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Star Wars: The New Jedi Order #1.5
Star Wars: Boba Fett: A Practical Man
This original novella includes an excerpt from Star Republic Hard Contact and an interview with the author. On the surface, it seems like just another routine contract for Boba Fett and his Mandalorian commandos, but the mystery client who hires them to start a small war is more dangerous than any of them can possibly imagine. When the Yuuzhan Vong invasion force sweeps into the galaxy, the Mandalorians find they’re on the wrong side–fighting for an alien culture that will bring about the end of their own. Now Fett has to choose between his honor and the survival of his people. Since he’ s a practical man, he’s determined help the resistance beat the Yuuzhan Vong–even if it means working with a Jedi agent. Trouble is, no one trusts a man with Fett’ s reputation. So convincing the New Republic that they’re fighting on the same side is a tall order. Denounced as traitors, Fett’s Mandalorians need to stay one step ahead of their Yuuzhan Vong paymasters–and the Republic who sees them as collaborators with the most destructive enemy the galaxy has ever faced. . . .
70 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 8, 2006
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Karen Traviss
130 books1,532 followers#1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, and her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans. She's best known for military science fiction, but GOING GREY and BLACK RUN, the first books in her new techno-thriller series RINGER, are set in the real world of today. A former defence correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire, England. She's currently working on SACRIFICIAL RED, the third book in the Ringer series, and HERE WE STAND, book three in the NOMAD series.
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July 15, 2019
A Practical Man is a 2006 short story featuring Boba Fett and acting as a precursor to the New Jedi Order series of novels.
Author Karen Traviss explores a third great power source in the Lucas universe, neither the Jedi or the Sith, really not even directly involving The Force, but rather the Mandalorians and Fett’s miraculous escape from the Tatooine Sarlacc.
The Mandalorians were a warrior group comprised primarily of humans who operate out of a clan based confederacy, and frequently appear in the Star Wars expanded universe as mercenaries or bounty hunters.
In this story, Fett leads a group of weapons for hire and then makes some tough, but practical, decisions regarding the impending invasion of the galactic Yuuzhan Vong.
This story also surveys the continuity distinctions between the Star Wars Legends mythology and the film based Canon. Lucasfilms has stated that the “true” narrative follows the films exclusively, while the Legends stories are possibly, according to some purists “Apocrypha”. There is some interesting reading regarding the overall continuity issues and Disney’s acquisition in 2012.
I like the Legends stories, as there is a lot of talented writing and a wealth of fun adventure fiction. This is a good example.
Author Karen Traviss explores a third great power source in the Lucas universe, neither the Jedi or the Sith, really not even directly involving The Force, but rather the Mandalorians and Fett’s miraculous escape from the Tatooine Sarlacc.
The Mandalorians were a warrior group comprised primarily of humans who operate out of a clan based confederacy, and frequently appear in the Star Wars expanded universe as mercenaries or bounty hunters.
In this story, Fett leads a group of weapons for hire and then makes some tough, but practical, decisions regarding the impending invasion of the galactic Yuuzhan Vong.
This story also surveys the continuity distinctions between the Star Wars Legends mythology and the film based Canon. Lucasfilms has stated that the “true” narrative follows the films exclusively, while the Legends stories are possibly, according to some purists “Apocrypha”. There is some interesting reading regarding the overall continuity issues and Disney’s acquisition in 2012.
I like the Legends stories, as there is a lot of talented writing and a wealth of fun adventure fiction. This is a good example.
June 21, 2012
I'm no stranger to the Star Wars extended universe. In middle school and high school, these were the only books I read with any type of eagerness or regularity. Having read a lot of it, I have come to terms with the idea that most licensed star wars novels are little more than decent to good fan-fiction. You can usually assume there will be a jedi who makes only lightside decisions and usually one who will do the opposite (always two, there are). However, this simple little novella broke out of the preconceptions I have, and became something more. It wasn't fan-fiction, but more a good novel (or novella) that happened to take place in the star wars universe. The characters acted and thought like real people. Not to mention it's probably the best treatment Boba Fett has received in any venue (that I've seen thus far anyway). It's fortunate that it takes place right at the beginning of the new jedi order storyline because I know have a vested interest thereof and look forward to diving in. I also look forward to reading more from Karen Traviss, be it Star Wars fiction or other.
