Star Wars Legends Project #98 Background: The Approaching Storm was written by Alan Dean Foster and published in January 2002. Foster has a long history with Star Wars. He ghost wrote the novelization of the original film for George Lucas, and he wrote the first ever EU novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, as a sequel to it. He also wrote the novelization of The Force Awakens, but this novel was his first return to the Star Wars universe in almost a quarter century.The Approaching Storm is set

So there are some books where you sit and wait and wait and wait for something to happen. No, this book was the opposite. This book was one where something happens every five pages and its just too much. There is always a battle or an argument or a dispute or something or other going on....and not in a good way.

I had a hard time getting into it, however, it was really nice to see Luminara and Barriss in a novel. Overall, it seemed dry and fell flat for me.

Follow these two Jedi Masters and their Padawans to the planet of Ansion on border dispute mission prior to Battle of Geonosis and The Clone Wars... Look at mom and Baeris BarrisThen there is this ball of fluff asshole... “I never saw the happy ending coming and didn’t expect it. Do all your stories have happy endings?” Thoughts Vomit 1. Barris notices Luminara and Anakin are hot damn, literally, on the other hand who is Oliver Kenoli?2. Meanwhile Ansionian people think human & near-huma

I’m convinced the only reason The Approaching Storm became a New York Times bestseller is because it came out right after The Phantom Menace and right before Attack of the Clones. Therefore fans had an appetite for the next era of Star Wars and had only this book as a way to do that.And what a terrible meal it is. The Approaching Storm is one of the most boring, dull, overwritten, cliched Star Wars novels Ive ever had the misfortune to read. Alan Dean Foster is no stranger to Star Wars or scienc...

This book was worth reading, in the end, for the imaginative biology of the creatures and denizens of Ansion and some of Foster's clever writing. One could tell, however, that he had his hands tied to a certain degree not to make too many waves or reveal too much information that could have had an impact on the plot of the "Attack of the Clones" or "Revenge of the Sith" films.I liked the characters of Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee, but in the end I felt they were underutilized to give Obi-Wa...

It may have taken me months to read this book, but that doesn’t mean I hated it or even disliked it. In fact, I loved it! Other books, life, and my own writing were huge distractions while reading The Approaching Storm but I can say with certainty that waiting to read the last third of the book until I had the time was the right decision! While the first half was intriguing, action-packed, and entertaining, it wasn’t until I got to the last half that I truly became engrossed in the story. The

Star Wars: The Approaching Storm was written by New York Times Bestselling Author, Alan Dean Foster.This novel is set during the Rise of the Empire Era, taking place just before Attack of the Clones, 22 years before A New Hope.SUMMARY: The world of Anison is at a crossroads. They must chose to remain with the Republic, or fall out to join the growing Separatist movement. If Anison does leave the Republic, many other worlds would be influenced by this action and follow suit. The Jedi Council has

Bullet Review:First time in hard back soon after the book was released (felt disappointed).Second time in abridged audiobook when I reread Star Wars over a summer (didn’t like it).Third time in ebook (enjoyed WAY more).There are things that haven’t changed - for the most part, I don’t like Tooqii, I’m disgusted by the two “mentally challenged” Alwari (and what it means when they are magically healed by the person they kidnapped), some of Anakin’s dialogue is weird, any scene with Soergg and his

1.5 starsthis book reminded me of why people hate the prequels and its politics.it was a chore to get through.the 0.5 are because anakin and obi-wan look really good in the cover and for that scene where anakin sings and obi-wan tells a story and everyone is captivated by his voice.

Although I'd probably rate it closer to 3.5 stars, it earns its four star round-up primarily due to making Anakin a well-rounded character and not the whiny snot of the prequels. It's a Jedi road trip/travelogue, which is fairly unique in the novel line. At times, it gets far too lost/enamored in the setting and forgets about the main cast...but when it does concern itself with our intrepid Jedi, this book sings. A surprisingly gentle yet incisive character-focused novel.

I wanted to read this because I really like Bariss Offee. This book wasn't bad.It wasn't good.It was meh and I feel like more important bits could have been included. I'll just check out the Clone Wars episodes because...meh.Three stars and not two because I did enjoy the writing and length, and I love Bariss...Biased for Bariss...

For 2022, I decided to go back in time and reread all the Prequels Era novels published between 1999 and 2005, plus a smidgen of other novels (like Survivor's Quest and the Dark Nest trilogy) released during that time frame. This shakes out to 21 novels, four eBook novellas, and at least thirteen short stories.This week’s focus: an immediate prequel to Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster.SOME HISTORY:Alan Dean Foster was one of the old school, pre-Bantam e...

I didn't realize it when I started listening to this, but this is basically the prequel book to episode 2. The title refers to the gathering storm that is the start of the separatist movement that leads to the clone wars beginning in Attack of the Clones. It doesn't end immediately before the movie begins (at least it didn't sound like it), but close enough that those events would be soon. And that's why the four jedi are sent to Ansion, to try to help stop those that want the planet to leave th...

Seeing this unexpected review drop from me may come as a surprise to some of you, since I’m mainly known on Goodreads for my review of historical fiction and non-fiction. But as a pre-teen and adolescent, I was a Star Wars Expanded Universe fiend. I discovered my parents’ first edition copy of “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker” on a bookshelf one day, aged about 10 or 11 years old, and it went from there. Soon I was saving up my pocket money to buy another Expanded Universe book

Appropriate that the book that 'sets up' the worst Star Wars movie of the 2 trilogies is the worst Star Wars book that I have read. It is not entirely fair to say this book is bad, as the author is clearly a good writer, (he uses words like 'festooned'), but this book falls down in many areas. Namely, despite the claim of setting up Episode II, it doesn't. Unless of course you were wondering about the backstory to when Mace Windu says "Obi-Wan could do that, he just got back from a border dispu

Initially inoffensive while reading it, upon reflection, this book was frustrating in how thin the story was and how even some interesting ideas did not work in either the telling or the operation. It must be difficult to write a story in a universe where much, if not all, of where the characters and larger narration comes from and is going to end up is set, but it is a telling point that had I not read this book, I would have not missed out on anything of substance from the Star Wars universe.T...

Pointless to read. Had nothing to do with Star Wars other than that it uses the characters.

I have been on a quest to read every book in the EU for quite a while now, I finally stumbled upon the one book which I could not force myself to finish. first the author should have done some damn background research on the force. I was constantly raging at the way the force was used, I feel like there was never a time in this entire book were the force was accurately portrayed. the story was dull boring and was pretty much a straight line, no conflict no anything, just you praying that this bo...

I honestly didn't make it very far here. I was shocked, b/c I remember enjoying Splinter of the Mind's Eye many years ago. The story starts off decently enough, following Obi Wan and Anakin as they go on a mission to a planet whose name I forget in order to help out some other Jedi there. But then there's a REALLY uncomfortable subplot involving a couple of "bad people" who it's highly intimated are bad because they've basically had a .... ray turn them neurodivergent, which makes then BAD. Esse...