Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)
by Karen Traviss
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Author: Karen TravissEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN: 0345477413
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: LucasBooks
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- ISBN13: 9780345477415
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Book Reviews of Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)
Book Review: Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice
Summary: 5 Stars
Next to Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 6)this has to be my favourite book in the Legacy of the Force series.
How do I begin to review this book? Well, it opens with Ben returning from a mission that Jacen deceived him to go on. This is the beginning of the end for Jacen's tyranny over Ben. I noticed that Ben isn't quite as devoted to Jacen in this book as he was in the earlier books in this series, which is a good thing. Maybe he will finally realize that Luke and Mara aren't as unfair and tyrannical as he thought in the past.
Jacen is going so totally dark that it is rather amazing that it is taking this long for the GA and so many other people to notice. And his take over of the GA is rather unbelievable. To get there, he tasks Ben to murder the Head of State of the system whose rebellion was the starter of the war. Jacen's behavior isn't going to help the situation one little bit. During the killing of the afore mentioned Head of State, one of the members of the GAG blows up his ship, with himself inside so that Ben can escape. This doses Ben with some common sense and he really begins to realize that Jacen isn't his friend. This realization gets even more stunning when Ben overhears a coversation between Jacen and Lumiya.
The main complaint that I have about this book is that Karen Traviss spends WAY too much time analyzing Boba Fett and trying to make him into a character who people should feel got a bum rap during his early life and therefore should be considered a good guy who made some bad choices. Give me a break!!! Fett is an amoral bounty hunter who happens to have gotten thrust onto the readers by an author who likes to bore her readers with everyother page being about Fett and the Mandolorians. It could be interesting information in a book about Fett and the Mandolorians, not at all necessary in a series of books about the Skywalkers and Solos. At least there was more time devoted to the Skywalkers and Solos in this book than there was in Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2) and in Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8).
Speaking of the Skywalkers and Solos, Mara Jade Skywalker was really front and center in this book. The cover artist made Mara look really good for this book. I hope I look that good when I am almost 60! Because I read the books that follow this book first, I had a pretty good idea of what happened in this book before I read it. Mara goes back to her past as the Emperor's Hand and you get to see just what she was like in those days. She goes after Lumiya and you get a pretty amazing duel between two former Emperor's Hands. It is a shame that Mara was unable to finish Lumiya off at that point, it would have saved everyone in the Star Wars universe a lot of pain and grief. Luke takes a side role in this bokkas he seems to do in alot of the previous books in this series. I just wish that he had insisted that BOTH he and Mara go after Lumiya. Maybe what happened in this book wouldn't have happened.
The main focus of this book was on the sacrifice that Jacen would have to make to become a full Sith Lord. It is very interesting to read about how Jacen comes to the decision on who the sacrifice has to be and how he suddenly changes it at the last moment.
The duel that provides Jacen's sacrifice was stunning. I have the audio version of this book uses the 'Duel of Fates' music from Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition) as a backround track. I started crying while I was reading this book. I just wonder how certain other authors feel about the death of this character?
Luke reacts in an incredible way. You get to see the Luke Skywalker of the movies in this scene.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in this series.
May the Force be with us!!
Summary of Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)
Civil war rages as the Galactic Alliance?led by Cal Omas and the Jedi forces of Luke Skywalker?battles a confederation of breakaway planets that rally to the side of rebellious Corellia. Suspected of involvement in an assassination plot against Queen Mother Tenel Ka of the Hapes Consortium, Han and Leia Solo are on the run, hunted by none other than their own son, Jacen, whose increasingly authoritarian tactics as head of GA security have led Luke and Mara Skywalker to fear that their nephew may be treading perilously close to the dark side.But as his family sees in Jacen the chilling legacy of his Sith grandfather, Darth Vader, many of the frontline troops adore him, and countless citizens see him as a savior. The galaxy has been torn apart by too many wars. All Jacen wants is safety and stability for all?and he?s prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.
To end the bloodshed and suffering, what sacrifice would be too great? That is the question tormenting Jacen. Already he has sacrificed much, embracing the pitiless teachings of Lumiya, the Dark Lady of the Sith, who has taught him that a strong will and noble purpose can hold the evil excesses of the dark side at bay, bringing peace and order to the galaxy?but at a price.
For there is one final test that Jacen must pass before he can gain the awesome power of a true Sith Lord: He must bring about the death of someone he values dearly. What troubles Jacen isn?t whether he has the strength to commit murder. He has steeled himself for that, and worse if necessary. No, the question that troubles Jacen is who the sacrifice should be.
As the strands of destiny draw ever more tightly together in a galaxy-spanning web, the shocking answer will shatter two families . . . and cast a grim shadow over the future.
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