Star Wars: The Cestus Deception Book Review

Star Wars: The Cestus Deception was written by bestselling author,Steven Barnes. This Expanded Universe tale takes place during the Clone Wars in the Rise of the Empire era, 22 BBY (22 years before the Battle of Yavin).

Kenobi & Kit Fisto are summoned by the Chancellor to see first hand a new battle droid in action, it contains bio-engineering from a force sensitive creature – A battle droid with force sensitivity is extremely dangerous.

Clone training exercises are extreme! We follow arc trooper Nate on one exercise, the drill is deadly, claiming the lives of many clones, which some consider cheap and expendable.

I highly enjoyed the first half of this book, witnessing the deep dive of Clone training and the perspectives that people have of the clones was great. The book does say something I disagree with, Kit Fisto is a superior fighter than Kenobi… ha!

I love that Jango’s death is a mystery, the truth has been twisted. Some clones believe that Fett was loyal and heroic, that he was betrayed, that it took 11 jedi to take him down.

It’s like a better quality episode of the Clone Wars. The story starts off strong but gradually gets less captivating.

I don’t care for the characters, I don’t care for the plot, I just… don’t care about this book and I’m ready to move on from it.

For the rating, I give this book a D. The strong intro kept the book from failing all together.