Tag: Star Wars Books Review

The Emperor is dead, and the remnants of his former Empire are in retreat. As the New Republic fights to restore a lasting peace to the galaxy, some dare to imagine new beginnings and new destinies. For Han Solo, that means settling his last outstanding debt, by helping Chewbacca liberate the Wookiee’s homeworld of Kashyyyk.

Yet again we are talking about another good Star Wars book. This book takes place after Emperor and Darth Vader die and we see what Han, Chewbacca and Leia are up to after the curtains close on episode 6.

This book is one of these new books written by authors hired by Disney to make more Star Wars book. And to be very honest with you, they are worse than the books written before Disney bought Star Wars franchise. 

If you are interested in the time period right after episode 6, then the aftermath trilogy is good starting point. Because it don’t require you having read any star wars books before and the trilogy takes off where episode 6 leaves us.

The plot here is very interesting, we see a lot of Han Solo and Chewbacca and there are a lot of moments where we see Leia. We don’t see Luke in this book but the action we see from Han and Chewbacca makes up for it.

In this book we also see more of Leia and Han which I loved a lot. Because it gives us what the original movie trilogy should have given us but didn’t. But also Han and Leia are the perfect couple, you just can’t argue with that.

There is a lot of action in this book, there is almost no lightsaber fights but there are a lot of spaceship fights and a lot of smuggler adventures from Han.

In this book we get a new character named Sinjir Rath Velus, which is an bad-ass and I would love to learn more about him in the next star wars books. Because he seems like a very interesting character which is fully worth exploring further. 

This book has a lot of mind control and plot line of destroying relationships. Which really was more interesting than I’ve expected.

However this book had some uninteresting moments here and there. Which really disappointed me.

The writing style here was okay, but to be very honest here the first book in this trilogy had much better writing style if you compare this book and the first one together.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor’s secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the empire, while Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins. Overwhelmed by the ships and clones at Thrawn’s command, the Republic has one last hope–sending a small force, led by Luke Skywalker, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn’s terrible cloning machines. There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi C’baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he had already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.

This book is the last book in the 1990s Thrawn trilogy.

This book was very interesting and enjoyable. But also is a page turner. I read it in 3 sittings.

This book as the rest of the trilogy brings the old nostalgia or watching star wars for the first time. Because this book have all the things which the original star wars trilogy had which of course is bad vs good, heroism, action, battles, power struggle, romance, amazing characters and so much more. 

The plot in here is very good, and I personally had a very hard time trying to put it down once I’ve started reading. 

There is a lot of things happening in this book, and we get a lot of new character introduced. There are battles, there are amazing space ships journeys. 

The OG characters in this book which are of course Luke, Leia, Han, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewie are still the amazing characters which we got to meet in the original trilogy. If I’m gonna be fully honest with you, they are even better in this book and this trilogy than in the original movie trilogy. 

We also get a lot of new characters in this book, (and series of course) like Mara Jade, Grand Admiral Thrawn but in this book Leia gives birth to twins Jacen and Jaina Solo. Which means that the Skywalker legacy becomes bigger. And I personally can’t wait to read more books with the twins and learning more about them.

In this book Mara Jade plays a much larger role than she did in the first two books in this trilogy. Which I loved, because we get a bigger chance to getting to know her and she is so good character with an amazing backstory which really makes her to an intriguing character.

The writing style here is amazing. This book and this trilogy really shows how good of an author Timothy Zahn really is. Because it feels like Timothy Zahn really know what words to use to grab your attention and not let you go until you finish.

The ending is so good that I don’t have words to describe it. And I can’t say too much without spoiling anything. But is the perfect ending to this trilogy and it fully left me satisfied that I read this book and the trilogy. 

However I have one problem with this book and trilogy as a whole. And that problem is that this trilogy should be canon not legends.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

The dying Empire’s most cunning and ruthless warlord—Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic’s destruction. Meanwhile, Han and Lando Calrissian race against time to find proof of treason inside the highest Republic Council—only to discover instead a ghostly fleet of warships that could bring doom to their friends and victory to their enemies.

I need to be honest and admit that this book is one of the best star wars books I’ve read so far.

This book is very interesting, intriguing, engaging and a page turner. This book has around 450 pages (depends on what version of this book you get) but I’ve read it in less than a day. 

