Star Wars: The Crystal Star

De: Vonda N. McIntyre

Narrado por: Anthony Heald

Princess Leia is dealt a crushing blow when her three children, Anakin and the twins Jaina and Jacen, are kidnapped. Leia's advisers counsel her to wait for a ransom note, but waiting is the hardest thing for a mother to do when her children are in danger. And worse than waiting is her discovery that she cannot sense her children through the Force.

Ultimately, the princess has no choice. She, Chewbacca, and Artoo-Detoo track the kidnappers, following their trail to a disabled refugee ship where the answers provided by Rillao, a mysterious fugitive, only provoke more questions. The refugees' children are also missing and Rillao thinks she knows who has them: a powerful Imperial officer named Hethrir who has his own twisted plans to restore the Empire to its former glory.

Meanwhile, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker are on a separate mission to the planet Crseih to investigate a report of a lost group of Jedi. Crseih is at the mercy of strange quantum effects caused by the death of a nearby star that is slowly freezing into a uniquely perfect crystal. This crystal star causes a disruption in the Force, blunting Luke's power and cutting the Millennium Falcon off from Leia and their home base.

What Han and Luke find on the planet is even stranger than a crystallizing sun: a charismatic alien named Waru who has attracted a following of fanatic devotees through his miraculous healing powers. Is Waru a being of benevolence? Or do his healing arts conceal a darker purpose?

As Leia, Chewbacca, and Rillao follow Hethri trail of treachery across space, Luke and Han draw closer to the truth behind Waru's sinister cult. Ultimately they will face an explosive showdown that could determine not only their own fates and the fate of the New Republic but whether the universe itself will survive.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"[A] fast-paced sf adventure." (Booklist)
"This is easily the best of a best-selling series." (Publishers Weekly)

Pleasantly surprised!

This novel gets a bad rap as far as EU novels go. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It reminds me of when Star Wars wasn't as clearly defined as it is now. Now many of those magical and fantasy elements have been replaced with more hardcore sci fi. Anyway, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

a little darker then most star wars stories

not as amazing as some of Luke's adventures and definitely dark as it delves in child slavery and the bad guy trys to feed Anakin Solo to a demon near the end.

so yeah its not for younger readers at all.

but for the more mature and hardcore star wars fans this is a fun and frightening adventure with Luke, Han and Leia.

4 out of 5 stars good story decent voice work and great sound affects as usual.

Great Production, weird waru

suffice to say, it's mostly good. waru is very strange almost non-star wars creature but nonetheless I liked it.

A Well written story despite some flaws

it had excellent Writing but the story was much harder to follow than most other starwars novels the varied personal perspective was really helpful in understanding what's happening every moment

Story bleh, presentation good

Story not great. Presentation superb. Great use of Star Wars soundtrack & SoundFX.
That is all.

Doesn't do the book justice.

This is one of my favorite Star Wars books, illustrating the most powerful potential of the Solo children. Unfortunately, there is no unabridged version, and both the abridgement and performance come short of the book's rendition.

meh

not sure if it was the story or the abridgment, but parts seemed abbreviated or altogether left out. Couldn't follow the choppy story very well, especially with all the unfamiliar names, not known to Star Wars fans.

Doesn’t really feel like Star Wars

Centaurs. Werewolves and whatever waru is. Just a bizarre story with a terrible abridge. Love the legends expanded universe as a whole but skip this one.