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Master_Keralys Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Oct '03	Date Posted: 9/17/08 1:25pm Subject: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!) - Date Edited: 9/17/08 1:34pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Master_Keralys
	The Jedi are dying, and apparently you're dying to write a review of it. Some rules: rate Order 66 on a scale of 1 to 10, supplementing your rating with a review, if you want to (It's not necessary but is highly encouraged). However, please do not rate or review the book until after you've read the whole thing. Please keep discussion in the discussion thread rather than the review thread. Thanks! Some previous review threads: Republic Commando: Hard Contact, by Karen Traviss Shatterpoint, by Matthew Stover The Cestus Deception, by Steven Barnes Medstar I: Battle Surgeons, by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry Medstar II: Jedi Healer, by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry Jedi Trial, by David Sherman and Dan Cragg Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, by Sean Stewart Labyrinth of Evil, by James Luceno Revenge of the Sith, by Matthew Stover Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine, by Veronica Whitney-Robinson Tatooine Ghost, by Troy Denning Survivor's Quest, by Timothy Zahn Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream, by Aaron Allston Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand, by Aaron Allston Traitor, by Matthew Stover Destiny's Way, by Walter Jon Williams Force Heretic I: Remnant, by Sean Williams and Shane Dix Force Heretic II: Refugee, by Sean Williams and Shane Dix Force Heretic III: Reunion, by Sean Williams and Shane Dix The Final Prophecy, by Greg Keyes The Unifying Force, by James Luceno Dark Nest I: The Joiner King, by Troy Denning Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen, by Troy Denning Dark Nest III: The Swarm War, by Troy Denning Outbound Flight, by Timothy Zahn Republic Commando: Triple Zero, by Karen Traviss Legacy of the Force: Betrayal, by Aaron Allston Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, by Karen Traviss Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, by Drew Karpyshyn Legacy of the Force: Tempest, by Troy Denning Allegiance, by Timothy Zahn Legacy of the Force: Exile, by Aaron Allston Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice, by Karen Traviss Legacy of the Force: Inferno, by Troy Denning Death Star, by Michael Reaves and Steven Perry Republic Commando: True Colors, by Karen Traviss Legacy of the Force: Fury, by Aaron Allston Darth Bane: Rule of Two, by Drew Karpyshyn Legacy of the Force: Revelation, by Karen Traviss Legacy of the Force: Invincible, by Troy Denning Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight, by Michael Reaves The Clone Wars, by Karen Traviss The Force Unleashed, by Sean Williams -----signature----- God made man. Man rejected God. God became the man Jesus Christ, died and rose again to life, saving man from himself. The craziest story ever told. The truest.
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dp4m Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 9/17/08 1:31pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	I'd give it a 5. It's an above-average story (quite good, actually) for much of the novel and then dragged down in the last third of the book by unnecessary character stupidity, anti-Jedi sentiment from the wrong folks and just sheer canon issues. -----signature----- "Looks like you're about to get pwned" - Eric Cartman "Awarding experience points for cleverly and creatively generating an enjoyable experience. How warped is that?" - Darths & Droids
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Carlis Registered: Jun '08	Date Posted: 9/17/08 2:05pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Yeah... I'm not too crazy about it, either. I'll give it a 6. Solid prose, good characterization for the most part, and the story is interesting and compelling for a good two thirds of the book. But the anti-Jedi angle is tired, unnuanced and overplayed (it starts on THE FIRST PAGE, for God's sake) and towards the end the whole thing just degenerates into almost surreal stupidity and nonsense. I'm glad I got it in paperback, to say the least.
