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Ein „must have“ für jeden Asaij Ventress Fan und Star Wars the Clone Wars.

1.75/5 Published by Del Rey, the 2015 book Star Wars: Dark Disciple is based on the scripts for the cancelled episodes of Star Wars The Clone Wars series, including 'Lethal Alliance', 'The Mission', 'Conspirators', 'Dark Disciple', 'Saving Vos Part I', 'Saving Vos Part II', 'Traitor' and 'The Path'. It was written by Christie Golden. The plot is set towards the end of the Clone Wars and focuses on the Jedi Order's attempt to eliminate the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), Count Dooku, in order to end the war. The Jedi Quinlan Vos and Dooku's former apprentice, Asajj Ventress, are at the centre of the story. A relationship develops between the two as Vos tries to resist the temptation of the Dark Side. The novel also deals with the theme of redemption and finding peace with oneself, bringing the story of Asajj Ventress to a perfect conclusion. Please note that this review contains spoilers and reflects my personal opinion. The writing style of the novel is comfortable and Christie Golden knows how to write characters in the Star Wars universe. The author shows in this book, as she did in her Fate of the Jedi entries, that she is able to write a romance between a Jedi and a Dark Side user in a phenomenal way. Although the relationship between Ventress and Vos feels a little forced, the two have a wonderful chemistry that is just fun to read. Ventress experiences a development in this book that leads to a satisfying ending and redemption. What will happen in the future (The Bad Batch) remains to be seen. Unfortunately, Ventress is the only character who is written consistently. Although her relationship with Quinlan Vos is well portrayed, the characterisation of the Kiffar Jedi leaves a lot to be desired. I'm somewhat biased by his storyline in the incredibly [b:Star Wars: Republic, #73|138607705|Star Wars Republic, #73 (Comic Book)|Dark Horse Comics|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1697916240l/138607705._SY75_.jpg|154722115] comics, which have a very similar storyline to this novel. However, the novel fails to portray Quinlan Vos, one of my favourite characters, in any good way. The character of the Jedi Master has no references to his past in the book and thus remains an empty shell. His fall to the Dark Side isn't really strong either and happens offscreen. His motivation changes as the plot requires. Let's take a quick look at the supporting characters. In the second half of the novel, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi are more or less forced into the story. They are now an active part of the plot. Yes, Obi-Wan is a good friend of Quinlan, and his appearance is entirely justified. But whether he absolutely has to complete several missions with Vos when his timeline is already completely overloaded is another matter.The same applies to Anakin, who is even asked in the novel itself why he always has to come along and replies "because it's always like this".In general, the Jedi in this story don't really behave like Jedi, especially Mace Windu. He says things here that I wouldn't even trust Sidious to say.He insists on killing everything and everyone immediately and the other council members say nothing. Yoda himself says it's wrong, but they do it anyway because the plot demands it. The same goes for Count Dooku, who is just an evil cartoon villain. The novel feels like an episode from the Clone Wars story. For better and for worse. The war here, as so often in the show, is presented as a black and white. It lacks the depth that other books such as [b:Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil|14978|Star Wars Labyrinth of Evil|James Luceno|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1420792446l/14978._SY75_.jpg|16926] or [b:Brotherhood|58890947|Brotherhood (Star Wars)|Mike Chen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637267088l/58890947._SY75_.jpg|92780039] offer. The characters always behave exactly as the plot demands, there are plot lines that feel like filler episodes, especially in the second act of the novel where Vos is on the dark side, there are 70 pages where pointless missions are made because the Jedi are too stupid to interrogate Vos properly. As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of this novel. I loved the story of Ventress, but the whole premise just fails for me. Of course I'm biased because of the Republic Comics, I openly admit that. The Clone Wars was spitting on the EU anyway, so I wasn't expecting the story to be similar at all, but the fact that nothing from the comic is carried over or mentioned is just really weird to me. Aayla Secura could have played a major role, especially in the second half. She's Quinlan's padawan. She's not even mentioned. Quinlan's Master Tholme does play a role in this novel, but a very different one than in the comics, where he survives Order 66. In general, you get the feeling that Katie Lucas has read a short summary of the comics and thought to herself, "I'll write that in episodes now", something like "Quinlan Vos falls to the dark side because of Dooku and tries to kill him". The fact that Quinlan was actually sent to Dooku to get information about the second Sith (Sidious) is completely ignored here. Sidious is almost half-heartedly incorporated into the story at the end and is suddenly supposed to be the motivation for Quinlan's obsession with joining Dooku. This wasn't even hinted at beforehand. Overall, I'm sorry to say that the novel was disappointing for me personally, although I know that many people appreciate and praise it highly. Nevertheless, it has motivated me to re-read the Republic comics and write more reviews in the future.

