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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (The Clone Wars #1)
Across the galaxy, the Clone Wars are raging. The Separatists, led by Count Dooku, the onetime Jedi and now secret Sith Lord, continue to press forward, and more and more worlds are either falling, or seceding and joining the cause. Under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the Republic heroically battles on, championed by its huge army of cloned soldiers and t...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
June 28th 2011
by Del Rey
(first published July 26th 2008)
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The Clone Wars, of course, replows the soil already turned by the movie of the same name. Don't expect any galactic revelations.
Karen Traviss takes us into the minds of her characters. In The Clone Wars that's best done with members of the 501st, especially Captain Rex. It works least well with Anakin Skywalker. (She doesn't even try with icons like Obiwan Kenobi and Yoda.) However, the Anakin she portrays is slightly out of sync with the wounded spirit who becomes Frankenstein's monst...more
Karen Traviss takes us into the minds of her characters. In The Clone Wars that's best done with members of the 501st, especially Captain Rex. It works least well with Anakin Skywalker. (She doesn't even try with icons like Obiwan Kenobi and Yoda.) However, the Anakin she portrays is slightly out of sync with the wounded spirit who becomes Frankenstein's monst...more
"If we get chummy with organized crime, and turn a blind eye to our allies...what exactly are we fighting for?"
Jabba's son, Rotta, has been kidnapped. The Jedi Council sends Anakin and his new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, to retrieve him, in hopes Jabba will open the Outer Rim hyperspace lanes to the Republic. But the rescue mission smells worse than the baby Hutt...
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I wasn't that fond of the movie and really wasn't looking forward to reading this book. Karen Travis...more
Jabba's son, Rotta, has been kidnapped. The Jedi Council sends Anakin and his new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, to retrieve him, in hopes Jabba will open the Outer Rim hyperspace lanes to the Republic. But the rescue mission smells worse than the baby Hutt...
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I wasn't that fond of the movie and really wasn't looking forward to reading this book. Karen Travis...more
I never saw "The Clone Wars" animated movie in theaters, nor have I seen the more recently released DVD, but if you can check either of these off your list then you may have had the same experience I had reading the novelization.
Aside from the odd feeling I had of knowing I was reading a novelization, The Clone Wars was pretty enjoyable. The dialogue was a little off, so I'm not sure if that's because Traviss had to use lines from the script (my guess), but she did a great...more
Aside from the odd feeling I had of knowing I was reading a novelization, The Clone Wars was pretty enjoyable. The dialogue was a little off, so I'm not sure if that's because Traviss had to use lines from the script (my guess), but she did a great...more
A very good and mature adaptation of a decent kids movie. Traviss is certainly one of the best Star Wars writers out there, as evidenced by how compelling she made this story. By cutting out most of the hokey lines and adding depth and reflection to the characters's actions, Traviss made this a wonderful story to read. Especially satisfying were the passages from Anakin's conflicted and clone captain Rex's ordinary-man persepctive that adds a fresh quality to the story. What I didn't like thoug...more
This book is based on the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Even so, the book contains extra dialogue that makes it seem more realistic than the movie. It tells of Anakin and his new padawan, Ashoka as they journey to the planet Teth to rescue Rotta, son of Jabba the Hutt. Only by completing this mission will Jabba allow the Republic Forces to move their troops through his space lanes. Many troopers were lost in the fight, but through the efforts of the two Jedi, Rotta is finally reunited with hi...more
Traviss, as usual, is better than her Lucasfilm source material. In this tight little tale of a military hostage rescue, she chooses to hang a lantern on the silly bits, notably with a "nominative determinism" joke about the Separatist generals all having names like "Evil McBadguy."
