Star Wars Republic Commando #4: Order 66

reply to quigonreborn

First let me say that your review while somewhat inaccurate was very well spoken. However i most heartily DISAGREE with your assement! karen traviss has done with her writing something that should have been done almost from the begining, She has put a human face on the faceless. The clone troopers are in the movie are portrayed as little better than the droid forces that they were fighting! But here comes Karen Traviss who come out and says loud and clear what the other writers would only hint at, that the republic at large sees the clones as little better than slaves. Even the jedi themselves (with a few notable exceptions) don't see the clones as human the way that u or i are. What I find refreshing about Karen's writing is that it puts a real face on the star wars universe (warts, moles pimples and all). Where the jedi are not always the good guys, That mandalorians are more than just mercs and bounty hunters and that one of the mandos and a a pair of jedi knights (one of them pregnant by a clone soldier) seem to be the only ones who really see the clones a human beings who are being selfishly used. Lets also not forget that the real bad guy, Palpatine aka darth sidious is the whole reason that the clone army exists in the first place playing both sides against the middle. So in conclusion i think your review was somewhat harsh on the writing of a very talented author. I recomend to all who read this review to read the entire republic commando series, It's a very well written story and it's a story real enough for all to relate to.

Peter Oakley

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

You Can Almost Hear the Imperial March

I just finished reading Order 66 and I have to say it was worth the wait. As this is the first novel to tell the story from the clones point of view, I thinkk it exceptionally telling when one of the Jedi tries to explain their coup against a democratically elected Chancellors by saying 'He´s a Sith!' and the clone (Captain Maze) answers 'What´s a Sith?' showing the clones really were just pawns in a bigger game being played by both Palpatine and to a lesser extent, Jango Fett. The character developement in this novel is particularly good, as we see professional soldiers struggle with doing their duty to a government they have no tie to (never took an oath, no contract) and deserting to look for a better full life. I really liked the dialogue between Null and Alpha ARC troopers as a device to show the stark difference in how each views his lot in life. An excellent book all around!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Karen Traviss, slow and boring.

Ms. Traviss writes well but is slow and boring. She creates a story that is too much like real life, long periods of no action, slow and dragging along with short periods of action. It should be more action and actions and less "touchy-feely" exploration. I read to get the touchy feely, thoughts of the characters and so on but there are better ways to do it.
I am reading L.A. Banks and she does a great job of that, she carries you along. With Traviss you have to fight to get there. I had an acquaintance decide to stop reading the whole SW series (his loss) because of her books.
I am glad she got the work but there are far better writers for the SW galaxy than she.
Overall Order 66 is a good book and answers some questions and fills in some holes. I do think that the surrounding galaxy events are missed somewhat. I can not detail them here but they come to mind as I read.
I wish someone would seriously address the other force users in the SW galaxy, not as adversaries only and off their planets as well as force sensitives who were never trained, there had to be some.
The Jedi do not look good in this book and that is good as it makes them as people more "human" especially with their institutional blindness to the total situation and to the duping of Skywalker, can one be too good?
There has to be something about the Clones that got away, what happened, did were more kids born, any force sensitive? What happened to them.
A galaxy full of stories.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Sad End

What else would you expect with a book titled "Order 66," it's gloomy and final. It was also a great addition to the Republic Commando series. I've enjoyed the characters that Traviss has created and look forward to her additonal efforts in the Expanded Universe.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

BEST BOOK SERIES EVER!

STAR WARS FOREVER!

KANDOSII!

Battlefront? Mhi n'ulu, di'kut.

Battlefront

As a star wars fan i loved this book. If you like star wars and also head to head action i have a game that might interest you. The game is called star wars battlefront 2. In this game you play as anyone from a jet trooper to a jawa. You play on the side of either republic vs. Seperatists or rebels vs. Empire. In gameplay on psp, you can invite me into battle with you if you need help. My name is corr and i usually play as a sniper of the republic. I am known as one of the best marksmen of kashyyyk and of the republic. I have been awarded marksman 347 times and can get the beam rifle whenever i want. Sincerely yours, corr.

A very good book, I highly recommend this book

A very good book, i highly recommend it

Nice book

Probably worth your buck. I just have the awesome sample

thos is realy good

Even though i don't like the star wars stuff much any more this is still a good book

Sad

Must read for any Karen Traviss or star wars fan.

Sad

All in all. A great book. However. I coudnt finish it. I dropped it the moment clone boy's wife died. I mean..it was to be expected. It made sense. And you -KNEW- it was gonna happen. However. It was far to big a blow for me and kindve just...Well. I no longer wanted to read anymore. Her loss just made the series...empty.

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Absolutely outstanding. My favorite

When you read it you will wish they had made it an audiobook.

great

perfect condtion, came quick

A good ride

Looking for a good starwars series that has a lot and nothing to do with the main story line? Then pick up the Republic Commando series by Karen Traviss. Its a great story line about the "Army of the Republic" with just enough Jedi stuff to make it feel like a true Starwars novel, but not enough to overpower the main focus of the story line. Though clones, Karen Traviss has given each individual clone its own personalilty and focus in life that will make any reader cling to them in the hope that they survive the end game of the last novel.

Karen Traviss is the BEST author EVER!!!!!!!

I loved this book!!!! Icant wait for the next one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Order 66 the 2nd to Last Book in a Clone Troopers Topic Series

Star Wars Order 66 is written as powerful as any of the Star Wars novels have been written. The series as a whole is very emotional and moving - a rough metaphor about slavery (even though it's not directly stated). Also, all of the characters are developed and change over the life of the series - the final book comes at the end of what currently is the last series written. So, on to the review!

If you weren't a fan of Karen Traviss, the author, this novel could be the clincher. A spell binding novel about how the clone troopers respond and prepare for the "end of the war", and how they leave the republic behind. The book covers the final preparations for taking care of clone troopers that want to leave the war behind and have a "normal" life. Out of touch and spread thin, the reader witnesses how the Jedi (or anyone for that matter) morally declines, fails themselves, and are wiped out by evil. The thin line between what makes someone good or evil is a topic also covered in the novel - which also adds to the drama that unfolds. This novel resolves many of the questions that were created at the start of this series and the events that surround Order 66. Order 66 is only a tiny portion of this novel; essentially the Order becomes a count down and backdrop for a great number of activities. This is a must read and should be read after the other Clone Troopers novels have been read. I actually became teary eyed near the end... and that isn't me.

WHAT!!!???

First of all this is a great book.But the ending and im talking about the last page ending.What happens to Kad?Skriata?Darman?Niner?

It felt incomplete I would like to know what happens to them.

Republic Commando series at its best

A brilliant book that is the best, i think, of the whole republic commando series.
It makes you think harder and differently, sinse I used to think jedi were good guys, as you would, but I saw them so differently in this book. It also shows you how slippery the line between good and bad, right and wrong, corruption and justice is.
It keeps a steady pace, a complex but understandable (if that makes sense) storyline and plot that is one of the best.
The different things in it are like nobody elses writing, all the little details just bring it alive.
I would say one of the only bad points is on the description. I like a bit of complex description here and there, dotted all over the book, but I really didn't find it in this one.
Overall i think K.Traviss has done a brilliant piece of work on this and will give this book a 4.8 out of 5.

A Must Read for the Republic Commando Series

excellent characterization, helps to understand the differance between the good guys and the bad guys and the corruption between the similarites.