yet we're here and its about as jaw-dropping as Mandos in Karen Traviss's book.
 Terrible Focus and Character Development June 25, 2008
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The first and biggest issue with this book is that in a series titled "Legacy of the Force" (emphasis on Force) Traviss spends at least half of the novel playing out Boba Fett's relationship with his grandaughter and long lost wife. This sentimental driveling is not only completely out of character for Fett it is incredibly boring, and caused me to put the book down in boredom a few times for the first time since the Black Fleet Crisis series. Perhaps Traviss thinks she is getting at some deep philosophical point, or indicating a deeper message that we can apply to the Jedi's struggle's, but if she is it is hopelessly lost in her ascinine character development. As far as I can tell the only thing the Mandalorians are doing is diverting focus and drive from what might have been an extremely engaging battle, both physically and politically over Fondor.
The poor character development is not just a problem with Boba Fett but throughout the entire novel. The actions of the Jedi make almost no sense throughout the book, and no attempt is made to explain strange turn of events. Luke is almost a non-entity. Somehow 15 year old Ben Skywalker has turned into an adult but 30-something Jaina Solo seems to have reverted to her teenaged NJO self (which is a problem with the series at large though this book amplifies it). It is also incomprehensible to me that Jaina has gone to Boba Fett for lessons in taking out Sith Lords. "Jacen has learned Force skills I haven't so I have to learn skills he doesn't have." Yes...and every Sith ever to roam the galaxy has had Force skills Jedi didn't, and I don't seem to recall Yoda, Mace Windu, Luke Skywalker etc deciding they needed to consult bounty hunters before taking out Sith Lords. The approach was inventive and interesting with the non-Force-sensitive Jag Fel but is absurd and degrading when applied to Jaina. Darth Caedus is disappointing to say the least. **Spoiler Warning** At one point Traviss spends several paragraphs building suspense about how much dark side energy Caedus has gathered and how its threatening to tear him apart and he must expend it and then he does...by creating a simple illusion in the minds of a few people convincing them to lower a shield. She then has the audacity to have several characters comment on how powerful he must be to bring down a planetary shield with his mind. Give me a break. Perhaps the most audacious crime against a character though, is her disturbing slaughter of Grand Admiral Pellaeon. This character has consistently been brilliant at anticipating enemy maneuvers (he was trained by Grand Admiral Thrawn) and yet fails to foresee or guard against Tahiri's unbelievably transparant assassination? Of all characters this one should have been ready to deal with such an eventuality and had ysalimiri on hand. But know, Traviss spends pages talking about how savvy he is and then kills him in the most obvious way possible. That this author was allowed to write the demise of two outstanding characters she clearly had so little understanding for is a disgrace and leaves a foul taste in my mouth.
The third much more minor issue with this book is that it is filled with grammatical errors, some of which are on the part of the authors and some of which are simply poor proofreading. The errors were distracting and irritating.
The only reason I gave this book two stars is that despite the above complaints, it does manage to have some very powerful moments, and hints at great plot elements if you are able to ignore the distracting sub-plot and supplement the poor writing with your imagination.
 Good read June 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i enjoyed this book and found it to be a good read. i'm looking forward to the next installment.
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