Having been a fan of the Jacen Solo character since its inception in Zahn’s The Last Command and particularly since McIntyre’s The Crystal Star. I HATE that he was the character chosen to bring back the Sith. While the character has always been esoteric, i felt that the Vergere plot line showed him as weak, and although i thought the writers moved Jacen beyond that, he was once again manipulated in this new series.

I also felt the death of Mara was wasted and a terrible plot decision. With that in mind, i thought much of the plot was poorly structured and that the bevy of Force/Sith/Jedi lore-material in the Star Wars “universe” should have been something the author relied upon and not pushed aside.

All in all, boo Karen Traviss.

Also a plot point here I have a problem with.

How could Ben not know that Jacen killed his mom? Everyone knows that Jacen was there and everyone knows exactly when she was killed. Ben was even in communication with the Sith sphere while the whole fight was going on. He knows that Mara was going after Jacen and he was the one that stopped the sphere from destroying Jacen after he fired on the sphere and Lumiya to kill her.

That whole ending that was written was just pathetic. A 5 year old could make out who killed Mara!! As soon as Tenel Ka mentioned that Jacen had been there and Ben told Luke that he knew that Lumiya wasn’t the one that killed Mara Luke WOULD have known that it was Jacen.

Like I said previously an absolute waste of money to buy this book.

Mara would have told Luke that Jacen was working with Lumiya PERIOD. Whether it was a message or something after she had gone after him or before she went after him she would have made sure that he knew so that Luke would know how much trouble Ben and everyone was in by being around and influenced by Jacen.

She made Luke into a complete bumbling idiot that could make up his mind about what shoes he should wear much less how to stop a sith.

This novel did alot to move the story along but it was done at the expense of the characters themselves. Definitely NOT worth the money I paid to buy it.