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 Tyrant's Test Three plots wasn't enough, let's get Chewie and Lumpy in here too! Summary: Leia ducks a no confidence motion by declaring war. Luke finds out his whole mom finding quest was bullshit. Han gets beaten up and tortured. Lando makes it home. The good guys win! Commentary/Review: I don't know how the hell Kube-McDowell got a three book deal out of this mess. As previously established, this trilogy broadly follows three main plots: 1. Luke meeting with the Fallanassi and trying to find his mother. 2. Han and Leia dealing with the political and military issue of the Yevetha. 3. Lando being stuck on "The Vagabond" There are a couple other plots that pop in and out throughout the series. Book 2 has a substantial amount of page space dedicated to Plat Mallar, a survivor of the Yevetha attacks and New Republic pilot. He's in this one a bit, but he has to share the "extra" space w/ Lumpy, Chewie, and some other Wookies, along with archeologis...

  Shield of Lies Not sure why Leia is in Endor mode here. Summary: Lando wanders around on The Derelict some more. They kind of figure out how it works. C-3PO gets damages and R2 is mad at him. (Jealous/protective R2 is a good touch.) Luke wanders around the galaxy with Akanah. They sort of do philosophy. It's kind of awkward since they're together and nominally doing the same thing, but both trying to sneak around each other (but not very interestingly). Leia almost gets impeached! Plat Mallar, the lone survivor of one of the Yvethan attacks becomes a pilot with Ackbar's help. The New Republic almost fights the Yvethan, but backs out when they use hostages. Han gets kidnapped again... I don't think anything super impactful gets introduced here. On the whole, this series only tangentially intersects with the rest of the EU, and we've got some serious second book syndrome. Commentary: Somehow, Kube-McDowell organizes the three books in this trilogy in three different...

Before the Storm How do I write these again? After whining about kid's books for a couple months, back to trying to do these properly. I'm not sure if Black Fleet Crisis can actually sustain a blog entry each, but I wanted to do one so here we go. Summary: Leia is doing negotiations with obvious bad guys. (They have a secret Imperial fleet.) Lando chases after some weird alien space ship. Luke goes to try to find his mom since Padme doesn't exist yet. Introduced: The Yevetha: They kinda look like the Tarkata from Mortal Kombat . They can learn super quick and manage to steal a fleet from the Empire. They're negotiating with Leia, but not really cause conspiracy? They drive "thrust ships" which look kind of like Battletech  dropships.  "The Vagabond": A giant space ship that talks in DNA. The White Current and The Fallanassi: I think this is our first "they do The Force different", save for a little stuff way back in Splinter of The Mind...