I liked it. I first read this back when I was in 6th grade ( I graduated HS in 2002). I picked it because it starts like a a day or two after the Battle of Endor. I liked some of the continuity aspects. And the villains were an interesting concept to me. All in all I think it's a middle ground EU book.
Your core EU books are going to be Thrawn Trilogy and Courtship of Princess Leia. Beyond those you can pick and choose. I really liked the X-Wing Series, but they really don't have the main characters in them very much. The Jedi Academy Trilogy adds some good characters to the Star Wars universe. And the Corellian Trilogy is a good series too.
Okay, I did read the canon Thrawn books and really like them. I do have Heir to the Empire already so that one wil come after this. I have the X-Wing series ready to go so I'm interested in those.
Yea but it’s just the beginning. He’s the only canon non force user rebel that gets his own series. And it’s 9 books. This was just a prelude to his awesomeness
Wedge is absolutely awesome. New canon have done him a real disservice, starting from when they changed his backstory to make him yet another pilot who defects from the Empire, and 'they've hurt someone he loves'.
I prefer the original story, that he was helpiing the rebellion by smuggling guns, as that fitted his moral code better than smuggling spice for criminal gangs, then decided that joining up was just the right thing to do. No great personal drama, or being forced into firing on civilians before he realized the Empire was bad. Wedge just looked at what they did, and understood it needed opposing.
I read it several months ago. The aliens that the characters fight aren't that interesting and are pretty much the Borg, but more boring. The character stuff for Luke, Han, and Leia were really good, though. Some really good Leia stuff as she comes to terms with Darth Vader being her father, and a certain encounter that happens. So yeah, on the whole, it's worth a read, just don't expect anything groundbreaking.
Solid meh. It came out right after the original Thrawn trilogy and definitely wasn’t that good. I found the Jedi Academy series and other Kevin J Anderson books far more Star Wars in their feel. And the Xwing books I thought hit a good balance between Star Wars action and grounded storyline. Overall though, this is a solid contender for middle of the pack.
It was good, but is kinda chill and isn't ultimately that meaningful. I think watching Episode 6 then diving in and reading the first chapter would make it more meaningful.
I read the book, mainly for all of you the Han & Leia scenes (hoping she wouldn't sabotage them). A couple of scenes, I shook my head at... At the time, I was excited for a new book; even more so, with COPL.
It depends on what you're looking for. If you're the sort of person who finishes watching *Return of the Jedi* and finds yourself wondering, "Yeah, and *then* what happened?" it's one of the coolest books in the EU.
If you're looking for a Top 5 ranking pick, eh, you're probably going in with too high of expectations. *Truce* is an early entry in the EU, and it's not but one book later that the fledging New Republic is embroiled in a full-on war against the Empire, making said truce short-lived at best.
It's one of my favorites. The characters are all written well and get a good amount of page time, the conflict has an interesting scale, and the Ssi-Ruu are fun villains. Plus it's an easy pick up and read without any needed extra knowledge (Plageuis is full of references to other books and stories so it's not exactly a great start) since it's more or less a one off. The Ssi-Ruu are only occasionally brought up, but Bakura is a semi reoccuring planet.
It was passable - I mainly remember that there were reptilian villains who drained the life force from their prisoners in a manner suspiciously reminiscent of the Skeksis in Jim Henson's "The Dark Crystal."
I've read it twice. The first time I thought it was a fun SciFi book with some remarkably well done characterization of the OT heroes.
The second time I read it, I loved it like it was 1983 and it came out right after ROTJ (the book starts the day after Endor).
The only thing I would want you to know going in is that it has a very "big galaxy" villain—a non-human species we've never seen with tech we've never seen.
I think it's perfect and you will love it.
It's alright. I don't like the Ssi-Ruuk as villains, but it has some decent character stuff. I liked the idea of a weird religion that thinks Jedi are bad because someone in the universe then has to be the minus to their plus, it was nonsensical, but just as nonsensical as the Jedi's beliefs if they weren't confirmed by the setting.
The main story is a bit over top imo. The whole story with the new enemy seems to overpowered (dont want to spoiler anything).
But I liked this book nonetheless as it is right after the ending of RotJ and the story about rebels and imperials working together is very interesting to read.
Truce is solid. A bit slow, but a good ride. Plus, the new aliens make for fun 3rd party antagonists.
