Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia (The Corellian Trilogy, #1) in The Expanded Universe

Apr 06, 2008 Keith rated it really liked it

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Stars: 4
Re-read? Yes
Recommend to: So far it seems like it would appeal to a wide variety of fans.

My opinion of this book will be heavily dependent on how the rest of the trilogy plays out. It functions well as an introductory book to the plot, but there were some problems with unnecessary fluff. Certain aspects of the plot were pretty forced for reasons I presume we will discover in the next book. (view spoiler) Stars: 4
Re-read? Yes
Recommend to: So far it seems like it would appeal to a wide variety of fans.

My opinion of this book will be heavily dependent on how the rest of the trilogy plays out. It functions well as an introductory book to the plot, but there were some problems with unnecessary fluff. Certain aspects of the plot were pretty forced for reasons I presume we will discover in the next book. (view spoiler)

A big portion of the book is focused on the Solo children, which is never my favorite. Allen does about a good of a job as possible to make the POV of three young children bearable.

The best part of the book is that, other than the Luke/Lando stuff I mentioned earlier, it is pretty streamlined. It's just over 300 pages, and there is quite a bit of action. Some stuff doesn't make a lot of sense to me (like how the New Republic can have so little information about what's going on in Corellia when they have an elected representative government there.), but the problems are mostly minor that are easy to overlook.

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I was laughing at this: (view spoiler)

First Reads: 5 Stars (2001/2004) ...more

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Feb 15, 2011 William rated it liked it

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I cannot complain too much about the lack of a conclusion because it is book one of the trilogy. That being said, I am still a champion for one longer, although, less convoluted novel. The Lando storyline was weak, and Luke, a full blown Jedi Master isn't getting used the way a Jedi should be used. Potentially, this story will make better use of Luke in the future, and Lando...well Lando can do what Lando does. I have not enjoyed any Lando storylines in some time. ...more

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