Jefferson N. (Jefferson) reviewed Into the Void: Star Wars (Dawn of the Jedi) on + 170 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The name Dawn of the Jedi is a bit misleading for this book. Into the Void is one of the earliest books in the Star Wars series...So early that the leaps that it would take to get to even the older stories in Old Republic seem far. In this series, an advanced alien race has dumped a good chunk of the Star Wars races willy-nilly on the planet Tython (which Star Wars fans will recognize as the Sith training planet. Over the centuries, these disparate groups have reached out to the other planets in their star system, but leaving their immediate area is impossible. Jedaii Rangers keep the peace and generally annoy anyone that isn't a Force user. Our story picks up with Ranger Lanoree Brock, who has been sent on a quest to stop her brother Dal, failed Jedi and presumed dead, from activating a Hyper Gate that could open a path to the stars, but could also destroy their entire system.
As for my gripes....As of late, the Star Wars writers have been delving further and further back in Star Wars history....But there seems to be no guiding hand keeping the continuity straight. The Old Republic books were good, but other than being a lead-in to the video game, there's not been a lot of support. Now they're digging much further back....And the story just doesn't gibe with newer novels. There is a visible continuity in the Old Republic to the Knights of the Old Republic to the Darth Bane and beyond stories. But other older books, such as Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and now Into the Void, just seem to be sci-fi novels that are just tacked into the Star Wars universe. They're not BAD, they just don't really fit. This one has the Jedaii being Force users that use both the Light and Dark Side. Which is fascinating, but they just don't seem to be supporting this story. Knight Errant showed a Sith space that seemed far to small. Admittedly, Lost Tribe of the Sith is just that, so it can stand on it's on. But, the erratic history of Star Wars of late is just all over the place. I don't know if they are just throwing out anything they can because of Disney takeover and continuity reboot (In which Disney says only the movies are canon, not any of the books or comics). But, if they were going to do a series called "Dawn of the Jedi", it would have been nice to see a true beginning, not just another era that no one will probably do anything else with except the comic writers.
As for my gripes....As of late, the Star Wars writers have been delving further and further back in Star Wars history....But there seems to be no guiding hand keeping the continuity straight. The Old Republic books were good, but other than being a lead-in to the video game, there's not been a lot of support. Now they're digging much further back....And the story just doesn't gibe with newer novels. There is a visible continuity in the Old Republic to the Knights of the Old Republic to the Darth Bane and beyond stories. But other older books, such as Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and now Into the Void, just seem to be sci-fi novels that are just tacked into the Star Wars universe. They're not BAD, they just don't really fit. This one has the Jedaii being Force users that use both the Light and Dark Side. Which is fascinating, but they just don't seem to be supporting this story. Knight Errant showed a Sith space that seemed far to small. Admittedly, Lost Tribe of the Sith is just that, so it can stand on it's on. But, the erratic history of Star Wars of late is just all over the place. I don't know if they are just throwing out anything they can because of Disney takeover and continuity reboot (In which Disney says only the movies are canon, not any of the books or comics). But, if they were going to do a series called "Dawn of the Jedi", it would have been nice to see a true beginning, not just another era that no one will probably do anything else with except the comic writers.