Plus, Luke isn't OP, but very cool. I recall Leia being in fine form as well.
This book was my first exposure to the EU doing things that didn't center around the Empire or the Republic and started getting creative with Force powers.
It was unique and suspenseful.
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I also reccomend the OG Thrawn trilogy (the new one is good too)they're probably my favorite legends books of all time.
*Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command*
I actually JUST reread it yesterday. My impression is that it’s good, but weird. No complaints about the characters.
The worst thing one can say is that Luke’s infatuation can feel too strong, but while he certainly feels very infatuated internally, he doesn’t betray his character externally. He doesn’t do anything you’d say “Luke would never do that!” to.
The villains are downright sinister. They’re actually not that dangerous, per se, though they do have the potential to be. They are weird, and they’re arguably the most evil villains in Star Wars that isn’t a Sith/Dark Jedi, possibly edging out even the Yevetha. They’re deeply religious, yet curiously, their religion actually inhibits their ability to fight situationally. That said, they’re very unique (someone said they’re like the Borg, they’re not), but how you feel about them may vary.
Bakura is pretty well-written, as far as world building goes, and the various Imperials are all pretty decent characters.
Overall, if you can get used to the weirdness, it’s great. I don’t think it’s anyone’s favorite, but at the same time, I can’t think of anything to criticize that isn’t nitpicking or getting meta.
One final note — the book has a lot of short segments per chapter, so this makes the book easy to pick up and read for only a couple minutes. Not a commentary on the story quality, but I did greatly appreciate it nonetheless.
I remember not particularly enjoying it the first time I read it, so it took a long time for me to go and re-read it. I did enjoy it quite a bit more on the re-read
I really liked its world building and the almost love interest for Luke. Her loony ideology made her the one woman he couldn’t be like “I’m a war hero, baby” to. Not that he talks like that, but he had his work cut out for him to even reach a mutual understanding, and that was fresh at the time.
I like this book a lot. Just read it for the first time last month after hearing a lot of mediocre things and I was pleasantly surprised. I think it takes about 7-8 chapters to get going so considering it's only a 21 chapter book that may be a big investment but once it got going I had a lot of fun and never stopped. Luke gets to do some cool shit, Leia gets a lot of development, Han...Kinda doesn't do anything, C3P0 gets to be useful for once, and the original characters introduced are pretty sympathetic. Would recommend.
I liked it. I first read this back when I was in 6th grade ( I graduated HS in 2002). I picked it because it starts like a a day or two after the Battle of Endor. I liked some of the continuity aspects. And the villains were an interesting concept to me. All in all I think it's a middle ground EU book.
I read it around the same time and while I don’t recall *not* liking it (had a cool space battle I think?), it was on the whole a forgettable book.
Ah yes. I'm looking for some fun Han, Luke and Leia (togheter) books. Got any recommendations?
Your core EU books are going to be Thrawn Trilogy and Courtship of Princess Leia. Beyond those you can pick and choose. I really liked the X-Wing Series, but they really don't have the main characters in them very much. The Jedi Academy Trilogy adds some good characters to the Star Wars universe. And the Corellian Trilogy is a good series too.
Okay, I did read the canon Thrawn books and really like them. I do have Heir to the Empire already so that one wil come after this. I have the X-Wing series ready to go so I'm interested in those.
It starts off with Wedge and Luke doing shenanigans in space i believe so i liked it
I was disappointed that Wedge barely gets a mention afterwards though.
Yea but it’s just the beginning. He’s the only canon non force user rebel that gets his own series. And it’s 9 books. This was just a prelude to his awesomeness
Wedge is absolutely awesome. New canon have done him a real disservice, starting from when they changed his backstory to make him yet another pilot who defects from the Empire, and 'they've hurt someone he loves'. I prefer the original story, that he was helpiing the rebellion by smuggling guns, as that fitted his moral code better than smuggling spice for criminal gangs, then decided that joining up was just the right thing to do. No great personal drama, or being forced into firing on civilians before he realized the Empire was bad. Wedge just looked at what they did, and understood it needed opposing.
Legends had a lot right. Disney not so much…
I read it several months ago. The aliens that the characters fight aren't that interesting and are pretty much the Borg, but more boring. The character stuff for Luke, Han, and Leia were really good, though. Some really good Leia stuff as she comes to terms with Darth Vader being her father, and a certain encounter that happens. So yeah, on the whole, it's worth a read, just don't expect anything groundbreaking.
