Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #1: Precipice

by JOHN JACKSON MILLER

Book, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Publication

LucasBooks (2009), Kindle Edition

Description

Don't miss STAR WARS: LOST TRIBE OF THE SITH: PRECIPICE an original eBook short story, the first in a series that tell the untold story of the FATE OF THE JEDI's forgotten Sith castaways, their battle to survive, and their quest to re-conquer the galaxy! PRECIPICE includes an exclusive excerpt from STAR WARS: FATE OF THE JEDI: OMEN (Del Rey Hardcover, available June 23rd) and offers a unique look into the backstory of events that will begin to unfold in OMEN. SURVIVAL--NOT SURRENDER For the ruthless Sith Order, failure is not an option. It is an offense punishable by death--and a fate to which Commander Yaru Korsin will not succumb. But on a crucial run to deliver troops and precious crystals to a combat hotspot in the Sith's war against the Republic, Korsin and the crew of the mining ship Omen are ambushed by a Jedi starfighter. And when the Sith craft crash-lands, torn and crippled, on a desolate alien planet, the hard-bitten captain finds himself at odds with desperate survivors on the brink of mutiny--and his own vengeful half brother, who's bent on seizing command. No matter the cost, Korsin vows that it will not be his blood and bones left behind on this unknown world. For the way of the Sith leaves little room for compromise--and none for mercy.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member knipfty

At least it was free...

I did not enjoy this short story. It is the 1st in a series. A series I will not read. The characters are flat and predictable. It ended poorly. Basically i did not like it. It probably didn't help that I'm not a Star Wars fan either.

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LibraryThing member AngelaB86

Mostly thumbs up. Where I think the story falls short is in the justification for the Sith lifestyle/ethos. The author describes how the Sith feed on a culture of greed, power-jockeying, and general power-grabbing as a matter of course, but then his reasoning for this is, "because it's evil, and

Sith like being evil." He ignores the fact that evil people rarely believe they are doing evil things. A better explanation would have been more along the lines of a 'survival of the fittest' mentality, or something similar.

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LibraryThing member TheMadTurtle

The characters in the story are interesting, to be sure. What the story lacked, however, was context. This is the first part of a series and, if the only Star Wars you know are from the movies, given that this takes place much before them, some sort of explanation of the lay of the land would've

been very helpful. I'll check out the next few books. Hopefully, now that the characters and setting are better established, things will stay interesting.

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LibraryThing member Ganner

Great book to read and lucky as almost all were available by the time I got to this series.

LibraryThing member LCoale1

I didn't get to read the whole book, because I got the free version on Kindle and it only had the first couple of chapters :( However, the part I did read was really good. It didn't have any tacky errors or lines. I was pretty confused as to who the different characters were, though; there's one

female character with a baby who happens to be on board a flipping military star cruiser, which seemed completely out of place to me. Whatever. I wish I had gotten the whole book instead of just part of it, but I suppose I can't complain because it was free. So.

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LibraryThing member Sarah_Buckley

This was a short, quick read in between books. It was pretty fun and easy to get through fast. I liked it enough to read through the rest of the collection.

LibraryThing member AngelaRenea

I wasn't really sure what was going on in this book, I feel like it was the first chapter of a decent book, but it was just the first chapter and I didn't really have any perspective.

LibraryThing member okdavy

Not a great story.

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