The most interesting interaction between the two is in their shared scenes in Assault at Selonia. The notion of Thracken as a sort of “shadow” Han Solo has plenty of promise, but overall the trilogy doesn’t take this as far as I’d like. Thracken doesn’t get to do much in this book beyond chew some scenery and show a cold-blooded willingness to harm his own flesh and blood. Unfortunately, this also leads to one of the nastier events for the kids, when their malicious uncle Thracken Sal-Solo shows up to kidnap them and take control of the repulsor. Once it is located, Anakin Solo cannot resist delving further into the machine’s secrets, leading to a great action sequence when it is turned on.
The introduction of Centerpoint and the mysteries that still surround it at the end of the book make a lovely little hook for future authors to build upon.Ī key storyline of Showdown at Centerpoint (actually started in the prior book) revolves around the three Solo children and their efforts to locate a planetary repulsor on Drall. She serves primarily as a guide to the station, which has developed a strange little culture unto itself in the isolation of space. The only significant new character introduced in this final volume appears on Centerpoint: Jenica Sonsen.
It doesn’t take too much effort for the reader to connect Centerpoint with the destroyed stars and this hunch is quickly confirmed. The most intriguing portion of this book deals with the massive Centerpoint station, a facility of unknown origin and purpose sitting in space between Corellia’s Double Moons. If they can’t solve the plot quickly enough, they will fail to stop the annihilation of millions of sentients whose sun is targeted for destruction by the mysterious starbuster device. Events in the Corellian system have turned into a race against time, as our heroes struggle to discern the truth behind the murky maneuverings of the Human League and other splinter groups. It continues the accelerated pace found inAssault at Selonia and includes a handy synopsis at the beginning for anyone who hasn’t read or doesn’t remember the prior books (Star Wars novels rarely contain a synopsis of what’s gone before, making it worthy of note).
This Star Wars review was originally published at: ģ/5 Rancors – Roger MacBride Allen’s Showdown at Centerpointcompletes the Corellian Trilogy and neatly ties up the storylines laid out in the first two novels. Buy this Star Wars Book in paper or electronic copy* Andrew:
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