Star Wars: The New Rebellion

By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's Summary

Somewhere in the galaxy, millions suddenly perish in a blinding instant of pain, anguish, and despair - a disruption of the Force so shocking, it is felt by Luke at his Jedi academy on Yavin 4 and by Leia at home on Coruscant. It is a deed that rivals the terrifying power of the Death Star, the long-destroyed weapon of the defeated Empire.

Then death comes to Coruscant itself. As Leia, head of the New Republic, prepares to address the Senate, a massive explosion decimates the Senate's ranks. Leia survives and recovers, only to be faced with calls to resign from office. Even worse, some of the Senators lay the blame for the attack on Han Solo.

As Leia works desperately to clear Han's name, Han and Chewbacca journey to the lawless asteroids of Smuggler's Run to track down rumors of a secret plot against the New Republic. And Luke goes in search of Brakiss, a former Jedi student who has turned his considerable talents to the dark side and might well have been involved in the unexplainable deaths that so disturbed Luke and Leia.

But Brakiss is only a small part of the carnage taking place on Coruscant and elsewhere. Luke is being stalked by a master of the dark side who is determined to rule as the next emperor. Luke, Leia, and Leia's Jedi children are targeted for death. Then billions will follow, in a holocaust unequaled in galactic history.

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Critic Reviews

"The action is fast and furious." (Publishers Weekly)

It’s a Saturday morning cartoon

This abridged version is basically any superhero cartoon where an expected evil villain arises, devastates, tries to take control of the world, and is defeated all in a 30-minute episode.

Not to mention:
-A member of the Solo/Skywalker clan kidnapped.
-Members of the Solo/Skywalker group being blamed by the senate for BS all while trying to do their best to save them and the galaxy.
-The senate trying to oust Leia.
-An antagonist who wants to kill Luke and Leia for a ridiculous reason.
-Another “superweapon”

Stop me if you’ve heard any of that before. And if you’re new to SW then don’t be mad and think those are spoilers. Cuz I’ve got bad news for you. Those spoil every other book. Rinse and repeat. The same tired stuff. So much creativity and intrigue in the SW Universe, but we keep getting the same five storylines force fed to us.

And AH is still the worst narrator selection for these books. I Cora-skant take it anymore.

So abridged it's meaningless

I'm not sure why some of the Star Wars audible books are cut down as drastically as they are, but they're barely cliff notes. If you've read the books, you'll be horribly disappointed. If you haven't, you might feel like there's a story being told but it will seem disjointed and disappointing.

yet another Star wars story ruined

yet again another story that could have otherwise been very good, was ruined by the same horrible narrator that has ruined countless other books. Anthony Heald should not be allowed to narrate. he missed pronunciate words, names, places, as if he's never even heard of or watched a Star wars movie. and again they abridged the story which left you confused at best lost most of the time and missing most likely a bunch of pertinent information. hopefully someone other than other readers read these reviews. hopefully somebody from audible reads these reviews and will realize that no one wants to read or hear interbridge book I feel ripped off and wish I could get my money back. I'm going to start paying better attention to my selections and try to no longer by an abridged book.

It was pretty awful

Did not enjoy the narration, nor did I enjoy the story. It was also really short.

Overall a very good experience

Anthony Heald is a great reader, and the sound fx make for an immersive experience.

loved it from beginning to end

I loved the sound effects and tone in the reader, we'll written story, I will listen again.

Just when you think the empire is dead.

Would you listen to Star Wars again? Why?

Yes, you might miss somthing in the first around and like with a movie you might find things that you might have missed in the first place.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Star Wars?

when queller blew up the city in the vary begining.

What about Anthony Heald’s performance did you like?

the many different voices for so many people.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Did Luke ,Han and Princess this it would be easy.

good value for the cost

this was a thick paperback and I had read this new rebellion many times in the past as it's story had me gripped but although it was well read and great sound effects I was not gripped by it and sadly it seemed like it was over very quickly

the new rebelion

this is a very short book even by normal starwars audio books,it never really takes off,the start is slow and the ending is dissapointing and predictable,but that said its a starwars book and as such a must read.The book starts off with a explosion that is felt through the force by luke and leia,this sets off a chain of events,including han and calrissian setting off for smugglers run ,evntually leading to the meeting of lukes former trainee and a dull fight at the end.Not one to buy at full price nor would i waste a token on this book,wait till theres a sale or be dissapointed.