Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal

"[Betrayal] blasts off a new string of adventures starring beloved Star Wars familiars . . . this new installment should please Star Wars fans." -Publishers Weekly Honor and duty collide with friendship and blood ties as the Skywalker and Solo clans find themselves on opposing sides of an explosive conflict. When a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar ends in a violent ambush - from which Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protege and cousin, Ben Skywalker, narrowly escape with their lives - it's the most alarming evidence yet that political unrest is threatening to ignite into total rebellion. The specter of full-scale war looms between a growing cadre of defiant planets and the Galactic Alliance that some fear is becoming a new Empire. Determined to root out those behind the mayhem, Jacen follows a trail of cryptic clues to a rendezvous with the most shocking of revelations. Meanwhile Luke grapples with something even more troubling: dream visions of a shadowy figure whose Force power and ruthlessness remind him of Darth Vader. If Luke's visions come to pass, they will bring untold pain to the Jedi Master . . . and to the galaxy.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Started Great and Ended Terribly:

The first few books of this series start off spectacularly. We see new and old characters and new action. We see a seemingly new plot development with a good character starting to be lured to the dark side because of love...oh wait, that's been done already.
What's so bad about this series is it was seemingly written for shock value alone and nothing else. No thought is truly given to the characters motivations, they're just made up by the authors to fit a new series. The only EU that was consulted... more info

The Force Is Not As Strong As It Should Have Been With This Series:

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... more info

Star Wars - Betrayal:

I've enjoyed so many of the Expanded Universe novels for Star Wars. Some are definitely much better than others. Unfortunately, there is a downward trend of good material that will hold my interest. I enjoy new characters and broadening away from the original trilogy heroes. However, not every new book needs to include some new facet of those old heroes or their involvement in the stories. I feel that newer characters are strong enough to hold up a plot and their own stories. We don't need to see Luke, Han,... more info

A New Chapter Begins:

Being a geeky Star Wars fan, there's a couple of things I'll always envy about its universe: I'll never be able to wield a (real) lightsaber. I'll never be able to use the force (everyone's tried once, right?) And, new to the list - I'll never be able to outwit assassins and go on space adventures when I'm pushing 60 and beyond.
Ages issues aside (Luke, Leia, Wedge are coming up on 60, Han's a few years older, Pellaeon has to be mid-80s), "Betrayal" is a strong beginning to a new chapter in the Star... more info