May 20, 2019
I'm not a big Boba Fett fan, and this short story did nothing to improve my opinion of him.
April 5, 2016
more like(Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #1.5).it explains why the Mandalorians did not appear in the series at all, but not good enough
August 3, 2020
It’s a short book that highlights how Fett helped in the war effort.
August 12, 2020
I really liked it. It was cool how you got to see into the coming series. I was silly and read this after reading a bunch of the other books in the series. But it was cool to see Boba Fett wanting to kill the Vong and be repulsed by their behavior. Good primer for the series if you read in order unlike me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 30, 2021
I came here hoping for a little peek into canon Mand’alor Boba Fett and I’m not disappointed. It’s very short, and ties into some other Star Wars EU novel I’ll never read, but I liked it for the Boba Fett content and the Mandalorian content in general.
I’d also never read anything by Karen Traviss, and only knew her by the mean nickname the Halo fandom used to give her, but she writes well and really had a nice handle on the character voices, I think!
4 stars because for what it is it isn’t bad, 8/10, would probably read again.
I’d also never read anything by Karen Traviss, and only knew her by the mean nickname the Halo fandom used to give her, but she writes well and really had a nice handle on the character voices, I think!
4 stars because for what it is it isn’t bad, 8/10, would probably read again.
December 30, 2023
Vergere to Tsavong Lah: Warmaster, we think too often in terms of dualism: Jedi or Sith, light or dark, right or wrong. But there are three sides to this blade, not two, opposed and similar at the same time. The third edge is the Mandalorian.
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Uh-huh.
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Uh-huh.
May 9, 2017
I've enjoyed Traviss' work before (frankly, I wish the Republic Commando novels didn't have to end unfinished). And this novella was similarly well written. However, it was rushed. The story was compacted and broken - which I'm sure is by design but it didn't do the plot justice. I am also unhappy with the loner Boba Fett suddenly leading a small army. Not his style, or at least not the style I'd like him to have.
If this is a pre-cursor to the New Jedi Order storyline, then I'm glad to have read it.
If this is a pre-cursor to the New Jedi Order storyline, then I'm glad to have read it.
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May 17, 2020
Honestly, I wish this had been longer. Still, it deserves 5 stars. I haven’t read the New Jedi Order since grade school and I’m working my way through the Young and Junior Jedi Knights books to get to know some of the characters better before I make my way back through the NJO. This was a great prologue for that series, I honestly wish they’d released this with Vector Prime to give on a clear view of Nom Anor and Boba Fett’s vantages. Like other reviewers have said, Traviss really knows how to write Fett. She must’ve been reading some Cam Kennedy comics when she wrote this...
February 7, 2021
A story shows the perspective of nom anor, and a small group of mandalorians toward the beginning of the war with the yuzzan vong. Though being titled as a boba fett book, we don't really see all that much of him, compared to some of the other mandalorians.
It was interesting seeing the different perspectives, but being short the book covers a broad swath and it's hard to get invested. Still a nice quick read.
It was interesting seeing the different perspectives, but being short the book covers a broad swath and it's hard to get invested. Still a nice quick read.
December 21, 2021
For 2021, I decided to reread Del Rey’s first attempt at a multi-author book series in the Star Wars universe: The New Jedi Order, which was published between 1999 and 2003. This shakes out to 19 novels, three eBook novellas, five short stories, some comics, and a tangentially-related prequel era novel.
This week’s focus: an ebook novella by Karen Traviss, set before and after Vector Prime: Boba Fett: A Practical Man.
SOME HISTORY:
From 2004 to 2009, Karen Traviss wrote ten books within the Star Wars universe: three volumes of the Legacy of the Force series, as well as seven novels about the Clone Wars and clone troopers. Her work is super focused on Mandalorians and their culture, which ultimately led to her departure from Lucasfilm when the 3D animated Clone Wars show retconned all that. Boba Fett: A Practical Man focuses on what led Fett and the Mandalorians to fend off the Yuuzhan Vong invaders during the New Jedi Order series, and was published online as an eBook novella in August 2006.
