With The Dark Ascension Of The Empire, And The Jedi Knights Virtually Wiped Out, One Jedi Who Escaped The Massacre Is Slated For A Date With Destiny And A Confrontation With Darth Vader.Jax Pavan Is One Of The Few Jedi Knights Who Miraculously Survived The Slaughter That Followed Palpatine S Ruthless Order 66 Now, Deep In Coruscant S Blackpit Slums, Jax Ekes Out A Living As A Private Investigator, Trying To Help People In Need While Concealing His Jedi Identity And Staying One Step Ahead Of The Killers Out For Jedi Blood And They Re Not The Only Ones In Search Of The Elusive Jax Hard Boiled Reporter Den Dhur And His Buddy, The Highly Unorthodox Droid I 5YQ, Have Shocking News To Bring Jax About The Father He Never Knew But When Jax Learns That His Old Jedi Master Has Been Killed, Leaving Behind The Request That Jax Finish A Mission Critical To The Resistance, Jax Has No Choice But To Emerge From Hiding And Risk Detection By Darth Vader To Fulfill His Master S Dying Wish.Don T Miss The Continuing Adventures In The Coruscant Nights Series, Coming This Fall
Micheal Reeves is an Emmy Award winning television writer and screenwriter whose many credits include Star Trek The Next Generation, Twilight Zone, Batman The Animated Series and Gargoyles His novels include the New York Times bestseller STAR WARS Darth Maul Shadowhunter and the forthcoming STAR WARS Death Star He has written a book called Interworld with Neil Gaiman He s also written sh Micheal Reeves is an Emmy Award winning television writer and screenwriter whose many credits include Star Trek The Next Generation, Twilight Zone, Batman The Animated Series and Gargoyles His novels include the New York Times bestseller STAR WARS Darth Maul Shadowhunter and the forthcoming STAR WARS Death Star He has written a book called Interworld with Neil Gaiman He s also written short fiction, comic books and background dialogue for a Megadeath video He lives in California
- Paperback
- 343 pages
- Jedi Twilight (Star Wars: Coruscant Nights, #1)
- Michael Reaves
- English
- 02 October 2018 Michael Reaves
- 0345477502
An interesting blend of space opera and noir.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I always liked the idea that some Jedi other than Obi Wan and Yoda escaped the purge led by Palpatine and Vader, and this book explores that idea Jax Pavan is a Jedi knight living in the shadows of Coruscant in the early days of the empire We also meet Laranth Tarak, a Grey Paladin , a type of rogue Jedi who uses blasters instead of a lightsaber I liked both of them and wanted to knowabout them Especially Jax, who is having problems accessing the Force under pressure because he s been I always liked the idea that some Jedi other than Obi Wan and Yoda escaped the purge led by Palpatine and Vader, and this book explores that idea Jax Pavan is a Jedi knight living in the shadows of Coruscant in the early days of the empire We also meet Laranth Tarak, a Grey Paladin , a type of rogue Jedi who uses blasters instead of a lightsaber I liked both of them and wanted to knowabout them Especially Jax, who is having problem...
Somewhen between Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope is the setting for the Star Wars novel Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves, the first in his Coruscant Nights series It s a fun action adventure that pits a Sam Spade like private detective within the Star Wars universe The result is fun sci fi noir that reminds readers of the pulp influences that helped inspire and infuse the world s that George Lucas created Reaves clearly grew up reading lots o Somewhen between Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope is the setting for the Star Wars novel Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves, the first in his Coruscant Nights series It s a fun action adventure that pits a Sam Spade like private detective within the Star Wars universe The result is fun sci fi noir that reminds readers of the pulp influences that helped inspire and infuse the world s that George Lucas created Reaves clearly grew up reading lots of paperback w...
I expected a lotfrom this book The idea, a Jedi turned P.I after escaping the Purges and finding work in the slimey underbelly of Coruscant s lower levels, sounds great a nice treat and reprieve from the same ol same ol Jedis always doing awesome stuff and saving an oblivious galaxy we always get.Not only did the blurb on the back cover deceive me, the cover art did as well It s completely noir influenced What else was I supposed to expect except Raymond Chandler and Star Wars all i I expected a lotfrom this book The idea, a Jedi turned P.I after escaping the Purges and finding work in the slimey underbelly of Coruscant s lower levels, sounds great a nice treat and reprieve from the same ol same ol Jedis always doing awesome stuff and saving an oblivious galaxy we always get.Not only did the blurb on the back cover deceive me, the cover art did as well It s completely noir influenced What else was I supposed to expect except Raymond Chandler and Star Wars all into one Instead, I find out Jax Pavan the P.I protagonist isn t even a P.I Did the editor even read the book He s a bounty hunter The two are completely different things Not only is he a bounty hunter who we never get to see in action , but he s being hunted by every other character mentioned in the book, all of whom have extremely famous over lords, masters, bosses, rivals, cousins, fathers, hairstylists, etcI think you get the picture.The secret of Jax s sudden tantalizing allure is this his Je...
