Customer Reviews
For die hard fans
This is a readable short story which holds the distinction of being, in Star Wars universe chronological terms and excluding the comic books, the very first piece of Star Wars literature. This makes it a must read if you are a die hard Star Wars fan, but if you are not, $$$ are not worth the effort of download. ( I am a fan, by the way. )
The story sets the stage for the movie series by presenting the beginnings of the relationship between Darth Sidious and the Trade Federation which become central in Episodes I and II, answering some important questions and generally beefing up the back story. The story is not really a Darth Maul story in the sense that there is the barest minimum of character development. At 85 pages, the story can easily be read in one sitting and is more a narrative of events occasionally given from Darth Mauls perspective.
James Luceno does an acceptable job in setting up the overall Star Wars atmosphere. However, the characters are very stereotypical, requiring the reader to fill in the blanks from their own knowlege of the Star Wars universe.
...particularly weak on action prose. ...
DARTH MAUL: SABOTEUR
This "e-book" (not really an e-book, an e-short story) is definately not what every Star Wars fan expected, but the story itself wasn't that bad. It was very short, but interesting. Thanks to James Luceno. I sure expected something else maybe a couple of fights and space battles, but not much of that here. It was mostly a plan that Darth Maul had been assigned to, as the title says a sabotage. Let's hope for all the SW novels to make the crossover to e-book format and let's hope that the next direct e-book novel will be something more interesting and longer.
Buy the paper back!
You shoudld buy the paper back version of Darth Maul, it has the e-book in it.
