Boba Fett returns? (Spoilers for the Legacy of the Force series)

Publisher's summary for Bloodlines, the second book of the Legacy of the Force series:

As civil war continues to break out in the Galactic Alliance, terrorism begins to drive the Alliance towards ever more repressive laws. Families find themselves divided, and old friendships are torn apart. But the bitterest enemy can be your own flesh and blood ? and your foe can turn out to be your only ally. Old enemies Han Solo and Boba Fett are drawn together as they both learn some harsh truths about their own kin, while Luke and Mara Skywalker fear for their only son, Ben, when his Jedi Master, Jacen Solo, makes a dangerous choice that shocks both families and the galaxy at large.

Boba Fett and Han Solo doing geneological studies together? I wonder who this "kin" of Boba's could be... or Han's, for that matter. Should be interesting!

 

My guess:

Boba's kin = His daughter, Ailyn Vel.

Han's kin = His son, Jacen Solo.

 

Ohh! I would love to see something about Ailyn!

 

I hope it has Boba's daughter Ailyn Vel hitting up with han's illegimite child Danielle Kieran. Both out seeking to meet up with their fathers.

 

Whoa, time out! Since when did Boba Fett have a daughter?

 

You can read about her here.

 

Why bother now? He's had a whole series to be used, and younger too.

 

I think it'll be quiet some time before we all get sick of Boba Fett.

 

I think there will be lots of loud arguement about it.

 

Sounds more to me that Jacen and Ailyn will be on the opposing side of the conflict to what ever side Han and Boba are. I like it.

 

Maybe Jacen and Ailyn will get together. That would be interesting.

 

And another member of the New Jacen Order is born...

 

So Jacen's master by then, eh? They're not letting Mara birth anew, so as not to take the spot light off Bennifer. Pity.

 

I hope they totally ignore this and re-establish Fett as a virgin and have the "kin" thing revolve around the clonetroopers.

 

Since Ailyn's been retconned to be the person in the Mando armor of the YJK, that's rather unlikely.

 

'They' won't. Karen Traviss doesn't tend to ignore established continuity.

Well, most of the time. At least in this situation she won't.

Anyhow, virgin Fett is lame.

 

Yes, the only virgins in the Legacy series will be the ones reading the actual books.

 

If authors in the post-ROTS ICS world can ignore the whole Executor-class thing, as well as those ships not being 8'000 metres long, then they will forget anything.

Besides, Fett not having sex shows how much of a dedicated hunter he is, even if being a virgin made him a lot uncooler.

 

Oh, for the love of God....

Jacen's behaviour had really better make sense in this series; Denning's (unfortunate and unexpected) superficial portrayal of him in The Unseen Queen and The Swarm War made it impossible to justify his actions. At least Skywalker Snr.'s turn was perfectly understandable (though by no means excusable).

It's clear already that the main point of this series (or, at least, its commencement) is to drive a wedge between traditional in-universe friendships and hence shock us with originality - but how can it be shocking when the point needs no elucidation even before the first two books have been published? Furthermore couldn't we (quite easily) deduce that the series will end with the healing of the fractures?

And besides - we've had a "Corellia v. Republic" conflict before. We don't need another one.

I really, really hope that Allston and Traviss will me impress me enough that I come to like Legacy of the Force. I'll admit that I was not looking forward to Dark Nest, and was pleased with The Joiner King and TUQ (however TSwW was something of a disappointment) - maybe I'll change my mind about Legacy.

Here's hoping. I know that I won't be able to stop myself buying all nine books anyway - it'd better be worth the money, because book prices over the next few years will no doubt rise to further nonsensical levels of inordinacy.

 

Damn it. Double post.

 

>Yes, the only virgins in the Legacy series will be the ones reading the actual books.<

ROTFLOL. It's funny because it's true.

TC

 

Indeed.

 

::rim shot::