This one came highly recommended by Sars. It did not dissappoint.

Shadows of the Empire, by Steve Perry
THE GOOD:
How 'bout most of the book! It was decently funny and moved at a fairly good pace. Nothing egde-of-your-seat, save for the very end. Xizor of course pretty much made this book, He was by far the most interesting character in the book, and he was so dang hot!! Ahem. anyways, I liked Lando and Luke working as a team and I loved Leia. The last book with any Leia I read was Splinter of the Mind's Eye, so this was much more like the Leia we're used to seeing.

THE BAD:
This wasn't too bad, but I honestly think the Lando/Luke team would have been better without Dash. Having Dash just made it feel like Han was still there. I honestly didn't feel like I'd lost anything. It almost felt like he was a Han replacement. Dash was great, but he would have been better if he wasn't so much like Han. The one other thing was that parts of it were a little slow.

THE OTHER:
Are you seriously trying to tell me that the "many Bothans who died to bring us this information" was half a squad of greenie pilots?! I'm not trying to sound heart-hearted or anything here, but the way Mon Mothma says thatt line makes it sound as if a hundred or so Bothans were killed in a massive information raid on Coruscant or something! I was a little dissapointed that the story behind that line wasn't the great and tragic massacre I'd always pictured it.

Overall, it was average. Xizor definitely makes it worth it!

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