Star Wars the New Jedi Order Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order)

WHAT'S GOOD:
Luceno once again brings us an intriguing and exciting story whilst managing to tie together the disparate strands of the Star Wars Universe. My favourite element of the book was Anakin's struggle with the morality of reactivating Centerpoint and the opposing arguments from Jacen and the supposedly reformed Thracken Sal-Solo. However, it is also interesting to see Leia's journey to Hapes (where she might have ruled if not for marring Han) with Tenel Ka, a Jedi but also heir to the throne. The book comes to a shocking climax in one of the better written battles in recent Star Wars books.

WHAT'S BAD:
Occasionally, Luceno tries to cram so much in that you can lose track of exactly who's doing what. And I don't like Droma either. He's just no substitute for the walking carpet.


luceno's duology has finally picked up the pace   May 29, 2004
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after the disappointing presentation and writing style james luceno showed in hero's trial, he finally picks up here and writes an almost flawless book. i knew that the jedi eclipse would be brilliant as soon as i read the end battle of hero's trial, where luceno finally dropped the big words and boring dialogue in favour of some nail-biting, non-stop action with han, elan, droma, and the peace brigade. this book, jedi eclipse (although im not really sure why its called that), deals much more with the other characters other than han and droma. leia goes to hapes to get their help in the fight, anakin and jacen go to corellia to try to bring centerpoint station into the war, wurth skidder goes on a reckless mission to save a load of refugees on a yuuzhan vong worldship, and, one of the most interesting stories in this book, a bunch of ryn struggling for their lives in a corrupt refugee complex. the only major complaint i hav about this book is the lack of jaina and the jacen/anakin/corellia storyline until the last few chapters. but apart from that, its a brilliant book.


The NJO continues apace   November 12, 2000
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Luceno's duology finishes here, and it was a rollercoaster ride. The reintroduction of characters was well done, and the return to Correllia was a well written interlude. Superb


"Star Wars" keeps on going   November 2, 2000
I was a bit disappointed with this. In his previous book, the strength was the concentration on Han and his new companion, and the development of their relationship; however, it seems that that in the latest book, they have been dropped in favour of the still-uninteresting Jedi.

Admitteldy, the author still knows how to write about the Yhuuzan Vong attacks: he portrays them in a far more affecting way than has been before. The cynical corporation which uses refugees is also a sign of some bite in the storyline.

Unfortunately, there are too many coincidences, too many dull sections, and too little of Han and Droma add up to mean that the first of the duology is still the best