I wanted to give this book 1.5 stars but since you can't I settled for 1. Champions of the Force is interesting to a point. There are some space battles that seem to be ok, but the major problems haunting all of Anderson's Star Wars books persist. Another superweapon enters the picture: Death Star prototype, run by beings who are so inept its supposed to be funny but comes off just annoying. Kyp Durron returns to the light side, and Exar Khun is defeated but by the end of the story, Durron is treated like buddy not a mass murderer. It's simply not realistic. Admiral Daala comes back to provide Imperial presence but it's not really needed. Anderson tries but the book is to predictable and simply not all that good. Useless characters and plot lines abound. Really enough is enough. If you wish to read about the opening of the Jedi Academy pick up I, Jedi not this trilogy.