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Shatterpoint: Star Wars Legends
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In this essential Star Wars Legends novel, Mace Windu must journey to his long-forgotten homeworld to confront a terrifying mystery with dire personal consequences.
The jungle planet of Haruun Kal, homeworld of the legendary Jedi Master Mace Windu, has become a battleground in the increasing hostilities between the Republic and the renegade Separatist movement. The Jedi Council has sent Depa Billaba - Mace’s former Padawan and fellow Council member - to Haruun Kal to train the local tribesmen as a guerrilla resistance force. But now the Separatists have pulled back, and Depa has not returned. The only clue to her disappearance is a cryptic recording left at the scene of a brutal massacre: a recording that hints of madness and murder and the darkness in the jungle...a recording in Depa’s own voice.
Mace Windu trained Depa. Only he can find her. Only he can learn what has changed her. Only he can stop her. He will leave behind the Republic he serves, the civilization he believes in, everything but his passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan. And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid when keepers of the peace are forced to make war....
- Listening Length14 hours and 12 minutes
- Audible release dateJune 15, 2021
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB092KWDQGN
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Product details
Listening Length | 14 hours and 12 minutes |
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Author | Matthew Stover |
Narrator | Sullivan Jones |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | June 15, 2021 |
Publisher | Random House Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B092KWDQGN |
Best Sellers Rank | #8,364 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #214 in TV, Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction #214 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #327 in Adventure Science Fiction |
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Customers find the narrative complexity compelling, fascinating, and unique. They also describe the plot as good. However, some customers find the story amazing and dark, while others say it's super dark and sad. They disagree on the character development, with some finding them well conceived, while other find them poorly developed. Readers also disagree on writing style, with others finding it very well written and almost sadistic.
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Customers find the story good, with excellent world building and action. They also say the book is an interesting journey into the history of Master Mace Windu.
"...His writing is intelligent, lively, and engaging - it's great to have him writing Star Wars books where this level of quality isn't always..." Read more
"...It is certainly the most realistic, exciting, fist-pumping and confronting expanded universe novel i have ever read...." Read more
"...With Shatterpoint, the plot is not sufficiently backed up by an interesting viewpoint into Mace's character...." Read more
"...about Mace Windu...and Vaapad, and the force...and Rogue Squadron was action-packed and exciting...but the darkness makes it tough." Read more
Customers find the narrative complexity compelling, fascinating, and unique. They also say the philosophy written into the book is top notch. Customers also say that the Essential Legends collection is awesome.
"...Haruun Kal is a compelling setting and I would love to see a future novel set post-Return of the Jedi revisit it...." Read more
"...FURTHER YOU get into this scintillating, compelling, fascinating, totally unique and absolutely enthralling member of the beloved Expanded Universe,..." Read more
"...It's certainly one of the better Star Wars novels and will force readers to think deeply on the nature of the Force, morality, and war." Read more
"...This excellent book shows Mace Windu utilizing all of his Jedi Master powers as he tries to rescue Depa Billaba - his former Padawan and fellow..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the writing style. Some find it very well written, while others say it's dark and almost sadistic.
"...His writing is intelligent, lively, and engaging - it's great to have him writing Star Wars books where this level of quality isn't always..." Read more
"...But I will tell you it is super dark. And pretty doggone sad. If you liked Rogue Squadron for that, then you'll love this...." Read more
"...Very well written! And gives great insight into Mace Windu as well as the other charecters. Two thumbs up!" Read more
"...It is very dark, almost sadistic. Awful events pile on top of each other, right up to the end...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the character development. Some find the characters well conceived, while others say they lack development.
"...There are some very strong parts to the book. Nick is a great character and, I agree, that he is as close as anyone has got to placing a Han Solo..." Read more
"...portrayal of Mace Windu - the Jedi master in this book is not the enigmatic character many of us would like to know more about...." Read more
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"...the battles are exciting, and the character study on Windu is quite interesting...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the darkness of the book. Some find it amazing and dark, while others say it's super dark and sad.
"...However, the book is so well done that I concluded the darkness was appropriate and indeed, vitally necessary to the story...." Read more
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Customers find the content boring, vanilla, and distracting to read. They also say it reads more like a cheap detective novel.
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Shatterpoint is the Star Wars re-telling of Joseph Conrad's classic story Heart of Darkness, famously recast into Francis Ford Coppala's brilliant film Apocalypse Now. This book grabbed me from the opening line, immediately shedding new light on the events of the Battle of Geonosis from Attack of the Clones. Mace's agony over his decisions on the arena balcony is logical and easy to empathize with. The Jedi have not faced sweeping open warfare for centuries. They can hardly be expected to smoothly adjust to leading armies after acting largely as localized peacekeepers for so long. Mace's ability to see shatterpoints (essentially showing him the key fault lines of any given situation or person and all the consequences stemming from that various actions available to him) is a well-conceived addition to the various Force powers we've seen Jedi and Sith use.