She also squarely faces the issues around the Jedi political generalship over their army of clones, portraying Anikin as one of the generals who's earned his rank with his troops, as the...more
She also squarely faces the issues around the Jedi political generalship over their army of clones, portraying Anikin as one of the generals who's earned his rank with his troops, as the...more
"I'm Anakin - whinewhinewhineangst"
"Well I'm a cute female 14 year old child sized Padawan, here because the kids want a kid to relate to"
"waah - I'm a baby jabba the hut and I've been kidnapped. Aren't I a cute slug? ahhhh"
"Well I'm Jabba the Hut - and did you know I've got a baby that I love deeply because Hutt's have feelings too!"
"Cackle - I'm all the various two dimensional cackling villains"
And on it went...more
"Well I'm a cute female 14 year old child sized Padawan, here because the kids want a kid to relate to"
"waah - I'm a baby jabba the hut and I've been kidnapped. Aren't I a cute slug? ahhhh"
"Well I'm Jabba the Hut - and did you know I've got a baby that I love deeply because Hutt's have feelings too!"
"Cackle - I'm all the various two dimensional cackling villains"
And on it went...more
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One of the better Star Wars books that have been released lately. Karen Traviss does a good job of showing the dark subtle nature of evil. How evil will manipulate to achieve an ends. This book also has good characterization of Captain Rex - a clone trooper, which was a nice addition. What was missing in this story is what makes the Jedi good. They fight against evil, but they don't seem to be fighting for anything. I think the Star Wars franchise would benefit from some discussion of the ...more
Sad to say but this was a waste of my time.
We listened to this book as an audio book and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed listening to it. What I liked: we really enjoyed the B story (the clone troopers) much more than the A story (Jabba's son and the Jedi).
Children and I would stop the CD frequently to discuss how the clone troopers acted with courage or honor. Gave us lots of connection points to talking about the US actions in the Middle East/Asia.
Special to the audio book: it does have mus...more
Children and I would stop the CD frequently to discuss how the clone troopers acted with courage or honor. Gave us lots of connection points to talking about the US actions in the Middle East/Asia.
Special to the audio book: it does have mus...more
The Clone Wars novelization turned out to be one of the best Clone Wars era books I've read. Traviss' anti-Jedi sentiments fit perfectly in this slight yet engaging tale. I have not seen the movie (which I can't imagine can compete with this book if it tried).
Traviss finally depicts Anakin's inner voice as no writer, save Stover, has done before. She gives a sympathetic voice to Assaj Ventress. She even lets us in on Palpatine's joke. The scene from Palp's POV pulling the wool over Y...more
Traviss finally depicts Anakin's inner voice as no writer, save Stover, has done before. She gives a sympathetic voice to Assaj Ventress. She even lets us in on Palpatine's joke. The scene from Palp's POV pulling the wool over Y...more
There are two main theses of the overall arc of the novels covering the Republic Era through the end of Episode III: the clone troopers were human and deserving of more moral treatment, and the Jedi Order's detachment from emotion was a weakness that made them blind to the enemies they made. Agree or not--they both create fertile ground for stories and interesting characters and settings.
This was pretty good. I like all of Traviss' Clone Wars era books so far. This one started o...more
This was pretty good. I like all of Traviss' Clone Wars era books so far. This one started o...more
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Star Wars fans, especially those who may have lost faith in the series.
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This is the first Star Wars book that I've read in a decade! I used to read Star Wars books all the time. I stopped reading them because I realized that they were all the same. It was also around the time that the prequels were killing my enthusiasm for Star Wars. Each new prequel eroded my devotion a little more, with Episode III threatening to kill it outright. Recently, my love for the series has re-blossomed. This is largely thanks to the video game The Force Unleashed. The game got m...more
Earlier this year, the Star Wars Lit community was abuzz with the news of a couple of things - that there was an untitled Karen Traviss novel coming, and that there was a Clone Wars movie coming out. A couple of months ago, fans learned that they were both connected, as Karen turned out to have been writing the novelization.
