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Fall of the Sith Empire (Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi) Paperback – May 6, 1998

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Product Details

  • Series: Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Dark Horse (May 6, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1569713200
  • ISBN-13: 978-1569713204
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #948,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson has written more than 125 books, including 52 national or international bestsellers. He has over 23 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, Shamus Award, and Silver Falchion Award, and has won the SFX Readers' Choice Award, Golden Duck Award, Scribe Award, and New York Times Notable Book; in 2012 at San Diego Comic Con he received the Faust Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement.

He has written numerous bestselling and critically acclaimed novels in the Dune universe with Brian Herbert, as well as Star Wars and X-Files novels. In his original work, he is best known for his Saga of Seven Suns series, the Terra Incognita trilogy, the Dan Shamble, Zombie PI series, and Clockwork Angels: The Novel with Neil Peart. Find out more about Kevin J. Anderson at wordfire.com.

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsAction packed conclusion to The Golden Age of the Sith
By A Customer on June 8, 2000
Format: Paperback
If you liked The Golden Age of the Sith but wanted much more action, this is the perfect addition for you to read. It concludes the events in its predecessor with great storytelling and it's jam-packed with action. This is one of the best stories in the Star Wars universe, with several conflicts occurring at once. You'll also discover an age where everything was primitive by Star Wars standards and Coruscant looked like a large Egyptian city. This TPB continues Dark Horse's tradition of classic action-packed stories combined with descriptive and entertaining illustrations. A must-have, but make sure you read The Golden Age of the Sith first!
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 starsIsn't there supposed to be a point?
By Handofthrawn on August 13, 2001
Format: Paperback
Once again, I state that I've never been an Anderson fan. 'Golden Age of the Sith' had some streong points, like a decent plot and beautiful art. Alas, the art quality drops a bit here and the story goes into a nosedive. There's almost no plot, save for a big battle. Granted, it can be pretty visually complex and interesting, drawing back to an old style of combat, but overall its quite lacking.
I've gotten out a fine-toothed comb, but cannot find any cohesive story, unfortunately. Read it only as a conclusion for 'Golden Age', but don't expect a lot.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 starsO.K. visuals, story a little lacking
By G. Hussa on August 22, 2005
Format: Paperback
This TBP is the second in the Tales of the Jedi story, if you are going chronologically in star wars time. It takes place a 1,000 years before the original Tales of the Jedi, and takes place a week or so after "Golden Age of the Sith". Out of the "TOTJ" series, it is one of the worst, but still better than most of the TBP's out there. I reccommend it for people trying to complete their TOTJ collection, not for a stand-alone read.
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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 starsDon't waste your money.
By That guy with the thing on October 13, 1999
Format: Paperback
Between the disjointed, jerky storytelling, the terrible art, and lack of character development, this comic collection was enough to make me ill. When is Dark Horse going to spend some money on quality artists? Save your shekels and wait for the Phantom Menace to be released on video. Don't buy this book unless you like shoddy work
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Read!
By A Customer on October 13, 2003
Format: Paperback
I do not agree with any of the negative past reviews given here. I thought Fall of the Sith Empire was a fitting conclusion to the setup in The Golden Age of the Sith. The information within and its events lead up to other comic and Star Wars storylines. It is told more like a story passed down for generations, a feeling I think the author wanted. In actuallity it is a story told from the events known to a young jedi who is now a master. He is later seen, much older, in the Dark lords of the Sith series (the story of Exar Kun).So there is not great detail in points that do not need more info. You are getting the basic story as to what happened and why, and that is great. No one else has tried to tackle this era in the Star Wars history. Also, i think the art work is justified in its rought style. The setting is in the SW past, and the story is not overly detailed; these characteristics lead to a rough look that was very satisfying. It would not be perfect like the Star Wars present and future time periods. People are entitled to their opinions, but I think some missed the point when actually figuring out why elements of the comic where done in certain ways.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 starsNowhere left to fall
By Daiho VINE VOICE on November 10, 2006
Format: Paperback
Welcome to what is at this writing still the earliest chapter in the history of the Star Wars universe, a tale set 5000 years before the adventures of the film series.

CAVEAT ONE
Before you consider buying this, be aware that this volume is but one half of the story and that the first half is available in The Golden Age of the Sith. This review covers both volumes.

CAVEAT TWO
If you're a pathological Star Wars collector, you'll buy this book regardless of its contents. If you're a Star Wars fan who wants to catch up on your history, save your money and read a summary of the events at Wookieepedia. If you're a discerning comics fan, then you must have found your way here by mistake. If so, don't stop. Keep moving. Everyone else, step right this way.

Despite a title that suggests something we never see, namely the glory days of the Sith Empire, author Kevin J Anderson came up with a promising premise. At opposite ends of the universe, the Sith Empire and the fledgling Republic seek to chart new futures, the Republic to end years of civil war and forge a new era of political and economic stability and growth, the Sith to revitalize their moribund Empire by throwing off their isolation and launching a new era of growth through conquest. In between are the innocents through which we view these events, a scholarly Jedi called to arms and a pair of young space navigators, brother and sister who through their explorations inadvertently open the hyperspace route across which the Sith reach to shake the foundations of the newly emergent Republic.

With a setting so far back in the past, Anderson has a wonderful opportunity to develop a good part of the Star Wars backstory.Read more ›
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 starsNow we take we back to ancient egypt...
By JediMack on June 22, 2003
Format: Paperback
This is the conclusion of the Golden Age of the Sith. The Fall is also set 5,000 years before NEW HOPE. While the art work also improves, yes I said improves, the story seems to disintegrate into itself. Since I like some of KJA's work, I am assuming that he was not the lead writer, just placed first alphabetically. Nothing important happens here so don't feel you need to waste your money buying this book, unless you want to buy mine!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsIt has pretty good 90's style art and it is awesome to ...

This book fascinated me when I first read it. It has pretty good 90's style art and it is awesome to see the ancient Sith Empire. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Darth Metalis
4.0 out of 5 starsFall of the Sith Empire valoración

El cómic llegó en buen estado (previo y por el envio) y con bastante rapidez, estoy contento con la adquisición. Muchas gracias

Published on February 27, 2013 by Eddie Sweet
1.0 out of 5 starsAbsolutely TERRIBLE

As I stated in a previous Star Wars book review (`Yoda: Dark Rendezvous'), gems in the literary SW Universe are scarce, sparse, few, and far in-between - this graphic novel is no... Read more

Published on August 2, 2006 by E
1.0 out of 5 starspitifully bad

don't waste your time. i just read through all the tales of the jedi books and this one is by far the worst, and is horribly bad. Read more

Published on May 17, 2005 by mark twain
5.0 out of 5 starsWoW it is Exar Kun!

This is a cool book that is about the Sith and moast of all Sith Lord Exar Kun.

Published on April 13, 2001
1.0 out of 5 starsThe absolute WORST SW comic

TOTJ: The Fall of the Sith Empire is absolutely the worst of all the SW comics yet published. A jumbled mishmash of ultimately irrelevant events, clumsily constructed, boringly... Read more

Published on May 27, 2000 by Nathan
2.0 out of 5 starsoh dear...

As a massive Star Wars fan I hate to write this, but the fall of the sith empire is seriously below par, a jerky script with no characterisation, art that gets gradualy worse as it... Read more

Published on January 25, 2000 by Mr. P. FITZGERALD

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