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Review Summaries

"In the Swarm War, Luke and his fellow jedi must band together to fight off the Dark Nest. Meanwhile as Vajaina and Zekk are off fighing the Chiss in a war, Luke must take personal control of the jedi. After fleeing kilik space, Han and Leia must then aid the Jedi in stopping a kilik invasion of the knonw galaxy. As the war rages around them, Leia and Saba Sebtayne must stop a Chiss bomb from wiping out the Kiliks. In a stunning conclusion, Luke and Jacen must board a Kilik hive ship and stop the Dark Nest from taking over the galaxy!"
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%

Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - lasers
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - bug
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Jungle
Spaceship setting: - one or two man fighter/scoutship
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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