Planet of Twilight: Star Wars
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3.0 • 20 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Hambly returns to the Star Wars(r) universe to tell a breathtaking tale of a mysterious world where the battle between the New Republic and the Empire takes a shocking new twist....
Nam Chorios is a barren backwater world--once a dreaded prison colony, now home to a fanatic religious cult. It is here that Princess Leia has been taken captive by a ruthless and charismatic warlord bent on destroying the New Republic. Meanwhile, Luke lands on a mysterious planet in search of his lost love, Callista, only to discover the Force is his own worst enemy. But worst of all, as Han, Chewie, and Lando leave Coruscant on a desperate rescue mission, a strange life-form, unlike any the galaxy has ever seen, awakens...a life-form so malevolent it will destroy everything--both Empire and New Republic--on its path to domination.
Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With the Star Wars films soaring in theaters, interest in Hambly's sequel to her Children of the Jedi (1995) should be high--and, as usual, Hambly meets the challenge. In this latest episode in the never-ending saga, the New Republic, like any fledgling organization, is suffering growing pangs. As chief of state, Princess Leia Organa Solo has the thankless task of handling diplomatic relations with the distant Chorios system, represented by the charismatic Seti Ashgad. Leader of the progressive Rationalist Party, Ashgad seeks economic alliance--an arrangement Chorios's fanatically conservative "Oldtimer" majority views with outright hostility. As Luke Skywalker sets off to find the reincarnated Jedi Callista on Ashgad's homeworld, Ashgad kidnaps Leia and sets off a sinister plot to remove the rest of his opposition one by one. See-Threepio and Artoo-Deetoo's luckless attempts to warn the Republican Council of Leia's kidnapping provide comic relief, while Han Solo leads the cavalry that rides to the rescue just in time. Hambly juggles it all with consummate skill, investing convincing characters and settings with plenty of vigor. As media tie-ins go, this one is on the upper end of the curve and is sure to be a hit with casual Star Wars fans as well as longtime admirers. FYI: In June, Bantam will publish Hambly's historical mystery, A Free Man of Color.
Customer Reviews
Glad that’s over
This was another confusing weirdly written novel by Barbara Hamlin and much like Children of the Jedi I did not care for it. Han, Leia and Luke all felt strangely written with many phrases these characters would not make along some weird verbiage that does not exist in today’s world (or in the OT universe). I honestly could not have cared less about Leia’s story in this book. Han was kind of MIA for most of it and Luke continues his weird teen angsty love obsession of which I never bought into and an hoping it’s at it’s end. I gave this one 2 star because I did think R2 and C3P0 were written in character and I could hear their voices (or sounds) in my head.
Disappointing
I've read 18 Star Wars novels so far and the ONLY ones I didn't like were written by this author. She makes Luke seem weak as hell in both novels. Like he's not a Jedi Master! I'm glad she only wrote these two. Compared to all the other Star Wars novels hers are a very painful read.
Love Star Wars, love the EU
But this and the rest of the Callista trilogy really are just a chore. Long winded, disconnected from the rest of the EU, and paints a really wired picture of the Galaxy Far, Far Away.