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This is my second, closer reading of this book -- this time I've actually read Children of the Jedi to better contextualize Callista.

This book is very much KJA's follow-up to the Jedi Academy Trilogy, though unfortunately Anderson has to put Luke through the slog of helping Callista get her Jedi powers back. This is really awful as Anderson utterly fails to generate any chemistry between the two and, furthermore, erodes Luke's credibility as a mighty Jedi master by reducing him to little more than a teenage romantic.

According to Wikipedia these books are 12-13 ABY. Luke's just not a kid anymore and his character should be more mature. Anderson gave us the Jedi academy -- which I like to much! -- and now abandons it for something totally unworthy of Luke.

And now we have resurrected Daala who will essentially repeat her previous failures to no effect. Aside from destroying some diplomatic delegation from a species we've never heard of and attacking some shipyards we've never heard of, she didn't really do much with her massive manpower.

Nevertheless, her execution of all the imperial admirals save Palleon is decisively important and therefore you just can't pass Darksaber up: it's essential, especially as Daala survives and will come back later. But that also means you're dealing with the Callista problem and you probably need to put the Hambly books into your headcanon too.

I do not know who came up with the idea for the Luke-Callista romance, but I wish they spared us of this. It is completely ruining the heroic journey of Luke and it's painful to slog through knowing it will be terminated.

As far as writing style goes, I dislike Anderson's huge reliance upon a sprawling third-person omniscient narration. He really wants to tell 5 short stories and has bundled them up into a novel. While I understand that this is common, I prefer to follow a single well-written linear plotline following a single hero. There's just too much jumping around and incorporation of story elements I don't particularly care for, such as the namesake of the book, the Darksaber plotline. They could have gotten rid of that totally or merged it into the Daala plotline.

I also dislike the elements that I can only describe as "novelty," such as over-mining of movie references (the repeated, merciless, unending moments where Threepio beings speaking only for characters to shut him up; Han saying things such as "It's not my fault," etc). It leads to a degree that this is insincere spinoff material.

Again, I believe this book is very important. You can't skip it, simply for what Daala does to the warlords, her character development, and Palleon's character development. But it's unfortunate that that central element is riddled with so much pork.


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Darksaber Star Wars Kevin J Anderson Books Reviews

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Darksaber is a good read. Not on the level of the iconic Thrawn Trilogy or Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy, but still an excellent read.
Usually, I tremendously enjoy Kevin J. Anderson's books. This, unfortunately, was not one of his better ones. I didn't like how the super weapon malfunctioned. I was looking forward fo a last minute save, like in A New Hope. There wasn't much of Leia, and that wasn't good. She's one of my favorite characters. Still, if you're looking for an okay Star Wars novel that you can read without gagging (unlike Splinter of the Mind's Eye) this is a worth-while book.
I couldn't stand Barbara Hambly's "Children of the Jedi", and I am equally struggling through "Planet of Twilight". However, I was both surprised and relieved when reading this book, as KJA actually has some interesting material as far as jedi and space action goes. Yes, there is another recycled super weapon, and yes this combined with the whiny subplot of Callista is distracting and annoying, but I actually found more pros than cons. Those who didn't get on well with the Jedi Academy Trilogy (some problems there) will find that KJA handles the actions of the Jedi trainees rather well, and Dorsk 81 takes a more interesting role in this novel that I found refreshing from the whole Kyp Durron fiasco. Bevel Lemelisk is also somewhat of an interesting character, and provides some comic relief that is somehow NOT corny, but ironic and humorous. Maybe it was because "Children of the Jedi" was a mess of terribly handled EU material and BELOW terrible writing (fans, STAY AWAY unless you are hardcore EU!), but I honestly would have enjoyed this novel anyway, despite it's three-part, weak plot. I definitely recommend it, now I'm off to read Hambly's Planet of Twilight, yippee...
I liked the Jedi Academy a lot this feels like the first book with the actual return of the Jedi. The lack of a Sith Lord is notable, but that is probably why the conflict parts of the novel aren't huge. Mundane imperial remnants aren't much in comparison to the power of the Force....
I really enjoyed this book. The author captured my attention from the start. The author did a great job of describing the situations in a concise method. I recommend this book to all Star Wars fans.
Difficult to take Hutts seriously as the sole villain... I'm just much more of a military clash Empire/Rebels or Jedi/Sith guy. (Spoiler) Was slightly sad when Crix Madine died. Did like Admiral Daala reuniting the Imperial fleet, almost felt bad for her when the Jedi/Force tore her fleet a new one...
This is my second, closer reading of this book -- this time I've actually read Children of the Jedi to better contextualize Callista.

This book is very much KJA's follow-up to the Jedi Academy Trilogy, though unfortunately Anderson has to put Luke through the slog of helping Callista get her Jedi powers back. This is really awful as Anderson utterly fails to generate any chemistry between the two and, furthermore, erodes Luke's credibility as a mighty Jedi master by reducing him to little more than a teenage romantic.

According to Wikipedia these books are 12-13 ABY. Luke's just not a kid anymore and his character should be more mature. Anderson gave us the Jedi academy -- which I like to much! -- and now abandons it for something totally unworthy of Luke.

And now we have resurrected Daala who will essentially repeat her previous failures to no effect. Aside from destroying some diplomatic delegation from a species we've never heard of and attacking some shipyards we've never heard of, she didn't really do much with her massive manpower.

Nevertheless, her execution of all the imperial admirals save Palleon is decisively important and therefore you just can't pass Darksaber up it's essential, especially as Daala survives and will come back later. But that also means you're dealing with the Callista problem and you probably need to put the Hambly books into your headcanon too.

I do not know who came up with the idea for the Luke-Callista romance, but I wish they spared us of this. It is completely ruining the heroic journey of Luke and it's painful to slog through knowing it will be terminated.

As far as writing style goes, I dislike Anderson's huge reliance upon a sprawling third-person omniscient narration. He really wants to tell 5 short stories and has bundled them up into a novel. While I understand that this is common, I prefer to follow a single well-written linear plotline following a single hero. There's just too much jumping around and incorporation of story elements I don't particularly care for, such as the namesake of the book, the Darksaber plotline. They could have gotten rid of that totally or merged it into the Daala plotline.

I also dislike the elements that I can only describe as "novelty," such as over-mining of movie references (the repeated, merciless, unending moments where Threepio beings speaking only for characters to shut him up; Han saying things such as "It's not my fault," etc). It leads to a degree that this is insincere spinoff material.

Again, I believe this book is very important. You can't skip it, simply for what Daala does to the warlords, her character development, and Palleon's character development. But it's unfortunate that that central element is riddled with so much pork.