Even without the Force, you are still a Jedi Don t confuse this book with the other Twilight book In this new edition to the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Jax Pavan, former Jedi Knight, is scumming around in the Coruscant underbelly, trying to keep out of the limelight and Darth Vader s target sites But when his former master, Even Piell, asks him for one last mission, how can he say no I Liked I opened this book with some trepidation The last two Michael Reaves books I read Death Star St Even without the Force, you are still a Jedi Don t confuse this book with the other Twilight book In this new edition to the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Jax Pavan, former Jedi Knight, is scumming around in the Coruscant underbelly, trying to keep out of the limelight and Darth Vader s target sites But when his former master, Even Piell, asks him for one last mission, how can he say no I Liked I opened this book with some trepidation The last two Michael Reaves books I read Death Star Star Wars and Batman Fear Itself didn t impress me In fact, I rated both two stars I was so sure that Reaves had lost his touch, that the magic of Shadow Hunter Star Wars Darth Maul was gone.Boy was I wrong Michael Reaves brings back his amazing characters from Darth Maul, the Medstar Duology andWe get to learnabout I Five and ponder sentience Are droids slavesor are they property Can a droid attain s...
I m a Jedi I m sworn to help those in need, to uphold the Jedi Code The Empire has decimated my Order but they havn t won, and they won t win, as long as at least one Jedi remains Even the humblest of beings contains within himself a universe of infinite diversity and wonder Therefore, when you give aid and comfort to just one being, you are, for that moment, the deity of...
One of the things that I ve always loved about science fiction as a genre is how adaptable it is lots of people have had a lot of success meshing sci fi with everything from fantasy Star Wars , to westerns Firefly , to horror the Alien trilogy I kept this in mind as I read Coruscant Nights, which not only combines elements of science fiction and fantasy as all SW stories do , but also mixes in equal parts of film noir as well It s set shortly after the imposition of Order 66 and the fil One of the things that I ve always loved about science fiction as a genre is how adaptable it is lots of people have had a lot of success meshing sci fi with everythin...
3.5 actually.A better than average SW expanded universe story Enough familiar settings and characters to connect to other stories, but good writing to draw the reader into the tale.Cover art quibble Ja...
There is nothing particularly outstanding about the first novel in the Coruscant Nights series Indeed, if anything, readers might be quite annoyed at the noir angle suggested by the cover design and story summary Hints of a hard boiled Jedi P.I may lead some to suspect a Star Wars Maltese Falcon , but author Michael Reaves never seems interested in turning his tale into any kind of noirish mystery I ll give Reaves the benefit of the doubt and blame this on the marketing department.What he There is nothing particularly outstanding about the first novel in the Coruscant Nights series Indeed, if anything, readers might be quite annoyed at the noir angle suggested by the cover design and story summary Hints of a hard boiled Jedi P.I may lead some to suspect a Star Wars Maltese Falcon , but author Michael Reaves never seems interested in turning his tale into any kind of noirish mystery I ll give Reaves the benefit of the doubt and blame this on the marketing department.What he instead seems intereted in delivering is a surprisingly standard Star Wars adventure, which, in the right hands, can be a lot of fun And fortunately, Reave...
Jedi Twilight, the first book in the Coruscant Nights trilogy, takes place during the prequel era, or nineteen years before the events of Star Wars lV A New Hope Coruscant is a wonderfully dark locale to situate a story In the lowest levels, in the abyssal urban depths, of the ecumenopolis that was Coruscant, it was a rare thing indeed to see sunlight Following the story of reporter Den Dhur and his droid sidekick I 5YQ, Reaves narrative here plays out in film noir style, quite suiting Jedi Twilight, the first book in the Coruscant Nights trilogy, takes place during the prequel era, or nineteen years before the events of Star Wars lV A New Hope Coruscant is a wonderfully dark locale to situate a story In the lowest levels, in the abyssal urban depths, of the ecumenopolis that was Coruscant, it was a rare thing indeed to see sunlight Following the story of reporter Den Dhur and his droid sidekick I 5YQ, Reaves narrative here plays out in film noir style, quite suiting to the locale, and given that this tale is at its center a detective mystery, quite suits it in this manner as well Here we read about a couple of old character favorites, but also many new ones to the Expanded Universe EU , human, alien and droid alike The pacing and dialogue is very well done, and the tension building towards a momentous scene in the factory district of Coruscant, ri...