Dark Lords of the Sith (Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi) [Abridged] [Audio Cassette]

Kevin J. Anderson (Author), Tom Veith (Author), Full Cast (Narrator)

Book Description

Series: Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Publication Date: July 1, 1997

Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider and young Jedi Knights drawn into a battle for the survival of the Old Republic. But as the power of the evil Sith spreads across the galaxy, it threatens the existence of the Jedi themselves, and draws one of their greatest allies over to the dark side!

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About the Author

Tom Veitch is an American writer, best known for his contributions to the Dark Horse line of Star Wars comicbook titles, notably Dark Empire and Tales of the Jedi. For DC Comics Veitch wrote Animal Man, along with two Elseworlds series featuring Kamandi and an elder Superman. Tom Veitch was a major contributor to the underground comix movement of the late sixties and early seventies. His collaborations with Underground Comix artist Greg Irons in the early 1970s (the creative team known as "'GI/TV"') included such titles as "'Legion of Charlies"' and contributions to many other underground comix including "'Skull Comix"' and "'Slow Death Funnies"'. Creator-owned comics by Veitch include: The Light and Darkness War with artist Cam Kennedy (from Marvel Comics). Other creator-owned comics series written by Veitch are The Nazz with artist Bryan Talbot' Clash with artist Adam Kubert' and My Name Is Chaos with artist John Ridgway (all published by DC).

Kevin J. Anderson is the author of more than ninety novels, 43 of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists. He has over 20 million books in print in thirty languages. He has won or been nominated for numerous prestigious awards, including the Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, the SFX Reader’s Choice Award, the American Physics Society’s Forum Award, and New York Times Notable Book. By any measure, he is one of the most popular writers currently working in the science fiction genre. His STAR WARS “Jedi Academy” books were the three top-selling SF novels of 1994. His three original STAR WARS anthologies—TALES FROM THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA, TALES FROM JABBA’S PALACE, and TALES OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS are the best-selling science fiction anthologies of all time. He has also completed numerous other projects for Lucasfilm, including the 14-volumes in the bestselling and award-winning YOUNG JEDI KNIGHTS series (cowritten with his wife Rebecca Moesta). Anderson is the author of three hardcover novels based on the X-FILES' all became international bestsellers, the first of which reached #1 on the London Sunday Times. Anderson recently worked with DC Comics to publish THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON, an epic science fiction novel that reveals the never-before-told story of the end of Superman’s planet. He is currently writing another novel for DC, ENCOUNTER, telling the first meeting between Superman and Batman in the 1950s during the Cold War. Anderson has scripted numerous bestselling comics and graphic novels, including Justice Society of America for DC, Star-Jammers for Marvel, Star Wars and Predator for Dark Horse, X-Files for Topps, and Star Trek for Wildstorm. Anderson’s research has taken him to the top of Mount Whitney and the bottom of the Grand Canyon, inside the Cheyenne Mountain NORAD complex, into the Andes Mountains and the Amazon River, inside a Minuteman III missile silo and its underground control bunker, onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz, to Maya and Inca temple ruins in South and Central America, inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral, onto the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange, inside a plutonium plant at Los Alamos, and behind the scenes at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC. He also, occasionally, stays home and writes.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HighBridge Audio (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565111990
• ISBN-13: 978-1565111998
• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,810,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book!, November 8, 2005

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Lords of the Sith (Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Volume Two) (Paperback)

This interesting book is the second book in the Knights of the Old Republic series. The series is a collection of graphic novels that takes the reader to the Old Republic, thousands of years before the events of The Phantom Menace.

In this graphic novel we are introduced to Exar Kun, a Jedi whose fascination with the ancient Sith teachings is leading him towards the dark-side. Also, with the ascension of a pair of Sith magicians to the throne of The Empress Teta system, the Republic is moving towards war. Ulic Qel-Droma thinks that he can destroy the menace single-handed, and avoid a bloody showdown between the Sith and the Republic, but what will be the cost?

My twelve-year-old son is a big Star Wars fan, and he picked up this series so that he could keep on learning about the Star Wars universe. Overall, we found this to be a great book. The illustration work is very good, and the story is gripping. We enjoyed the action and the many different creatures and races that are the hallmark of Star Wars.

Yep, we both enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it to you. We highly recommend the entire Tales of the Jedi series!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE RISE AND FALL OF A DARK LORD, April 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Lords of the Sith (Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi) (Audio Cassette)

Once again the nonstop thrilling actions and adventures of the jedi knights continues in its stunning glory. Here we have the oppertunity to understand how a jedi knight is seduced to the dark side of the force. Exar Kun, a young jedi knight in training has defied his jedi master by reading his holocran which contains forbidden knowledge of the dark power, particularly battle events and their outcome. Kun motivated by his curiousity of the dark side power, is taken advantage of by the spirit of the ancient fallen jedi Freedon Nad, who incidently brought the power of the Sith to Onderon, will quickly begin Kun's descent down the path of the dark side, by showing Kun the secrets of the Sith on Korriban and then on Yavin 4.

Amist the main battle yet to come there is a pinch of romance here too.

The sound effects and voice dictions are superbly well done. I highly recommend the audio version for a good long drive.

The ending is totaly climatic leaving you with a cliff hanger.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Series, August 20, 2001

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Handofthrawn (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Lords of the Sith (Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Volume Two) (Paperback)

This is the Tales of the Jedi story arc at an early stage, and in my opinion its best. The writing, while not great, is steady and constant. The art by Chris Gosset also helped make the comic, and his prescence in the last issue is sorely missed. The story is pretty good, especially for one that mishmeshes as much as this does. They do form an interesting parallel nonetheless, one enhanced by Goesset's artwork.

As I said, this is probably the strongest of the TotJ series. Its storyline is the best defined by far, and Gosset's art is very effective. The follow-up is a bit dissapointing, as is the rest of the series in my opinion. Still ,its a nice history lesson and a view into the ancient Jedi. Reccomended.