Tyrant's Test
by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis (3), Star Wars Novels (16 ABY), Star Wars Legends/EU ((Black Fleet Crisis 3) 17 ABY), Star Wars Universe (16 ABY)
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Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. HTML:In the wake of a shattered alliance, the New Republic fights a relentless new enemy in an all-new adventure in the bestselling Star Wars saga...Faced with an alarming image of Han as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes on an urgent mission. Meanwhile, Leia calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat—even at the cost of Han's life. As a former Imperial governor takes his battle to the runaway Qella show more spaceship, Luke's continuing search for his mother brings him dangerously close to Nil Spaar's deadly forces. And as the Yevetha close in on the forces of the New Republic, Luke takes a desperate gamble with an invisible weapon... show less
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It all sort of fizzles out in Tyrant's Test. The last book ended with the promise of action; in this one, Han Solo spends 250 pages in space jail while Leia wrings her hands a lot and weathers an impeachment crisis. Then war is declared. C'mon, this is Star Wars; if you write a Star Wars trilogy where war isn't declared until page 250 of Book Three, you have grossly misunderstood the genre you are meant to be working in. I couldn't even explain to you what the 250 pages were filled with; nothing happened.
And once we get the war, it's not terribly exciting, because the New Republic succeeds through Luke suddenly turning up because the mysterious Force adepts he's been seeking the whole time are completely coincidentally from the same show more region of space the Republic is invading. Like, really? The Force adepts do all the day-saving, undermining what could otherwise be cool scenes, and making Luke come across as a condescending windbag to boot.
Even the initially interesting Lando plot just sputters to a conclusion, with the day-saving all done by characters who aren't Lando.
There are some good moments in this trilogy, but there's not enough of them to fill one book, much less three. Next time the boffins at TheForce.Net suggest some book I know I didn't like in 1997 is actually quite good, I'll stick to my initial impression and not expend effort rereading it to confirm what I already thought! show less
And once we get the war, it's not terribly exciting, because the New Republic succeeds through Luke suddenly turning up because the mysterious Force adepts he's been seeking the whole time are completely coincidentally from the same show more region of space the Republic is invading. Like, really? The Force adepts do all the day-saving, undermining what could otherwise be cool scenes, and making Luke come across as a condescending windbag to boot.
Even the initially interesting Lando plot just sputters to a conclusion, with the day-saving all done by characters who aren't Lando.
There are some good moments in this trilogy, but there's not enough of them to fill one book, much less three. Next time the boffins at TheForce.Net suggest some book I know I didn't like in 1997 is actually quite good, I'll stick to my initial impression and not expend effort rereading it to confirm what I already thought! show less
I can see why this trilogy doesn't have the same love as others. The characters are pale shades of those we've come to know.
The wrap-up was super heavy on the Dues Ex to the point I was like, "What? That could have happened at any point, why drag this story out three books?"
Definitely a one and done read for me.
The wrap-up was super heavy on the Dues Ex to the point I was like, "What? That could have happened at any point, why drag this story out three books?"
Definitely a one and done read for me.
The third book in the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy. In this volume, Luke finds out he has been tricked and he will not find his mother. Han is rescued by Chewbacca with help from Chewbacca's son. Luke helps to defeat the Yeventha, oddly with Imperial help. And Lando is rescued by Luke from the Vagabond.
Overall a good climax to the trilogy.
Overall a good climax to the trilogy.
Crap Part III
so bad I couldn't finish it...
so bad I couldn't finish it...
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- Canonical title
- Tyrant's Test
- Original title
- Tyrant's Test
- Original publication date
- 1996-12-01
- People/Characters
- Han Solo; Leia Organa; Nil Spaar
- Dedication
- For the stalwart crew,
Russ Galen
Tom Dupree
Sue Rostoni
Lynn Bailey
And the bold captain,
George Lucas - First words
- Three levels down from Rwookrrorro and eighteen kilometers northeast along the Rryatt Trail, the Wall of the Dead appeared as a solid green wall ahead of Chewbacca and his son Lumpawarrump.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Welcome home."
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