MY RECOLLECTION OF THE STORY:
Apparently this novella was included in the paperback edition of Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice, but I never read it—perhaps not surprising, since I have not (yet) reread Sacrifice!
A BRIEF SUMMARY:
A mysterious client who hires them to trigger political upheaval seems like just another routine contract to Boba Fett and his Mandalorian commandos, but little do they know that they’ll soon be forced to choose sides in a galaxy-wide conflict…
TIMELINE DISCLAIMER:
Boba Fett: A Practical Man begins a few months before Vector Prime in 24 ABY, and runs through the first year of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. We have references to things occurring “a week after the invasion of Helska,” and The Essential Reader's Companion seems to place the latter half of this novella all the way through to James Luceno’s Agents of Chaos duology. Unlike a lot of the short stories that cover one day or one event, this one covers a much longer span of time.
THE GOOD:
Back in the day, I didn’t like Karen Traviss’s Star Wars books because it bothered me how she hated the Jedi yet hyped up the superiority of the Mandalorians. I was a little worried going into Boba Fett: A Practical Man that it’d be Mandalorian overload, but I think it was a tiny bit more nuanced. It also helps that we have two differing Mandalorian point-of-views in Boba Fett and Goran Beviin: Goran is someone who’s been raised on Mandalore and entrenched in that culture, but Fett only seems to be Mandalorian when it benefits him. He’s risen to leadership of the Mandalorians, but he wasn't raised in that environment and doesn’t speak the language. He’s in charge because it’s profitable, but he’s not a nice person.
Of course, though, this wouldn't be a Karen Traviss story without more Mandalorian worldbuilding. There was a lot here, but it didn’t bother me as much as it did in her other novels (especially the Legacy of the Force series) because the story is about the Mandalorians. We get their reasoning behind everything they did during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, but we also get their language and their customs. Since the story is about them, I was fine with all the cultural details. I think the issue I have with Traviss’s Mandalorian hyperfocus comes when it happens at the expense of the greater story; here, it mostly added to it.
THE MEH:
Mainly, Nom Anor. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ He didn’t sound right to me. Maybe that’s because I’m coming off the tail end of the NJO series, where we saw loads of development for Nom Anor, but he didn’t feel like a top-tier schemer here. He comes across more as a Yuuzhan Vong true believer, without any sense of Nom Anor as a truly selfish individual that only believes in himself. He could have been replaced by any generic Vong without any dings to the story.
MY VERDICT:
If you read James Luceno’s The Unifying Force and wondered what Boba Fett and his Mandalorians had been up to, then Boba Fett: A Practical Man is the story for you. Yes, there’s a lot of Mando worldbuilding, but it’s not overwhelming and adds to the story here. Nom Anor is weirdly weak and out of character, but I enjoyed getting to see what the Mandalorians had been doing for the past five years.
Next up: a comic series set during the first year of the Yuuzhan Vong war, Star Wars: Invasion by Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson.
My YouTube review: https://youtu.be/QOSCsYM97yY
This week’s focus: an ebook novella by Karen Traviss, set before and after Vector Prime: Boba Fett: A Practical Man.
SOME HISTORY:
From 2004 to 2009, Karen Traviss wrote ten books within the Star Wars universe: three volumes of the Legacy of the Force series, as well as seven novels about the Clone Wars and clone troopers. Her work is super focused on Mandalorians and their culture, which ultimately led to her departure from Lucasfilm when the 3D animated Clone Wars show retconned all that. Boba Fett: A Practical Man focuses on what led Fett and the Mandalorians to fend off the Yuuzhan Vong invaders during the New Jedi Order series, and was published online as an eBook novella in August 2006.
MY RECOLLECTION OF THE STORY:
Apparently this novella was included in the paperback edition of Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice, but I never read it—perhaps not surprising, since I have not (yet) reread Sacrifice!
A BRIEF SUMMARY:
A mysterious client who hires them to trigger political upheaval seems like just another routine contract to Boba Fett and his Mandalorian commandos, but little do they know that they’ll soon be forced to choose sides in a galaxy-wide conflict…
TIMELINE DISCLAIMER:
Boba Fett: A Practical Man begins a few months before Vector Prime in 24 ABY, and runs through the first year of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. We have references to things occurring “a week after the invasion of Helska,” and The Essential Reader's Companion seems to place the latter half of this novella all the way through to James Luceno’s Agents of Chaos duology. Unlike a lot of the short stories that cover one day or one event, this one covers a much longer span of time.
