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| Invincible (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 9) | 
 enlarge | Author: Troy Denning
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 19546
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 299
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0345477464
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345477460
ASIN: 0345477464
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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 Complete Waste of Time May 14, 2008
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
This whole series was a complete waste of time and money. The total mischaracterization of all the characters, the horrible destruction of an excellent character in Jacen Solo, and his final thoughtless demise. This series has killed my love of Star Wars. You can count me out from now on.
 Star Wars books need a new lease of life. May 16, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've always thought that most Star Wars books which take place long after Return of the Jedi have been quite weak. This final book is no exception.
If you read the inner jacket summary, it says this is it, the final climactic showdown between Jacen and Jaina, trying to build tension. But anyone who has read the previous eight books can see this is, a complete load of horsespittle. Jacen's ship, the Anakin Solo was boarded several times, and he could have been killed several times as well. Once by Luke, once by Ben, and once by a Mando (forgot his name) who was under orders from Boba Fett not to kill Jacen. So far from being invincible, Jacen has been one of the most vulnerable villains yet.
In fact, Luke is revealed to be fully capable of kicking his butt. And considering Jacen admits he would only just be able to just beat Master Saba, there's no reason why any of the other masters, like the powerful Kyp (I've always felt he was underutilised) couldn't take him out either.
So basically this a book which is light on suspense and quite short in length.
As a stand alone book, and as a final volume, Invincible is not good and it is only worth reading so you know what happens in the end.
I was quite disappointed.
As an aside, there is also a Legacy comic series set roughly 100 years from this book. In it, the Sith have once again vanquished the Jedi. I was wondering if the comic series was "canon" and whether or not Invincible was the prelude to the fall of the New Jedi Order. After all, there doesn't seem to be a strong succession plan after Luke.
If I could give it zero stars I would. May 16, 2008
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This whole series was awful, they intentionally vilified a good character simply so that they could destroy him. They made the availability of good fleshed out characters virtually non existant by killling them all either literally or with horrible character development. The entire intention of this series was just to sell nine books with nothing but shock tactics. Lets all keep in mind that Del Rey (who all of these authors have written all of their Star Wars novels with) will have it's license from Lucasbooks expire at the end of 2008. This was just to make sure they cash in, in the event Lucasbooks gives the license to someone else.
Wow...but not in a good way May 14, 2008
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
After reading this book, I feel very let down. It's skinny. This was a nine book series and this is how it ends? I was expecting something more fleshed out. This looks and reads like the author just popped it out. The only thing good about this book is that it finally ends this series.
While the series disappoints, this book does not. May 16, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is what the series should have been. The novel by Denning does not wander off on inconsequential tangents for the sake of "depth". Denning sticks with the core of the series, and does not allow for much else. This is what I hoped the series to be, but alas, did not get.
First, the good points about the series:
1. We get new Sith Lore, and see a Sith being created (definitely much better than the Darth Bane book, which rehashed KOTOR video game and about 20 years of comics into one novel);
2. We get a fair dose of Mandalorian culture (thanks to Traviss) that we did not have;
3. We get the understanding from the Star Wars licenses that our heroes cannot last forever;
4. We get some fairly good action involving space, infantry, commando and jedi/sith battles.
If you think the good points are fairly obvious, they are. That leads us to what I did not like about the series:
1. Great build-up initially, horrible second act, and an all too brief last act;
2. Thready character building, due mainly to having three different authors write the series. They need to not have grand, sweeping series such as these, and keep the books to relatively manageable numbers. Nine books was WAY too many here. The story could have been told in far fewer books. My guess is four or five at the most.
3. The Mandalorian arcs. I had no idea why the Mandos were included except that everyone loves them and likes to read about them. But in this case, they could have been and should have been ancillary to this story. They have nothing to do with the arc and were shoe-horned in. Even all the training Jaina went through did not amount to much in this book. I think the entire Mando/Fett Arc could have been diminished or removed entirely and it would have made it necessary for more proper character development for newer characters.
4. Jacen's rise to power was convoluted to say the least. How he took over the Galaxy (by a loophole in the law) was just dumb, and every character accepted it. It would have been so much better for Jacen to barge in and take control, and maybe snap a couple of necks in the process to make his point. But all the subterfuge and politics was nauseating and played no other role except to mirror Palpatine's rise to power with Jacen's.
5. Ben's development. I don't have much to say except he started off as a bratty teen, almost became a Sith apprentice, and then was "wise beyond his years." I don't know where they could have gone with his character, but beyond the cliche would have been a better start.
6. The stories need to move beyond the Skywalker/Solo family. Hopefully they will, but Jaina and Ben make me think otherwise. I would like to see the next generation of Jedi/Sith not be tied up in this relationship at all, but exist from somewhere else. I think that we know there is a council of Sith still in operation on Korriban. Maybe the "darkness" referred to in the next books will be just that.
There is much more about the novels that I could comment on, but I am glad the storyline is over. Am I shocked to see Jacen's demise? Not really. I am sad that it has to be a Solo to go down (again). But in the grand scheme of things, I think I am tired of seeing Luke, Leia and Han suffer so much. Haven't they had enough already? My God, if I were Luke, I think I may have been a Sith once I saw my Aunt and Uncle die, let alone Obi-Wan, Biggs, Anakin/Vader, Anakin (the nephew), Chewie, Mara, and Jacen.
Move on Del Rey, and please, no more 9-book stories, unless there is a really good story to tell. This series, unfortunately, was not it.
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