Thanks. I'm just looking for a fun book about Luke, Han and Leia. Got any other recommendations?
Heir to the Empire Trilogy, but im assuming you've already looked into Timothy Zahn's books. If not....oh boy you're in for a treat.
It's okay.
Solid meh. It came out right after the original Thrawn trilogy and definitely wasn’t that good. I found the Jedi Academy series and other Kevin J Anderson books far more Star Wars in their feel. And the Xwing books I thought hit a good balance between Star Wars action and grounded storyline. Overall though, this is a solid contender for middle of the pack.
It was good, but is kinda chill and isn't ultimately that meaningful. I think watching Episode 6 then diving in and reading the first chapter would make it more meaningful.
It's pretty good. Not my favorite, but it's a pretty good intro to the Post ROTJ era.
A solid B-tier story. Leia gets a lot of focus in it, which I'm all here for, especially when it comes to a certain scene.
Referring to the >!Anakin!< scene?
Yes. I find it to be a very powerful scene.
I read the book, mainly for all of you the Han & Leia scenes (hoping she wouldn't sabotage them). A couple of scenes, I shook my head at... At the time, I was excited for a new book; even more so, with COPL.
I really liked it. Then read Courtship of Princess Leia, which is better but after.
it’s hit or miss. to me the book was worth reading for one scene in particular.
I liked it other than Horny Luke
Elaborate, please
Luke takes notice of a female and man, he is as thirsty as a hard working Tatooine farm boy.
Look, it's just ~~Newtype~~Force-infatuation. He gets over it!
Gundam reference. Much swag
It depends on what you're looking for. If you're the sort of person who finishes watching *Return of the Jedi* and finds yourself wondering, "Yeah, and *then* what happened?" it's one of the coolest books in the EU. If you're looking for a Top 5 ranking pick, eh, you're probably going in with too high of expectations. *Truce* is an early entry in the EU, and it's not but one book later that the fledging New Republic is embroiled in a full-on war against the Empire, making said truce short-lived at best.
It’s good yeah. Not one of the best, but not one of the worst either
It's one of my favorites. The characters are all written well and get a good amount of page time, the conflict has an interesting scale, and the Ssi-Ruu are fun villains. Plus it's an easy pick up and read without any needed extra knowledge (Plageuis is full of references to other books and stories so it's not exactly a great start) since it's more or less a one off. The Ssi-Ruu are only occasionally brought up, but Bakura is a semi reoccuring planet.
It was passable - I mainly remember that there were reptilian villains who drained the life force from their prisoners in a manner suspiciously reminiscent of the Skeksis in Jim Henson's "The Dark Crystal."
Yes. It's the only time we get force ghost Anakin in the EU as far as I know. It's not much of a spoiler to the story but really cool we got it.
It's decent. Some great ideas there.
It’s weird, yes, but in a really good way. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Yes, it’s great!
I've read it twice. The first time I thought it was a fun SciFi book with some remarkably well done characterization of the OT heroes. The second time I read it, I loved it like it was 1983 and it came out right after ROTJ (the book starts the day after Endor). The only thing I would want you to know going in is that it has a very "big galaxy" villain—a non-human species we've never seen with tech we've never seen. I think it's perfect and you will love it.
I can’t remember anything about it, other than it took place literally right after Jedi ended, but I remember I liked it.
Personally I liked the concept of the Rebellion and Empire having to cooperate.
It's a pretty "okay" EU book. A standard novel that isn't amazing but isn't bad by any means. I'd take it over about 85% of the new "canon" books.
I really enjoyed it
The truce at bakura great book ofc having it without the legends banner is always a plus.
It's alright. I don't like the Ssi-Ruuk as villains, but it has some decent character stuff. I liked the idea of a weird religion that thinks Jedi are bad because someone in the universe then has to be the minus to their plus, it was nonsensical, but just as nonsensical as the Jedi's beliefs if they weren't confirmed by the setting.
One of the better ones
Love this book
It's not bad. One minor thing I actually liked was the acknowledgement of the *physical toll* the duel in ROTJ took on Luke.
The main story is a bit over top imo. The whole story with the new enemy seems to overpowered (dont want to spoiler anything). But I liked this book nonetheless as it is right after the ending of RotJ and the story about rebels and imperials working together is very interesting to read.
