Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis, Book 1: Before the Storm

By: Michael Kube-McDowell

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

In the blockbuster best-selling tradition of Heir to the Empire comes this thrilling addition to the Star Wars saga, as peace gives way to a new threat.

It is a time of tranquility for the New Republic. The remnants of the Empire now lie in complete disarray, and the reemergence of the Jedi Knights has brought power and prestige to the fledgling government on Coruscant. Yesterday's Rebels have become today's administrators and diplomats, and the factions that fought against imperial tyranny seem united in savoring the fruits of peace.

But the peace is short-lived. A restless Luke must journey to his mother's homeworld in a desperate and dangerous quest to find her people. An adventurous Lando must seize a mysterious spacecraft that has weapons of enormous destructive power and an unknown mission. And Leia, a living symbol of the New Republic's triumph, must face down a ruthless leader of the Duskhan League, an arrogant Yevetha who seems bent on a genocidal war that could shatter the fragile unity of the New Republic - and threaten its very survival.

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Another poor performance by Anthony Heald

Why does he continue to be allowed to read for these stories?? He has no real voice range, uses no chapter breaks, and his retelling seems to be too abridged!!

Hard to listen to

Didn't care for pace and mispronounced words were distracting. Not a terrible story but overall disappointing.

nice attempt

great story.WHY didn't somebody correct Anthony Healds CONSTANT mispronunciation?! completely tears me outta the story...

great story

if you're loyal to the prequel movies this book seems a little weird in the case of Luke searching for his mother but this is my view before reading the other two books

Not the best story line

This is not the best story line. It makes no sense in the starwars universe I will move on from this series

suggestion

the narrator mispronounced names of worlds. other than that i loved the book! love it

Ok

Story is ok, not great. Couple of the characters feel off. Narrator is good, but some of the voices just do not match characters and hard to tell if they are written poorly or if it is just the voice. Lando being one of the biggest ones I have issues with

Good Story, Needs good unabridged production

I love this story and series. It would be an epic audio book if it was unabridged with better production.

Acceptable

Not one of the best Legends books and honestly doesn't really feel like it fits with the rest of the series primarily because, it uses a lot of vocabulary that isn't seen elsewhere in Star Wars novels, such as referring to the Chief of State as "President".

The actual plot line is pretty interesting, as there is a large amount of political background throughout the novel and a larger emphasis on military strategy and tactics. It without a doubt leans more towards the Sci-Fi end of the Star Wars spectrum, rather than the more fantasy take that books such as Planet of Twilight delve into it.

Overall it's not bad, Anthony Heald isn't the best Star Wars narrator by any means but he's passable. The abridging was fine, but like always I wish it was just the full book.

Overall a 3/5. If you're trying to push through as much of the mainline post-ROTJ Star Wars Legends novels as you can like I am, than it's at least worth a look.

very short. not worth a full credit

No where near the production value or length of other star wars books. in original Canon so I wanted to listen. I'd skip this series. so many other better ones.