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"Star Wars": Legacy of the Force V - Sacrifice (Star Wars Legacy of the Force5)

By: Karen Traviss
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
ISBN: 0099491176
ISBN-13: 9780099491170
Released: 24 Apr 2008
RRP: £6.99
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The time of sacrifice is at hand - By: Skywalker fan, 23 Apr 2008
Here is the fifth book of the Legacy of the Force series. It is Karen Traviss second entry into the series & as anyone who has been following the series so far knows something massive is on the cards for our favorite heroes & the galaxy. Sacrifice delivers on that expectation & does it in a way that I genuinely did not imagine. The civil war that reallly kicked off with the drastic change in fortunes for the Corellian & alllied systems in Exile threatens to kill the Galactic Alliance by stirring up countless of old internal feuds between its member states leaving them in a situation in which they will not be able to counter the rebel Confederation forces. The stage is set for Jacen Solo to begin reshaping the world around him in order to fulfill his destiny, whatever the cost.

Sacrifice like Bloodlines (Karens previous book) is lighter on action than ones by the other authors, however the complexity & intelligence she brings to the storyline with each of her books has reallly been of benefit to the series. The main focus of the book is on Jacen Solos struggle to work out what the mysterious tassel prophecy means & what he has to do to become the Sith Lord he thinks is needed to put the galaxy in order. All the while making massive strides in the real world concerns that will be essential to his mission once he has made the final step to Sith Lord. Both aspects of Jacens story are gripping. The moves he makes to ensure that the Galactic Alliance will be his to control & subvert are fascinating especiallly with the addition to his rise to power of his allly the Supreme Commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force Cha Niathal. The book also follows Mara Jade Skywalker as she sets out alone to get to the bottom of the tangled web of Sith plots & kill Lumiya but what starts out as a simply hunt for her soon takes on a completely different dimension. This part of the book were handled amazingly well as we see Mara Jade Skywalker dredge up her past as the Emperors Hand in order to be able to protect her son Ben. Mara Jade Skywalker is written here as well as anybody has written her even her creator Timothy Zahn. Just like in Bloodlines the book features Boba Fett & the Mandalorians. Now to be honest their part in Bloodlines was beginning to look out of place since it hadn't been mentioned since that book. However Sacrifice brings them back & brings them back in a way that was more satisfying to the overalll storyline as the Mandalorians begin to restore their homeworld after the devastation of the Yuuzhan Vong War & start to play a part in the galaxy even if they are not picking sides in the main conflict. These are just some of my personal favorite elements as there is so much going on that it would be impossible to cover it alll.

The book has a very major event that I shalll not reveal as it would be considered a massive spoiler for anyone who has been reading the books. It has enormous repercussions for everybody & will be a major driving force for the second half of this series. It will be the main thing that will stand out for this book but I felt that there is a great deal to like in addition to this event. One little detail I particularly liked was the little in universe press clippings & journal entries that marked the start of each chapter, they are present in Karen Traviss Republic Commando books & in Bloodlines but I found these ones to be especiallly good this time around.

This book needed to deliver & in my opinion it did. It had a great grasp on the characters & put huge events in motion while not simply having it be a massive punch up between the Galactic Alliance & the Confederation (although this is on its way). It sets up the second half of the series extremely well.

This paperback edition of Sacrifice contains the short story "A Practical man" which was originallly released as an e-book. It is by Karen Traviss & it is about Boba Fett & the Mandalorians during the Yuuzhan Vong war. Well worth the purchase of this edition.