With the release of The Revenge Of The Sith growing ever nearer I was encouraged to appease the anticipation with some Clone Wars reading. I find many of the extended universe books to be superbly intriguing, especially when considering them in relation to the Star Wars timeline. This time I picked up the Medstar duology, Battle Surgeons and Jedi Healer.

By far, the best part of these books are the characters. They have been well developed despite the fact that all of the characters have their debut in this duology. No doubt it is also their fifteen minutes of fame, so to speak, because the next books on the timeline return to more familiar characters, which is a real shame. You can’t help but wonder what happens to padawan Barriss Offee, as well as the other detailed and emotionally developed characters.

One year prior to Episode III, Barriss Offee arrives on Drongar, a rim planet, to assist one of the Republic’s medical units, after all she is a healer. In the midst of her and the other lead medical staff is a spy, aiding the separatists and sabotaging the unit. There is little sword play and more physiological fights and mystery. Not the typical Star Wars book, yet it is intriguing.

One technical note about the writing style. There are just too many ellipses and em dashes. Sometimes it’s the over use of exclamation marks. Many a paragraph end like…