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Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies

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My biggest problem with these "Fate of the Jedi" books are the addition of characters/situations that are old and tired and detract from what the "real story" is in the book. For example, the parts with Luke, his son, and the sith girl are good. The parts back on Corusant aren't bad. Those are all parts that move the story along. I can't stand Han & Leia's grand daughter, but I accept her. But my problem is that we keep getting these "bonus" characters and their problems or obstacles. The first couple books involved Luke & Ben having to gain acceptance by an alien culture so they could learn some info. The book before this involved Luke & Ben having to compete in some lame olympic style games so they could move further in their quest. And then there is this book. Now there is some equivalent of the Star Wars "Underground Railroad" about ending slavery. That plot line in itself may not be bad. But we are given a good bit of new characters and we are given way too much background on them and their goals. I couldn't care less about some journalist that is looking into slavery and I am not that much more interested in a slave that is looking for freedom (yawn, wasn't that done in Episode I). These books just aren't catching the "Star Wars" feel for me. It would be like if Luke and the gang had to compete in ewok sports in order to gain acceptance by the ewoks before they could fight the empire in "Return of the Jedi." Or it would be like Anakin Skywalker decided to investigate slave trades in Episode II instead of looking for his mother & going to look for Obi-Wan. I am tired of these "side missions."

This is a great book and it continues on Luke's path to get vindicated from the Galactic Alliance since he was going to be exiled for 10 years or so. I am onto the 2nd to last book in the series Ascension. If you haven't picked up the Fate of the Jedi series yet, read them all from the very start of this particular Star Wars book series. The last one, Apocalypse, will come out in April 2012 and will end the current saga as we know it. Will there be another book series for Star Wars after this one? Who knows...only time will tell.

This book grips you from beginning to end and takes you to where the Sith will have another enemy on the horizon...Abeloth and how she manipulates peoples' minds, such as Luke's to believing who she is when she is not that other being from their past. The emotions start to run high in this book and the last page leaves you with wanting more.