Conclusion of the storyline about first major conflict between Sith and Republic.

Using the brother-sister exploration team as a means of invading Republic, Sith start attacking on multiple fronts. Only by sheer luck and numerous sacrifices do the Republic and Jedi order manage to repel them.

But what seems to be a victory is nothing more than prelude to the storm because Sith have come back from the exile and poisoned the waters so to speak. They are back for a long war.

What might turn down some readers is the very way story is told. Authors do not go into much detail but present events in digested form, like something you would expect from pages from diary or chronicle. So if one is expecting deep character development - sorry, you wont find it here. But if you seek information on the lore then you are in the right place.

This is story of sacrifice required to defeat the evil powers, first saga of almost legendary age and all characters are presented as greater than life (like Empress Teta, Jedi warriors and Naga Sadow). All the other characters are just given as sort of a background noise.

Art is more uniformed than first book. There are some gorgeous space combat scenes and battle scenes on Coruscant.

Highly recommended. ( )

** spoiler alert ** I was a little disappointed with the war. I expected a Jedi vs. Sith war to be bigger. And, "This deal is getting worse all the time" didn't really seem to fit. Aside from that, I was quite pleased with The Fall of the Sith Empire, especially with the character development of Gav and Jori. I also loved that it shows the beginings of the Massassi temples on Yavin IV. Very exciting! ( )