Boba Fett: A Practical Man: Star Wars Legends (Short Story) (Star Wars - Legends) Kindle Edition

One of the stories of Fett. I feel that a lot is missing and more needs to be told, here. I hope that there will be more books that will come out.

I think I got this at a sale price for like, a buck or two. For that price, it was worth it. I don't think I'd be as satisfied had I paid a full price amount for it.I loved Boba Fett as a kid, and now as an adult I realized I could consume more materials concerning him and the rest of the Star Wars Universe.From the start this just seemed to be a harder story to get into. It was either very unclear who was narrating, or maybe I just wasn't into it from the beginning.Eventually pieces began falling together and before I knew it it was over and was ready for moreTo me the inclusion of Fett's thoughts on situations were strange, and I guess I didn't expect that from him. I realize writing this that sounds silly because why wouldn't you include his thoughts about a situation... I guess in retrospect it was the thoughts themselves that I didn't think we're representative of Boba Fett.Overall a fast read. Sad the event ended where it did, and I hope I can find more of it somewhere to read it to completion.

Nice to have Fett stories that track to the real Bobba versus what Disney did to him … they might want to reconsider bringing the real Bobba back!

Boba Fett: A Practical Man by Karen Traviss is a short story that gives the reader an excellent idea of the mindset of the famed bounty hunter. Fett is, of course, a familiar figure to all Star Wars fans, and it is interesting to read a story that concentrates primarily on him. Plus, Karen Traviss had been an excellent writer for Star Wars for quite some time until the two parties went their separate ways.The plot of the story is based on a seemingly normal contract for a job that Boba Fett accepts with a mysterious client. Fett and his team are hired to start a small war. However, the war turns out to be the beginning of an invasion by the Yuuzhan Vong. Boba quickly realizes that they are supporting the wrong side, that success by the alien Yuuzhan Vong will probably mean the end of the Mandalorian culture and lots of other cultures.So, the practical man is in a quandary. Does he honor the contract he agreed to or does he do what he can to subvert the efforts of the aliens? One further problem is that he may have to work with a Jedi agent if he decides to resist the invaders. The Yuuzhan Vong are an incredibly dangerous foe and make for some extremely entertaining reading.Ms Traviss has always seemed to be fascinated with Mandalorians. Her books are riddled with their language, and she has delved into their culture at great length. On the other hand, she has not seemed to be a big fan of the Jedi. This story gives her an opportunity to branch out and basically just focus on Boba Fett.This story was published as an e-book and may be readers' introduction to the Yuuzhon Vong or people may run across the aliens for the first time in Vector Prime. Either way works fine to give the reader exposure to some serious bad guys.Boba Fett: A Practical Man is an excellent story in the New Jedi Order and is well worth reading.

This was an interesting story to read. Traviss has created a lot of detail for a race that was pretty much lost and scattered in the mainstream Star Wars canon. (Which is a bit sad in a way since what makes the Mandos interesting is their 'endangered' status and mysterious culture.)It was a nice read, giving a lot of insight into how she sees the Mandalorians, as well as her take on Boba Fett. And while it was a good read, it did leave me a bit disappointed. This just doesn't seem like the Boba Fett that was the silent, intriguing, dangerous bounty hunter we all came to know in the movies. He's lost some of his mystique, his edginess, now that he's gone from a lone wolf out on the hunt in the universe to being a leader of a race of people (leader of a society/culture in which he can't even speak the language...that seemed a bit unrealistic to me, after all how can someone truly relate to a people they're supposed to be leading when they can't even speak to them in their own language?).Anyway, it was an okay read, just take it with a grain of salt in the fact that what might be considered canon in Star Wars today, will be refuted at some point in the future when another writer (or even Lucas himself) decides to change things once more.

It's nice to see an author go back and visit the New Jedi Order era. This time, Karen Traviss combines fan favorite Boba Fett and NJO favorite Nom Anor to show the Mandalorians' role in the Yuuzhan Vong war. Traviss does a pretty good job fitting both into their characters. Boba Fett is appropriately cynical, but at the same time also concerned about the Mandalorians. Traviss doesn't yet go so far as to make Boba Fett one of the good guys. It's an interesting character transformation. We also get to see Nom Anor's private thoughts and a bit more insight into his time as infiltrator.Even for a short story, it seemed a bit too short and ends rather abruptly. I would have liked to have seen bit more, or at least learn what the Mandalorians did after the first few weeks of the invasion. It's tough to be satisfied with this after reading Unifying Force, where Han sees Boba Fett fighting alongside Alliance troops. Hopefully that story will be written one day.

Nice short story, a good incite. Well written as all of Karen's work is only shame is that it wasn't longer and more detailed. Worth buying if you are a Mandalorian fan.

I wish it was a longer story but a great read over all. Telling more of Fett and the Mando lives as well as some back story for the Vong series