Apocalypse

Star Wars Legends (Fate of the Jedi)

By: Troy Denning

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

There can be no surrender.
There will be no mercy.
It’s not just the future of the galaxy at stake—
It’s the destiny of the Force.

In the stunning finale of the epic Fate of the Jedi series, Jedi and Sith face off—with Coruscant as their battlefield. For the Sith, it’s the chance to restore their dominance over the galaxy that forgot them for so long. For Abeloth, it’s a giant step in her quest to conquer all life everywhere. For Luke Skywalker, it’s a call to arms to eradicate the Sith and their monstrous new master once and for all.

In a planetwide strike, teams of Jedi Knights take the Sith infiltrators by swift and lethal surprise. But victory against the cunning and savage Abeloth, and the terrifying endgame she has planned, is anything but certain. And as Luke, Ben, Han, Leia, Jaina, Jag, and their allies close in, the devastating truth about the dark side incarnate will be exposed—and send shock waves through the Jedi Order, the galaxy, and the Force itself.

©2012 Troy Denning (P)2012 Random House Audio

Amazing story, sad it’s over. Disney sucks.

Loved the entire nine book series. Ive listened to them all multiple times over while working or cleaning my kitchen. It kills me that we won’t get to see a further conclusion except I think maybe one book after this one? I’ll have to see. Pray for the day disney stops destroying the lore with their terrible trilogies and adapts better works of art or sells the rights altogether.

This whole book series was amazing!

Pure Star Wars, at its best! Great story telling and character development. I feel like I know Grandmaster Skywalker much better now.

This is Star Wars

Spoilers.


Apocalypse is the perfect name for this novel. All hell as broken loose. The GA is under the thumb of Aboloth and the Lost Tribe. Darkness looms over Coruscant. Sith of the Lost Tribe dwell in Jedi Temple. Aboloth controls the Galactic Alliance as Chief of State.
In this bleak time the Jedi come to action. Sneaking back into capital to reclaim the temple .
Wynn Dorvan is being held in the captured for information. In the scenes of Aboloth torturing him, he dishes out defiance in the real face of death or far worse. He was a far stronger character than I gave him credit for. Wynn Dorvin really evolved and grew on me throughout the series and he became another favorite.
Ben Skywalker with Vestara Kia (as well as dozens of other Jedi) retake the Senate from the Lost Tribe in a near clean sweep.
When The Luke Skywalker leads the assault to retake the Jedi Temple and rid the galaxy of evil is when this book “explodes” into existence. Hell breaks loose as the Jedi fight closer and closer to victory. No quarter is given or taken in this battle.
Queen Mother Tenel Ka and Allana play an excellent part in this novel as well. The roles and parts are too good to spoil.
While awaiting trail in the Empire Tahri Velia feels a disturbance in the Force. Finding one of Aboloth’s avatars is in The Empire, Tahri becomes the Emperor’s Hand under the strict leash of Head of State Jag Fel. When she discovers a wounded Boba Fett things take a turn for more interesting.
The chapters where Rynar Thul, Lowbacca, Tekli, and 3PO go back to the Kiliks for help is possibly my favorite scenes in Star Wars. Rynar’s horrifying selfless choice was perfect. (Thank you for wrapping his fate up from this event before everything was rebooted).
Saba’s Never Ending Hunt is chilling. While always a compassionate yet brutal hunter, when her Clan is threatened we truly see her loyalty. She is definitely one of my favorite characters. It’s sad she’s last seen in this novel.
Now Jaina. Her role as Sword of the Jedi is written with perfection. She is the ultimate Jedi. After a lifetime of training, Master was a title Jaina Solo had earned and needed.
Then there is Luke, Ben, Vestara, Darth Krayt, and Aboloth. The ending of this novel is well...apocalyptic.
Fate of the Jedi is in my opinion the best ending to Star Wars. (Mercy Kill and Crucible are great but nothing like this.)
The EU may be over but it lives on in the hearts of its fans. From Dawn of the Jedi set millennia before Yavin, to Splinter of Minds Eye to the Legacy comics set 130 years ABY. Long live the EU. May The Force Be With You.
Reviewed in 2020.

fantastic

loved this book. the narrator was perfect for this book. easily kept my attention the whole way though.

Great series

I enjoyed this series immensely! I loved listening about characters I watched in the 1970's and learning what happened to them after episode VI. I read the Thrawn trilogy years ago and very much enjoyed it. The Fate of the Jedi series is just as good as The Thrawn series. If you loved the original Star Wars movies, I suspect you will enjoy The Fate of the Jedi series! Mark Thompson does a remarkable job! I wish he narrated every Star Wars novel!

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If you could sum up Apocalypse in three words, what would they be?

very good.Some things are out of place in the book but overall its a very good book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

vestara was my favorite character...she played her role very well in order to infiltrate the jedi
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Which scene was your favorite?

When luke went beyond shadows to destroy abeloth

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When allana felt the 300 jedi in the ship explode along with the ship. very touching on how a child jedi would handle the situation.

Any additional comments?

the only thing that made the book confusing is when vestara already told ben she led an ambush on the falcon why was he so surprised & hurt when Jania told him the exact same thing in the maw...weird.

Awesome Audio Book

This was my first time LISTENING to a Star Wars audio production. I LOVED it!! There are sound effects and music and the narrator used different voices,it was simply amazing!! I felt like I was IN the middle of the action!!. If I had known they were all like this, then I would have downloaded more of these productions sooner!!

I actually think that ALL audio books should have this level of production !!

The story did drag at times,but I LOVED Barv's sacrafice. That section was written so well. I actually cried! The ending could have gone better with Abeloth, but really, how DO you kill a being that IS part of the force itself??

Bottom line is, I LOVE the Star Wars extended universe and I was thoroughly entertained by this book. I think a large part of it was the narrator and the music and sound effects for this book.

Download this book!!

Last real star wars book

im so sad that these is the real end in star wars stories. full of action

This series finally came together

Would you consider the audio edition of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse to be better than the print version?

Yes because of all the special effects and voices, it helps keep characters straight

Who was your favorite character and why?

Han, always Han

What does Marc Thompson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Voices

Any additional comments?

I can't say every addition to this series was relivelnt to the overall story, sometimes I feel like all characters do is get positioned and there is very little story but the last two were really great and made me glad I stuck it out

Loved it

I really enjoy the extra beyond the regular stories of the Jedi and Sith it’s a very interesting story