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Tempest (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 3) | 
 enlarge | Author: Troy Denning
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 10786
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0345477529
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345477521
ASIN: 0345477529
Publication Date: November 28, 2006
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Product Description
Forty years after the Battle of Yavin a dangerous new era in the Star Wars epic begins–the revelations are shocking, the stakes desperate, and the enemy everywhere.
As civil war threatens the unity of the Galactic Alliance, Han and Leia Solo have enraged their families and the Jedi by joining the Corellian insurgents. But the Solos draw the line when they discover the rebels’ plot to make the Hapan Consortium an ally–which rests upon Hapan nobles murdering their pro-Alliance queen and her daughter.
Yet the Solos’ selfless determination to save the queen cannot dispel the inescapable consequences of their actions, that will pit mother against son and brother against sister in the battles ahead. For as Jacen Solo’s dark powers grow stronger under the Dark Jedi Lumiya, and his influence over Ben Skywalker becomes more insidious, Luke’s concern for his nephew forces him into a life-and-death struggle against his fiercest foe, and Han and Leia Solo find themselves at the mercy of their deadliest enemy . . . their son.
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good September 24, 2008
Good item little banged up but that is what you can expect from used books lol overall great experience. Thx
Could Have Been Better September 20, 2008
Well I will say that I did enjoy this installment in the Legacy of the Force series. However, when you go into this book you must realize that it's a middle book. The Legacy of the Force is a 9 book series and this is a middle book. There's not going to be a lot solved. It is however going to give a lot of backstory and future plot elements.
I really loved to read about the triangle that is forming between Jacen vs. Luke vs. Ben. Who is going to win Ben over to their side? Jacen trying to make him dark or Luke showing him the "true" way of the Force. I have found Ben's development throughout this series to be fascinating. Of course, I have found Jacen's character development to be even more intriguing. I know it's basically along the same lines as Anakin Skywalker's but I actually am getting to hear this thoughts as he goes through the process. We didn't get that from the movies or the books as Anakin was becoming Darth Vader.
I did like the Solo family's involvement. I've always enjoyed Han and Leia's relationship along with their kids. I love that they are trying to find their way and which side they are on. Who do they back? The Galactic Alliance or the Correllians.
I think that Luke and Mara's involvement in this book could have been stronger. I didn't like that Troy Denning felt the need to bring back almost every character he's ever written about so that readers will go buy his books to try to find out more about them. They didn't really have anything to do with the story other than to whett your interest to hope you'll buy his books. I wanted him to make Luke strong. Yes, I know Luke is now older, but I don't see why this would bring his powers down. Yoda was how old? I thought Jedi as they grew got more powerful not less. I want Luke to stand up to Jacen and a lot of others. However I think I may have to wait to get that. I would highly recommend this book to anyone following the Star Wars series.
Finally! A good book in the series. August 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first two books in this series made me think this series was dead, but this one happily surprised me. I liked the story, unlike the previous books. Troy does things in this book that the other 2 had failed to do in their books, making it interesting. The first one wasn't bad, the second one was horrid, but this one is very well written and interesting. I wanted to give up, but after reading this one, I want to continue. Thank you so much, Troy!
Good Book July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the book but it seemed to drag a little leading up to the big battle at the end but then the battle ended real quickly. I understand this story isn't really about the military battles. But, this was the most important battle of the series so far and it just ended really abruptly. I think Jacen should be kicked out of the JO by now. They are having way to much patience with him.
 A solid read, but not much more April 6, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Denning kicks the GA/Corellian war ahead in TEMPEST, bringing Hapes into the mix on the side of the Alliance. Unfortunately, here the confusion begins; the Hapans have their own fleets, while the very thing that the Corellians rebelled over was *because* they wanted their own fleets! Denning fails to make clear exactly how this works; the reader is expected to hand-wave this in favor of the further character exploration of Jacen with his daughter and his lover. And while the sickly logical Jacen is further convinced that the Sith way is right, it's hardly a new development for the character.
With the bounty on Han and Leia taken out of the picture with the deal of Sal-Solo, Denning also introduces a new threat to keep them in the picture: Alema Rar. Brought back from the seemingly-dead, she joins forces with Lumiya and the Sith in order to help execute her vengeance. Even under the Dark Nest's influence she didn't renounce the Jedi ways; seeing her do so here was odd. The best Sith have a reason for their actions… and Alema doesn't.
These strange character developments, or attempts thereof, are backed up by some not particularly interesting fleet battles at the end. Denning's never had any particularly outstanding naval scenes, and the ones in TEMPEST just dragged. I found myself skimming them rather than reading them; unfortunate, as they're usually some of my favorite parts of other STAR WARS novels.
TEMPEST was a serviceable read, but it could've been better—both on its own terms, and on how it fits into the series overall. Hopefully Denning's later books will be more enjoyable.
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