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Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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Publisher's Summary
No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burned to ashes on Endor than the Alliance intercepts a call for help from a far-flung Imperial outpost. Bakura is on the edge of known space and the first to meet the Ssi-ruuk, cold-blooded reptilian invaders who, once allied with the now dead Emperor, are approaching Imperial space with only one goal: total domination.
Princess Leia sees the mission as an opportunity to achieve a diplomatic victory for the Alliance. But it assumes even greater importance when a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to Luke Skywalker with the message that he must go to Bakura - or risk losing everything the Rebels have fought so desperately to achieve.
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- David Veerkamp
- 03-11-18
abridged!
why make an audiobook if you're just going to cut out the story, its a great book but it's a shame it's missing.
11 people found this helpful
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- Barbara S. Best
- 02-09-18
Another Book Ruined by Abridging
The story is severely compromised through abridgement. The narrator talks way too fast and seems disinterested in being there in the first place. Please stop abridging these books!
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- Michael
- 06-16-07
Bakura Review
Average:
This book is not necessary to read in order to understand future books. Well written, lacks humor, descriptions of situations gives the listener a great visual.
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- Tyler
- 10-08-15
Great plot, poor narration
Where does Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Hard to say, I've listened to a lot. It's somewhere in the middle as far as Star Wars novels go; not bad, lots of good action and interesting plotline, but not as exciting as other EU stories like the Thrawn trilogy or the yuuzhan vong war.
What did you like best about this story?
How often is there one specific thing someone likes about a story above all other things? Moving on...
What didn’t you like about Anthony Heald’s performance?
Part of my criticism might be overly harsh because Marc Thompson does such an amazing job in later EU books, but the only thing I didn't like about this book was the narration, it made it hard to listen to at times. The inflection in the narrators voice doesn't have enough range to clearly distinguish characters. The one thing I did not like at all, and honestly irritated me quite a bit, was the portrayal of Han Solo. The narrator gives him this nasally, almost 1920s gangster sound to his voice (Gimme all yer creds, see), which is just weird. I'm actually curious as to why they would take a character portrayed by Harrison Ford, who has a deeper tone to his voice, and turn him into Lucky Luciano Solo, to the point where I'd like to ask the narrator. Also, there are times when it feels like he's speaking too quickly, to where it throws the cadence off every now and then, almost like someone who is trying to spit out the sentence they're on before they run out of breath.
6 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-03-20
not the full book
They cut out so much from the book and the chapters do not properly correlate.
4 people found this helpful
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- Walsh
- 03-24-19
Not a great listen
After getting used to Marc Thompson, Johnathan Davis and January LaVoy, it’s very difficult to listen to Anthony Heald. It seems like he’s often rushing to get through the story, and his various voices are not that various. But it’s his rushed cadence that is hardest to endure. Given that it’s an abridged story, you don’t have to endure for very long, but the story is choppy as a result of the abridgment. Unfortunately, it appears that a ton of the early novels are abridged and narrated by Heald. Unfortunate. Most unfortunate.
4 people found this helpful
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- Blueberrypancake
- 07-09-17
Great book, disappointed with the audiobook
Read this in paperback years ago and was excited to revisit it with this audiobook. The abridged version gets the gist of the story, but three hours really doesn't do it justice. It was sad knowing how much was missing here. Although the reading did improve dramatically after the first 20 minutes (narrator forgot to stop to breath lol), he kept pronouncing words funny ("Han", "Palpatine", etc) and his characterization of voices felt way off. It's like he'd never even watched the movies himself. My suggestion? Skip this one and grab the paperback instead.
4 people found this helpful
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- Katelyn Crosby
- 05-04-17
Brevity and clarity leaves something out
The narration/performance left something to be desired, especially considering that I had just before, listened to Revan and Deceived, from the Old Republic series, which were masterfully done. I just don't care for abridgment I guess. Still, it was a great story and I enjoyed it thoroughly, as I'm sure any true fan would.
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- Jonathon Grote
- 01-26-21
Poor narration
The narration seemed rushed and I didn't like it at all. Story probably would have been more enjoyable if it was a different narrator like the one for the Thrawn trilogy.
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- Valliere
- 09-17-20
Narration is Terrible
The story is okay for an old EU Star Wars novel. Very simplistic and if it were written today it would probably be categorized as a young adult novel or even children’s novel. There is no real character development but it is a fun little adventure.
Having said that, the person narrating needs to learn to slow down. When I first started listening, I thought I had accidentally set it on double speed because of how fast he was speaking. One sentence blends into another in a monotone way that is very off putting. The narrator puts no emphasis on important moments, just powering through everything. I wonder if he was given a specific time limit and had to speed read in order to fit within it. Also, he mispronounces Han’s name throughout the entire book.
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- Patrick Thone
- 05-29-22
Bakura
was interested to see both rebels and the empire work together to defeat a common enemy
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- Ross Manuel
- 10-26-19
in dire need of rerelease
this book is in serious need of re-recording. the original narrator clearly had poor directing and with the expansion of writable material, there is no need for abridged versions anymore
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- Steve Tonks
- 09-22-19
An intriguing story.
A curious story. The Truce at Bakura is one of the first EU novla and it really shows. A worthy story, but some of the characterisations are a little simplistic. Still, it gave us two of the more interesting characters in the early years. Gaeriel Captison and Pter Thanas. Overall, I'd recommend giving it a go, but there are better stories to come.