Dissapointing ending to the series, it's also strangly the shortest book of the series as if they ran out of ideas and tried to wrap up the series quickly. ( )

The Legacy of the Force series wraps up with plenty of explosions and lightsaber duels, and few surprises. I was disappointed to see a character like Tahiri Veila, who merited her own book in the New Jedi Order series, corrupted into a Sith apprentice with so little screen time to show the process, and even Jacen Solo’s fall to the dark side never fulfilled the potential of a Sith with a genuine commitment to law and order. (Putting the Jedi in the position of having to deal with a strict-but-fair Sith Lord and minions wielding evil powers for large-scale public benefit would have been a much more interesting moral dilemma.) The tale sets the stage for upcoming conflicts in the galaxy’s history; the original political split that started the series is never resolved. ( )

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... ( )

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 was a disappointing conclusion to the series, especially following Revelation (book 8). I found it totally lacking in the grandeur that characterized the Star Wars universe. Weak plot, no characterization, deflated ending. ( )

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. ( )