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Star Wars: Darksaber
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Critic reviews
"Anderson has all but assumed the title of Chancellor of Star Wars University." ( Starlog)
"Chock full of all the good stuff you've come to expect from a battle of good against evil." ( New York Daily News)
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- Mr. I. A. Fairhurst
- 24-12-20
Uneventful
This book is nothing like a true Star Wars Book. Has no plot and poor story. I lost interest halfway through the first chapter. Poor narrator, voices did not sound anything like the real actors.
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- David bright
- 19-12-20
Aweful
This hoe really pronounced coruscant as Cora-scant is he brain damaged? What an abortion of a audiobook I’m not even 5 minutes in and already hate this guy
6 people found this helpful
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- Gregory rieux
- 14-09-19
good story bad narration
I really wish the would get a better narrator like Mark Thompson and stop abridging
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- ben gilbert
- 30-03-15
abridged
having read this book and enjoyed it, I just do not enjoy abridged books. I still plan on finishing the series even though both are abridged as well. Feels like all the action scenes get cut. otherwise it was fine. same rebels we all know and love
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- Mike Cummings
- 22-09-20
The narrator blows
I will never, and I mean ever get another book with narrator!!! He mispronounces words and is very dull to listen to.
3 people found this helpful
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- Jedi Knight77
- 16-04-16
Great story
Loved this stormy it's a great interpretation of Luke's first love can't wait to see what happens. Narrator is much better then in past reading.
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- Terryn
- 08-03-13
The Return of Admiral Daala
What did you love best about Star Wars?
This book was a continuation of the Callista/Luke love story, as well as a follow-up from Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy. I liked the Admiral Daala character from that trilogy, so I was glad to see her return. She is just so evil and mean. I also liked that Captain Pelleaon appeared, as he was Thrawn's number 2 in the Heir trilogy and is the Grand Admiral in the Hand Duology. This explains some of the inbetween. The Dark Saber was a clever idea, being that it is the opposite of a "light" saber. This was an enjoyable story, although the part at the end is a bit hokey with how powerful the force is. That is a bit inconsistent with the other stories.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I don't know if I had one favorite. I liked Daala as an evil admiral, but I liked Callista as a strong woman defending her friends. Kip was his wreckless-in-a-good-way self in this story.
I have read other reviews where readers only want the movie characters, but I like it when the expanded universe introduces new characters if it is done well. If keeps the stories fresh and opens the possibilities for more storylines.
Have you listened to any of Anthony Heald’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
As a performance, this was fine. I do think the abridgment cut out more than it should have.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
See my comments from Children of the Jedi.
Any additional comments?
I am glad I listened to this book. If you like Star Wars, you will like this.
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- Alex Katafias
- 24-04-22
CLASSIC STAR WARS!!!!!!!!
LISTENED TO THE VICTAPE OF THIS AND LISTENED TO THIS VERSION AND ITS ONE O THE TOP 2 BEST STAR WARS STORIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Kelsie Newgard
- 10-02-22
pronunciation of planets was kinda cringe
it is a pretty short book, but it helped reel in some of the other books I've read such as the entire series of "fate of the jedi". and several other post battle of yavins. however, the narrator's pronounceations of some of the planets strays pretty far from all other narrations I've heard from star wars.
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- MATT L.
- 24-08-21
Great story. Bad audiobook
Way too abridged. almost difficult to follow. because the story would jump ahead so far.
And when did Wedge become Irish?
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- sean geiger
- 20-11-18
Deceiving
I thought this book was going to tell the tale of the dark saber light saber how it was made who would belong to and the history and placement of it not of a spaceship that took 10 minutes out of the book with than that name. Bullshit!
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