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/17/08 2:13pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Average score: 11/2 = 5.5 -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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Volderon Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 9/17/08 2:58pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	I thought it was quite good. Skirata is the best character in her books so I'm glad that nothing happened to him. The scene on the bridge was good, but I was predicting that either Etain or Darman was going to die so I wasn't too shocked by it but it was still a bad way to go. Wow, and what was with all this Jedi bashing? Every character seems to have a problem with General Kenobi, since everyone calls him a fool etc. Well, he did rescue the Chancellor...no one mentioned that. Etain bashing Master Yoda and the clones as well. She has no right to bash the greatest Master in the Order. What a punk. Still a fun read and I was actually cheering when Skirata went crazy after that certain someone's death. 8/10 -----signature----- Why... so... serious? It's all... part of the plan - The Joker Sometimes, for the dream to live...the dreamer must die. - Darth Wyyrlok
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/17/08 4:01pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Average score: 19/3 = 6.33 -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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Robimus Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 9/17/08 9:08pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!) - Date Edited: 9/17/08 9:10pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Robimus
	“And in my opinion the Jedi are evil!”- Darth Vader Never have I thought more about this statement more than I did while reading the last quarter of this book. I’m a reader who has loved Karen Traviss’s Star Wars work. I really felt that True Colors was very nearly a perfect book(gave it a 9.8) and was looking forward to the emotional weight Karen could bring to the Order 66 genocide. In the end, in this book adds far more questionable material relating to KT’s real world feelings about the Jedi. But there was good mixed with the bad, and a nice story at the center of the book. I liked Bardan’s opening, with the Jedi giving him a difficult time, him getting called a thug and savage. Bardan shoots back, but it was nice to hear someone giving him a talking too. Spar/Shysa continuity issues aside, I enjoyed most of the first few chapters. Kal flashes back to and we get to meet his father, Bessany and Ordo elope, and seeing Fi on the road to recovery thanks to Jedi healing techniques. The Oyu’baat Tapcaf has been around since before Canderous Ordo’s time? I doubt that very much. Callista and the would be Compnor Officer were nice little additions to the story. As was the mention of the Spartii Cloning techniques being used by Palpatine, kinda tying into Zahn’s now ancient EU contribution. Kal has some nice POV’s. He’s really a character I enjoy reading about but don’t like. He even takes the time to work out that Zey is not so different than the Clones, even if he does scold himself immediately after. I really felt like Zey was painted in a great light throughout the entire book, but he was about the only Jedi who would be. Darman was far too forgiving of Skirata for his betrayal about his son. I was disappointed at how quickly the situation was resolved, and was hoping for some more turmoil before the tidy bit of forgiveness. There is some even handedness toward the Jedi at times. It’s mentioned how much Commander Cody respects Obi-Wan, and how not all Jedi are the same, as well as the nice take on Zey. It’s not all doom and gloom toward the Jedi, just mostly. It’s really the first time I think Karen has ventured this far off the track, and even many of her character POV’s are kinda off base when compared to what they were before. The last Quarter of this book was a hideous mess, with Kal’s extended family all being proven to have shields of invincibility and Etain getting killed with the hint that the Jedi were randomly cutting down civilians. “It might have been meant for her” No Etain, it wasn’t, it was meant for the clone about to kill the Jedi. Also her reaction to Order 66 was terrible. Etain had never come across as a stupid character before the end of this book. Some of this can be written off as characters not knowing all the facts about the coup attempt, but not all. Then Dar and Kal jump in to the fray, slaughtering Jedi who were described as scared children on the previous page, No mercy, no remorse, just rage, because scared children deserve to die…..yikes. I was simply overwhelmed by how much I despised the Skirata clan after that battle. I liked the parts of this novel that talked about how the populace would believe what it was told, Fenn becoming Mandalore to resist the Empire. Fenn’s character was actually captured very nicely, very Marvel like. Overall the excellent story about Kal and his extended family escaping the grasp of the Empire was way overshadowed by OU political feelings of the author in regards to Order 66. I hope Karen gets back on the more moderate track in her future novels; The Clone Wars animated novel was excellent and I know she can write books I love. I even enjoy questioning the Jedi’s morals and decisions, but the Jedi genocide wasn’t handled well at all. Guess what, post Order 66 the Clones are still enslaved and the Jedi have nothing to do with it…..and they were the one force in the galaxy which could have made a difference in the clones lives, like Zey promised to do in this book. Very disappointing…. 5/10 -----signature----- I am forever seeking the damutek of Hooley Krekk Oh, woe! Oh, misery! Oh, unhappiness. Hooley Krekk where are you? . http://www.cccomiccon.com http://www.actionfigurenews.ca
