Star Wars Legacy of the Force Revelation – out February 26, 2008 November 9, 2007
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The Eighth book in this awesome series – Star Wars Legacy of the Force : Revelation is set for a Feb 26, 2008 release.
Unfortunately it’s written by Karen Travis, the author that wrote the worst book in the series Sacrifice and killed Mara Jade Skywalker.
Who is on the cover? Looks like Jacen.
What’s the Revelation? That the Sith suck?? that He killed Mara?? we’ll find out…
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I don’t post on forums much, but I stumbled across this one today and I was wondering if anyone else sees this series as kind of a waste of good characters and/or potential characters that seems to use little to move forward a somewhat disjointed plot line (One twin apparently spent years training to become one of the most powerful people in the galaxy; but the other is going to catch up with a little time spent learning how to fight dirty, there are easier ways to set up a female hero for the future) with little more than “Oh my god he/she/it is dead” shock tactics? I mean it seems kind of foolish to kill, maim or otherwise render useless characters that could potentially be used as the basis for another hundred plus stories in the EU.
Go Karen Travis. I’m stoked on how she writes the Mando’s. I’ve never been into them untill Bloodlines. Nice surprise. And she writes Caedus very well. In her books he doesn’t seem soo weak. I want to read this book again and get some of these points straight. One thing for now. How much of a chance is there for Jaina to become sith. I’ve read the book only once and it seemed like she could be finding here path. Although there was onw part in there were she actually said that she wanted to remain a Jedi. And I think that came from the insert from Invincable. Again, a well writen Caedus and who else was as happy as I was to read the part(s) when Caedus actually told people he was a Sith Lord. That was just cool. More controled, wiser, and more powerful. I look forward to much much more Caedus in the last book and if everyone is thinking logicaly in the future serieses.
Ok, would have liked to read about the impact of Leia and Han finding out that Caedus has a daughter. But, I would understand if somethings were left to the next series to come. I also wonder if Caedus will have to pull a Darth Bane and kill off the Sith on Koraban. I’m a firm believer in the rule of two. ….more to come as soon as I read it over again. Where’s mlisky? What did you think?
The book was good. Your right Maloch, Traviss does write Caedus well. I’m glad that Caedus finally has an apprentice. I was getting a little sick of the mando’s toward the end of the book. I usually liked them in her books but she had like the last three chapters dedicated to them. It is strange when you read that All the main characters already know that Jacen is a sith lord. jacen never said that he was, and he could just be a dark jedi. And since he is a sith, you would think that the jedi would be alot more aggressive trying to bring him down. I’m hoping that Caedus does live on after this series, along with his new apprentice. I said before that this series foreshadows, and in the beginning of the novel it was stated twice that Jacen was not invincible. So im hoping that he will be the one invincible in the last book.
I agree with you bored. The character developement is taking forever and getting repetitive. I still say that jaina can not beat Caedus when they fight. Caedus is alot more powerful than she is and a better swordsman. Beviin was trying to teach jaina that when she attacks she should put everything out of her mind and just go for the kill. She then will not go to the dark side and she could think about what she had done later. I find this kind of funny. It is almost saying that this will be the edge she needs to fight Caedus. There is no edge. This is exactly how the Sith fight. They have no conscience. They just see what’s in their way and the kill it. should take Luke to beat Caedus or Jaina with more jedi with her.
I’m optomistic that Caedus can win in the last book. They set it up for him so that it could happen. First, Caedus now has the moffs on his side. In the introduction to invincible in the back of revelation, Fett and jaina were on some planet being taken over by stormtrooppers and the Moffs. Second, Nathial just set up a new government to counter Caedus and the GA. And when Nathial tried mutiny on Caedus during the battle, she asked the GA to take sides. Either hers or Jacen’s. And she stated after the battle that she was disappointed that most fled back to Coruscant with Jacen. This might be setting up another rebellion alliance? One thing is for sure. Can’t wait for Caedus to kill Shevu, Dont know his name for sure right now, but that guy helping out ben. When Caedus finds out that he is doing this, he is going to electricute is a**. And this guy better not be the downfall of Caedus just cuz Caedus trusts him with just about everything.
The only good thing I see from this series is that the galaxy is fractured into multiple factions, which sounds like a more interesting atmosphere for future novels to me. As for this Legacy of the Force series I have to say that I find it on the whole to be one of the worst out of the EU. The writing seems clunky to me in that it goes from one somewhat benign book to one that is exceptionally dark and brooding then back again; the mood just doesn’t seem contiguouos. They ought to leave the Jacen Solo character alive at the end of this series in my opinion. It doesn’t really matter in what state really: leading a chunk of the galaxy, in hiding, in exile, sith or jedi, haunted repentant or unrelenting tyrant, whatever the case may be; I would hope that they don’t just tie everything up in a nice neat little package of “the beneficent Jedi have once again struck a blow against the heineous Sith.” After spending the bulk of eight books so far trying to muddy the waters of morality (usually with banal shock tactics, killing long standing characters, repeated attrocities that the galaxy can’t seem to comprehend, this is after another Jedi turned Sith destroyed several planets with super novas and after a galaxy spanning war killing trillions of course) just turning it into a “good triumphs over evil” type of ending would be trite. I suppose another reason I hold this oppinion is that on the whole I see the Jaina character as somewhat two dimensional wheras the Jacen character seems to have been written about in much greater depth. Having her kill the other with a loose tie in to the NJO “Sword of the Jedi,” would be as inappropriate to me as having one of Ivanovna’s children come along and kill Raskolnikov simply because they were mentioned. Deep characters should be thwarted by deep characters not caricatures.
And yes I am bored again lol.
I agree with you bored when you say that the galaxy being fractured into multiple fractions would be good for future novels. There could be three fractions in the galaxy. The GA alliance with Caedus, which would probably be renamed, The other GA alliance being led by Nathail and the Jedi, and lastly the empire being led by Daala and the moffs who didnt side with Caedus. But Caedus almost has to live because like you said, you can’t give the character so much depth and be the focal point of the whole series, just to kill him in the end just so the good guys, the jedi, can win again. I said this before, denning better not write a redemption story for Jacen. If he does that, I would rather have Caedus die in combat. it better be leading the galaxy, in hiding, or just getting away to start a new plan. The more I think about the fight with Caedus and Jaina, something big and surprising is going to happen. For us the readers, we just expect Jaina to fight him and beat him. Where’s the drama in that. Sure, twin versus twin is drama. But it is not going to be a fight where there is going to be a clear cut winner and its over. Caedus kills Jaina? Jaina leaves Caedus for dead but he isn’t really dead? Jaina joins Caedus as a sith, later in novels to be redeemed by Zekk or Jag? Before Jaina even fights Caedus, Jaina kills tahiri thus turning her to the dark side?
I think Caedus is going to kill jaina, and i cant wait for the next book to come out.
In Invincible, I’m looking Foward to Caedus fighting with his new red sith lightsaber. Looking forward to the verbal confrontations that Caedus will have with luke, leia, han, jaina, ben, and any other jedi. Leia to Caedus, “look at what you have become. The person who was my son jacen is dead. I will not let you ruin the galaxy as palpatine once did. Your a monster and must be stopped.” Caedus to leia, “What I have become is stronger than any jedi, and the only person strong enough to bring peace to the galaxy. i will succeed where the jedi have always failed. And no one will stand in my way to achieve that goal. If that means you leia, then so be it.” I heard somewhere that the big 3 will not die. But it would be nice if Caedus would kill Han in front of leia and luke. I’m demented sometimes. Hope that denning gives tahiri a darth title. That would be cool.