I enjoyed the return of Mirta and Vestara to the narrative with both characters getting plenty of development. What's strange is there's plenty of individual things to like in this book. It's handled in about two paragraphs and we never hear about it again. That it attracts people who are evil and it's important to face it but the revulsion other Jedi feel for it is stupid. Luke gets an encounter with the the Will of the Force, more or less, and decides that the Dark Side of the Force isn't evil. What's amazing is there's an amazingly important in Luke Skywalker's understanding of the Force. Luke, Han, and Leia don't do anything related to Mortis so it seems like a colossal wasted opportunity. So, what happens? Here's a non-spoiler-nothing related to that. I was really eager to have Luke deal with the fallout of the Abeloth issue and her role as the Mother. I feel hypocritical saying this, especially since I've asked for years to have more Force mysticism, but this is a bridge too far.Ī subplot of the book deals with the Mortis planet where Obi Wan Kenobi, Anakin, and Ahsoka encountered three Force-personifications (later identified as Celestials). It's about as sensible as the Beetles' Yellow Submarine movie, which tells you Troy was going for something mystical but just came off as weird.
There's a whole sequence which, more or less, takes place in the Force. Here, at the risk of spoiling the book, the "Big Three" of the Star Wars universe step down more or less because God tells them it's time to. Even then, it was a constant struggle between Bruce and Terry over who was really in charge. After which, realizing what he was becoming, he stepped down and bought a dog. Bruce Wayne continued to fight right up until the time he physically could not do so anymore and still continued fighting until he had to use a gun to defend himself. The best work to do so, IMHO, was Batman Beyond. It's a difficult job explaining why a bunch of heroes will permanently step down from their roles as heroes. Given this is meant to be the Grand Finale of Luke, Han, and Leia's adventures-it's just sort of strange that so little actually deals with it.
However, this book flat-out doesn't work. If he ever reads this review, I want him to know that Jedi's Honor is one of my all-time favorite pieces of Star Wars fiction. I also think Star By Star is one of the few NJO books to really feel like Star Wars. I'm a huge fan of his "first" Crucible book ( Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad), the Prism Pentad, and the Dark Nest Trilogy. Warning - This book contains spoilers for Star Wars: Crucible.
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