Stover's technique of alternating between a standard telling of events and looking at things through the device of Mace's journal entries keeps the story fluid. He's not afraid to play with chronology when it makes a particular sequence more interesting and this pays off multiple times, such as the Balawai outpost in the jungle where Mace finds the children. His writing is intelligent, lively, and engaging - it's great to have him writing Star Wars books where this level of quality isn't always present.
Kar Vastor and Nick Rostu are the two standout new characters from this novel. Nick can be a bit irritating but is an intriguing and lively foil to Mace's stolid wisdom and practicality. His optimism carries him through the horror of the Summertime War, enabling him to survive and even thrive in the worst of situations. Kar also thrives out in the jungle, but in his case sheer rage and primal power propel him. Kar is a superb antagonist for Mace, showing Mace everything he could have become if the Jedi order had not taken him away for training as an infant. It's nice with Kar to see an author break so cleanly from the usual Light Side/Dark Side conflict presented in Star Wars and to show a wholly different and very organic approach to using the Force.
Haruun Kal is a compelling setting and I would love to see a future novel set post-Return of the Jedi revisit it. It would be fascinating to explore the impact the Empire would have had on this society. Considering the Korunnai's extreme natural aptitude for the Force, Palpatine might have dealt with them quite harshly to prevent a possible source of opposition to his reign.
Stover invests the Mace Windu-Depa Billaba relationship with a deep amount of sensitivity and pain, making a far stronger emotional connection to the transformation Depa has endured than I ever felt with Kurtz in Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now. The Star Wars movies don't have time to get into motivations and characterizations of minor characters (or even Mace to a certain extent) and that's where a thoughtful book like this brings so much to the table.
My only hesitation in giving this one a five-star rating was deciding whether it is excessively dark for the Star Wars universe. If this was a film, it would be guaranteed an "R" rating with its graphic violence and bloodshed. Beyond that, the psychological themes of the novel are quite chilling. However, the book is so well done that I concluded the darkness was appropriate and indeed, vitally necessary to the story. Kudos to Matthew Stover for a job very well done.
SHATTERPOINT is also about a search. Windu’s Padawan (Depa Billaba) has gone missing on his home jungle planet of Haruun Kal, and Mace has put his heroic hand up to rescue her. The things is, the planet is so strong in the force (literally as well as metaphorically) that even placing one’s foot on the planet’s surface is enough to push even a mild force user over to the Dark Side. So just imagine the powers of determination and concentration a powerful Jedi will have to use to save his own soul from this fate.
The concern is, of course, that Depa herself has faced this same test, and failed. The few items of evidence presented to the Jedi Council on Coruscant certainly point in this direction. And of course there is a war going on, too, both on the planet’s surface and right across the galaxy. So not only does Mace have to fight the separatists to stay alive, he has to fight these same forces of evil in order to save his Padawan from herself. And from the very aspect of her existence which brought her to the planet in the first place.
So this book is really about war. But it is so much more than that. It talks about self doubt, torture, cowardice, and even how to break a human being. It talks about unbelievable courage, and bravery, friendship, love, revenge, and everything else both your standard human and Jedi deal out to the universe every spare moment of their lives.
SHATTERPPOINT is an extraordinary book. It is certainly the most realistic, exciting, fist-pumping and confronting expanded universe novel i have ever read. I won’t say it is a realistic novel about war, since (thank God) I have not found myself in that theatre of human existence. But every Star Wars fan in the galaxy should read this book. Every science fiction fan should read this book. Every war aficionado should read this book, and I would hope, close the cover at it’s end a changed person. I know I am.
Full marks for a truly extraordinary and amazing reading experience.
Star Wars just got serious.
Bye for now.
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In this book, Mace has a mission back on his home planet- a place he hadn’t visited in decades. With creatures out of nightmares, jungle battles and dark force powers this really is a fantastic, action packed novel perfect for prequel trilogy fans.
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On se retrouve rapidement piégé dans la terrible jungle d'Haruun Kal aux côtés de Maître Windu, entre horreur de la guerre et espoir de paix.
Une toute nouvelle facette de Mace Windu s'offre à nous, donnant plus de profondeur au maître jedi.
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Se si ha una buona conoscenza dell'inglese, consigliatissimo!
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Hier verschwimmen die Fronten,
Es ist brutal, dunkel, actiongeladen und plot-twists, die einen jedes mal aufs neue verwundern. Das ist Star Wars für Erwachsene.
Star Wars wie es sein soltle: enfesselte Macht und brutale Action und vor allem werden die ach so perfekten Jedi-Prinzipien hinterfragt.
Ein Buch welches ich nochmal lesen werde.