From a military perepective Jaina was in the wrong. She got a direct order from a Colonel. If the GFFA has the same rules of engagement (which I'm certain that they are) then Jacen was right. That transport vessel fired on them so according to the ROE that transport became a military target so in my opinion Jacen was right to fire on it and to court marshall Jaina for disobeying a direct order from a superior. I think it is a dangerous line to be a Jedi and to be part of the GFFA military because sometimes the Jedi and GFFA phils don't interwine with eachother, so the Jedi would have to make a difficult decision and hesitation is very bad on the battlefield. But this isn't a bad thing after all. All this time away from flying we can finally get some character development on Jaina and she can start practicing other techniuqes of the Force.

*I don't want Zekk to die.... *wimper**

I don't want it either; if Zekk does get killed off, I'll blame the fans who called for his death so Jaina could end up with Jag. Then I'll nicely place blame on the authors and editors for giving into fans' demands

And I definatly want to see more Jaina!!!!!!!! I really like the way that she's been written thus far, and I'd like more of her... and Zekk! I like her and Zekk together; I may be in the minority here, but I think that they make a great team. Plus, he's great comic relief (in a story that desperatly needs a comic relief.)

I don't want Zekk to die.... wimper

I think he might go for them but realize that the whole reason he's doing all that he's been doing is for Allana and Tenel Ka. I have a feeling it might be Luke, but I'm just going to take what comes next. Who knows what Jacen is going to do next; he's even "confused" himself.

I liked the way Karen got into the minds and showed us what they were thinking at that point. Do you guys think the sacrifice will be Tenal and Allana or will it be one of his family members?

Currently, the story is all about Jacen falling to the dark side with a few glimpses of what others around him are thinking. Once Jacen is all "evil," I hope they can do more with characters like Jaina, but I think Ben Skywalker will then steal the show. There are so many characters in this time period, it's hard to squeeze them all into nine books, especially if the authors want to bring in their own characters, such as Syal Antilles for Aaron and Boba Fett and Mandalorians for Karen. Can you blame them?

I was a little disappointed in both books that they have Jaina hardly in them, I hope they include her more in.

I see the beginning focus of this series being the relationship between Jacen and Ben, with Luke and Mara being put in enough to show that they are keeping their eye's on their relationship. Everyone is really going to pick up in the storyline once Jacen is revelled as a Sith Lord and Ben has to deside what he's going to do...

I must say that I was supprised that Boba Fett became a main character. I've never been into him or the clone stories, but after reading about him in this book it has made me interested in Karen's Clone Commando books....my son says they are great.

Maybe Mara would be funner to read about if she were given a bigger role in this series. She was barely in Betrayal, and she could have done more in Bloodlines.

i loved luke with Mara in the njo. in the njo we loved and cared about mara. she and lue were written very very well togather, but not since then. so now i dont care. but i will always cherish them in the Hand of thrawn series up to TUF