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/17/08 9:52pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Average score: 24/4 = 6.00 -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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ImpKnight Registered: Jun '08	Date Posted: 9/20/08 8:01pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Nice long book that kinda sagged at the end, but was a great read. I guess I liked this book more than the rest of you. I just kept turning the page waiting for Order 66. This book made me like the Mandos more than the last. Etain died like a chump, but oh well, better her than Darman. Can't wait for the hopefully continuing story in Imperial Commando. 9.0 -----signature----- The only people in the universe who haven't seen Star Wars are the characters IN Star Wars, and that's because they're in it! They're living the Star Wars! - Marshall on HIMYM
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/20/08 9:16pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Average score: 33/5 = 6.60 -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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Tricky Registered: Jul '01	Date Posted: 9/21/08 6:01pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	9.3/10 I couldn't help but love the book, everything about it except that way that Etain got killed. I've been digging thru old posts trying to find out where I wrote that the Clonetroopers were Jango Fett's revenge on the Jedi, I knew that I had the idea & wrote it somewhere, if not here then another SW forum, but I couldn't find it. Still, great minds & all that. I live for all this personal family stuff that KT's been bringing back to SW EU lately so Fi coming around to being as near as possible to the old Fi again, all the Mando marraige commitments going down, more backround on Skirata's past fathers & present chidrens, the Delta squad parts, Corr's pimping skills, even the development of little Kad'ika(something I usually can't deal with, well I suppose babies are fine as long as they're not Hutts but snippity teenagers are right out), Laseema lashing out at some guy just for acting like a guy around a hot chick, Darman's reluctance & the acceptance of being a father to his son...hardly a lightsaber swung or a blaster fired in early 500 pages & I didn't seem to mind. I gush like simple minded Fandalorian! Sorry. -----signature----- "Six pints of bitter," said Ford Prefect to the barman of the Horse and Groom. "And quickly please, the world's about to end." We like to Suckadelic.com. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 9/21/08 6:07pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Tricky posted: I've been digging thru old posts trying to find out where I wrote that the Clonetroopers were Jango Fett's revenge on the Jedi OBI-WAN: I look forward to seeing them in action. JANGO FETT: (grinning) They'll do their job well, I'll guarantee that. -----signature----- His legions, angel forms, who lay entranced. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks. <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> "Why don't you take your simplistic good/evil dualism and found Zoroastrianism?" - zweebex
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iolo_the_bard Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 9/21/08 6:26pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	6.8/10 I enjoyed this book as part of the Republic Commando series, but as a part of the greater EU, it fell kinda flat. I'm fine with certain characters having an anti-Jedi sentiment, but when every single character (with the possible exception of Zey) hates the Jedi Order...well that's too much. I'm fine with, say, Jusik deciding he doesn't want to be a Jedi anymore, and I'm with with Skirata disliking the Jedi for ordering up a clone army out of nowhere. But not every Jedi treats clones like subhumans. The hamhandedness of the anti-Jedi feelings is just WAY overdone. The combat scenes were good, Darman finding out he's a dad was good, Fi's recovery was good. But did EVERYBODY have to get married?? If the marriages had been spread out over True Colors and Order 66, I would've been fine with it, but it just seemed repetitive. I'm still looking forward to Imperial Commando...I'm hoping that without Jedi around, there won't be a focus for the usual Jedi-bashing. -----signature----- Correction. Niathal looks like Ackbar with fish breasts. -- Nick
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/21/08 10:29pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Average score: 49.1/7 = 7.01 -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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RebelJoseWales Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 9/24/08 1:33pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	I've been reading the Republic Commando books for a while now, and I've really liked them. Order 66, while very good IMO, wasn't quite as good as the others. So, there was some good character development, it intertwined well with the movie, and the finale was pretty good. However, the pacing was fairly slow at first (-0.5), the novel's version of the Battle of Kashyyyk drifted a bit from the game (-0.5), and Etains death... well: ImpKight posted: Etain died like a chump (-0.5) 8.5/10 -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/29862811/p1/?2 "Time Marches On" The Imperium of man has gone green; After all, the Astronomican is soul-ar powered.
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/24/08 2:57pm Subject: RE: The JC Lit Reviews Special: ORDER 66 (Spoilers!)
	Average score: 57.6/8 = 7.20 -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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