Crucible: Star Wars Legends

By: Troy Denning

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, and Luke Skywalker return in an all-new Star Wars adventure, which will challenge them in ways they never expected - and forever alter their understanding of life and the Force.

When Han and Leia Solo arrive at Lando Calrissian’s Outer Rim mining operation to help him thwart a hostile takeover, their aim is just to even up the odds and lay down the law. Then monstrous aliens arrive with a message, and mere threats escalate into violent sabotage with mass fatalities. When the dust settles, what began as corporate warfare becomes a battle with much higher stakes - and far deadlier consequences.

Now Han, Leia, and Luke team up once again in a quest to defeat a dangerous adversary bent on galaxy-wide domination. Only this time, the Empire is not the enemy. It is a pair of ruthless geniuses with a lethal ally and a lifelong vendetta against Han Solo. And when the murderous duo gets the drop on Han, he finds himself outgunned in the fight of his life. To save him, and the galaxy, Luke and Leia must brave a gauntlet of treachery, terrorism, and the untold power of an enigmatic artifact capable of bending space, time, and even the Force itself into an apocalyptic nightmare.

©2013 Troy Denning (P)2013 Random House Audio

Fairly strong finish for the Expanded Universe

What did you love best about Crucible: Star Wars?

A good standalone novel that brings in elements from across the Star Wars Expanded Universe - reading the other books (and watching related video) will enrich your experience of the story while tie-ins you don't immediately recognize will still stand on their own. Vital elements for a conclusive story.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Not so much the narrator as the overall performance could have cut back on the sound effects. While they sometimes do their intended task of enriching the experience, they ended up doing more distracting than enriching, for me.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The ultimate conclusion to the adventures Han, Luke, and Leia started in A New Hope!

Any additional comments?

The amount of time and focus spent on the visceral experience of injury seemed to have a disconnect with the cinematic experience presented by most Star Wars stories.

Marc Thompson makes these books great!

The story was good however, Marc does such a great job making up for any shortcomings in the story. It's hard to listen to other Star Wars books narrated by other people.

The An End of an Era

The story, the FX, the voice actor as usual are all incredible! I intentionally stopped myself from finishing the story because I knew it was the Last Book prior to the “House of Mouse Massacre” of Star Wars.

Now that I’ve completed it I am glad to know that in the REAL Star Wars Universe, things rounded out nicely.

not long enough!

it shouldn't have wrapped up so quickly or so easily, there's a lot of the storyline that's left off and left wide open. luckily it's not the end of the series nor did they find the mortise Model S like they wanted to so that leaves an opening for the story to continue but I thought that this book was just rushed

Great sequel to the Fate of the Jedi series.

I always love narrator Mark Thompson. The book was little difficult for me to follow at the end. I listened to it twice and was not disappointed at all. Very good Star Wars story.

Great book!

Carries on the tradition of the Star Wars series well. Action packed with great sound effects and narration! He does great voices!

a good end to the EU before Disney hit the reset

If you could sum up Crucible: Star Wars in three words, what would they be?

A great good bye to a wonderful EU. All the characters have a happy ending.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Crucible: Star Wars?

The last few pages of the characters saying good bye and moving on. The publisher must have had a heads up with what Disney was planning and had the good sense to give us loyal EU reader an ending

Have you listened to any of Marc Thompson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

He is great he is the voice of Star Wars

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Just that this was the end of this timeline. I have been reading EU since the beginning.

Awesome book

I loved the relevance of the ending of this book and the up coming movie.

A fitting end

This book is the end of the Legends timeline. SPOILER: It was great to see Han, Luke, and Leia ride off into the sunset in the end. I liked this ending to the characters story better than the fates that the new movies have given the characters. There were times that I thought this story was a bit out there, even for Star Wars but overall I enjoyed it and as always, the performance was five stars.

A good conclusion to the old EU

This book provided a good end cap to the old expanded universe. like watching the finale of a show you love