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Betrayal (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 1)
by: Aaron Allston

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345477354
ISBN: 0345477359
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Sales Rank: 16166
Studio: Del Rey

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“[Betrayal] blasts off a new string of adventures starring beloved Star Wars familiars . . . this new installment should please Star Wars fans.”
–Publishers Weekly

Honor and duty collide with friendship and blood ties as the Skywalker and Solo clans find themselves on opposing sides of an explosive conflict.

When a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar ends in a violent ambush–from which Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protégé and cousin, Ben Skywalker, narrowly escape with their lives–it’s the most alarming evidence yet that political unrest is threatening to ignite into total rebellion. The specter of full-scale war looms between a growing cadre of defiant planets and the Galactic Alliance that some fear is becoming a new Empire.

Determined to root out those behind the mayhem, Jacen follows a trail of cryptic clues to a rendezvous with the most shocking of revelations. Meanwhile Luke grapples with something even more troubling: dream visions of a shadowy figure whose Force power and ruthlessness remind him of Darth Vader. If Luke’s visions come to pass, they will bring untold pain to the Jedi Master . . . and to the galaxy.

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- Star Wars - Betrayal
I've enjoyed so many of the Expanded Universe novels for Star Wars. Some are definitely much better than others. Unfortunately, there is a downward trend of good material that will hold my interest. I enjoy new characters and broadening away from the original trilogy heroes. However, not every new book needs to include some new facet of those old heroes or their involvement in the stories. I feel that newer characters are strong enough to hold up a plot and their own stories. We don't need to see Luke, Han, Leia, and now Mara Jade in every new book.

In this book, the Corellian system is unwilling to officially join the new Galactic Alliance which has formed after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion storyline. A sad attempt at trying to capture the uninteresting Centerpoint Station story has emerged. Jedi are again being used to uphold the Galactic Alliance mandates ala the Clone Wars. What we end up with is 430+ ... Read More

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- A New Chapter Begins
Being a geeky Star Wars fan, there's a couple of things I'll always envy about its universe: I'll never be able to wield a (real) lightsaber. I'll never be able to use the force (everyone's tried once, right?) And, new to the list - I'll never be able to outwit assassins and go on space adventures when I'm pushing 60 and beyond.

Ages issues aside (Luke, Leia, Wedge are coming up on 60, Han's a few years older, Pellaeon has to be mid-80s), "Betrayal" is a strong beginning to a new chapter in the Star Wars saga. There is political turmoil - Corellia's rebelling (again), and the Galactic Alliance counters strong arm tactics with strong arm tactics. If the politics seem fuzzy, it's at least successful in creating good drama that divides our characters and places them in conflict that hasn't been explored before. Luke's backing the Alliance, Han's backing his homeworld, Leia's caught in the middle, and the Solo ... Read More

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- So much potential, so little offered...
I had not read a Star Wars novel in quite a while, which is exactly why I decided to pick up the first book in the Legacy of the Force series. However, this beginning seemed quite bland. If not for my big interest in the Star Wars universe, I probably would have put the book down as uninteresting. The problem with this book was that it did not seem to have a decent plot. Sure this is the kick-start to the series, but the two main story-lines that were explored did not seem to have much of a point to them. It seemed more like a history book than a novel. I found myself liking it in a couple places, but left very unsatisfied overall. I hope the rest of the series makes up for this one.

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- A rose by any other name ...
And indeed, this does smell vaguely Star Wars. But the fact that this story is about as Star Warsy as an episode of Deep Space 9 is painfully driven home by the attempt to buy your belief with the liberal scattering of names from the films and more successful games. Sadly, the entities in the books connect to their previous incarnations almost solely by name.

The story ducks and weaves around the plot, flourishing the film-names like an 8 year old waving hasbro figurines every time his story hits a thin stretch. Luke may spout "force be with you" or Han might mention the Millenium Falcon, but otherwise the bevvy of familiars are attached to poorly handled mannequins that bear absolutely no resemblance to the characters of the same names.

It's hard to tell whether this is because the author was afraid of genuinely wielding Luke Skywalker or if he had the story written and decided to try and fit ... Read More

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