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Manufacturer: Del Rey
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345477460
ISBN: 0345477464
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 299
Publication Date: 2008-05-13
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Studio: Del Rey
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No war can last forever. Now, in the long and punishing battle between the defiant champions of the New Jedi Order and the juggernaut that is the Galactic Alliance, the endgame is finally at hand. With so much lost–and nothing less than the course of the future still at stake–there can be no turning back. No matter the consequences.
The rebel cause is losing ground under the twin blows of Admiral Gilad Pellaeon’s assassination and the death of Mara Jade Skywalker. At the same time, having gained the support of the Imperial Remnant and its ruthlessly efficient forces, the Galactic Alliance, with the extraordinary power and dark brilliance of newly ascendant Sith Lord Darth Caedus at its helm, may be unstoppable. Tormented and torn between the call of duty and the thirst for vengeance, Luke has searched the Force and beheld an unspeakable vision of the galaxy enslaved under tyranny more monstrous than even Palpatine’s. Now it seems that the last, best hope lies in mobilizing the scattered Jedi for one decisive search-and-destroy mission. The objective: eliminate Darth Caedus.
It’s a plan that will be as difficult and dangerous to execute as it is daring. For Caedus is a scion of both the Skywalker and Solo bloodlines whose command of the Force surpasses even that of his grandfather
Darth Vader. There is only one who is bound by destiny to stand against him in what will surely be a duel to the death, only one with an outside chance of bringing down the dark lord who was once Jacen Solo.
Failure is not an option. The furious final moments between power and peace are here, and whoever confronts Darth Caedus will decide the outcome–and the fate of those left standing.
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Summary: This is what it built to? sigh
Comment: I loved this book... in part. The ending between Jaina and Jacen was absolutely amazing. Very touching, made me cry. LOL However, wtf happened in the rest of this book? What happened to the story? Is this really the ending? After building up what promised to be the most dangerous and powerful Sith Lord of all time, it just ends? All the amazing new and lost powers Jacen unearthed gone again? So many intriguing points from the past 8 books just left hanging, as well as a decent amount of new ones from this very book left unanswered! Maybe they are leaving things hanging for an immediate follow up. There is definitely a lot of confusion left in the galaxy after all of this, and I am left feeling just as confused myself.
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Summary: Legecy of the Force: An Outline Nothing More-Spoilers Follow
Comment: I agree with the review who called Invincible nothing more then an outline. That's what it was duels and the death of Jacen and that's all we got and nothing more. No emotions, no pleading for Jacen to come back to the good side, no moving final moments, nothing.
This from the man who delivered us Anakin's death in Star By Star? At least Anakin Solo got to die a hero hell even Anakin Skywalker died one when he killed the Emperor to save Luke?
What did Jacen die for? Here at the end I still don't know why Jacen turned to begin with. Sure it was thrown out that he wanted to protect the galaxy but that was an outline it was never expanded on. Instead he quickly moved into psycho mode far too fast to be believable. Yet not once did Jacen ever come across as a scary Sith. Sure he did bad things but I still don't know why other then the authors wanted him to. It would have be nice if they filled in the blanks. But the authors failed to fill in the blanks on..the entire series.
Like why didn't Luke, Leia, Han, Jaina, Tenel Ka or anyone else save Mara attempt to turn Jacen back from the Dark Side of the Force. The Solos gave up on Jacen back in Bloodlines and Luke spent the rest of the books trying to figure out how to kill Jacen without turning evil. That's it the Solos or the Skywalkers were given anything else to do by the authors. Why not have Leia and Han fighting to bring their last surviving son back from the Dark Side of the Force? Why not have Luke and Leia trying to save Jacen from the Skywalker legecy? Why not have Jaina attempting to reach her twin brother during the dual? The authors never even gave them a chance to do that.
None of them put any real effort into Legecy of the Force and it shows in every plotline in the series. For the plots the authors did do for them to work everyone in the galaxy had to be dumb. All each author did was set up the outline for each book and that was it. None of them bothered to do anything else. For this Jacen sacifaced? They kill another one of the major Star Wars charactors and they handled it so badly.
I expected better from Troy Denning the man who wrote Tatooine Ghost (one of my all time favorite books) in which Leia's main concern about having children is that they had the potential to become the next Vader and here it is and he doesn't bother to use it? Why?
I keep re-reading Betrayal over and over because it started off so well and had so much potential its hard to believe this is where it ended up.
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Summary: Amazing end for and amazing arc of the story
Comment: As a long time fan of the Star Wars saga and the Expanded Universe I am very pleased to recommend this full, 9 books long, arc of the story.
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Summary: Gift From Family But Did Not Care For It At All
Comment: I'm going to tell you one major spoiler I think most people all know is that Jaina Kills Jacen at the end which I found for myself all the more painful not about the story but how this storyline ended up. I mean first they kill Chewie than Anakin and when I heard they killed Mara Jade I didn't even bother getting any of these books at all. My family knows that I'm a star wars fan and I have almost all the books but again hearing how the stroyline of this new saga had Jacen slowly going darkside and the death of Mara Jade kept me away from buying these books. So I was shocked when my family gave this one I truly appreciate it so I read the book and was sad to say my feelings about this story saga was true. All I will say is that hopefully the next story saga in the star wars universe will deal with something before this horrible and irritating saga came to be.
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Summary: A fitting end
Comment: Overall a good ending for the series. Brave of Denning to not take The Unifying Force route and instead do his own thing. It had a few loose ends but hopefully they'll be taken care of or resolved in the follow up novel.
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