Mandalorian Armor, The

Author: K. W. Jeter

Setting: Between ESB and ROTJ

Series: Bounty Hunter Wars (Book 1 of 3)

Rating: 2/5

Plot: The bounty hunter Dengar finds a battered Boba Fett outside the Sarlacc pit while looking for stuff. A slave girl named Neelah finds herself drawn to Fett (not in any romantic way, that’d make the book interesting). Meanwhile in a completely different time Price Xizor is plotting to smash the Bounty Hunter’s Guild. Some stuff blows up, and the obvious is seen once again. Don’t mess with Fett.

Review: I know I kinda lacked a bit on the plot, but that’s the jist of it, unfortunately. Just goes to show how a good base idea can be ripped apart by an author that was no skill doing it. The whole “NOW” and “THEN” parts of the book can get confusing, and albeit needed, Jeter went about it all wrong. I had hoped this book would be great after an hour of reading an hour of it I got bored easily. Mind you, this was on a British Airways flight to London from Philly, and the featured movie was Titanic (I hate that movie, but found it much more interesting). The only consolation is that the sequels are better (not much).