THE GOOD:
Back in the day, I didn’t like Karen Traviss’s Star Wars books because it bothered me how she hated the Jedi yet hyped up the superiority of the Mandalorians. I was a little worried going into Boba Fett: A Practical Man that it’d be Mandalorian overload, but I think it was a tiny bit more nuanced. It also helps that we have two differing Mandalorian point-of-views in Boba Fett and Goran Beviin: Goran is someone who’s been raised on Mandalore and entrenched in that culture, but Fett only seems to be Mandalorian when it benefits him. He’s risen to leadership of the Mandalorians, but he wasn't raised in that environment and doesn’t speak the language. He’s in charge because it’s profitable, but he’s not a nice person.
Of course, though, this wouldn't be a Karen Traviss story without more Mandalorian worldbuilding. There was a lot here, but it didn’t bother me as much as it did in her other novels (especially the Legacy of the Force series) because the story is about the Mandalorians. We get their reasoning behind everything they did during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, but we also get their language and their customs. Since the story is about them, I was fine with all the cultural details. I think the issue I have with Traviss’s Mandalorian hyperfocus comes when it happens at the expense of the greater story; here, it mostly added to it.
THE MEH:
Mainly, Nom Anor. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ He didn’t sound right to me. Maybe that’s because I’m coming off the tail end of the NJO series, where we saw loads of development for Nom Anor, but he didn’t feel like a top-tier schemer here. He comes across more as a Yuuzhan Vong true believer, without any sense of Nom Anor as a truly selfish individual that only believes in himself. He could have been replaced by any generic Vong without any dings to the story.
MY VERDICT:
If you read James Luceno’s The Unifying Force and wondered what Boba Fett and his Mandalorians had been up to, then Boba Fett: A Practical Man is the story for you. Yes, there’s a lot of Mando worldbuilding, but it’s not overwhelming and adds to the story here. Nom Anor is weirdly weak and out of character, but I enjoyed getting to see what the Mandalorians had been doing for the past five years.
Next up: a comic series set during the first year of the Yuuzhan Vong war, Star Wars: Invasion by Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson.
My YouTube review: https://youtu.be/QOSCsYM97yY
April 18, 2025
Stars: 4
Re-read? Yes
Recommend to: It's worth reading if you are going to read the NJO.
This novella was surprisingly good. I didn't have high hopes mostly because I generally don't get into stories this short. I didn't read this story on my previous reads of the NJO, but I figured it was worth a shot since it was short and Karen Traviss has been a competent author.
The plot is interesting, although I'm not sure how well it fits into the rest of the series.
I really appreciated that Karen Traviss had the courage to make her characters face challenges that only have difficult solutions. It has been a huge problem in Star Wars where characters almost always find a convenient solution that keeps them from having to make a decision that is morally questionable.
The only thing I really didn't like about the book was the POV diary entries for Nom Anor. I can't remember if they were describes as a journal or a report. Either way, I don't see this being what Nom Anor would write. He wouldn't write a diary; can you even imagine a single Yuuzhan Vong doing that? And he wouldn't be reporting to his superior the kind of heretical thoughts he writes.
So the book isn't mind-blowing, but I enjoyed it the entire time and it does give a glimpse into what the Mandalorians are up to during the series.
Re-read? Yes
Recommend to: It's worth reading if you are going to read the NJO.
This novella was surprisingly good. I didn't have high hopes mostly because I generally don't get into stories this short. I didn't read this story on my previous reads of the NJO, but I figured it was worth a shot since it was short and Karen Traviss has been a competent author.
The plot is interesting, although I'm not sure how well it fits into the rest of the series.
I really appreciated that Karen Traviss had the courage to make her characters face challenges that only have difficult solutions. It has been a huge problem in Star Wars where characters almost always find a convenient solution that keeps them from having to make a decision that is morally questionable.
The only thing I really didn't like about the book was the POV diary entries for Nom Anor. I can't remember if they were describes as a journal or a report. Either way, I don't see this being what Nom Anor would write. He wouldn't write a diary; can you even imagine a single Yuuzhan Vong doing that? And he wouldn't be reporting to his superior the kind of heretical thoughts he writes.
