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It is a dark time; the evil Galactic Empire rules with a titanium fist. A small band of rebels, led by Imperial Senator Princess Leia, has stolen plans to the Empire’s weapon of ultimate destruction, the Death Star, in hopes of finding a weakness that might allow them to neutralize the Empire’s fearsome weapon. Then the Empire’s most dreaded agent, Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader, captures Princess Leia and brings her aboard the Death Star itself for interrogation.
Little does the Princess know that she has a secret ally aboard the Death Star, who will help her bring the rebellion into a final, catastrophic encounter with the Empire. And little does the Empire’s leaders know that the Dark Lord himself harbors a secret with explosive consequences for the galaxy...
Another Hope is Lori Jareo’s first full-length novel. She has also written technical manuals, how-to articles for the manufacturing technology sector, software help, and blogs for Macintosh computers. Lori works full-time as a book editor and lives with her family in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has been a Star Wars fan since 1977.
Anonymous
Posted April 24, 2006
I'm actually reviewing the book here this isn't a critique of the nature of this publication. I downloaded this from the author's website, just out of curiosity. I am a Star Wars fan but don't read much Star Wars fanfic. Jareo's biography states that she has 'written technical manuals, [and] how-to articles for the manufacturing technology sector', and that's how this reads. There is more technobabble than in a licensed Star Wars novel. Descriptions are excessively loaded with 'technological' details, which results in pages and pages of pure exposition. Also, some of her details are flat-out wrong. There is no 'Star Fleet' in Star Wars, that's a Star Trek organization. The relevant equivalent here is the Imperial Navy. All debate of copyright infringement aside, this novel is not at all interesting.
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Posted April 30, 2006
while alternate universe fanfiction is all well and good, it certainly doesn't belong on the market. George Lucas is going to have a field day with this one... and it's not even good fanfiction, so no one will object.
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It is a dark time; the evil Galactic Empire rules with a titanium fist. A small band of rebels, led by Imperial Senator Princess Leia, has stolen plans to the Empire’s weapon of ultimate destruction, the Death Star, in hopes of finding a weakness that might allow them to neutralize the Empire’s fearsome weapon. Then the Empire’s most dreaded agent, Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader, captures Princess Leia and brings her aboard the Death Star itself for interrogation.
Little does the Princess know that she has a secret ally aboard the Death Star, who will help her bring the rebellion into a final, catastrophic encounter with the Empire. And little does ...