The Truce at Bakura

'The Truce at Bakura' by Kathy Tyers

Bantam Press 1994

Set immediately after RotJ

Story -- Bakura, an Imperial outpost on the edge of known space, is being invaded by alien nasties as a first step to galactic domination. Luke, Leia and co. must unite Imperial and Rebel forces to get rid of said nasties and bring Bakura into the Alliance.

Original characters from the movies -- fairly accurate. Lots of nice Han/Leia interaction, with Leia also struggling to come to terms with Vader being her father. Luke gets a love interest. :) Wedge shows up, as does blue-ghosty Ben.

New characters -- the baddies (the Ssi-ruuk) are suitably horrible/scary. The Bakurans are OK, although the characters felt a bit '2-dimensional'.

Cover art -- loved it! Probably my favorite.

Chicks -- Leia, Gaeriel (intelligent, but a bit gullible), Eppie Belden (very intelligent, strong character).

Any good? -- loved all the character interaction, especially the 'implied' stuff between Han and Leia. ;) The Ssi-ruuk made me squirm a bit, but not feel like throwing up. Could have done with a bit more 'action' (space battles, blowing stuff up, that sort of thing).

Read it? -- yes, although it's not absolutely necessary in order to follow subsequent books.

Rating -- 7 out of 10

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