So the book isn't mind-blowing, but I enjoyed it the entire time and it does give a glimpse into what the Mandalorians are up to during the series.
August 27, 2021
3.0-3.5
I'm still trying to get my Star Wars fix while waiting for The Book of Boba Fett to premiere so I picked up the short novella "Boba Fett: A Practical Man". This is the first Karen Traviss story I've read in years and the first since The Mandalorian brought the Mandalorians back towards Traviss' original depiction of the culture before Lucasfilm took them in a different direction for a while (and causing Traviss to quit the franchise for a while).
The story has much of the author's belief that warrior races are the ideal society but she tones down her commentary somewhat so it's not too preachy this time. As for her treatment of the character that inspired/popularized Mandalorians, she does an adequate job. We don't learn anything too new about Boba or his mindset that other stories hadn't already done/will do but it's still relatively interesting following old man Fett around. I appreciate how his casual use of his Mandalorian heritage when its convenient matches Lucasfilm's current depiction of the character.
I have to say the most interesting part of the story wasn't Fett or the other Mandalorians but the Yuuzhan Vong. I never read the original stories featuring them and for the moment Lucasfilm/Disney has no indication of using them in Canon so as a faction they're relatively unknown to me (surprising considering how much I know about Star Wars). Traviss does a great job introducing them and what makes them stand out as Star Wars villains. They're definitely more interesting than the First Order so I'm now interested in seeing them make the jump to Disney Star Wars at some point.
"A Practical Man" is a short read and as a non-Canon short story isn't adding too much to casual fans who just watch the Star Wars films/shows. But for me it was a nice quick read that introduced me to a new Star Wars faction I want to see more of and it was relatively nice checking out Traviss' work again and seeing how she handled a Star Wars character not of her own creation.
I'm still trying to get my Star Wars fix while waiting for The Book of Boba Fett to premiere so I picked up the short novella "Boba Fett: A Practical Man". This is the first Karen Traviss story I've read in years and the first since The Mandalorian brought the Mandalorians back towards Traviss' original depiction of the culture before Lucasfilm took them in a different direction for a while (and causing Traviss to quit the franchise for a while).
The story has much of the author's belief that warrior races are the ideal society but she tones down her commentary somewhat so it's not too preachy this time. As for her treatment of the character that inspired/popularized Mandalorians, she does an adequate job. We don't learn anything too new about Boba or his mindset that other stories hadn't already done/will do but it's still relatively interesting following old man Fett around. I appreciate how his casual use of his Mandalorian heritage when its convenient matches Lucasfilm's current depiction of the character.
I have to say the most interesting part of the story wasn't Fett or the other Mandalorians but the Yuuzhan Vong. I never read the original stories featuring them and for the moment Lucasfilm/Disney has no indication of using them in Canon so as a faction they're relatively unknown to me (surprising considering how much I know about Star Wars). Traviss does a great job introducing them and what makes them stand out as Star Wars villains. They're definitely more interesting than the First Order so I'm now interested in seeing them make the jump to Disney Star Wars at some point.
"A Practical Man" is a short read and as a non-Canon short story isn't adding too much to casual fans who just watch the Star Wars films/shows. But for me it was a nice quick read that introduced me to a new Star Wars faction I want to see more of and it was relatively nice checking out Traviss' work again and seeing how she handled a Star Wars character not of her own creation.
May 16, 2024
"It was amazing!" - 5 out of 5 star rating.
An amazing Expanded Universe (EU) Star Wars book that really lifts off the New Jedi Order (NJO) book series as a ".5" book. The first time I read NJO ~2 years ago, I totally missed this one and did not even know it existed and I seriously really missed out!
First off, if you are a Boba Fett fan, you'll love this. This is loaded with Boba content, to include Slave 1 and tons of Mandalorian lore. This statement alone pulls me in!
More importantly though, this paves the way forward to just how absolutely horrific the Vong are. Nom Anor is such an awesome character as well! He is the perfect agent of chaos aka Vong, hidden in plain sight. The entire concept of Vong invasion, conversion, the 'coral', their bio vs tech religious fanaticism, and more is all unveiled here.
