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This book has interesting background detail on Jabba the Hutt, Ventress Assaj, as well as Count Dooku. I did enjoy reading what the characters were thinking at certain moments. Enjoy. This was a good read. I was glad to fill in the spots that the animated version did not cover.
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). Karen Traviss is a great author. This is a great read for any Star Wars fan. It follows the movie, but there are differences.
The geek in me prevails with Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I'm guessing they are going to tie-in with the cartoon series coming out. Star Wars books. So I opened The Clone Wars with some eager expectations.
Jabba's son. 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. They take their clone troopers and perform the search and rescue.I can't believe this book made it to hard back. Give me a break.This can be filed under the, "I-had-to-finish-it-because-I-started-it" section. 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).
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. I won't be reading any other additions to this series. She has written the Republic Commando video game spin off books. Nevermind that it is a thin hard back book.Supposedly there are going to be more of these stories.
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 delves into Anakin's internal monolog, revealing a trouble young man with a saviour complex. She gives the enigmatic Asajj Ventress a bit of a backstory (I'd love to see it expanded sometime). 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 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 (Yeah, I know it was just a cartoon, but that is no excuse). The plot had several gaping holes. 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.
wouldn't have mattered that much. 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. 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. And while more material is included in the book as opposed to the movie, some events from the movie are simply missing. 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. Thus the rating would probably have been * * * *. 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.
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.
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