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I did enjoy reading what the characters were thinking at certain moments. This was a good read. I was glad to fill in the spots that the animated version did not cover. This book has interesting background detail on Jabba the Hutt, Ventress Assaj, as well as Count Dooku. Enjoy.
This is a great read for any Star Wars fan. It follows the movie, but there are differences. Karen Traviss is a great author. Check out her Republic Commando series starting with Hard Contact if you like the clones and battle (there's 3 more after that and Imperial Commando coming soon).
Star Wars books. Both the bad guys and good guys (Seperatists and Republic) want to rescue the boy so their armies can use Jabba's space to travel.Of course, Anakin and Obi Wan are the only jedi capable of such an incredible task. The geek in me prevails with Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Nevermind that it is a thin hard back book.Supposedly there are going to be more of these stories. Give me a break.This can be filed under the, "I-had-to-finish-it-because-I-started-it" section. She has written the Republic Commando video game spin off books. I have no idea if this first book is based off the new movie in theaters but here's what it's about:Someone has stolen Jabba the Hutt's son - that's right his son.
This is a series that should be marketed in the Young Adult section. I picked it up because the cartoon/movie was in theaters and I knew I wasn't going to pay $10 to watch a computer toon.I enjoy Karen Traviss's (or is it Travissi). They take their clone troopers and perform the search and rescue.I can't believe this book made it to hard back. So I opened The Clone Wars with some eager expectations. I'm guessing they are going to tie-in with the cartoon series coming out. Jabba's son. I won't be reading any other additions to this series.
She delves into Anakin's internal monolog, revealing a trouble young man with a saviour complex. The plot had several gaping holes. I wasn't exactly blown away by the Clone Wars on the big screen It wasn't awful--but it wasn't great either. She gives the enigmatic Asajj Ventress a bit of a backstory (I'd love to see it expanded sometime). (Yeah, I know it was just a cartoon, but that is no excuse). However, in her novelisation of the film Karen Traviss does a fair job of plugging those holes.Traviss gives Anakin's new Padawan some real teeth (literally), transforming Asoka from an annoyingly precocious child into a born predator. She even explains Hutt reproduction.In her debut Star Wars novel Hard Contact, Traviss laid claimed to the clones, giving them a unique heritage and an equally unique perspective on both life and war. She excels at capturing the "band of brothers" mentality that develops under fire and she uses that skill to make clone Captain Rex the most interesting character in the book.This is a quick read, and while it isn't an essential chapter in the Expanded Universe, it should appeal to wide cross-section of Star Wars readers.3.75 stars rounded up to 4.A Time Traveller's Review
wouldn't have mattered that much. Couple that with the fact that the book ended up being below my expectations, and the rating is * * *.
I knew that it was directed mainly at the younger generation of prospective fans and dyed-in-the-wool Star Wars aficionados. Since I knew about Tracy West's same-titled junior novelization of the movie, I assumed that Karen Traviss's adaptation would be directed at adult Star Wars devotees.
I had seen the animated movie. For instance, in the denouement, while we know exactly what was happening with Anakin, whatever happened to Ahsoka and the Huttlet between the time she and Anakin split up and then reunited is simply omitted.I already had seen the movie and thus knew (mainly) what was going to happen.
To put it simply: I was mistaken.While the book does give more background and describes events in more detail, the plot simply isn't deep enough for an adult novel. And while more material is included in the book as opposed to the movie, some events from the movie are simply missing.
However, if I hadn't seen the movie and hadn't seen the book's dust jacket (with the characters clearly animated), the fact that the book turned out to be a young-adult novella, etc. Thus the rating would probably have been * * * *.
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