The Force Unleashed: Star Wars Legends

De: Sean Williams

Narrado por: Marc Thompson

“The Sith always betray one another. . . . I’m sure you’ll learn that soon enough.”

The overthrow of the Republic is complete. The Separatist forces have been smashed, the Jedi Council nearly decimated, and the rest of the Order all but destroyed. Now absolute power rests in the iron fist of Darth Sidious–the cunning Sith lord better known as the former Senator, now Emperor, Palpatine. But more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance in the galaxy must still be defeated and missing Jedi accounted for . . . and dealt with. These crucial tasks fall to the Emperor’s ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader. In turn, the Dark Lord has groomed a lethal apprentice entrusted with a top-secret mission: to comb the galaxy and dispatch the last of his masters’ enemies, thereby punctuating the dark side’s victory with the Jedi’s doom.

Since childhood, Vader’s nameless agent has known only the cold, mercenary creed of the Sith. His past is a void; his present, the carrying out of his deadly orders. But his future beckons like a glistening black jewel with the ultimate promise: to stand beside the only father he has ever known, with the galaxy at their feet. It is a destiny he can realize only by rising to the greatest challenge of his discipleship: destroying Emperor Palpatine.

The apprentice’s journeys will take him across the far reaches of the galaxy, from the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk to the junkyard planet of Raxus Prime. On these missions, the young Sith acolyte will forge an unlikely alliance with a ruined Jedi Master seeking redemption and wrestle with forbidden feelings for his beautiful comrade, Juno Eclipse. And he will be tested as never before–by shattering revelations that strike at the very heart of all he believes and stir within him long-forgotten hopes of reclaiming his name . . . and changing his destiny.

©2008 Lucasfilm Ltd. (P)2024 Random House Audio

Starkiller is one of my favorite starwars characters

better story then the comic or game and they need to give this story a soft reboot and make it canon.

Unleashed and unrevised

This was always one of my favorite Star Wars stories, the first that got me interested in Star Wars beyond the main films at the time. This being the unrevised or uncut version of the book really helped other points of the story, especially with the depth of characters. And a good performance

good pacing with a good story

I played the game long ago and vaguely remembered the story before listening. Mark does a wonderful job and is a master at his craft. My only criticism is the boyish voice he went with for Starkiller. It does make some sense as to why, but I just didn't like it that much. That doesn't take away from the amazing performance, just a preference.

Marc does it again.

This is another great star wars novel from the early publishing days. The abridgment was great, but as always with star wars novels, it is much better to hear the complete novel.

The excitement!

It would have been better if Juno’s voice was more girl like, instead of a man doing a girls voice.

Fast paced action

Started right away without all the build up. Fast paced action with a bit of a twist.

Best Narrator/Performer ever and awesome story!

I loved the game's way back when, but this brought it to a whole new level. I was able to completely get lost in the story. All while having no issues picturing everything in perfect detail.

Nostalgia at its Finest!

As of this productions release its been 16 years since the release of the original game. I had the PlayStation 2 version of the game which was during a time when PS2 and PS3 versions were vastly different. But even playing the lesser version of the game I was completely captivated by Galen's story and how it tied into the greater Canon, how his story led to the creation of the rebel alliance. It added so much more to the stakes of the world, the setups, and meaning behind each and every action of the rebels in the OT.

Years later I managed to play the PS3 version and I was not disappointed. It recaptured my love for the expanded universe and how good we had it back in the day. Sam was a phenomenal voice actor and the story was even better when expanded upon. I say all this because through the four days I took to listen to this book I was transported back 16 years ago to a time when Star Wars was alive with amazing, innovative, and fresh content. Mark Thompson is fantastic as always, and the way the writing fleshes out the games story is just perfection, adding so much more character depth and thought.

This story is Nostalgia for a time when Star Wars was a vast playground of creativity and fun. Would always recommend this to anyone who wants a fun really good story.

this is a really good legends novel.

I enjoyed that there was so much more in this story. it fleshed out the characters more and it was so much more engrossing than the abridged one was. I would recommend this to any Star Wars fan.

Galen!

I have always enjoyed this tale but never got to the audiobook version. Marc Thompson does an amazing job as always.