Then to top everything off, the entire relationship between the Vong and Mandalorians here, where both sides are playing each other... yeah, this is 100% a 5 out of 5 book. Despite its short page count, this just hits so hard and kicks-off this very long book series and is absolutely a must read for NJO pursuers.
Do not skip this just because it is a ".5"!
An amazing Expanded Universe (EU) Star Wars book that really lifts off the New Jedi Order (NJO) book series as a ".5" book. The first time I read NJO ~2 years ago, I totally missed this one and did not even know it existed and I seriously really missed out!
First off, if you are a Boba Fett fan, you'll love this. This is loaded with Boba content, to include Slave 1 and tons of Mandalorian lore. This statement alone pulls me in!
More importantly though, this paves the way forward to just how absolutely horrific the Vong are. Nom Anor is such an awesome character as well! He is the perfect agent of chaos aka Vong, hidden in plain sight. The entire concept of Vong invasion, conversion, the 'coral', their bio vs tech religious fanaticism, and more is all unveiled here.
Then to top everything off, the entire relationship between the Vong and Mandalorians here, where both sides are playing each other... yeah, this is 100% a 5 out of 5 book. Despite its short page count, this just hits so hard and kicks-off this very long book series and is absolutely a must read for NJO pursuers.
Do not skip this just because it is a ".5"!
March 14, 2018
What can I say, the story is about Boba Fett and the Mandalorians, how can it not be a great story? Traviss always does a wonderful job with any Star Wars story that she writes. It’s clear that she respects the Star Wars universe and the mythology of the tale. Therefore, a great author paired with one of the greatest characters ever developed, an easy win. Plus, (as if it can’t get any better) the story is set at the beginning of the Yuuzhan Vong war and there are ties to Jango Fett, it only keeps getting better and better. Honestly, it’s a great story, engaging, and a joy to see the universe through Boba Fett’s eyes.
June 21, 2020
Short and to the point
I didn't realize that this was sort of a prequel for New Jedi Order when I first bought it. Actually I'm not even sure when this came out in relation to testicular book series but the way it was written you could argue NJO was already going as. The basics of the story of Bona and his Mangos involvement in the very early stages of that conflict. Outside of Bona we're introduced to other mammograms and a bit of the old Mandelorean culture in the Legends era. A interesting read non the less.
I didn't realize that this was sort of a prequel for New Jedi Order when I first bought it. Actually I'm not even sure when this came out in relation to testicular book series but the way it was written you could argue NJO was already going as. The basics of the story of Bona and his Mangos involvement in the very early stages of that conflict. Outside of Bona we're introduced to other mammograms and a bit of the old Mandelorean culture in the Legends era. A interesting read non the less.
December 26, 2022
Boba Fett: A Practical Man is a short story that is set at the onset of the Yuuzhan Vong war. It offers a Mandalorian perspective on the war and gives some background information on their role in it, while comparing the Mandalorian and Vong cultures. This is an element that I don’t recall playing any relevant role in the main installments of the New Jedi Order series, which makes this little story an apt addition. While chronologically A Practical Man is set before the major events of the series, I think reading it after having finished the entire series makes the most sense. In this story, Traviss sums up a lot of details about the Yuuzhan Vong, their culture, morals etc. While this makes for a neat summary, lacking the context of the series, it would probably be, for one, quite confusing and, for another, spoil some of the plot points that are revealed only in later installments (e.g. the role of Nom Anor).
Boba Fett: A Practical Man definitely is no must-read and it is perfectly possible to follow the New Jedi Order series without reading this story. Still, it is a quick and interesting narrative that offers some complementary information and therefore I would clearly recommend it to anyone interested in all the details of the Yuuzhan Vong war.
Boba Fett: A Practical Man definitely is no must-read and it is perfectly possible to follow the New Jedi Order series without reading this story. Still, it is a quick and interesting narrative that offers some complementary information and therefore I would clearly recommend it to anyone interested in all the details of the Yuuzhan Vong war.
September 1, 2017
Pretty cool and probably a nice fill in between Prime Vector and Onslaught. One thing that might be misleading is Boba Fett is in the book, but maybe not the main character. It is another Mando guy, which is a little disappointing because everyone knows Boba Fett is the best character in the SW universe. So I wish it was more on him, but still a good solid mini book. Maybe he and other Mando's will be in the other books. I am not sure.
