Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime

By: R. A. Salvatore

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic will face an even darker enemy....

More than two decades after the heroes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and broke the power of the Emperor, the New Republic has struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy. But unrest has begun to spread and threatens to destroy the Republic’s tenuous reign.

Into this volatile atmosphere comes Nom Anor, a charismatic firebrand who heats passions to the boiling point, sowing seeds of dissent for his own dark motives. And as the Jedi and the Republic focus on internal struggles, a new threat surfaces from beyond the farthest reaches of the Outer Rim - an enemy bearing weapons and technology unlike anything New Republic scientists have ever seen.

Suddenly, Luke Skywalker; his wife, Mara; Han Solo; Leia Organa Solo; and Chewbacca - along with the Solo children - are thrust again into battle, to defend the freedom so many have fought and died for. But this time, the power of the Force itself may not be enough....

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Good story, Performance could be better

Performance was the only issue I had with this some and I suspect the rest of the books will follow.

Bad Narrator - Story jumps too much

Its almost like the narrator never watched star wars. He does voices for non regular characters fine but when it comes to the main characters its like he never heard Han Solo speak. The story jumps around too much and I had to spend a good amount of time figuring out how we got there. Not worth the credit for the 3.5 hours or whatever. Sound effects and music killed it as per norm though.

Narrator is terrible

The narrator is the worst of any book Iv heard. Pauses mid sentence, picks up and slows down randomly, and the voices are terrible.

I'm hooked and can't wait to listen to the rest of the series

the story was absolutely fantastic if not a little short but we get more of out beloved characters and an even greater threat to the galaxy. the narrator does a pretty bad job with the voices and cadence but it's possible to look past.

Good story, but...

The story is great and emotionally compelling. A new antagonist in the tale of Star Wars. Unfortunately, the narrator is awkward and distracting and the story is left with gaping plot holes due to the abridged version of this book. I wish there was an unabridged version of this book on Audible, but alas..

The sound effects

The story was fine, the narrator was okay. Bring abridged rushed the story and often the sound effects were just static and much louder than the narrator so you could barely hear the guy.

great story. fine narration. poor impersonations

the narration outside of dialogue and the story are fantastic. however, the narrator doesn't even try to impersonates the characters we know and love. When lando sounds like a 90 year old white dude, you have a problem...

Good story marred by bad narration

I confess that I have been avoiding abridged audible like the plague. In part because I couldn’t imagine abridged being nearly as good as the full story, but also because I think that Anthony Heald is just so awful at narrating! If you are used to Marc Thompson or Jonathan Davis, or just about anyone else, set your expectation to zero on the narrator and put your money on the story. The story, is well done. If bad narrator is an insurmountable mountain for you.....sorry. You may not make it.

As to the story..I read the New Jedi Order series more then once as a kid. Incredible series, though Vector prime was always the book that I found most difficult to get through because it moved so slowly compared to the average Star Wars novel. It effectively sets up all the moving pieces and by nature is pretty slow.
This abridged version, however, does a pretty good job of giving the condensed version, focusing on the main plot points pretty smoothly and not feeling overly rushed. It is abridged, but it was good.

EVIL INVADERS!

Nome Anure be like:"Omae wa mo shindiru!"
Anakin blows up a whole planet. 10/10

First Impression

I really like that the Solo children are realizing their potential in the force.

I was absolutely shocked by the death of Chewbaca and at the same time disappointed at Han's reaction towards his son.