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Post by Mara on Apr 23, 2007 16:14:29 GMT -5
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Post by Mara on Jul 2, 2007 17:59:29 GMT -5
I finished it, yay.  First and foremost... maybe it's just me.. or did this novel seem disjointed? Like, I mean that it didn't always make sense like some original parts were edited out and some of the transitions seemed jagged. Perhaps it's just my reading of it. And some things kept getting repeated. Didn't Lumiya say like a book or two ago that Ben wouldn't be Jacen's apprentice? But Jacen was still talking about it in this book. I was confused. Maybe he was too. Whatever. I can't think of any other instances right now as examples, but I just think that as a whole this book seemed a little unstable. Okay, secondly. What the hell was Boba Fett doing in there? Was he just like a sideline? A non-comedic comic relief? His parts of the novel barely had anything to with what else was happening. Yeah, he wanted to kill Jacen. But he was mostly focused on healing himself. And that went way to easy, I might add. And there was all that beskar and politics stuff. But they didn't specifically have to do anything with the other events in the novel. At least to me. Why won't he just DIE already? I'm so sick of Boba Fett interrupting things. Thirdly... I suppose it's time to talk about the big elephant in the room, aye? Even though I knew it was coming (I've been regretting this book for a week or more now 'cause I accidentally saw this spoiler on another forum.) So for about a week I had time to seethe inside about what those damn SW people decided to do to Mara.
Yeah, they made it seem that at the beginning it would be Ben who would die. But there was no chance in hell he would be killed. He's the next generation. Without Ben, the Skywalker's "legacy" would be no more. They needed Ben.
And like Jacen thought about repeatedly: He didn't love his parents or his sister or his other family enough to be a regular/true sacrifice. And he couldn't bare the thought of losing his lover or his daughter. So I had been, up until a week or two ago, musing about who in the hell would die.
Well, I found out now. And, I didn't like. Big surprise there. I did understand why it had to happen, yes. I did. Jacen did end up killing Ben indirectly. He just killed his relationship to him, not him personally. Blah, blah, blah. I knew it was all planned by the authors and it all makes sense in the long run.
But I still ask why sometimes. But I will get over it. Eventually.
Though there is one thing that still chafes me about this--the way it happened. The little whiny poweful Sithboy couldn't defeat Mara any good, real way, so the nerfherder just poisons her? That's no way for her to die. It was such an unelegant way to die, if I may say so. I mean, stupid Sithboy could have at least found some strength to stab her or cut off her head or something.
Oh well.
At least this way she could stay and give evidence.
But another thing.. why couldn't she have just projected Jacen's image into Luke or Ben's mind before she died? Then they would know and she could be corporeal.. and not be completely gone. She'd still be able to show up once and a while.
Well, I just can't wait now when, not if, Luke destroys and kills Jacen at the end. I am SO looking forward to that. I just hope that Ben doesn't go bad like Lumiya thought he would.. and eventually replace Jacen as Sith Lord. That would be just too much, I think. And at least Luke has finally gotten back to his old self. Hopefully he'll get some things done now and stop dithering in politics. Actually do some damage and murder little whiny Sithboy. Where's my shovel? *bands Jacen's head with shovel like one of those carnival games with the club and mole things* |
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