I enjoyed the book. I didn't think it was anything fantastic. Actually, considering that this book follows on the heels of the events of Return of the Jedi, I was expecting a little more. Granted, the movies are fantastic, so they're a hard act to follow... Still, the book was enjoyable, just maybe a little bit of a let down as my expectations were so high. ( )

I liked this book but it definitely wasnt the best star wars book i have ever read. its almost like knowing that they didnt try to make it a good read its like they just wanted to make a basic story and let you fill in the gaps which is ok but not what people are used to reading i tried to kinda add stuff to it like what they did in the city and relating it to rebel problems today

The only part of this book that stuck with me is the part where Luke is thinking about how his aunt and uncle died back on Tatooine, and it completely contradicts what happened in the movie. ( )

Not the best Star Wars book ever written, but I'm a completist so I read it. The story isn't great and the "romance" between Han and Leia is awkward. ( )

The Truce at Bakura (1994)
("Star Wars" novel)
Kathy Tyers

Truce at Bakura was one of the first of Bantam's run of original Star Wars novels which started with Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire in 1991. Bakura picks up the story immediately after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Before Luke, Leia, Han, and company can gather their breaths following the defeat of the Emperor, a distress call is received from an Imperial world out on the rim called Bakura, one under attack from a mysterious new alien race called the Ssi-ruuk. Luke leads a small rebel strike force to the planet in hopes of driving back the aliens while Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to try to convince the native people of Bakura to reject their Imperial rulers and join the Rebel Alliance. When they arrive, however, they find a bit more than they had counted on. The Ssi-ruuk have unique technology with which they "entech" prisoners, tranferring their very life energies in order to power attack droids and other Ssi-ruuk technology. Dangers lies both from the Ssi-ruuk and from the Imperial Governor Nereus, who is eager to betray the fragile truce between Imperials and rebels as soon as the Ssi-ruuk can be turned away. (Finished reading 3/26/07. Also read earlier when it first came out in late 1993 or 1994.) ( )