It’s been a little over a decade since the end of the Yuuzhan Vong war, which seems to be enough time for galactic politics to break down into squabbling, and Corellia is making noises about getting out from under the Galactic Alliance. A rift between Corellia and the Galactic Alliance tugs at the loyalties of Corellian heroes— like Han Solo and Wedge Antilles— and their families. We get full-scale military confrontations, attempts at diplomatic rapprochement, and behind-the-scenes manipulations from a mysterious wielder of the Force that will set Luke Skywalker and Jacen Solo at odds.

The tale includes an intriguing take on the Sith; I’m curious as to how that will unfold. ( )

Set 40 years after Star Wars, this is the fist book in a new 9 book series.

Legacy of the Force sees the 2 great Star Wars families seperated by an impending civil war and the rise of a new dark power.

You get exactly what you expect in these books, all your favourite characters (and their kids) make an appearance, Jedi, lightsabre duels, space battles and non stop action.

Exciting stuff. ( )

I have come back to my Star Wars books after a long hiatus. I never even got to finish the New Jedi Order series because things always go in the way. So, with the release of newest Star Wars book, Outcast, I thought I should read the series just before that book. Now, I am a Star Wars geek. I can tell which version of the movies I'm watching when other can't. I have four lightsabers. But most importantly for this review, I always try to get the first editon first printing of every book that comes out, whether I read it or not the minute I get home. So, I already know what the outcome of the whole "Leagcy of the Force" series will be.

But, in a way, Star Wars has always been like that, as soon as a trilogy or a series is over it enters the collective unconscious and everyone knows what it is about and the enjoyment is experiencing how the characters come to that end point. That's what I was looking for when I started this book. In that regards, it was a good book. Nothing amazing and nothing like the older books of Bantam Spectra books when you had Kevin J. Anderson, Timothy Zahn, and Michael Stackpole creating a good portion of the universe and tales that introduce us to it. But it was easy to pick up and read from cover to cover.

Aaron Allston isn't one of my favorite Star Wars writers, or just writers in general. He can get the job done, but it feels lacking when you read it. One of his problems is that he looses his rhythm when he writes. For most of the book, we are switching back and forth between parallel scenes and instead of increasing the tension, it diffuses it. There are two large engagements that just felt so drawn out because we were bobbing from scene to scene that there was no real build up to anything. Also, he doesn't give his characters the credit they deserve, part of it is how he writes, the other parts I can't say if they are his fault or that of the people who brainstormed the idea of the series. But the main character through the whole series is Jacen Solo, son of Han and Leia. Supposedly he is in his thirties now, and is a Jedi Knight, yet he seemed more like a teenager than he did in the "Young Jedi Knight" series.

I think the part that is hard, for me as a writer, is the ending. First there was no real rising action to a climax and then resolution, it just drifted to an end point that didn't even seem like an end point. I could have seen it end a little before or go on to an other chapter, but i got a bit of the feeling i had when i read the end of the last harry potter and it didn't quite end either. At least there wasn't a warp jump to some point in the future in this book.

The best way I can think of this book was it was true to legacy lucas left when he did the prequel trilogy, interesting and fun story, just not executed well in a final form. ( )

Great book, especially the Jacen Solo storyline. This book captures the feeling of adventure I used to have, watching the original Star Wars movies. Aaron Allston writes in a way that makes it easy to read. ( )

Legacy of the Force opens with a bang with Jacen Solo's Betrayal.

The novel had the unenvious task of jumping forward another couple of years from the end of Dark Nest. Aaron Allston handled it in what was probably the best way possible: by jumping in head-first, and challenging the reader to keep up.

Allston does a good job of quickly setting up the effectively-new character of Ben Skywalker, and the dynamic between him, his master Jacen, and the rest of his family. We're just as quickly introduced to the current political quagmire—and how the different Skywalker/Solos are involved.

Like the movies, Betrayal is a moving target; what starts out as a routine tour evolves through several steps into a lengthy chase. Unfortunately, unlike the movies, there's not one grand unifying story. Stuff happens because it needs to, not because it's being caused by involved characters.

But while it's not a perfect book, Betrayal still takes the reader on an enjoyable ride; and in the end, isn't that what matters? ( )