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CaptainCrunch · 12-28-2020, 12:08 PM

Finished the second book Triple Zero.

It was a pretty solid piece of Clone Lore. Though Traviss is still a little too obsessed with the Mando culture in it, something that was later taken away in the Clone Wars and Rebel series in terms of the Jango Clones.

Over all the book was pretty solid, following Omega Squad and Delta Squad (From the game) as they go underground on Coruscant to track down a separatist terrorist cell that is blowing up GAR bases and logistics sites.

Over all the characters are pretty well done from the Clone Commanders to the Null Commando's, to the Jedi including Etienne. They also have the Mando mercenaries Skirata and Vau who trained the Clone Commandos.

This is part detective book, spy thriller without a whole lot of actual combat action in it. So its a shift from the other books.

What I liked.

Traviss does a good job of filling out the clone characters and the unfairness of their lives. These are basically children who grow twice as fast as normal people that are essentially slaves with no rights, no pay, no leaves and no prospects of a normal live, and they know they are disposable.

The two Mando mercenaries who see the unfairness of the treatment of clones, and the fact that they have abbreviated lives due to the cloning process and want to find a solution to it.

Etienne who falls in love with one of the Commando's and gets knocked up. She also hates the republic for its treatment of the Clones and how they're expected to die in the service of a Republic that doesn't care about them.

This book is written way before the introduction of the inhibitor chips. But you can see the seeds being planted in terms of why the Clones would be willing participants in Order 66 as even most of the Jedi saw them as no better then the droids on the other side.

Traviss is a good writer, though she's got a Mando crush, if there's a complaint is that sometimes its difficult to track her use of dialogue and know who is saying what.

Overall a solid addition from the days before Rex and Cody and fives and the other clones that we learned about in the Clone Wars series

12-28-2020, 12:08 PM	#940
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Finished the second book Triple Zero. It was a pretty solid piece of Clone Lore. Though Traviss is still a little too obsessed with the Mando culture in it, something that was later taken away in the Clone Wars and Rebel series in terms of the Jango Clones. Over all the book was pretty solid, following Omega Squad and Delta Squad (From the game) as they go underground on Coruscant to track down a separatist terrorist cell that is blowing up GAR bases and logistics sites. Over all the characters are pretty well done from the Clone Commanders to the Null Commando's, to the Jedi including Etienne. They also have the Mando mercenaries Skirata and Vau who trained the Clone Commandos. This is part detective book, spy thriller without a whole lot of actual combat action in it. So its a shift from the other books. What I liked. Traviss does a good job of filling out the clone characters and the unfairness of their lives. These are basically children who grow twice as fast as normal people that are essentially slaves with no rights, no pay, no leaves and no prospects of a normal live, and they know they are disposable. The two Mando mercenaries who see the unfairness of the treatment of clones, and the fact that they have abbreviated lives due to the cloning process and want to find a solution to it. Etienne who falls in love with one of the Commando's and gets knocked up. She also hates the republic for its treatment of the Clones and how they're expected to die in the service of a Republic that doesn't care about them. This book is written way before the introduction of the inhibitor chips. But you can see the seeds being planted in terms of why the Clones would be willing participants in Order 66 as even most of the Jedi saw them as no better then the droids on the other side. Traviss is a good writer, though she's got a Mando crush, if there's a complaint is that sometimes its difficult to track her use of dialogue and know who is saying what. Overall a solid addition from the days before Rex and Cody and fives and the other clones that we learned about in the Clone Wars series __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!