The release of The Clone Wars brings about the first book released in the time frame since Traviss’s last Republic Commando novel, True Colors, which was released last ...more
The release of The Clone Wars brings about the first book released in the time frame since Traviss’s last Republic Commando novel, True Colors, which was released last ...more
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Better than the movie, but the author is still constrained by the movie plot, so while it is an interesting read, it isn't the best read of the Clone Wars era books.
Traviss does her best to write about character motivations chiefly Anakin's and does a good job of foreshadowing his descent into the dark side as he becomes Darth Vader.
Still, she is limited by the movie plot, and while I really enjoyed her characterization of Anakin, Ahsoka, Rex, and Obi-wan, the story is on...more
Traviss does her best to write about character motivations chiefly Anakin's and does a good job of foreshadowing his descent into the dark side as he becomes Darth Vader.
Still, she is limited by the movie plot, and while I really enjoyed her characterization of Anakin, Ahsoka, Rex, and Obi-wan, the story is on...more
Very few of the Star Wars books were as romantic in their descriptions as this one was. Most of these popular science fiction novels deal with the battles at hand, against evil forces and evil tidings. However, this particular novel added a new flavor. For in the midst of great wars, there can also be great love. Traviss was able to catch the flame that began the deadly romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padme, two of the most central characters in the Star Wars epic. Everyone knows of how Ana...more
Jabba's son is kidnapped by the Separatists who make it look like it was the Jedi. The Jedi have to rescue the little slimer. Anakin has a padawan. LOTS of clone troopers die. Kenobi fights Asajj Ventress. Once again, Traviss's anti-jedi streak shows, strongly. Asajj is shown as some hurt little girl who is just trying to make up for her masters death by becoming a mass murderer.
This book is really just the story behind the Animated movie that is the jumping off for the series. The thing I realy liked about this was it provides a little look into Anakin's thinking, what could possibly lead him to the Dark side. I found myself thinking of what could have been done to help him to the Light side instead. Good book, I enjoyed it a lot!
It's good to see Anakin act like he cares about something. It adds a lot of depth to the man that will become Darth Vader. One thing that bugged me was the time involved. All of this happens over one or two days? The liberties taken with space travel were just too distracting
Really enjoyed this. Haven't seen the movie, nor do I intend to. The plot was okay, but the interaction between Anakin and the men of the 501st was well done and I loved reading about Anakin's conflict about being the Chosen One, yet being unable to save the ones he cares about. I can easily relate to his feelings. It sets the stage for his decisions in the 3rd prequel. It was also fun to see Palpatine further his masterplan and gloat at being basically able to do what he wants without the Jedi ...more
The story version of the animated movie that came out. Interesting to hear the inner monologue and to see how some shorter scenes in the movie are fleshed out. But all in all - the movie was better. But, they are good companions to one another.
[Book:] Fun read! Nathan and I liked it. This was Nathan's first grown up book that he read. Grandma Linda bought it for him and he had a hard time putting it down!
Ugh, you make a book on the horrible travesty GCI Star Wars movie? Shoulda saved the trees, because only DIEHARD fans would shell out money for a bad book.
Really enjoyed the book. It was great to understand more of Anakins thoughts and feelings. This author is my favorite for Star Wars books.
I read this book after seeing the movie. Ahsoka has brought fresh air to the series and this book shows the seeds of Anakins doubt. Great villians too. A geektastic 4 stars.
A fun book, if you like Star Wars. Authors like Karen Traviss amaze me as how they can survive as a writer, no matter what the subject.
Expands on the movie with the different characters thoughts as well. Much, much more material.
This book was realy cool, i enjoyed the action and adventure asspects of the story.
Only marginally better than the movie (which was awful).
This pretty well sums up the background of who's who
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Karen Traviss is a science fiction author and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. Originally from the Portsmouth area, Traviss worked as both a journalist and defence correspondent before turning her attention to writing fiction. She also served in both the Territorial Army and the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service. Traviss is a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy workshop.
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