Tyrant's Test: Star Wars Legends (The Black Fleet Crisis)

Surprisingly even more bland and disappointing than the first two parts of the trilogy. The author manages to remove all tension and impact from every moment of the book, leaving the reader with a 300-page list of uninspired events and plot holes. Imagine taking a cross-continent tour entirely at night without stopping for any attractions, arriving at your destination and immediately going home in the same fashion. That's the feeling of this book. The entirity of Lando's story could have been left out, as it had no connection to the other events in any way. A quarter to third of the entire series, scattered in just enough to break all momentum of the main stories. And the books could definitely have been improved by leaving out the deus ex machina of the "it's totally not the Force, even though it's virtually identical" Current.

I liked the trilogy. It has humor, and suspense. The Vagabond side story is quite strange, but Lando ends-up being the one I want to tell to shut-up, because of his attitude towards C3-P0. Also, how long they survive without food leaves me dubious. The Akanah business and the fact that once again (just like crystal star), Luke is being a prima-donna is pretty dull, and I just had to read some of it diagonally. Leia is being more feet on the grounds this time around, the antagonist is more interesting than Crystal Star's Waru and the weird would be dark jedi with the dark kids. General Abath is an interesting character and the military and politic aspect of this book is what keeps us happy as reader. But can we just understand what the hell happened to Luke, building back his daddy's fortress on Coruscant, parking his NR craft (E-Wing) in-it, asking his astromech to sleep in the craft and then murder him by destroying the fortress and maul the fighter and its occupant? That's gnarly AF!

Enjoyed it