Good Story

Es ist wirklich spannend und auch irgendwie emotional.

Romance, Action, Emotionen und ganz viel Nostalgie

Ich habe erst vor kurzem mit Star Wars Büchern begonnen. Ich bin mit The Clone Wars aufgewachsen und demnach auch mit den beiden Hauptcharakteren. Dieses Buch ist ein riesiges Was-Hätte-Sein-Können und bietet durch seine tiefen Einblicke in die Gefühlswelten und Zerrissenheiten der Charaktere eine ganz neue Perspektive der Clone Wars Zeiten. Ich hatte sehr viel Spaß beim lesen und bin dankbar, dass es diese Ideen und Geschichten dennoch in den Kanon geschafft haben. Es ist eine Bereicherung des Universums und ist, für das was es sein soll, einzigartig.

Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass dieses Buch so gut ist wie es letztendlich war. Die Emotionen darin haben mich wie ein Tsunami überrollt. Mit Abstand eines der besten (Star Wars) Bücher die ich bisher gelesen habe.

It was a rollercoaster, some parts were perfectly paced, while others felt too rushed or too slow at times. Decent character development and spectacular Action scenes but flirting and romance dominated some of the book's Pages. However all in all, it's a decent read and i thoroughly enjoyed the book as a fan of the Clone wars TV show.

Dieses Buch gehört zum offiziellen Star Wars-Kanon von Disney und bietet allen Leserin einen tieferen Einblick in das Verhältnis Jedi-Sith, ausserdem lernen wir eine weitere Gruppierung kennen: die Nachtschwestern. Was dieses Buch aber überraschenderweise ist: eine Liebesgeschichte. Eine Liebesgeschichte, die mir tatsächlich gefallen hat. Wahrscheinlich braucht es bei mir Laserschwerter, Raumschiffe und x verschiedene Alienrassen, damit ich eine romantische Handlung tatsächlich geniessen kann. Jedoch geht diese Geschichte weit über eine ordentliche Geschichte im Sinne von "Männlein trifft Weiblein" hinaus. Golden beschäftigt sich mich der Macht und ihrer Anwendung. Dabei finde ich den Ansatz der Nachtschwestern äusserst interessant: sie nutzen die Dunkle Seite, ohne sich ihr aber ganz hinzugeben wie es die Sith tun. Ventress war eine Schülerin der Sith, doch hat sich aus eigener Kraft von der Dunklen Seite losgesagt. Doch Christie Goldens Werk überzeugt nicht nur doch eine feinfühlige Beziehungsgeschichte mit spannenden und gut ausgearbeiteten Figuren, sondern dadurch, dass man auch Leser schlussendlich nicht mehr weiss, was nun wahr und falsch ist. Golden spielt mit uns, genauso wie sie mit den Figuren spielt. Denn wenn sogar jemand wie Yoda den Überblick verliert - wie sollen wir denn noch unterscheiden können? Es ist ein Katz und Maus-Spiel der Macht und der Gefühle. Wer ist denn nun geblendet? Wer sieht nur das, was er/sie sehen will? Ich konnte mich nicht losreissen von diesem Roman, er verfolgte mich sogar in Gedanken. Ich wollte so gerne das Eine glauben, war aber nicht sicher, ob das wirklich wahr sein kann. Dabei schafft es Golden, dass die Geschichte nicht überladen wirkt, sondern sich perfekt ins Geschehen der Star Wars-Reihe einfügt. Für Melancholiker hat sogar Anakin Skywalker einen Auftritt und Obi-Wan übernimmt eine sehr wichtige Rolle. "Schülerin der dunklen Seite" wird als eines der besten Werke des literarischen Star Wars-Kanon gefeiert. Zwar kommt es nicht an "Darth Plagueis" heran, ist jedoch sehr nah dran und definitiv eine Empfehlung für alle Fans der Sternenkriege. Dank der Lektüre erhält man ein tieferes Verständnis der Macht, wie sie funktioniert und wie sie gehandhabt werden kann. Ausserdem rockt dieses Buch und Vos und Ventress haben sich in meiner Rangliste der Lieblingsfiguren bis ganz nach oben gekämpft.

