Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)

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For the book, in which Jacen becomes a "Dart Someone" i find it a little disappointing and weak. It's still an interesting one, but it lacks strong moments and rememberble quotes.

JACEN: Jacen seems half-asleep the whole time, compared to his usual way of doing things and even thinking.

BEN: Ben is finally starting to act old enough (14) and the puberty does not completely blind him, but nothing major - he's still plain dumb. Actually I blame Ben for absolutely everything that has happen to Jacen, Mara, Luke and everyone else because of Jacen. If Ben wasn't THAT much obsessed of keeping secrets things would've been totally different.

There were again many moments, where if people shared even a little info (duh...) with each other things wouldn't have gone that bad, but for some reason they insist to not inform absolutely anyone about absolutely anything. This is something that has been really pissing me off in the last 3-4 books from the series. Soap opera style: "Hey, i have something REALLY IMPORTANT to tell you!" "Not now, I have to uh.. like eat or something. ..Somewhere else." "Oh.. ok."

THE SACRIFICE (don't worry, no spoilers) - I could not believe what it was. And I still doubt that it worked. All scam in my opinion.

BOBA FETT: I like Boba Fett. He was a little boring this time though. Some new mandos came to the picture as well (same Irish accent) - pretty cool.

"THE SHIP": Cool s**t! I want one!

Overall - it's not a bad book.

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Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)

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Well I guess I better start out by clearly stating that this review is based upon the entire "Legacy of the Force" series and not solely on this particular book. With that in mind, this same review will be posted on each book in the series under the same guidelines, as a review on the entire series, not just a single book in the series. With that in mind, here goes...

My first comment is that the overall feel for this series seems to be a bit off. Now I don't know if it is me, or if other readers got the same impression. I have the tendency to believe that it was due in part to having more than one author writing the series, rather than having just a single author write all nine (9) books in the series. There are definitely some books in the series that are much better written than others, not that any of these authors are bad by any means, it just feels like something got lost somewhere in the shuffle. Like I said, maybe it's just me.

The plot of the series is pretty good, with Jacen Solo turning over to the dark side and following in his grandfather's footsteps, while at the same time cementing his hold on the galaxy itself and attempting to get Luke and Mara's son Ben to become his apprentice. This of course put everyone on a collision course that makes it even more interesting because of the family ties involved.

However, did any other readers feel like Jacen was merely a punk trying to be Sith Lord? Or once again is it just me. I felt that the other Sith in the story, were much better portrayed as true Sith and that Jacen was merely being used as a puppet to an even greater Sith who has of yet been unrevealed. Which would make the story much better with that back-story alone instead of the predominant one.

I did really enjoy Jaina's relationship with Boba Fett and the Mandalorians and that alone brought the whole series an extra star and a half in my book.

I was saddened to see the demise of one of my favorite characters as I felt that this character had so much more to offer than the pipsqueak wannabee Sith, Jacen Solo.

I would recommend this series as it is "Star Wars," and therefore, a definite must read for those of us who are one with the force. However, please be forewarned that the various books in the series seem to have a rollercoaster of up and down moments and the whole series as a whole could have been much better if written by only one author rather than several.

Here are the links for each individual book in the series starting with the first one.

Betrayal (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 1)

Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2)

Tempest (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 3)

Exile (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 4)

Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)

Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 6)

Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 7)

Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8)

Invincible (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force)

Shawn Kovacich
Star Wars Fan and Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.