Shadows of the Empire: Star Wars Legends

I recall this book perfectly connected the times between Empire and Return of the Jedi. Boba Fett versus bounty hunters, the sinister Black Sun org, and Bothan spies! At last, all the classic characters set up for the big moment at Jabba's palace. So... is this still canon? Why not? I do understand......more

3.5 Stars This was an interesting time period to read because it was set between the second and third movie in the original trilogy. It has some good character moments but it wasn't the most interesting story.......more

La creación de esta novela y todo lo que tuvo a su alrededor tiene más jugo que la novela en sí. Cuando el Universo Expandido de Star Wars empezó a tener el éxito que tuvo a comienzos de los noventa. Con la salida de todos los libros, comics y videojuegos y el juego de rol que empezaron a agrandar y......more

I can easily guess why George Lucas never went on to make his planned third trilogy (Episodes 7-9)* by perusing the sci-fi section of any bookstore: he didn't need to. There are a slew of other writers who have carried on the Star Wars mythos. Probably better than Lucas's movies would have been, in......more

A Quickie Review Shadows of the Empire was probably the biggest non-movie Star Wars event up to that point. Though no film was made, a CD soundtrack was released, and there was a video/computer game for the Nintendo 64 and PC based on the book. However, even all that promotion doesn't take away from......more