 Published by Del Rey, the 2015 book Star Wars: Dark Disciple is based on the scripts for the cancelled episodes of the Star Wars The Clone Wars series, including 'Lethal Alliance', 'The Mission', 'Conspirators', 'Dark Disciple', 'Saving Vos Part I', 'Saving Vos Part II', 'Traitor' and 'The Path'. It was written by Christie Golden. The plot is set towards the end of the Clone Wars and focuses on the Jedi Order's attempt to eliminate the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), Count Dooku, in order to end the war. The Jedi Quinlan Vos and Dooku's former apprentice, Asajj Ventress, are at the centre of the story. A relationship develops between the two as Vos tries to resist the temptation of the Dark Side. The novel also deals with the theme of redemption and finding peace with oneself, bringing the story of Asajj Ventress to a perfect conclusion.Please note that this review contains spoilers and reflects my personal opinion. The writing style of the novel is comfortable and Christie Golden knows how to write characters in the Star Wars universe. The author shows in this book, as she did in her Fate of the Jedi entries, that she is able to write a romance between a Jedi and a Dark Side user in a phenomenal way. Although the relationship between Ventress and Vos feels a little forced, the two have a wonderful chemistry that is just fun to read.<spoiler>Ventress experiences a development in this book that leads to a satisfying ending and redemption. What will happen in the future (The Bad Batch) remains to be seen. Unfortunately, Ventress is the only character who is written consistently. Although her relationship with Quinlan Vos is well portrayed, the characterisation of the Kiffar Jedi leaves a lot to be desired. I'm somewhat biased by his storyline in the incredibly "Republic" comics, which have a very similar storyline to this novel. However, the novel fails to portray Quinlan Vos, one of my favourite characters, in any good way. The character of the Jedi Master has no references to his past in the book and thus remains an empty shell. His fall to the Dark Side isn't really strong either and happens offscreen. His motivation changes as the plot requires.Let's take a quick look at the supporting characters.In the second half of the novel, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi are more or less forced into the story. They are now an active part of the plot. Yes, Obi-Wan is a good friend of Quinlan, and his appearance is entirely justified. But whether he absolutely has to complete several missions with Vos when his timeline is already completely overloaded is another matter. The same applies to Anakin, who is even asked in the novel itself why he always has to come along and replies "because it's always like this".In general, the Jedi in this story don't really behave like Jedi, especially Mace Windu. He says things here that I wouldn't even trust Sidious to say. He insists on killing everything and everyone immediately and the other council members say nothing. Yoda himself says it's wrong, but they do it anyway because the plot demands it. The same goes for Count Dooku, who is just an evil cartoon villain. The novel feels like an episode from the Clone Wars. For better and for worse. The war here, as so often in the show, is presented as black and white. It lacks the depth that other books such as Labyrinth of Evil (James Luceno) or Brotherhood (Mike Chen) offer. The characters always behave exactly as the plot demands, there are plot lines that feel like filler episodes, especially in the second act of the novel where Vos is on the dark side, there are 70 pages where pointless missions are made because the Jedi are too stupid to interrogate Vos properly. As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of this novel. I loved the story of Ventress, but the whole premise just fails for me. Of course I'm biased because of the Republic Comics, I openly admit that. The Clone Wars was spitting on the EU anyway, so I wasn't expecting the story to be similar at all, but the fact that nothing from the comic is carried over or mentioned is just really weird to me. Aayla Secura could have played a major role, especially in the second half. She's Quinlan's padawan. She's not even mentioned. Quinlan's Master Tholme does play a role in this novel, but a very different one than in the comics, where he survives Order 66. In general, you get the feeling that Katie Lucas has read a short summary of the comics and thought to herself, "I'll write that in episodes now", something like "Quinlan Vos falls to the dark side because of Dooku and tries to kill him". The fact that Quinlan was actually sent to Dooku to get information about the second Sith (Sidious) is completely ignored here. Sidious is almost half-heartedly incorporated into the story at the end and is suddenly supposed to be the motivation for Quinlan's obsession with joining Dooku. This wasn't even hinted at beforehand. </spoiler>Overall, I'm sorry to say that the novel was disappointing for me personally, although I know that many people appreciate and praise it highly. Nevertheless, it has motivated me to re-read the Republic comics and write more reviews in the future.