Legacy of the Force: Tempest
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Forty years after the Battle of Yavin a dangerous new era in the Star Wars epic begins– the revelations are shocking, the stakes desperate, and the enemy everywhere.
As civil war threatens the unity of the Galactic Alliance, Han and Leia Solo have enraged their families and the Jedi by joining the Corellian insurgents. But the Solos draw the line when they discover the rebels’ plot to make the Hapan Consortium an ally– which rests upon Hapan nobles murdering their pro-Alliance queen and her daughter.
Yet the Solos’ selfless determination to save the queen cannot dispel the inescapable consequences of their actions, that will pit mother against son and brother against sister in the battles ahead. For as Jacen Solo’s dark powers grow stronger under the Dark Jedi Lumiya, and his influence over Ben Skywalker becomes more insidious, Luke’s concern for his nephew forces him into a life-and-death struggle against his fiercest foe, and Han and Leia Solo find themselves at the mercy of their deadliest enemy . . . their son.
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9 primary books#3 in Star Wars: Legacy of the Force
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, and Troy Denning.
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One of the things Star Wars often ignores is the political side of war, which is understandable - it's more exciting to watch or read about a lightsaber battle than it is to see ambassadors negotiating treaties. And while this book still had some of the former, it focused more on the latter, which is a welcome change.
Denning also tried to provide more explanation for Jacen's Sith turn, which I'm still not happy about, on a character, story, or thematic level. But I did appreciated that he knows it's a decision they're stuck with, so one might as well make it as believable as possible.
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For a star wars book it was ok. I want to give it 2.5 stars but since I cant pick half a star we will leave it at 3 stars
Jacen continues to slide to the “dark side” of the force and memories of the old with lord's surface with the force choke used for the first time in this particular star wars book series.
Family loyalties continue to be tested between luke, mara and Ben as well as han, leia and jacen.
One little thing that seemed to be kind useless and pointless was when Ben decided he needed to arrest han and leia. He decides this in the middle of a battle when they are trying to survive. I mean why wait till mid battle if they were all aboard the falcon why wouldn't he have decided to do this before? It just made no sense for the timing and seemed a rather pointless thing to insert into the story at that time.
Overall it was ok. Not terrible but not great
