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Shadows of the Empire

by Steve Perry
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Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.
Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Star Wars Legends

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 28, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307796349

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307796349
      • File size: 5081 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.2
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 1, 1996
      Laser fire and swashbuckling abound in this new addition to the Star Wars saga, though other things are sadly lacking. Covering the time between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Perry gives us a failed attempt to rescue Han Solo from his carbonite block, a convoluted plot to leak plans for the new Death Star to the Alliance and a major new villain, Xizor, Underlord of the Black Sun, who pretends loyalty to the Empire while plotting Darth Vader's death. Perry, the author of dozens of SF adventure novels, including Spindoc (1994), is not at his best here. His style is often clumsy and his characterization is, if anything, less complex than that of the films. The novel is full of the standard Star Wars cliches, but the action scenes lack the ususal punch. This book should appeal only to confirmed Star Wars fans. Major ad/promo; simultaneous BDD Audio release.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 3, 1997
      This Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi entr'acte spent six weeks on PW's bestseller list.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.2
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:4

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