If you never read any star wars book before, then this book might not be for you because we get new characters and there will be a lot to take in.

The plot in this book is amazing. There is a lot of action and the author just knows how to keep you at the edge of your chair. While you read this book you just can’t stop reading because you want to learn more about what happens next.

However at times the plot can be one centred about something, but it didn’t bother me that much. Because for me it made this book better at times.

The characters in this book are amazing. The OG characters like Luke, Leia, Han and Chewbacca are even better in this book than in the movies. Because we get to learn more about them which the movies didn’t show us. And we get to know them more personally and we get to see what happens to them after the movies.

When it comes to Grand Admiral Thrawn, this book fully shows why he deserves a much bigger hype than he has. because he is extremely efficient and mastermind on military tactician.

The writing style in this book is amazing, because it feels like the author knows what words to use to crab your full attention and not let it go until you finish this book. Which I love when this happens because it takes a really good author to accomplish that. 

This book also gives us the star wars nostalgia for us who grow up watching star wars movies. Because it has the same feeling as the original trilogy had, and it also keeps us waiting on what will happen next just as the original trilogy.

We get a lot of perspectives in this book. We get to follow Luke, Han, Leia and Mara. Because of this we get to know the story though different perspectives which in so big universes as star wars is always a good thing to have.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance—now a fledgling New Republic—presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy’s scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy’s strength is unfolding. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but he’s taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders.

This book takes place some time before the Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And it was relatively a good book.

The plot here was good, interesting and enjoyable. However the plot kept changing between characters which was really hard to keep up with this. Near the ending we got one short chapter about Han Solo and Chewbacca. But this chapter wasn’t relevant to the book and it was like just giving us a hint that the OG characters are still around.

There are many moments in this book that were super unnecessary and should have been skipped. But of course they weren’t.

This book gives us new characters but it keeps talking about the OG characters like Darth Vader, Leia, Luke, Han, Chewbacca and Darth Sidious. Which really pissed me off because if the point of the author was to give us new characters then he shouldn’t keep bringing the OG character in almost every sentence.

The new characters in this book were very flat. And the fact that the book is mentioning the original character almost in every sentence doesn’t make it better. Because it didn’t give us the chance to like the new character but this book is rather throwing at us memories of the original character like “remember when Han Solo did that?”, “Remember when Darth Vader killed Darth Sidious?”.

The writing style here was very simple and easy. Which really made it good mix with the easy plot in this book.

To be honest this book feels like its meant for teens since nothing bad happens in it and it has the huge hope vibe to the entire book. And both the plot and the writing style are very easy and they dint require a lot of brain power to it.

To be fully honest this book should have been written by a author who have written good star wars books in the past like Timothy Zahn, R.A. Salvatore and some other authors.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

A companion piece to the “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” character novels, Star Wars: Before the Awakening is an anthology book that focuses on the lives of Rey, Finn, and Poe before the events of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

I gotta say that this book was a decent intro book to the new trilogy of Star Wars. I personally don’t like the new trilogy but I liked this book.

This book has 3 different stories in it. One story is from Finn, the second story is from Rey and the last one is from Poe. The first and the last story were very good but the middle one which belonged to Rey really made me want to erase the new trilogy and everything linked with it from existence. Both the first and last story brings more instate to Finn and Poe and makes me but the middle story makes the opposite. It makes me hate Ray more than I already did. 

The characters in this book are a little bit spread a little bit. Leia bad ass as always, Finn and Poe good characters and Rey sucks as always. In this book both Finn and Poe get more to them which makes them more likeable and they backstory gets expanded which I loved. 

This book as action to it but the last story really brings the most exciting action to the table. Finn’s story had good amount of action which I’ve enjoyed. Ray’s story was so boring that it made me want to throw this book into the fireplaces. And Poe’s story was just the best thing ever in this book because there were planes, space travel and a lots of action. 

Ray’s story feels like it is way too long, and it stretch to the point where it makes her entire story more and more boring. Her story doesn’t tell us anything which we already didn’t know about her from the movies. Her entire story told us basically that she lives in a desert, she is a scavenger and that it. 

The writing style here was okay but it felt like this book was written from middle class kids rather than adults fans of the franchise. Of course I didn’t mind that.

I give this book 3 / 5