Millennium Falcon - a novel review What can I say... I've thought about it, and maybe because its so late in reading from when it was published, but I am disappointed. It has all the classics of a Star Wars adventure, travelling on the ship to discover it's past. But ultimately, I found it too predictable and lacking in anything new. I'm glad I got it on paperback, it's not worth the hardback. Likes: - all the EU references, from the Antarian Rangers to the Firrerreons to the Zann Consortium - connecting the EP3 Republic era up to the Fate of the Jedi era - all the little side stories of the Falcon - interactions of Han, Leia, Allana gang Dislikes: - Predicable; the two protagonist groups would meet up and come together at the end to defeat the hidden enemy watching them - The ending... oh man, the treasure "to restore the honor of the Republic" is a freaking metal plaque? Could it not have been something more exciting? Jedi holocrons? Tapes of Palpatine as a Sith lord.. something? - The ending 2... okay, so they just get up and leave. The only challenging bit is just getting off the planet, but that wasn't much. Seriously? The enemy just doesn't really do anything at the end - No one dies? Okay.. so the co-pilot did. But we knew the Solos would survive. But Jadak? Or even the enemy get away? - Oh the enemy has a second tracker... duh! It's almost as if Luceno couldn't find a less predictable way, the fact that he tells you this directly from the enemy POV is just insulting - All the little side stories of the Falcon are, in fact, side stories. Besides the first part, the Falcon doesn't really get a character of its own. We're told the ship is unique and quirky, but don't actually see it do much of anything. It's like being told 5 different stories about your friend's "girlfriend in Canada" but having her never talk or act, it might as well be a stuffed animal. - The whole ship-stealing, and then pretending to be the previous owner while secretly boarding the ship.... I was confused. The ship is happened to be programmed to return to its own launch place? You mean C-3PO isn't going to even point out immediately these guys were the enemy? Granted Han makes him shut up... but that was a little suspending disbelief. - Something about the Collicoids and a lawsuit and a witness...? What? Is this an episode of Law and Order? - Allana almost gets kidnapped... wait didn't we do that? Oh, it happens again in Fate of the Jedi Maybe these are nitpicks, but I actually thought I cared about the characters in Death Star novel more than these characters. I mean Allana just goes through more of the typical "my daddy's a Sith Lord and tried to take over the world"-syndrome and Solo is still the old-guy-looking-to-relive-old-adventure. Heck, I don't remember Leia doing much of anything except trying to convince Allana to call upon Jacen... wtf. Jadak I almost cared about, but he seemed the invincible super-agent anyway. All and all, very disappointing novel