Showdown at Centerpoint: Star Wars Legends (the Corellian Trilogy)

by Roger MacBride Allen

Book Overview

In this third and final volume of the Corellian trilogy, Han and Luke lead the Alliance in a mad scramble against the Selonian rebels for control of the planetary technology.

When a loyalist ship approaching Selonia is blasted out of space, Han Solo quickly realizes that rebel forces are turning planetary repulsors into weapons of immense destruction. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian manage to discover the terrifying secret...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553298062
• ISBN13: 9780553298062
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Random House Worlds
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

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`Antone's eyes bugged out, and his jaw dropped open. It was at least a full five seconds before he was able to speak. "He's cranky? He's the - he's the only one who can - who can - " Atone gestured frantically at the control panel. "The starbuster is going to fire in an hour, and you tell me he's cranky?" ' Showdown at Center Point, is sadly the last book of this Star Wars trilogy. Everything is moving to the edge of disaster as the New Republic crew is trying to figure out who, or what, is blowing up stars. Anakin Solo is getting in trouble (once again), Han and Leia have to deal with squabbling Selonians, Dralls and humans. Han's evil cousin is back once again and making really big trouble. Lando Calrissian and Luke Skywalker enter Center Point and are nearly killed but finally figure out what in the heck it really is! Will they be able to save the next star on the list for destruction (along with the twelve million people on the planet next to it). You'll just have to read it to find out. The beloved Corellian Trilogy is an excellent book for all Sci-fi fans, a must-read continuation of the Star Wars story for its fans and has great action for those who just want to be entertained. The author does a great job of making it clear where everyone is and what is going on, as the action takes you from place to place. He gives a great description of each new area or character you meet or hear about, and there are plenty of really hilarious moments where everything just goes wrong. This trilogy is hardly even boring with great action moments and moments where the character lives hang by a thin thread. It is one of the best action books I've ever read, a little bit better than "Harry Potter" with a sci-fi twist. Those who would really like this book/ trilogy is anyone who likes Star Wars in general, or anyone that likes sci-fi. Even if you don't know all the Star Wars characters and plots, the book does a great job of introducing you to it all. Even young kids can read this book and be entertained; same thing goes for adults. I would recommend this book to almost anyone who is even slightly interesting in reading it.

A wonderful ending to a decent trilogy

This is one of best conclusions to a Star Wars trilogy of books that I have read. Zahn by far beats out all the Star Wars authors I have read so far, but Roger Allen's conclusion to the Corellian Trilogy had much of the same feel that Zahn had in his Thrawn trilogy.Filled with deep rooted good characterization and actions, the author does a wonderful job at bringing the reader close to the characters as they uncover the secrets to the repulsors and Centerpoint Station. It is also the author's natural ability for good characterization that makes the sacrifices that are made in these books by many characters both heart wrenching and heart warming at the same time. This book has emotional pull as well as solid action. The only hesitation I have toward all three books is the overdone technical narrative, which slows down much of the action (until the end). The book could easily have been thirty to fifty pages shorter if Roger Allen had cut down the technical thought process on how to fix things like sublight engines and nav computers. Still, with the way the author conducted the ending to this trilogy, this little issue can be forgiven. I can't think of giving the final book to this series anything less than five stars. It's a wonderful series overall.

An excellant conclusion to the trilogy.

The secret of the mysterious installation the Solo children found on Corellia in the first book of this trilogy is out. It is a planetary repulsor, and their is one just like it on each of the other planets of the Corellian System. The planetary repulsors are an ancient system, used to bring the five planets of the system to their present location, most likely even before the Old Republic came to be. The repulsors can also be used as weapons of mass destruction - and all the various rebel groups in Corellia want to get a hold of them. The Solo children are in hiding with their Drall tutor Ebrihim, his aunt, Ebrihim's droid, and Chewbacca in the repulsor on Drall, where Anakin activates the repulsor, inadvertently letting their evil cousin Thracken know of their location, and the group is promptly captured. Lando and Luke are with the ships from Bakura, and Leia, Han, and Mara are desperately negotiating for the repulsor on Selonia, for it is the only thing that can stop another star from being forced to go nova by Centerpoint Station's mysterious technology. This was a thrilling conclusion to the Corellian Trilogy that I highly reccomend to Star Wars fans who enjoyed the other two books in the trilogy.

The best Star Wars book I've ever read!

This book has eveything you need to make a good Star Wars book. We have all of our favorite characters, plus some new ones. Mara Jade teams up with Leia of all people. Not to mention, Han and Leia's kids begin to develop distict personalities. If you like C-3PO, well, this is his best book. We have very funny scenes with the worst combination of characters that any author could think of: C-3PO and Lando, with Lando having to admit that he needs Threepio there. Ouch! One of my personal favorite parts is at the very beginning. Han Solo finds himself trying to safely land a ship on the surface of a possibly hostile planet, with an agoraphobic Selonian in command. This is a great book, and you won't be able to put it down once you read the first page.