December 2, 2020
I was excited to start this. But turns out it was a novella and the rest of the file I downloaded was a preview of another book.
This novella gave me so little insight into anything. Basically one bounty hunter, not Fett, meets someone in a bar and makes a deal. There’s a little other stuff, but I don’t want to spoil what little there is in this small bit.
What little there is was also jumpy.
This novella gave me so little insight into anything. Basically one bounty hunter, not Fett, meets someone in a bar and makes a deal. There’s a little other stuff, but I don’t want to spoil what little there is in this small bit.
What little there is was also jumpy.
February 13, 2023
Read this book about a year ago..
Very short, but INCREDIBLE entry into the NJO series. Of course Karen Traviss did not disappoint. I had not originally read this book before my first go through of the NJO series, but am extremely happy I did eventually get around to it. If they scare Boba Fett, they are legit!!
Very short, but INCREDIBLE entry into the NJO series. Of course Karen Traviss did not disappoint. I had not originally read this book before my first go through of the NJO series, but am extremely happy I did eventually get around to it. If they scare Boba Fett, they are legit!!
August 26, 2023
This novella is a very entertaining and insightful story about Boba Fett and his Mandalorians during The Yuuzhang Vong War.
Mandalore Boba Fett and his mercenaries are hired to do some killing, but they find more than they bargained for, and end up in an intergalactic conflict that can bring the end of the galaxy as they know it.
Short, but very good.
Recommended for fans of our beloved bounty hunter.
Mandalore Boba Fett and his mercenaries are hired to do some killing, but they find more than they bargained for, and end up in an intergalactic conflict that can bring the end of the galaxy as they know it.
Short, but very good.
Recommended for fans of our beloved bounty hunter.
December 31, 2018
Who knew that Boba Fett had a hand in fighting against the Yuuzhan Vong?
Though short, A Practical Man is actually pretty good. Karen Traviss once again proves she’s easily the best at telling stories of the Mandalorians. The fact that they take on the Vong as double agents makes them even more badass.
Though short, A Practical Man is actually pretty good. Karen Traviss once again proves she’s easily the best at telling stories of the Mandalorians. The fact that they take on the Vong as double agents makes them even more badass.
December 20, 2020
I know this is a Legacy book and how those stories are no longer canon. I was fine with that. I just wanted a Boba Fett story where he was doing some badass stuff in a universe I love. What I got was this. It’s not well written (at all), feels more like a Star Trek story, and kind of misses the essence of who Fett was.
June 13, 2021
Short story detailing some of the early interactions of the Yuuzhan Vong and the Galaxy, Far, Far Away with Boba Fett being the main character. Not a great enough story for a novel but pretty perfect for a short story. A lot of jumping around and not necessary for the greater Vong storyline but still a good read.
January 24, 2025
I wanted more. I wish I’d read this in timeline order, but didn’t realize it existed until I was at the end of Sacrifice. Makes sense looking back at all the info in Sacrifice, but I just feel that we could have a whole book on Boba the Mandalor.
Great way to see how Mandolorians entered into the Vong war and how these people that are honor bound turned to the New Republic.
Great way to see how Mandolorians entered into the Vong war and how these people that are honor bound turned to the New Republic.
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February 2, 2017
I enjoyed and have always enjoyed Ms. Traviss' take on the Mandalorians. She paints a wonderful picture of apparent mercenaries, dong the most difficult thing, fighting for the wrong side to gain valuable intelligence all while no one can know the good that they are doing.
January 25, 2021
I really enjoyed this read as a Boba Fett and Mandalorian fan. Shame that it was rushed and Boba wasn't really what he was initially depicted as in the movies, but the action was to the point and made me want to read more, especially the New Jedi Order series.
December 27, 2022
Quick little novella that extends the Boba Fett story and explains the Mandalorian society a bit more as well as their involvement in the Yuuzhan Von war. Would have been nice to have read this while I was reading the New Jedi Order series.
February 26, 2017
It was going well, then it just ended.. not on a cliffhanger, it literally just..ended, should have been 150-200 more pages to finish properly.. so much lost potential, a complete waste of time.
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