The Force Unleashed II


Book Data
Type	Novel
Series	Single
Era	Rise of the Empire
	1 BBY
Publishing Data
Author(s)	Sean Williams
Hardback	05-Oct-10
Titan	26-Aug-11

Synopsis

As ruthless apprentice to Darth Vader, Starkiller was mercilessly schooled in the ways of the dark side, commanded to exterminate the last of the purged Jedi Order, and groomed for the ultimate Sith power play: assassination of the Emperor. He served without question, killed without remorse, and lost his heart without warning to beautiful Imperial fighter pilot Juno Eclipse, never suspecting that he was just a tool in the schemes of his masters—until it was too late to escape their lethal betrayal.

Juno mourned Starkiller as dead...but now he is back, purged of all memories and programmed to kill. And as fate brings Juno and Starkiller closer to reuniting, with Darth Vader determined not to lose his assassin a second time, they will both have to make a stand. The prize is freedom. The punishment for failing will be eternal enslavement to the dark side of the Force...

Lord Depravus Says

Unleashing the force again - 18-Jan-12

Having been somewhat disappointed with Williams’ Fatal Alliance, I was hoping for a return to form with this book. The first Force Unleashed was a pretty good read, even though I’m personally not a fan of the computer game tie-in books.

The plot was well thought out and Williams does a great job of building the anticipation throughout. There is much intrigue surrounding his “rebirth” and there is also a lot of fairly fast-paced action. There were one or two gripes I had like the inclusion of a certain old face that I felt was unnecessary and a few areas that I felt maybe didn’t quite fit into the timeline very neatly. As I neared the end of the book, I began to feel that it could – and possibly should – have finished earlier. There were several occasions when I thought the story was about to end but it kept going.

I was also slightly unsure about the ending. How the book finishes suggests they are going to write a third and final one to complete the series. If they don’t, this will leave a rather blatant plot hole in the series that will leave a bad taste in many fans mouths.

Overall it was a fairly good read. By no means the best one I’ve ever read but enjoyable nonetheless.