The Force Unleashed: Star Wars Legends

“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.

Oh my stars!

The series we’re all waiting for!!! Let’s go Lucas Films and Disney! Give the people what they want! The storyline, the drama, the betrayal was everything I could’ve hoped for <3

The definitive retelling of this gripping story!

As the title states, this novel, which is masterfully written by Sean Williams and superbly brought to life by Marc Thompson sheds new light on the events we're all familiar with from the Force Unleashed video game. I'll even go as far as to say that narratively this is the single best way to experience the story of Galen Marek (Starkiller).

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.

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.