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| Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8) | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Traviss
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 9656
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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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
ASIN: 034547757X
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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 Same old same old March 3, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'd recommend borrowing this one instead of buying it. If you buy it rip out the first 200 pages. They're so boring as to be painful, and they do little or nothing to further the story. By the middle of the story it picks up, and I actually enjoyed the rest, until the last two chapters. Two old characters left behind years ago are back. This is unfortnate, since they were played-out before they ever went away. How many can they dredge up? This book does so little to add anything new or advance the plot that it didn't need to be written. Find one of the fan sites that summarizes the whole book, spoilers and all, instead of spending money on this.
Excellent writing style/sub-par story/abysmal focus March 18, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
***SPOILER WARNING*** Karen Traviss has undoubtedly written the best out of the past 3 books in this series - though this isn't saying much. Her writing style and characterization is very good - even if the situation reeks of implausible, but hey - it's Star Wars so I guess implausibility can be forgivable to a point.
I was very disappointed in the last outing in the series (I expect better from Allston), and doubly so by Troy Denning's last abortion of a book - leaving me dreading the finalization of the series by him rather than Traviss.
Each author plugs their own favorite characters within the storylines, but Karen takes plugging Boba Fett to the point where about 2/3 of this book could have been dealing solely with the mandalorians. She hypes the awesomeness of Boba Fett to levels only comparable with Denning's worship of Luke Skywalker. Both of these authors fail in this regard to draw an adult reader's interest, but I suppose the trifecta works well with Allston bringing the characters down to earth in his own writing style.
There are several *stupid* plot lines going on in this book.
1. There is a section of Ben Skywalker investigating "like a cop" his mother's death, searching for forensic evidence to levels that even CSI wouldn't go so that he can "prove" Jacen is a bad guy. Despite the fact that Jacen force-broke a woman's neck in full view of his bridge crew with multiple witnesses throughout the fleet - she doesn't matter though because she isn't Mara-Jade-Skywalker. The hypocrisy of the jedi is very clear in this regard... you don't matter at all unless you belong to their religion.
2. Jaina has to learn from Boba Fett how to beat a Jedi. Self-explanatory and this was the most retarded direction to take her character (thus far - here's looking at you Denning).
3. Jacen gets retarded after a planet surrenders to the GA (Hey... Jacen's crazy plan actually worked... quick make him retarded) and decides to 'make an example' of the planet by scorching it from orbit.
4. Admiral Daala returns... ta da! Lucky for her she has some secret weapons she brought from the Maw cluster to turn the tide against Jacen. This kicks off a civil war within the Empire - leading to more death and destruction. (Go good guys! You really showed them by prolonging the conflict!)
5. Another character gets the drop on Jacen... but instead of killing him decides to wound him to make a point that they could kill him at any time because he's such a tool. Yay - prolong the conflict! Sell more books!
This series has been a tragedy. The story took a disappointing dive somewhere around 4 or 5. After that it has been downhill where sympathy for Jacen has been replaced with horror at the depths to which the jedi are willing to sink in order to defeat him - leading to the deaths of millions/billions by engaging in a family feud that affects everyone.
I might as well finish the series - so stay tuned to the finale of my reviews. Awaiting with anticipation Troy Denning having Luke use the force to replace Jaina's image with his own so that he can have Luke finish off Jacen despite what the other author's planned.
What a tool.
 The Only Star Wars Book Review I will Likely Ever Write March 3, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am hesitant to write a review for a Star Wars book. This may be due to my bias towards the Star Wars story, but more than likely it is due to my acceptance that more than half of the books written with the name Star Wars on them are terrible.
This series started out slow, and overall, bad. Being a SW nerd, I was annoyed by the different spin placed on the whole Boba Fett storyline. After following it for a few novels it begins to come together and become something other than a waste of time.
I chose to write this review simply because this book was more of a culmination of story lines than any other novel in the Legacy series to date. With one more novel to finish, I hope it does not disappoint.
Onto the review itself. Given this is a Karen Traviss book, you can count on some Fett story. Hold the annoyed groans, because it is actually good this time around. You get more of his past, and his story twists even further into the lives of the Solo's and Skywalker's. I finally learned to like him as a character and not to think of him as a cheap ripoff of what was once an awesome person.
You actually see little to no interaction of the main characters (Luke, Leah and Han). This book is written for the novel people. Ben finally grows into a real character and shakes off all of the annoying baggage the previous writers kept saddling him with. Jaina finally gets to do something actionwise which does not make me boo her as being a shallow and useless character. It is also nice to see characters come back from the Clone Wars novels and even the earlier books.
This is finally a novel in this 9 book series where something happens. If you have followed this series so far, you will not want to miss this one. Karen Traviss has grown into an author I can read without needing to know what I am getting into. Her name alone is enough for me to trust that it will be a good book. If you are a Star Wars fan (shame on you if you are not) do not pass this one up.
Another placeholder book in the series March 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As is the case with most of the new Star Wars novels, this one is another placeholder. Some space battles, very little character development (aside from the authors continuing love affair with Mandalorians).
I'm really tired of hearing about 'the armor'
How about a story with some meat?
For Hardcore SW fans (like me), this will fill the bookshelf while waiting for something compelling to come along.
 Glorified Fan Fiction. April 1, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book could have focused on Jacen, it could have made him a more believable villain; Instead what we get is a writer with a Fett crush this book reads like an amateur fan fiction about Boba Fett. I can't understand why any other writer would put up with Travis's Bobaphila.
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