satisfying finish of the serie ( )

The final book in the Legacy of the Force series brings us more of what we've come to expect from this series. Darth Caedus (Jacen) continues to take actions most of the galaxy sees as evil while perceiving himself to be acting in the best interest of the galaxy. Jaina, the only remaining child of Han and Leia, embarks on a mission to kill the Sith who was once her twin.

This one concludes the Legacy Of The Force series, chronicling the rise and fall of Jacen Solo in the now defunct Expanded Universe (also affectionately known as the Legends series now). Jaina ironically trains with Boba Fett, who once nearly brought about the destruction of her father, in preparation of confronting her twin brother, now known as Darth Caedus. A somewhat emotionally flat galactic battle occurs in the background as Jaina embarks on her quest to destroy her brother, all the while other familiar players are positioning themselves politically for the aftermath of the various conflicts. A good read, but not a great one, as it ends up somewhat underwhelmingly with several issues unanswered, presumably to be addressed in the upcoming Fate Of The Jedi series, which ended up being the last with familiar EU characters. ( )

the end of the Legacy series. I was glad it was done. Jaina kills Caedus, who in the end allows himself to be killed so that he can send a warning to Tenel'ka about a virus directed at their daughter. Everything just wrapped up so quickly and neatly once Caedus was out of the way. The series went out with a whimper, in my opinion. This book was as good as the rest of the series though. ( )

I hadn't ever read a Star Wars book about what happens after the movies, but this was fairly enjoyable. It was a bit weird, like I got the feeling that people really, really get into what might have happened to the characters after the movies. I'm not crazy about Star Wars that way, but because of the movies I was already familiar with the main characters and their special Jedi powers, which made this easier to understand. Overall it was a fairly good book. ( )

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Forgive me for this being negative, but...

Very short, flat, simple read. Not what I expected at all and Troy Denning is a favorite SW author of mine. This book left me sad b/c of story elements and how the plot was treated. What seemed like it was supposed to be important throughout the series came across as being too quick, like the author was trying to tie up all the loose ends very quickly, as opposed to giving the them the page counts they needed for the series to mean much to the readers. I really don't think this series was very good and in hindsight, don't think I should have read it.

I look forward to forgetting LotF so I can read the YJK series in the same fun light sort of storytelling I used to love about the EU. ( )

First off, in my opinion, Invincible was not an adequate end to the series. When I bought the hardcover of Betrayal by Aaron Allston while I was in Australia visiting my parents, I was immediately and irrevocably hooked. This was promising to be even larger and more important than the New Jedi Order books, I the cliff-hanger-ending blew me away. As the books progressed, I began to get the feeling that some of the more minor plot points running through the series were being forgotten – because they began as major plot points and then kind of fizzled out. Read the rest of my review here: http://davebrendon.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/review-star-wars-legacy-of-the-force... ( )

I've long considered myself a Denning fan, but this book fell a bit flat for me. A lot of the characterizations seemed a bit "off", and many of the details struck me as completely ridiculous (GAG "Doomsleds", for example.)

The ending of this 9-book saga seemed slightly unsatisfying, but what else was there to do? Things played out pretty much how they had to; I can accept the events as they happened, even if I didn't like them. (Although the new choice for Chief of State is a big ol' double-you tee eff.) ( )

And here it is, the long-awaited conclusion to most recent Star Wars novel saga, Legacy of the Force. LotF has been a bit of a mixed bag all around-- though many of the individual novels have been fairly good or even excellent, the whole they add up to has been less than cohesive. This book is a case in point. The Jaina of this book feels nothing like the Jaina of Revelation-- which is a real blunder, given that half of Revelation was setup for Jaina's role in this book! Darth Caedus was an impotent villain up until the end, hardly worthy of a nine-book series, and this book really shows up one of the series' weaknesses as a whole: once the Jedi finally, actually, honestly decide to pit themselves against Caedus, they defeat him in about a week. So why did they just sit around for the rest of the series? The tight POV on Jaina, Jacen, and Ben is also a baffling choice for the final book in the series, as it essentially prevents many of the threads from the rest of the series from being wrapped up. (Not that the threads ever really ran cohesively from book to book in the first place.) And the less said about the stupidity of the epilogue, the better. The thing with the jokes at the beginning of each chapter was very good, however. A disappointing end to a disappointing series that has caused me to decide to never buy a Star Wars hardcover ever again. (Well, I say that now.)

This ended about how I figured it would. I liked that Mr. Denning kept reminding the audience of who Jacen used to be - the jokes were perfect for that intention. I think the contrast between Luke and Jacen also was very interesting to think about. Where Luke is always cautious about how he uses the Force, Jacen arrogantly wields power however he likes, with no accountability. Ultimately it comes down to that, I think. The dark side is using power with no restraint. The light side is no less weak, but power is wielded only with great consideration and thought for the consequences. ( )