La serie de La Nueva Orden Jedi supuso una revolución. De 1999 a 2003 se publicarían 19 volúmenes que se centrarían en nuevos Jedi y sus misiones al amparo de un marco mucho más grande que era el de cinco años de una invasión extragaláctica. La serie presentaba una Nueva Orden Jedi con muchos parecidos a la antigua pero más flexible, con sus miembros dispersos siguiendo caminos personales y presentaba también un Nueva República estable.

Mientras la República peligra de caer en la burocracia y la corrupción y los Jedi se hallan divididos en dos, los agresivos y los más pasivos con Luke Skywalker tratando de crear un Consejo Jedi aparece una brutal raza extragaláctica que odia la tecnología y está dispuesta a sacrificarse y sacrificar a todo ser vivo a sus dioses; y no parecen querer la paz hasta que no conquisten toda la galaxia; además no se les puede sentir en la Fuerza y rivalizan con los mismísimos Jedi.

Esto desencadenará una guerra que culminará con planetas como Coruscant, Ithor, Nar Shaddaa y muchos más irreconocibles, con centenares de millones de muertes y el universo Star Wars irreconocible, además de presentar el fin del Imperio y la República, así como muertes de personajes importantes y visiones nunca vistas de la Fuerza.

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Star Wars The New Jedi Order Dark Tide 1: Onslaught is a good continuation of the NJO series. I believe it's an improvement from the first. Michael A. Stackpole fills this novel with plenty of great x-wing action reminiscent of his contributions to the X-Wing series. It's an easy read and is fairly short but the story is solid and I like the Jedi action better than the first. Overall, this Star Wars tale is filled with excellent action, adventure and character development. I highly recommend it. ( )

Reading this validated my belief that the timeline I'm going off is miscalibrated; there's no way that the first two volumes of Invasion could fit between this and Vector Prime, as the Yuuzhan Vong have clearly not been heard from since then.

Like Vector Prime, this book suffers from starting dully, with lots of political scenes and squabbling; I'm not sure why the powers-that-be behind The New Jedi Order were so into story thread of government denial of the Yuuzhan Vong threat, because it is utterly dull. Who wants to see our heroes constantly arguing with a bunch of idiots?

I remember liking Stackpole's X-Wing novels, but I don't think he's at his best when away from that milieu. Things are a little too mechanical in his writing, a little too black-and-white, and while that's suited for stories for fighter pilots, it doesn't really work for the Jedi: the Force doesn't come across as a mystical presence, but a tool: in his books, Jedi always talk about "TK" (i.e., telekinesis), and that just feels so incredibly un-Star Wars to me. Can you imagine Alec Guinness saying it? Also, characters are constantly lecturing each other on its correct use. Again, it's hard to be interested in the philosophical debate between Luke Skywalker and Kyp Durron when the narrative clearly thinks Luke is right and Kyp is an idiot.

Stackpole's at his best when dealing with Corran Horn, the Jedi without telekinesis but with great mind powers, which leads to some inventive scenes, and there's a great ground battle on Dantooine near the end of the novel, but it just takes too long for everything to get there and get going.

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