Michael Reaves 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 STAR WARS: Death Star. He and Neil Gaiman cowrote Interworld. Reaves has also written short fiction, comic books, and background dialogue for a Megadeth video. He lives in California.
I enjoyed this book. It focuses on some topics I am interested in from the Star Wars relm: the sentience of clones and droids, and the Force. While the story chops slightly from place to place, I found it well written and enjoyable. While some plot points and relationships were left open ended, I was satisfied with the conclusion. This is one of my first Star Wars novels I have read and while it is not my favorite plot wise, there were some descriptions of the Force and the Dark Side that I think redeem it.
After reading half this to novel book I have decided it's a interesting cross between M..A.S.H. and Star Wars. In fact the book emulates MASH with its quirky cast of characters and outlook on war. If nothing else the exploration of the operating rooms and medical conditions of the Star universe, something I can't recall being done before, makes it worth a read
After having finished the second half of this two-fer, I can honestly say... yes, it IS M*A*S*H* set in the Star Wars universe. And Jos is no Hawkeye Pierce.
These are the pulpiest Star Wars books. I loved how these stories focus on what are essentially small players in the universe. However I feel like the book suffers from how quickly the events transpire. Events would just sort of happen, then end, then the reader would essentially smash cut to another characters story. I really like what this book is trying to be. I just wish it had done it a bit better
Both Medstar books are my favorite Star Wars universe books to date. The characters aren't the norm we're used to in the Galaxy and I really like the relationships that were formed.