Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith

De: Adam Christopher

Narrado por: William DeMeritt

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of peace.

Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable . . . and Luke’s worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace.

After Lando’s daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading hopes—until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl.

Ochi’s true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith’s glorious rebirth—Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself.

As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith’s lingering shadow and aid a young family running for their lives.

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Fun story. Narrator wasn't a good fit.

The narrator is not bad. he's uo to usual Star Wars audiobook standard 100% But his voice doesn't fit anyone but Lando, in my opinion.


This story was actually surprising. we've been dying for more Luke content after episode 6, and this starts to scratch that itch. I'd love much more from this Era along with other non-skywalker stuff.

But the antagonist isn't the usual Sith. you'll notice what I mean right away, and you won't be disappointed!

Excellent Backstory

Great backstory fills in the missing information leading up to episodes 7 through 9. This is the Luke we all wanted on the big screen.

Excellent read

The story takes a little bit to pick up but once it’s doesn’t it’s Star Wars at it’s best. I highly recommend for any Star Wars fan. Great writing!

Noice

Loved it. Love Star Wars. Dude did a great job with the different voices. You could tel who was who, great story. Part of the new cannon, so it is important knowledge for Star Wars future

Excellent

They should make this as a movie or series!
Very much enjoyed it and was fresh and exciting

so good, compelling, and gobsmacking

it was one of the best star wars books to date. definitely recommend this read.

so nice i played it twice!

this is the only book I've listened to twice.. it was great! i was sceptical at first because it wasn't Marc Thompson narrating but the narrator was incredible, truly an essential story you must hear

Intrigue and excitement!

Excellent story. Never wanted to stop. As all good star wars stories, it left me with another question. (Or two)

This should have been episode 7

Amazing book from the new Disney canon. Story was pretty good. Super long. A good build up.

good book, suffers from connecting to the movies

The book does well with connecting us to the roots of star wars while also giving us a team up that we haven't had yet in canon novels. We get Luke and Lando. We get force powers beyond the basic push and pull, we get sith artifacts. We also get limited by the movies. Key characters in the book HAVE TO have their interactions and missions go a certain way in order for things to not happen for the first time until they happen in the movies. I would say though that the areas where the book is given more freedom to be world building and Lore enhancing still make it worth the read, and while not changing the movies, it seems to be setting up a better background of circumstances that to me make the movies better already.