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by: General Tarfful

date posted: May 21, 2008 11:57 PM

Legacy of the Force: Invincible

I just finished reading Invincible. I thought the ending was quite wonderful and, well... beautiful. Poor, poor Jacen--but at least his sacrifice was not meaningless.

Was Jaina right, the way she reacted? It stands in such sharp contrast to Luke's behavior in Return of the Jedi. Was Luke wrong? Or were they different situations calling for different responses?

I'm left staring at the title. Invincible. It's not at all clear to what it refers, but it's certainly provocative. Invincible. Invincible. Invincible. I honestly have little to no idea.

A satisfying end to a well-done saga. It was far from flawless, but I've gotten a lot out of it, and for that I thank Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, Troy Denning, and all the folks at LucasBooks and Del Rey.

May the Force be with you.

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	Granny-Wan I Am NOT an Old Fossil!
date Posted: May 22, 2008 7:34 AM The Jedi and the way of the light side is Invincible! Good triumphs over evil, that's the true story of Star Wars. About time this series got back to that.

Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi
I was a Teenage Jedi

date Posted: May 22, 2008 10:16 AM

Was Jaina right, the way she reacted? ... Was Luke wrong? Or were they different situations calling for different responses?
I think Luke certainly wasn't wrong--he did redeem Vader, after all. But was Jaina right? That's a harder question. Luke was willing to put it all on the line to redeem Vader, including risking his own life and throwing his lightsaber aside, leaving him defenseless. In my opinion, this goes above and beyond the call of duty. While Jaina never tried that drastically to save Caedus, she can't be expected to, I don't think. Her focus was on saving the lives Caedus hadn't taken yet, but would, rather than on avenging the previous lives he had taken. And that, to me, is noble enough.

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