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Planet of Twilight (Star Wars) (Paperback)

by Barbara Hambly (Author)
2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 389 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (1 May 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553505297
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553505290
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 233,175 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Princess Leia has been taken captive by a ruthless and charismatic warlord bent on destroying the New Republic. But then a strange life-form, unlike any the galaxy has ever seen, awakens - a life form so malevolent it will destroy everything - both Empire and New Republic, on its way to domination.

About the Author
Barbara Hambly
Barbara Hambly's first Star Wars novel was the New York Times bestselling Children of the Jedi. Her other novels range from high fantasies to historical mysteries to vampire tales. She holds both a master's degree in medieval history and a black belt in Shotokan karate. A multiple Nebula Award nominee, she has also been president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She lives in Los Angeles.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not much fun at all., 11 Nov 2004
By Ian Tapley "thefragrantwookiee" - See all my reviews
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THE STORY:
Nine years after 'Return of the Jedi', Leia is the New Republic's leader and travels to Nam Chorios on state business. She is then captured by Seti Ashgad and his mysterious aide Dzym. Luke is also on Nam Chorios, searching for his lost love Callista, but discovering that the planet magnifies the Force exponentially. Meanwhile, Han, Chewie and Lando are busy trying to contain the chaos caused by the outbreak of the Deathseed Plague.

WHAT'S GOOD:
I liked the character of Beldorian, a Hutt Dark Jedi who suffers from none of the movement restricting corpulence of other Hutts. I also enjoyed Callista teaching Leia about how female Jedi fight, something that Luke never could.

WHAT'S BAD:
Sometimes Star Wars authors make a crucial mistake; they try to be more clever than the Star Wars universe. Hambly has now made that mistake twice. She seems to think that by cramming in strange ideas, like the Drochs eating each other to become more intelligent, or the Tsils being Force-sensitive, she can make a good story. Clearly, she's wrong. Star Wars, although a playground for science fiction and fantasy, has a set of core ideas that should be in any Star Wars book. 'Planet of Twilight' lacks this essential 'Star Warsness' as did 'Children of the Jedi'. Of the three Callista books, only read the excellent 'Darksaber' by Kevin J. Anderson. Leave this well alone.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for Star Wars Fans only..., 5 Jan 2001
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This book is too long for the plot. As I'm a huge Star Wars fan and has to read ALL Star Wars books, I worked myself through it. It's got some bright spots, but thei're far apart. If You're not a SW fan, and just beginning Your Star Wars Adventures, You'd better start off with something by Timothy Zahn or Michael Stackpole, or else the adventure's likely to end with this book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Casual fans - avoid. Hardcore fans - brace yourselves., 28 Feb 2008
By Michael Trihy "kaballmo" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Sometimes it's hard being a devoted follower of a broad and intricate saga like Star Wars. You must read everything if you want to know everything, hence you inevitabley encounter a stinker like this that's a challenge to get through.

Overall this Callista 'trilogy' has been lackluster. The only redeeming installment being the middle book "Darksaber" which was thankfully written by Kevin Anderson rather than Hambly. While Children of the Jedi was bearable and somewhat cohesive this just seems to embrace the all out wackiness she proved she was capable of with her previous effort. I have no problem with an author attempting to inject a little variety into the Star Wars universe with a tastefully absract plot but this is just bad. And with her awkward, over indulgent writing style it's made needlessly hard to follow.

Leia is drugged up and rendered pretty much useless for most of the novel. Luke is aimlessly searching for Callista, his endeavours througout the story are forgettable. He spends most of the time intermixing with the locals, who are boring and extremely annoying (they use the pseudo curse word 'festering' like they have tourettes - as do many other random characters). Han and Chewie's role is completely pointless, you could reomove it from the book and it would barely effect the continuity of the story. The Droids adventures are probably the only bright point to the plot. They're on their own and are having to be pragmatic to survive, it made for a welcome change to their normal tag along roles. Daala makes a brief appearence in name only, as you wouldn't recognise her the way she's portrayed...a shame really, as most fans loved her as that nostalgic imperial orphan who exudes power and beauty.

Overall this book is over ambitous and awkwardly written. But it's not all doom and gloom, at least this is the last you'll be hearing from Hambly.
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3.0 out of 5 stars planet of the twilight? more like the 'twilight zone'
yea well, plot aint great (origional though) and its totally random but well written (c not totally bad). Read more
Published on 12 Jul 2004 by fozzy_100

2.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst Star Wars stories
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad... not my style though
Whilst a good book... like all Star Wars books, I wasn't keen on the plot. I thought that this book took the whole Luke & Callista thing too far and the other plots were all... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Not always easy to follow, but well-written.
This book is long and can be a little confusing to follow but is worth reading. The plot is certainly very original and the characters are depicted very vividly. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Still not up to the standard of the star wars universe
Looking at the reaction of most readers it would seem that i must be an oddball. This book just as "Chidren of the Jedi" is boring, lacking excitement and never get the... Read more
Published on 30 April 1998

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