The Crystal Star

I loved the was Leia's children explore the force in adverse conditions. I'm more iffy about the weird stuff from another galaxy, but overall I've enjoyed reading this book several times now.

Princess Leia's children have been kidnapped. She trys to take things in to her own matters by following the kidnappers with companions of hers. She finds a refugee ship that has people searching for their missing children onboard as well. While all of this is going on Luke Skywalker and Hans Solo are investigating a report of a lost group of Jedi on the planet Crseih. The death of a nearby star has caused a disturbance in the force that is also separating Luke and Hans from Leia. I feel the booked moved a little slowly but it kept me interested in it the whole way through. If you are a Star Wars fan you will like it.

Princess Leia's children have been kidnapped by a huge threat to the new republic.While all this is going on, Luke, Han and Chewie have discovered a new form of life and it is ready to destroy the galaxy. Luke has lost his force power because of the death of a nearby star, so he cannot contact Leia. The suspense keeps you going and it turns out hard to put down. I highly recommend this book for any StarWars fan!

Some of the other reviewers have failed to realize that Luke is not the main character in this book there are other valid characters in the Star Wars Universe and not everything has to end with a LightSaber duel! Personally I thought that the children made the story even if some parts were a little confusing the end pulled it all together! The build up was excellent and the details were superb Vonda N. McIntyre painted vivid menatal pictures the whole way through, it made me feel like I was watching an excellent Star Wars movie. The climax, though predicatble was griping, and once you thought you were into the final stretch even more twists awaited. The Crystal Star does a service to the Star Wars name it is well worth your time and money. BUY IT TODAY!

This book is awesome except for one thing that really bugged me: Han swears way, way too much. He doesn't nearly as much in the other books, so I'm assuming it's part of your writing style. Other than that, a marvelous book that I intend to read over and over...

This is the greatest book in the series. I've never received a real feeling of evil from Vader, Palpatine or Thrawn. Not even Darth Maul. But this Hethrir, I hated him. He made me so mad. I really felt the evil in this man. Boy, when a new paragraph would start with the name Hethrir, Tigris, or Jaina I knew this part would make me cringe at the evil feeling. Luke was fantastic. I could picture Mark Hamil saying every line. Han was the same. And the other reviews that say Han isn't a gambling man, well read the Anderson trilogy. Han gambled over the Falcon a million times! The only let down was Leia kept saying to herself she couldn't act like a bounty hunter but she did in ROTJ. But then I deduced that it'd been a long time since ROTJ, and she probably was having trouble acting as a bounty hunter in ROTJ. Waru was magnificent. Overall this book meets up to everthing a Star Wars book should be, and only with one minor battle.