Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories

This book consists of several short stories and a longer story concluding them. It tells over a thousand year history of a tribe of Sith that forms after Yaru Korsin's ship Omen crashlands on the planet of Kesh during a mission for Naga Sadow. Unable to return to his mission, Yaru begins leading his people and the natives of the land to form a society that would undergo severe changes over hundreds of years.

I borrowed this ebook from my public library. I am starting my exploration into the Star Wars EU, chronologically. This is the 3rd book I've read and one of the better ones.

I really enjoyed these stories and I liked how it showed the cause and effect of one person in a society and how they could severely alter an entire planet. show more Each short story is connected to the next, either by characters, or by the result of the actions of characters in the previous story. Most of the beginning stories are only 4 chapters long, making for very quick reading overall. The character development was rathe rgood and each character was different from the next, having different motives and goals for themselves. It was pretty cool seeing relationships play out between different species, especially as prejudices form. The collection also has a very solid ending that brings everything full circle. The story isn't overnecessarily (its said to continue in other novels and comics) but it has a natural stopping point that feels earned.

Overall I am very satisfied with this ebook and I am looking forward to the next book in the EU. This feels prety different from the Star Wars movies and books I have read in the past, but in the long run its a very good story that excels at world building. The pace is good and it shows the societal and political changes without getting bogged down with details. It has the right amount to bring the world of Kesh and its inhabitants to life. show less

Psst! Don’t tell Palpatine, but he’s not that special. There are LOTS of Sith out there, and are they ever a nasty bunch. Imagine a whole planet of them, stranded and isolated for 5000 years, with little to conquer but each other.

In the Star Wars novels, Luke et al run into these Sith about 40 years after Palpatine’s fall. This collection of stories provides a background of the Tribe, and anyone reading the “Fate of the Jedi” series will find them essential. Quite enjoyable for this Star Wars fan.

I enjoyed this "series" much more than the Fate of the Jedi series it leads up to. John Jackson Miller manages to create a compelling history for the planet Kesh. While it does not achieve the complexity, subtlety, and scale of Tolkien's Middle Earth, it is still impressive considering the majority of the story is told through a single volume of short stories (if you don't include the five issue comic series, which I haven't read).

It was interesting to see how a colony of Sith cope with crash landing on a planet with no hope of escape. In this scenario my gut reaction would be that things are not going to end well, with various factions forming to destroy each other, infighting, and power grabs. While this does happen frequently show more throughout the history Miller has created, there are occasionally leaders that exhibit one of the Sith's most under underrated attributes, the ability to plan for the long game. show less

This was intriguing. Eight short stories from the Star Wars universe told over millenia from the Sith.

The Omen ship containing Sith slaves on a mission for their Sith Alien Lord crashed on an unknown planet Kesh.

They had to survive and, by doing so, made them known to the locals via their deities, the Skyborn.

Slowly, they terra formed the planet by enslaving the people to their will.

What I enjoyed:

Learning how the Sith worked.
The planning to keep them in power.
How the short stories interjected, giving you a bigger picture and how smart the first 'Grand Lord' was because he knew.
Their dealings in absolution.
The characters were well thought out, and the pieces they were on the chessboard.

This was an enjoyable read in the universe, and I show more can't wait to expand the legend canon further. show less

It is the story of a Sith transport ship that crashes on a unknown planet thousands of years ago. Unable to communicate with what they consider civilisation or repair their destroyed ship; the group of Sith encounters the planet's natives called Keshiri – a civilisation ruled by the religion based on the legend of two divine groups; the good-hearted Skyborn and the evil Otherside. The sith soon take advantage of this legend; declaring themselves as part of the Skyborns.

Over more than a thousand years, we follow the Sith tribe as they struggle to make Kesh their planet – fighting with the Keshiri to make sure they settle as third class citizens but also struggling with the desire to once again be rejoined with their true homeworlds. show more

It is an interesting concept to read nine short stories rather than nine ”actual” books. It leaves a lot of to the reader's imagination as we are only given glimpses of the centuries the tribe spend on Kesh – but it's refreshing and keeps things exciting. Since each book is so short – the longest being about 100 pages and the shortest being less than 30 – the author has to focus on the vital parts of the tribe's history; which means we jump in time a lot, and are introduced to lots of new characters. I am quite used to Star Wars novels being so detailed and honestly, sometimes filled with dialogue, descriptions or subplots that feel more like page-fillers than essential to the main story. Whilst we got our usual babbling descriptions, each short story had to be more or less action-packed and with plots that weren't too complicated. But then again, it is written by John Jackson Miller, so I'm not sure what else I was expecting. show less

I enjoyed the stories in the collection and I liked the characters but it makes for a very strange read when you sit down and read all of it, I think I would have preferred splitting it back up. I kept getting into what was going on and then I'd turned the page and go oh right these are all short stories...

small history of sith

I liked getting some history of the species sith and how they became a group later on. These weren’t the sith of Revan or palpatine and could have just been any human in history. I think this lost tribe plays more into history that isn’t in these books.