 (Click to Enlarge) | Agents of Chaos II : Jedi Eclipse (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order)Authors: James Luceno, Anthony HealdFeatures: Abridged Average Customer Rating: 3.52/5.00 Amazon Sales Rank: 153,566 Audio Cassette Release Date: 03 October, 2000 Manufacturer: Bantam Books-Audio View on Amazon (ISBN: 375415742) Number of Audio Cassettes: 2 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours List Price: $18.00, Amazon Price: $12.60 |
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Rating: 4 [ Definitley a Must-Read! ]This conclusion to James Lucerno's series effectively ties in most of the characters and sub-plots of the New Jedi Order series - with a few notable exceptions. Lucerno's ability to weave all the characters and sub-plots together into an explosive finale is almost on par to that of Timothy Zahn, author of what is arguably the best Star Wars writing ever. While keeping the fast-moving pace of that characterizes his writing, Lucerno manages to work in many little background details that any semi-literate Star Wars fan will recognize. Fans of the Young Jedi Knights series, like myself, will be happy to know that that series is not ignored by Lucerno, the only author of the new series to make an effort to incorporate it into his book. There's even a small cameo for Tenel Ka. While Lucerno doesn't tie up many of the loose ends that R.A. Salvatore created in Vector Prime, he does manage to darken the overall mood of the series. (Allthough Vector Prime was pretty dark to begin with.) As our heroes (and there are a lot of them) go from one desperate situation, their struggles are tied in with the struggles of the New Republic as a whole. I won't spoil it for you, but this book ends on a grimmer note than his previous one, presumably setting the scene for Kathy Tiers novel Balance Point. Allthough I enjoyed this book, a few things annoyed me. Most notably, the absence of Mara Jade, Jaina Solo, or any other strong female character other than Leia. While most of the plot centers around Han Solo and the Vong's alliance with the Hutts, all of the subplots focus around male characters - Wurth Skidder, Jacen and Anakin Solo - with the exception of Leia, who is engaged in - what else?- diplomacy. Even if Jaina Solo is off flying in Rogue Squadron, Lucerno had ample oppurtunity to put her in one of the many space battles he wrote. And knowing what I do of Mara Jade's character, I find it hard to believe she would just stand around waiting on Coruscant, recuperating or not. Lucerno is not the first Star Wars author to ignore the female characters, but I hope he is the last. I, for one, was looking foward to seeing Jaina Solo's character grow and change, not just Jacen and Anakin's.
Rating: 5 [ Exciting conclusion to the Agents of Chaos duo. ]
This book picks up two months after Hero's Trial left off. Leia is overseeing the evacuation of worlds targeted by the Yuuzhan Vong invaders. Han and Droma are still searching for Droma's relatives. The Jedi Knights are split in two about how to best fight the Vong. Jedi Wurth Skidder has undertaken a dangerous undercover mission on a Vong ship. And while their sister Jaina is flying with Rogue Squadron, Jacen and Anakin Solo have gone to the Correlian system to attempt to rearm Centerpoint Station. The New Republic hopes to lure the Vong fleet to the Correlian System by making it appear virtually defenseless, then decimating the fleet using Centerpoint and the planetery repulsors in the system. This was an exciting conclusion to Hero's Trial, and an excellant addition to the New Jedi Order storyline. The only real problem I had with the book was the exclusion of Mara and Jaina, two of my favorite characters. It's ridiculous that Mara would just sit their on Coruscant hoping her disease was gone, and Jaina could have easily been added into the story by having Rogue Squadron participate in some of the space battles. But the book was an overall great read, nonetheless. I'm counting the days until I get Balance Point.
Rating: 3 [ Good new story lines, but characters have become wimps ]
I thought hero's trial was one of the best star wars books written, but like other reviewers, the sequel jumped around to much without focusing on a story line and making progress with it. jacen solo(i'm starting to like the kids more and more when they were toddlers) complains about not using the force EVERY TIME he is talking. I also thought the escape scene with droma and han off the corperate planet really dragged out. millions have died, planet after planet is being wiped out, and nothing is being done by the republic! they are not the same people we knew in the original series. we need to write tycho, wedge, ackbar, bel ibis, and the other heroes back into the books. i like how the series is taking a very different turn, but every chapter we hear about a planet being lost. and this is only book 5 of a 20-some book series! how are the authors going to strecth this that long? coruscant is obviously going to be wiped out with the rest of the core worlds, so how is this going to play out? after reading this book (and the first half of balance point), my obsession with star wars novels is the only thing that keeps me interested. don't get me wrong, i loved the previous 4 books, but the good guys need to win at least once and awhile to keep us riveted to see a battle ot the death. not a mindless slaughter. (anakin should have fired centerpoint, it would have been intersting to see the vongs impressions of centerpoints power wiping out a large portion of their fleet.) of course, buy this book if you have already read thefirst one, but be warned it is not the same quality as heroes trial. and waht's this about not going on the offensive when you are a jedi? did luke forget that that was exactly what he did against the empire (and obi wan before him)? letting planets be destroyed and staying on the defensive is not the way of the jedi we have been told it should in the past 23 years. action has become neccassary, not small spy groups. (i am guessing in the next 2 books that coruscant will battle for it's very existence. it also dawned on me that admiral thrawn knew of their existence, and that was the reason he planted clone cells allo ver the galaxy, as a last line of defense. so let luke go back to the hidden fortress where he and mara destroyed a clon of thrawn, and create a new one. this would be the only person capable of understanding the enemy(he could treat the tattos on the vongs as artwork)it is time to see some action, not diverting refugees from planet to planet.