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Tales from the New Republic (Star Wars (Random House Paperback)) | 
| Creators: Peter Schweighofer, Craig Carey
Publisher: Spectra
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0553578820
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876208
EAN: 9780553578829
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Publication Date: December 1999
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Amazon.com Review
Yet another Star Wars Tales collection, Tales from the New Republic rescues a sheaf of stories that never saw publication in West End's now-kaput Official Star Wars Adventure Journal, with the addition of a tag-team novella by Star Wars fiction demigods Timothy Zahn (Hugo-winning author of Specter of the Past) and Mike Stackpole (founding member of the Rogue Squadron). This above-average anthology delivers on the same promise as other Tales collections, fleshing out hidden details in the Star Wars universe, with notable appearances by Mara Jade, Senator Garm Bel Iblis, Hal Horn, Talon Karrde, Kyp Durron, and the book's only true heavy-hitter--Boba Fett, in a fun, comic-book style frontal assault on a not-so-invincible Imperial garrison. The stories prove to be winners for the most part, with a good mix of old-hand authors and new bloods, but the Zahn-Stackpole collaboration is undoubtedly the star of the show. --Paul Hughes
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Interesting Tales October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tales from the New Republic contains eleven stories with Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole doing the best work and Patricia Jackson bringing up the rear with two tales that just don't amount to much. Fortunately, the efforts from Mr. Zahn and Mr. Stackpole are excellent and more than offset the weaker efforts by some of the other authors. This book is one of several Star Wars books that rely on the same structure, i.e., pick an area in the Star Wars universe at about the same point in time and write stories about a number of different characters. Some of the characters are known to us going in, but most are not. Some of the stories are successful, and some are not.
"Interlude at Darkknell" by Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole is an excellent four-part tale that gets the book off to a good start. Senator Garm Bel Iblis joins forces with Corsec inspector Hal Horn in a duel against the Empire's most dangerous agent in an effort to obtain the plans for the Death Star. It is a gripping story that ties in well with the background information we already have about the Death Star. Mr. Zahn follows this story with "Jade Solitaire" in which we follow Mara Jade through one of her adventures.
Most of the stories from the other authors are fun to read and are decently written. If you decide to skip Patricia Jackson's two stories, you won't miss much. Her storylines are just completely uninteresting, and her style is pretentious and wordy.
This is the last collection of short stories in a chronological reading of the Expanded Universe that we have undertaken. Now we will move on to longer tales with more familiar characters.
Solid collection of stories from the Star Wars Adventure Journal September 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tales from the New Republic is the fifth and final collection of short stories in my chronological reading of the Expanded Universe. Like the preceding volume Tales from the Empire, it compiles stories originally published in the Star Wars Adventure Journal which are set during and after the Original Trilogy. Several of the authors overlap both volumes as well, including fan favorites Michael Stackpole and Timothy Zahn, who turn in another collaborative novella broken into four parts.
The Stackpole/Zahn effort "Interlude at Darkknell" kicks off the book with Zahn contributing parts one and four and Stackpole taking the middle two. Bizarrely, considering the title of this story collection, the novella is set all the way before A New Hope and utilizes the Death Star plans as the driving plot device. Senator Garm Bel Iblis, known to many EU readers from the Thrawn Trilogy, is swept up in an attempted assassination which sets him on the path to opposing Palpatine's Empire. Ties to Stackpole's Rogue Squadron books and comics include Corsec inspector Hal Horn (Corran Horn's father) and Ysanne Isard, a malicious and ambitious field operative for Imperial Intelligence. Unlikely alliances and sudden double-crosses are liberally sprinkled through the four parts, keeping the pace brisk and the plot exciting.
In addition to the novella, Zahn's "Jade Solitaire" was also selected for this compendium. Mara Jade is in charge of the Wild Karrde while her boss Talon Karrde is away on business. Bloated industrialist Ja Bardrin captures the Wild Karrde's crew and hold them hostage; his demand is that Mara set off to rescue his daughter, who was kidnapped by Drach'nam slaver Praysh along with a valuable prototype ship. This story has a terrific action sequence as Mara does what must be done to the slaver organization and also fills in the backstory of her vessel Jade's Fire.
