For those that do not know the works of Kevin Anderson, he is a literary leech. He attaches himself to every major franchise (X-files, Dune, Star Wars) and ruins their legacy with his bad writing and poor plots. This series was the most pathetic star wars storylines that shows his complete misunderstanding of the Star Wars Universe. As mentioned by another review, I feel sorry for the other competent authors that now must take this into consideration into the Star Wars timeline. Ultimately, this series does not have the feel of Star Wars and is just another lame SciFi trilogy with the SW name attached.Avoid this and all other Anderson works.