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Title: Hard Merchandise (Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars (Paperback)) by K. W. Jeter ISBN: 0-553-57891-X Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 06 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (75 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Do read, but don't expect TOO much.
Comment: Okay, I... thought this trilogy had the makings of a great read. If you don't expect too much, the three books are suitable for, say, reading in the bath tub. It has the mysterious Boba Fett in it - good - I do think Jeter could have said more about Fett's background, and who he is.
On the downside, Jeter does ramble - at great lengths. I've read War and Peace...so if I found Jeter's lengthy explanations to be boring, they must be bad, eh?! I won't go into the monotonous repetition of the word 'barve', I think enough reviewers have taken care of that one. His characterisations were weak - one of the cardinal rules of writing an extension to an existing series (or in Star Wars' case, an existing universe!) is to make sure your characters' personalities match up with the ones previous authors have already given them! Boba Fett's long paragraphs were out of character...much like, say, giving Spock (in a Star Trek book) an excited, emotional personality.
And as for the ending in this third book - are you sure it's a trilogy? It ended as a cliff-hanger - how will Fett handle this Black Sun conspiracy?! If there is a book to come, it's the perfect lead into it. If this was the last book, then Jeter has seriously botched it.... My mental jury is still out on the Neelah storyline - it didn't seem to be woven in to the main storyline properly, so it sits a bit oddly.
Jeter is a good writer (do check out some of his original books), but I don't think he is right for the Star Wars universe. I'd like to see Zahn try his hand at something about Fett.
Rating: 4
Summary: The most satisfying of the Bounty Hunter books
Comment: Hard Merchandise : Star Wars: Book 3 of The Bounty Hunter Wars
by K.W. Jeter continues the story of Boba Fett, Neelah and Dengar after the battle on Tatooine. This book had the most surprises and was really unique in both the style and tone. I really enjoyed reading it. Overall the only problem I really had with the series was the characterization of Dengar as a not so brutal bounty hunter, something that takes away a little from the character. Other than that I have to give Jeter high marks for effort. He took the most mysterious and one of the most cherished characters in the Star Wars universe and crafted a well-written tale that did not totally destroy the perception of that character. Well done Mr. Jeter.
Rating: 3
Summary: a very anti climactic conclusion
Comment: these books werent bad but they could have been better. i think the best parts took place "then" as opposed to "now". all of the schemeinhg going on was cool it was just the reasoning behind everything was just so stupid. i mean come on why would the emporer really care about the bounty hunters and their guild. so the empire could hire the best? they could do that anyway. it just didnt really make much sense to me. but al the action was good and i liked seeing the interaction bossk and the other bounty hunters had with fett. it was also cool seeing bounties being collected. just the ending is a little of a letdown
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Title: Star Wars: Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Star Wars (Random House Paperback)) by Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0553568167 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Star Wars: Tales from Jabba's Palace (Star Wars (Random House Paperback)) by Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0553568159 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Star Wars the Rebel Dawn: The Han Solo Trilogy (Star Wars: Han Solo Trilogy (Paperback)) by A.C. Crispin ISBN: 0553574175 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (Star Wars (Random House Paperback)) by Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0553564684 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Hutt Gambit (Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy, Vol. 2) by A. C. Crispin ISBN: 0553574167 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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