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Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura
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No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burned to ashes on Endor than the Alliance intercepts a call for help from a far-flung Imperial outpost. Bakura is on the edge of known space and the first to meet the Ssi-ruuk, cold-blooded reptilian invaders who, once allied with the now dead Emperor, are approaching Imperial space with only one goal: total domination.
Princess Leia sees the mission as an opportunity to achieve a diplomatic victory for the Alliance. But it assumes even greater importance when a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to Luke Skywalker with the message that he must go to Bakura - or risk losing everything the Rebels have fought so desperately to achieve.
- Listening Length3 hours and 2 minutes
- Audible release dateFebruary 21, 2007
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB000NOIWDA
- VersionAbridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Product details
Listening Length | 3 hours and 2 minutes |
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Author | Kathy Tyers |
Narrator | Anthony Heald |
Audible.com Release Date | February 21, 2007 |
Publisher | Random House Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Abridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B000NOIWDA |
Best Sellers Rank | #36,971 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #802 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #1,191 in Adventure Science Fiction #2,350 in Space Operas |
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Apparently the Ssi-Ruuk can strip out someones consciousness and stick that person into a droid inorder to give that droid life. This way they wouldn't have to use troopers. Because a droid doesn't have to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom and have pain. The Ssi-Ruuk actually call this liberation and that living a life inside a droid without pain or hunger is good for all humanity. Luke, Han and Leia as well as the Imperials and Alliance think other wise. It is actually pretty creepy. Some people are actually placed inside computer consoles and not droids.
Think of it like the movie Avatar but this time the person is painfully put inside a droid permanently and their human bodies are thrown out. Since the droids reprogram the people they no longer feel human and instead are basically ghosts trapped inside droids in order to give thee droids power and consciousness. The people trapped also loose their free will as they will be programed by the droids computer instead.
The question now is will the Rebel alliance answer the distress call? or will they ignore it and potentially let the imperials and potential innocent civilians die and be subjected to this evil version of Avatar the movie.
During the Truce of Bakura we see Luke still feeling the negative effects of the force lightening that emperor Palatine inflicted on him.
. We also see that Han gets a gift by the Ewoks which is basically really sweet fruit wine. Han and Leia enjoy the sweet treat in the back of the cargo hold of the Falcon. We also see a potential love interest Between Luke and one of the Imperial Senators out on Bakura. However she does not care for the Jedi order and this leaves some conflict even though both seem to like each other. There is also a character named Dev who at first seems to be working for the Ssi-Ruuk. However he has been brain-washed in order to follow the Ssi-Ruuks commands. The only reason the Ssi-ruuk keep this human alive is due to his potential force powers.
The Truce at Bakura is an overall fun story. It can get dull and boring at times. The villains are a bit silly, since they are basically Jurassic park raptors that can talk and shot with blasters. But over all it's a fun read. We get to see Luke, Wedge, Han, Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3pO back in other Star Wars Tale. If you are a big Star Wars fan and want to know all the stories that happened after Return of the Jedi, then this is the first book you should start reading.
Without restating other reviews, it was nice to see the actual aftermath of the rebellion and the attempts to establish a new Republic while simultaneously dealing with a Galaxy that was not entirely ready for the fall of the emperor.
That being said, "Bakura" ended a bit too neatly for my taste. The summary of the plot is basically that the victorious Rebels intercept an antiquated probe from the edge of the galaxy. The probe contains an urgent plea for help from the Emperor against a relentless enemy hopelessly outnumbering the fighting forces of the planet Bakura. Leia makes a quick decision to help the beleagured populace, hoping to win the world for the New Republic. Upon arrival, while Leia conducts truce negotiations with the stranded Imperial Forces there, Luke is discovered by a young Force-sensitive boy enslaved to the attacking enemy, who immediately crave possession of Luke's Jedi abilities for their own evil ends...
Those are the good points, the bad point is that nothing further is left open for some very interesting and well-drawn new characters to do in further books. The ending is too neatly accomplished. Because of this, I only give an otherwise superbly written novel a moderate 3 stars. The upshot: Unless you, like me, absolutely must know what happens to Our Intrepid Band of Rebels right after RotJ, skip this one and go on to other books.
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