Official Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

The Official Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)


United States release date: 29 August 2006


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Legacy of the Force II: Bloodlines, by Karen Traviss

A new era of exciting adventures and shocking revelations continues to unfold, as the legendary Star Wars saga sweeps forward into astonishing new territory.

Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds?and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han and Leia return to Han?s homeworld, Corellia, the heart of the resistance. Their children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance?s campaign to crush the insurgents.

Jacen, now a complete master of the Force, has his own plans to bring order to the galaxy. Guided by his Sith mentor, Lumiya, and with Luke?s young son Ben at his side, Jacen embarks on the same path that his grandfather Darth Vader once did. And while Han and Leia watch their only son become a stranger, a secret assassin entangles the couple with a dreaded name from Han?s past: Boba Fett. In the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem. . . .

Bloodlines Dramatis Personae

Barit Saiy (Corellian male)
Ben Skywalker (Human male)
Boba Fett, Mandalore and semi-retired bounty hunter (Human male)
Cal Omas, Chief of State, Galactic Alliance (Human male)
Cha Niathal, Admiral, Galactic Alliance (Mon Calamari female)
Goran Beviin, Mandalorian soldier (Human male)
G'vli G'Sil, Coruscanti Senator, head of the Galactic Alliance Security Council (Human male)
Han Solo, captain, Millennium Falcon (Human male)
Heol Girdun, captain, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)
Jacen Solo, Jedi Knight (Human male)
Jaina Solo, Jedi Knight (Human female)
Jori Lekauf, corporal, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)
Leia Organa Solo, Jedi Knight, co-pilot, Millennium Falcon (Human female)
Lon Shevu, captain, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)
Luke Skywalker, Jedi Grand Master (Human male)
Lumiya, Dark Jedi---Dark Lady of the Sith (Human female)
Mara Jade Skywalker, Jedi Master (Human female)
Mirta Gev, bounty hunter (Human emale)
Taun We, scientist (Kaminoan female)
Thrackan Sal-Solo (Human male)

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Here's a tiny excerpt, from Sue Rostoni [link=http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=235475&start=1772]over at TOS[/link]:
[quote=Eeuse Estornii]
Okay, and here's a teaser.... a bit of dialogue between Han and Leia....beginning with Han:


"Okay, maybe I'll relax by asking Zekk what his intentions are towards Jaina."

"That would help matters a lot. . . "

"I liked Kyp better. Whatever happened there?" Han asked. "And what about Jag?"

"I shot him down. You know perfectly well I did."

"Oh, yeah. I do recall. And [i]I[/i] intimidate her boyfriends, do I?"
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Another excerpt, from the [i]Bloodlines[/i] Audiobook, has been released, available in .mp3 format here: http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/mm/audio/4s_9780739323960.mp3 This same teaser can be seen on page 13 of Insider 89.



Additionally, Karen Traviss is writing a related short story/ebook entitled [i]A Practical Man[/i], which deals with Boba Fett during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

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[u]Related discussion[/u]:

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/literature/b10003/19365190/p1/?1368]Official LotF Discussion Thread[/link]

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/literature/b10003/24259388/p1]Bloodlines Dramatis Personae Discussion Thread[/link]

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/literature/b10003/24090133/p1/?84]A Practical Man Discussion Thread[/link]

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/literature/b10003/23786152/p1/?1174]Official Betrayal Discussion Thread[/link]

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/literature/b10003/24403086/p1/?120]Bloodlines Audiobook Discussion Thread[/link]

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Really looking forward to this.

 

Calling it now.. this thread will explode upon release in the Traviss bashing..


EDIT:

And this guy has a grim fate indeed.

Jori Lekauf, corporal, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)

 

I sense another gruesome death for a character named after Ryan... poor fellow.

As for the bashing... I certainly hope not. It'd be nice to see people take the book for what it is, rather than bashing it simply because they don't like Karen or the thing's she's said/written in the past. The anti-Mandalorian crowd ought to be happy, since there's only, what, two? Mandalorians in the whole Dramatis Personae. Maybe that'll help.

- Keralys

 

I'd be willing to bet that zombies of some sort have a hand in it.

One would hope so.

 

Yeah, I was sad to hear that Karen refuses to come onto this site. I have only read her Insider stuff but I am 100% willing to give her a fair chance with this novel. I hope I can pick it up early at wal-mart like I did with Betrayal, it made my whole week.

 

Actually, that Dramatis Personae produced a some complaint. Along with speculation that Ailyn Vel wouldn't be recognized in the book, which is now disproven.

 

I'm just dropping in here to remind everyone that some of us who dislike Traviss' recent writing do for legitimate reasons, not simply because Traviss wrote it (or the clone thang). I'm fully prepared to judge Bloodlines on its own merits, just as I did with Betrayal-- another book written by someone whose writing I don't care for.

 

Which is something I appreciate about you; without a doubt you don't fall into the category of people I was discussing in the above post. There are more than a few who do, unfortunately.

- Keralys

 

Yeah, fair enough. I can't speak for everyone, just wanted to clarify.

 

Didn't like Allston? Neither did I all that much. However I enjoyed Betrayal a bit. What did you think of it?

 

I don't think I care for it very much, although I'd have to reread it before saying anything definitive.

But I did judge it on its own merits...!

 

I'm excited about this release. Good or bad, it's certainly going to spark some interesting discussion here on the boards...

 

Oh, you can count on that...

 

If anyone could inform me how much action this book has---or if any gun trigger got even pulled---I'd be most appreciative, thanks. As much as Travissian characterisation tastes, I can't endure a fourth actionless book.

 

I'm sure people will be happy to... after it's out.

- Keralys

 

I loved Betrayal. And I like Karen Traviss. So I'm really looking forward to this.

 

Galactic Alliance Guard? Interesting. I will be interested to see how she handles the Big 3 and other characters of post-RotJ EU, instead of characters of her own creation.

 

Yeah, me too - I'm especially interested in her characterisations of the Jedi of that era.

 

i know this doesn't have anything to do with Bloodlines,but when and where did the info for the name of the 6th LOTF book come from?

 

I believe that was at Comic-Con.

 

2 questions...

i have not read any of Karen's books, so i don't have an opinion. could i get a brief description of her writing style from someone.

ALSO, what is the information regarding the name of the 6th book?

thanks in advance

 

It's called Inferno.

As for Karen's writing style, it can probably be best summed up as follows: very tight third-person perspective on an array (typically five) of characters, such that it's about as close to first-person POV you're going to get while still in third-person. Very sharp prose, with excellent characterization and description. If she has a weakness, it's in plotting - and that is arguable based on taste. I didn't have an issue with it, others did (more in Triple Zero than in Hard Contact in any case). If there's another area of contention it's that she's very much a fan of Mandalorians. And she doesn't go out of her way to criticize them where they're wrong, even if it's what she personally thinks; there's very little of a didactic nature in her stories. Again, I didn't find that a weakness, because I saw the flaws in each of the characters that were exposed by their thoughts, etc. as something deeper than the surface impression of it. There is a fair amount of depth to her writing, though certainly not as much as someone like Stover brings to the table - but she's also far more literal than he is, allowing the abstractions that she does indulge in to seep through quietly rather than overtly the way Stover does.

Hope that helps.

- Keralys

 

"Taun We, scientist (Kaminoan female)"
New clone army anyone?

As for Fett, who's the bounty on this time? Cal Omas?