Talk:The Cestus Deception

Reader Beware
I have read over 60 different Star Wars novels and this was the least desirable by far. While quite proficient in writing technique, Steve Barnes lacks a basic comprehension of the Star Wars Universe and its icons. Characters, plot devices, and other known figures were inappropriately mocked or bastardized in context.

Examples of such perversion include using probe droids as offensive missiles, civilian pilot droids possessing knowledge of and reciting statistics concerning political hostage situations and survival rates, and the most absurd of all, Force sensitive bio-droids: non-sentient, but Force sensitive Dashta Eels were incorperated into the droids' processor units allowing the droids to perform with precognitive actions during combat in the same manner as a Jedi.

Other descriptions and plot lines seemed unimaginative and uninventive as well. The action is choppy, cut between unspecific and unnecessary political debate, which in and of itself does nothing to fuel the storyline or any excitement in the reader. Overall this book leaves one with the lingering wish of never having wasted one's time pretending that this author's misguided creation fits into the rest of the commonly acceptenced history of the Star Wars universe.