- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group); paperback / softback edition (2 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553504800
- ISBN-13: 978-0553504804
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 451,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The final part of the "Black Fleet Crisis" trilogy finds Luke continuing to search for his mother. This search brings him dangerously close to a deadly force, and to a weapon that might turn the tide for the outnumbered forces of the New Republic.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Okay, I admit that the begining of this book was alright, but the rest stank! I mean come on! Who cares about stupid polotics! This isn't REAL, it's just a story! And what was the deal with that white current nonsense! Did anyone else happen to notice that no one who wrote a SW book afterward ever said a word about any of the charackters who were introduced in this book? And why? BECAUSE THEY WERE BAD CHARACTERS! No personality, no deapth of emotion! Even the characters that weren't new were terrible! Leia never leaves coruscant, Luke never does anything, and Han is well behaved! And forget Lando! He never even has a significant influence on the rest of the plot! And to top it all of, the "ending" was weak and contrived. I would say there should be another, 4th, book, but I don't want to see Kube-McDowwel put his fillthy little hands to the SW universe ever again. In fact, I loath this book so much, my sister tries to blackmail me by reading parts of it out loud. I threw it out the window, and I hope no one ever pics it up. (They might be tempted to read it!)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The only reason that I have given this trilogy two stars is because it offers a trip to the Star Wars universe. Other than that the entire trilogy just sucked! All of the original characters are either pale or just stupid. All the new characters are worthless! The situations and events the characters get into are also completely and utterly worthless.
Leia somehow falls out of favor with the Senate? How did this happen exactly? The trilogy opens with almost everybody hating her guts. The whole thing remains me too much of the Clinton scandal. The Senators suddenly become whinny little punks who get upset at the slightest notion. "Oh no! President Organa Solo has built a fleet to protect the New Republic, what are we to do?" How about getting a clue and a life!!
Luke is once again a whinny little brat who can't seem to do anything. "Oh, I'm having trouble consintrating with the Force. I'll just seclude myself from the universe and go on a wild goose chase with someone I do not even know." Give my a break. And what the hell is this White Current sh**!! "Now Luke. You shouldn't kill anything, even if it's going to torture, kill, and mutilate you. It's not nice." I wanted to scream and rip the pages out of the book when I read this crap! And Luke has SEX with this loser. He didn't even have sex with Callista, which I am surpised to say is actually a better character than this worthless and ridiculous one.
Han is completely worthless. His character is very underdeveloped. Enough said.
Chewie. How in the world can a author completely eliminate Chewie from an entire book (Shield of Lies)?! When he finally does reappear in the third book he is the only character that is worth anything.
Lando and the droids. I'm not even going to go into that pointless situation.
Nil Spaar. What a moron!! "Oh I'm a greatest life form in the universe so bow down to me or I'm going to slit your damn throat." The character was not threatening, especialy when he was intended to be. All I wanted to do was cut the blood flow to his brain, if he even has one, so the monotony and stupidity would stop.
The situations are also pointless. The war, the search for Luke's mother, and the Qella ship are all stupid and not even worth talking about.
In short, DO NOT READ THIS TRILOGY. I repeat, DO NOT READ THIS TRILOGY. It will destory Star Wars for you.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
THE STORY:
Twelve years after 'Return of the Jedi', Leia unleashes the military might of the New Republic against the Yevethans, following their capture and torture of Han. Luke and Akanah's quest comes to an end and Lando's team discovers the secrets of the Teljkon Vagabond.
Twelve years after 'Return of the Jedi', Leia unleashes the military might of the New Republic against the Yevethans, following their capture and torture of Han. Luke and Akanah's quest comes to an end and Lando's team discovers the secrets of the Teljkon Vagabond.
WHAT'S GOOD:
The reason that I've given this book three stars instead of two (which is what I gave the other two in the trilogy) is ONLY because there's a lot of military action in this one and Kube-McDowell writes those sort of scenes quite well.
WHAT'S BAD:
This book (aside from the point mentioned above) is every bit as dire as the previous two. People who've been hoping that the widely different storylines throughout the trilogy will come together here will be very disappointed. Particularly in regards to the mind-numbing Teljkon Vagabond storyline. When the NR and Yevetha fleets square off above N'zoth I was hoping for a real kick-ass battle (particularly with a Super Star Destroyer involved), but remarkably, the author even manages to make that an anti-climax (it's got a lot in common with the last episode of Star Trek: DS9 in that respect). Now, there are those who might be intrigued by the blurb about Luke going on a quest to find his mother, but I'll set that straight now: Akanah is lying to Luke, he finds out nothing about his mother and the story has nothing whatsoever to do with Padme. There, I've saved you the trouble of reading this awful trilogy.
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Good, interesting trilogy, without being OTT
I really liked this trilogy, I thought it was better than the Jedi Academy trilogy, which I thought had too many silly and OTT things going on. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2008 by Beverly
Avoid at all costs
This series was truly awful. Lacking clear plotting, it had instead bad writing, the creation of new super "Force" powers, new super baddies, bad characterisation and a flurry of... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2003
Not WELL
This last novel of the "black fleet-trilogy" isn`t really my favourite. It belongs to a couple of stories in which the characters change, and that not into the positive. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2000
Stay away at all costs!
To put it bluntly, this trilogy really, really stinks. Kube-McDowell might as well have been writing three different plots, and not very good ones. Give me a break. Read more
Published on 18 July 1999
Very Good Trilogy
I found it a bit difficult to get into the story at the begining, as it was a bit boring, but once I got about a quarter of the way through the first book, I couldnt stop reading. Read more
Published on 9 May 1999
Avoid these books
The problem with this trilogy is that none of the lead characters were acting in character. Leia was indecisive and unwilling to make a public stand (until the very end), Luke... Read more
Published on 6 April 1999
For Cryin out loud
Kube-mcDowell seemed reluctant to have a final confrontation. He needs to writ e a fourth Black Fleet crisis in which they recapture the vagabond, Nil spaar returns and attempts... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 1999
McDowell seems afraid to change the Star Wars Universe
In the final book of the Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy,there are a few too many questions left unanswered. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 1999
a good ending
This is a good book and it ends the trilogy in a good way. Though sometimes you may have trouble following the story line, most of the time you'll be right there. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 1998
Dont get me wrong ,i'm a hard-core Star Wars fan ...but.....
The problem with this book is it's BORING!..it's not the plot..not the characters..but the writer himself!! The whole story when i think of it now seems pretty good.. Read more
Published on 3 May 1998
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