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  <title><![CDATA[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;i&gt;Shadows of the Empire&lt;/i&gt; 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 &lt;i&gt;Star Wars&lt;/i&gt; movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">3</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1996</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[All the furore over the release of Episode III has made me go back and search out some of the Star Wars Extended Universe novels that I devoured so furiously when I was a kid, out of the hope that immersing myself in the Original Trilogy and the books based around it would help block out some of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1674561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Shadows of the Empire&quot; is, without a doubt, the best of all the &quot;Star Wars&quot; tie-in novels I've read.<br/>I recently came across a cache of old Star Wars books from my youth and I've been reading them all over again. Most of them are strictly mediocre fare. &quot;Shadows of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67810496">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so it's total space junk, but that's part of why I like it.  The story takes place between <em>The Empire Strikes Back<em> and <em>The Return of the Jedi<em>, and, so far as I know, is the only Star Wars book set between two movies.  Luke and company are trying to rescue Han Solo from the bounty hunter Boba F...</em></em></em></em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39781486">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[There was a video game with the same title as this book that I used to play a lot on the Nintendo 64. It was a pretty sweet game. Good graphics for the time. Decent gameplay. Cool level environments. The main character was a never-before-seen friend of Han Solo with a ship similar to the Millenium F...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59053498">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55274548">
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  <date_added>Thu May 07 11:18:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 07 11:20:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, I love that the majority of the reviews on this site for Star Wars books all start the same way that mine all do, &quot;I read these when I was (insert young teenage age here), shut up, whatever.... (continue commentary)...&quot; and everyone's reviewing these years and years later. Lo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55274548">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41431335">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good solid airplane fun reading. The usual Star Wars cliches and weaknesses apply, but what were you expecting from a Star Wars novel, existential philosophy? It's fun seeing Luke, Leia et. al. during their original series prime, and Luke as a Jedi in training is more entertaining than his omnipoten...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41431335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18838886">
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    <body><![CDATA[Jammed with as many references as possible to the original trilogy, pointless and familiar uses of creatures that only hardcore fans would know (actual line: &quot;A dianoga!&quot; ...and then the dianoga is dead within a paragraph), and repetitive enough to beat all of its inanities deep into your ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18838886">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63495590">
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    <body><![CDATA[As an ardent and obsessed Star Wars fan, I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the beloved saga. As an &quot;expanded universe&quot; novel Shadows of the Empire seamlessly bridges a fantastic story with new characters such as: the narcissistic Prince Xizor, the cocky but genuine smuggler ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63495590">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63006080">
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    <body><![CDATA[My absolute favorite book, Shadows of the Empire tells the story between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.  It was this tale that so heavily influenced my own methods of writing today.  It's well written all around, especially the antagonism between rivals Prince Xizor and Darth Vader....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63006080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47017927">
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    <body><![CDATA[2 3/4 stars.  Interesting and annoying at the same time.  Luke coming into his powers and gaining confidence is the best part--better than the Leia kidnapping, Empire machinations as backdrop.  It was always kind of weird how Luke goes from desperate sort-of-Force-user at the end of Empire Strikes B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47017927">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63469494">
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    <body><![CDATA[I garnered this book from my mother who was going to sell it in her garage sale next month. I saw it and decided to rescue it from the sale block. This entertaining read takes place between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. I particularly enjoyed the villian Xizor who made a wonderful coun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63469494">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!!! I loved this book. It gave a really cool story that fit in between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. I was really bummed when I lost my first copy because it was not available in hard copy anymore, but thanks to an amazing friend (Ann) I got another copy of it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42546085">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69492093">
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good.  Only a few boring parts, but they are hard to get through.  A lot of action and good.  My favorite character in it died at the end, but I still really liked it and thought it fit almost perfectly between the <u>The Empire strikes Back</u> and <u>Return of the Jedi</u>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[although &quot;Dash Rendar&quot; bugged me. I mean... really?  <br/>Slab Bulkhead, Chunkhead, Bridge Largemeat, Punch Speedchunk, Butch Deadlift, Bold Bigflank, Splint Chesthair, Flint Ironstag, Bulk Vanderhuge, Thick McRunfast, Blast Hardcheese, Buff Drinklots, Slab, Hunk, Flink, Chunky, Grunt Sla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7649909">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19454176">
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    <body><![CDATA[For a Star Wars fan, this book gives great insight as to what happens between The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi. It answers multiple questions that were not explained in the movies.<br/><br/>Darth Vader's character was well developed. His internal war over the light and dark side ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19454176">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46915329">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book introduces Xizor, a gangster, into the Star Wars series.  The author does a good job explaining the thoughts and actions of the original cast; but Xizor is odd and clunky.  His organization really does not fit well into the genre.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice to read the story between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The writing leaves a little to be desired, I wonder, does Luke need to grin on every other page? Other than that, fun for a die hard Star Wars fan.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite books.  I have recommended this book to people who did not even like the Star Wars movies that loved this book.  One of the best written villians of all time.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't write synopsis of the book. I figure you can look above to see what the plot is. However this book is awful. It's supposed to be the bridge between Empire and Return. I hated Xizor and found him to be a boring villian. There are MAJOR plot holes and gaps in the book that are hard to understa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10720562">more...</a>]]></body>
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