Shatterpoint: Star Wars Legends

If you’re a Star Wars fan that likes Mace Windu and likes a bit of real issues mixed in with your sci-fi then “Shatterpoint” is the book for you.It is by far the most adult piece of Star Wars media I have ever consumed. The creators of “Republic Commando” touted it as a dark gritty game, and while I love it, what that really meant was that everything looked dirtier and the aliens got juice on you when you stabbed them.“Shatterpoint” is essentially “Heart of Darkness” with Jedi, and brings a whole lot of apartheid analogues which make it one of the most explicit depictions of racism ever seen in Star Wars. This is not just “these people don’t get along” like the Naboo and Gungans either, there is blood spilled, it is incredibly violent in places, often from the most unexpected areas and the whole book is relentless in wearing down its protagonists and the reader.It’s also the greatest insight into the mind of Mace Windu. While he’s arguably one of the most popular prequel characters, in the movies he is essentially just Mace Windu: Awesome Jedi. Even in the comics and The Clone Wars we don’t get a great deal of information about the kind of man he is. “Shatterpoint” is essentially a Mace Windu character study and gives some interesting looks into not only Mace, but also the nature of the force and the dark side, and what it means to be a peacekeeper in a time of war.Aside from that there are some very creatively written action scenes that are pretty inventive in places, and written in a way that it’s always clear what’s happening. Some people write action scenes and it’s a mess of people jumping and kicking and you have little real notion of what it would actually look like.Overall, I can’t really recommend this enough to Clone Wars era or Mace Windu fans, and even for Star Wars fans in general, I think it’s still worth a look, as there is really not much else quite like it.

I enjoyed this book but to be honest it took a long time to get into. I’ve read lots of the other Star Wars books and devoured them in a few days but this one took my ages to finish. I’d recommend reading it, I’ll probably read it again and hopefully like it more the second time, it just felt like a very slow burn book which is a shame as I love Mace Windu and wanted to see/love more of his story! I think when it comes to the Star Wars books I prefer the writing styles of James Luceno, Drew Karpyshyn and Timothy Zahn so far - but that won’t put me off picking up books from the other authors.Weirdly, I also found the updated layout of the book quite off putting as I read it too, i definitely prefer the old mass market paperback style that you still get with some of the other Star Wars books but that’s just a matter of personal preference. Definitely worth a read for any Star Wars fan though!

I hadn’t read this book for yea4 and tears so it was amazing ti be able to pick this up and feel like it was ,t first read. The unabridged audiobook is a phenomenal companion to listen to as well.In this book, Mace has a mission back on his home planet- a place he hadn’t visited in decades. With creatures out of nightmares, jungle battles and dark force powers this really is a fantastic, action packed novel perfect for prequel trilogy fans.

Although no longer 'canon', I purchased this novel because I loved Matthew Stover's prose in ROTS and anything exploring Mace Windu's character was sure to be enthralling. This story is not about the galaxy -- it is about earthy, dirty Darkness in a jungle. It takes place only a short while after Geonosis and Stover really gets his fingers into Windu's anguish over killing Jango Fett and general retrospection over that entire episode which I found really fascinating. The first chapters provide some excellent exposition in this respect. The characterization of Depa Billaba -- well, all the characterization really, since this is now EU -- is take it or leave it, especially given the direction Disney has gone with her as Kanan's master.The overall plot is rather like plodding through tangled undergrowth, which is probably half the point. It's not a thrilling read, by any means, not nearly as good as ROTS, but *definitely* worth reading if you can't get enough Mace Windu. Skip to the end for clones.

It has a nice cover no doubts there however unfortunately the book was a let down and I was disappointed in it , the book was slow .the story didn’t make sense

is that the author fails to see what he uncovers here - the true point of balance of the force itself, neither good nor bad, and in doing so he maintains a rather conventional take on Jedi ethics, which remains a mere refection of a galaxy not so far, far away - if only he had the will to tolerate the very epicentre where the sith and jedi part ways at a philosophical level, both a reaction against the oblivion of the jungle - the jedi vow of selflessness is as untenable as the sith elevation of personal status, they balance each other out - Vader did bring balance to the Force, and the prophesies were fulfilled.

My favorite character by far.When i first saw the pre quels i went in with the idea that Yoda was the most powerful jedi ever existing. But during the time i developed a fashion of reading up.This book explains who mace windu is. Why he is mace windu and what makes him the best.Thank god samuel jackson asked for that purple saber which makes him stand out offcourse!

I'm not a Star Wars fan, but Matthew Stover is a great writer who takes a minor character from the movies and makes him much more interesting.