Patricia Jackson contributes two stories to this volume. "The Longest Fall" rhapsodically recounts the strangulation of an unlucky Imperial officer. "Uhl Eharl Khoehng" tells of a Dark Jedi and his plotting with his son to perform the hardest play ever. Having already read one of her stories in Tales from the Empire, I continue to dislike her pretentious storylines, overly flowery language, and heavy-handed fetish for evil. Lucas has never portrayed the bad guys as role models in the films, and while I don't mind some shades of gray being explored in the EU, in terms of overall theme I believe good should always be held as the ultimate ideal.
The remaining stories in the volume are largely high-quality and engaging. Chris Cassidy and Tish Pahl are featured twice and utilize the same core characters in both stories. They also work in an interesting appearance by Kyp Durron in a story set after the events of the Jedi Academy Trilogy. Paul Danner's "No Disintegrations, Please" is a fun over-the-top story of Boba Fett doing ridiculously impossible things to chase down a bounty. Danner also has a second story in the book, and authors Jean Rabe, Laurie Burns, and Kathy Burdette have one story each.
I've enjoyed reading collections of short stories that stray from the beaten path of the main film characters, but I admit, at this point in my chronological reading I'm ready to get back to some longer stories featuring more prominent characters. I still feel the Tales concept is a strong one and would like to see more collections in the same vein someday.
 Worst of the Tales from... January 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having read all of the "Tales from..." books, I can clearly say that this is the worst.
Unlike the others (except Empire), each story is not he backstory of someone you've seen or may be interested about. That was the real beauty behind the other ones, but I expected this one to be still interesting at least (like Empire was), but it was disappointing.
The stories weren't bad, really, but few of them had any characters that I could like, get to know, or even distinguish from the other characters. Some of the stories seemed to blend together a bit, not a good thing in a collection of separate stories. These stories just didn't keep me reading. This book actually broke my streak of books I'd read. I'd been reading a lot of Star Wars novels, then started on this one. I put it down in the middle of a story, and didn't bring myself back for months. I finally forced myself to finish it off, and now I'm back on track reading tons of books.
Some stories were definiately better than others. Jade Solitaire was pretty good, and Interlude at Darknell was cool, because I'm a fan of both the Horn family and Ysanne Isard.
Uhl Ehearl Khoehng, though, was AWFUL. Bizarre is not the word to use, even though it was. The story was bad and confusing, the writing sucked, and it kind of ignored nearly all of everything in Star Wars. If you do pick up this book, I urge you to skip over this story, because it was terrible.
Star Wars January 14, 2003
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a collection of short stories. While the main characters from the movies are mentioned only briefly, if at all it is still an interesting read.
Good book, worth about 4 1/2 stars June 9, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
While this book is not as diverse as Tales of the Empire, and it perhaps better organized and focuses on a less concentrated time period. (ranging from the Old Republic to the middle of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (about seven years after Return of the Jedi)) The stories are intelligent and well written, and some of them even heartbreaking. I wouldn't however, recommend this to someone who has had little experience with the Expanded Universe, because they would be totally lost. Anway, the stories are:Interlude at Darknell(four parts) Yet another collaboration between Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole! AN interesting story about a younger Bel Iblis and Corran's dad as well. Jade Solitare: My favorite in the book. How Mara aquired her beloved ship, the Jade's Fire. Gathering Shadows: A severely wounded man and woman sit in a cell and share their delirious miseries. Hutt and Seek: The hilarious duo of Fen and Ghitsa mess with Shada D'ukal and her mistryl pals, not a good idea... The Longest Fall: A chilling acount of an Imperial officer getting force-choked to death by Darth Vader. Conflict of Interest: A young Rebel spy tries to desipher who is friend and who is foe. No Disintigrations, Please: A fascinating Boba Fett story. Day of the Sepulchral Night: A pair of greedy weequays get what they deserve. Uhl Ehearl Khohng: A bizarre story that I'm guessing takes place at the end of the Old Republic. Warning: reads like a romance novel. The Last Hand: A young man desperately wants a lightsaber and will go to any lengths to buy one. Simple Tricks: Another story about Fen and Ghitsa and taking place some years later, during the Jedi Academy Trilogy. I never like Kyp Durron at all, but this story gave me somewhat of a different view of him. Suffice to say, this is good book recommendable to anyone with a clear understanding of Star Wars.
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