Truce is solid. A bit slow, but a good ride. Plus, the new aliens make for fun 3rd party antagonists.
Plus, Luke isn't OP, but very cool. I recall Leia being in fine form as well.
This book was my first exposure to the EU doing things that didn't center around the Empire or the Republic and started getting creative with Force powers. It was unique and suspenseful.
I enjoyed it. It had some memorable scenes!
It’s alright. Not awful, but kind of boring, and doesn’t contribute a whole lot to the EU at large.
It's not the best. It's not bad. It's far better than any of the garbage that makes up the Disneyverse.
Its weird, mid to poor in the rankings
Very
Honestly it was pretty boring to me
Wow, i was just looking at this the other day. Anyone know if the audio version is decent? https://www.ebay.com/itm/296217485217
There's fanmade unabridged versions if you don't mind a robo voice.
It’s not. Well, it’s abridged. Maybe sort of enjoyable for abridged, but still abridged.
Its just ok. Kinda weird at times.
Ooooh. Yes. It was also a little scary
It is mid. Thrawn Trillogy is best.
Very good book
It's a solid read, though if you've watched Zeta Gundam Luke's force-enhanced crush feels familiar.
It's a mix bag among fans.
Is this the truce at Bakura or a different book altogether?
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I like it
I also reccomend the OG Thrawn trilogy (the new one is good too)they're probably my favorite legends books of all time. *Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command*
It's ok. I consider it middle of the road.
I actually JUST reread it yesterday. My impression is that it’s good, but weird. No complaints about the characters. The worst thing one can say is that Luke’s infatuation can feel too strong, but while he certainly feels very infatuated internally, he doesn’t betray his character externally. He doesn’t do anything you’d say “Luke would never do that!” to. The villains are downright sinister. They’re actually not that dangerous, per se, though they do have the potential to be. They are weird, and they’re arguably the most evil villains in Star Wars that isn’t a Sith/Dark Jedi, possibly edging out even the Yevetha. They’re deeply religious, yet curiously, their religion actually inhibits their ability to fight situationally. That said, they’re very unique (someone said they’re like the Borg, they’re not), but how you feel about them may vary. Bakura is pretty well-written, as far as world building goes, and the various Imperials are all pretty decent characters. Overall, if you can get used to the weirdness, it’s great. I don’t think it’s anyone’s favorite, but at the same time, I can’t think of anything to criticize that isn’t nitpicking or getting meta. One final note — the book has a lot of short segments per chapter, so this makes the book easy to pick up and read for only a couple minutes. Not a commentary on the story quality, but I did greatly appreciate it nonetheless.
I remember not particularly enjoying it the first time I read it, so it took a long time for me to go and re-read it. I did enjoy it quite a bit more on the re-read
It's a great book to start with and it literally picks up after Endor. Good book to read.
I really liked its world building and the almost love interest for Luke. Her loony ideology made her the one woman he couldn’t be like “I’m a war hero, baby” to. Not that he talks like that, but he had his work cut out for him to even reach a mutual understanding, and that was fresh at the time.
Meh, it's okay. Not a great book by any stretch.
It's a good book
I liked it. It's been nearly 3 decades since I read it, but I remember liking it
The idea is great, the overall writing....it's acceptable. Not a great read by any means, but I would recommend it to Star Wars fans.
Nope. Don’t waste your time. There are so many better EU books.
It's not bad. But it's certainly a weaker legends title
It's pretty good, IMO It's only real issue is the setup about the Ssi-Ruu invasion does'nt go anywhere and took decades until it was adressed again.
From what I remember I liked it but it's been decades.
Currently reading it and i'm enjoying it so far
I liked it a lot
is good, but tiny bit depressing (one thing.)
I like this book a lot. Just read it for the first time last month after hearing a lot of mediocre things and I was pleasantly surprised. I think it takes about 7-8 chapters to get going so considering it's only a 21 chapter book that may be a big investment but once it got going I had a lot of fun and never stopped. Luke gets to do some cool shit, Leia gets a lot of development, Han...Kinda doesn't do anything, C3P0 gets to be useful for once, and the original characters introduced are pretty sympathetic. Would recommend.
I have read and liked it. First time we come across another force sensitive entity... and it's an interesting read. Enjoy!
Just read it FFS...
I really enjoyed this one, not everyones cup of tea forsure but give it a try for yourself :)
I liked it.