I still like the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy, but this finale spent a bit too much time on the weaker plot threads and resolved some of the more interesting ones too quickly. I was riveted by Leia's political struggles and I like what this book does with that subplot. Unfortunately, the political struggle ends fairly abruptly once the war starts and isn't really revisited.

Meanwhile, the revelations in this book make Luke's journey seem like a bait and switch - although I appreciate that the Fallanassi tied into the broader conflict with the Yevetha. In retrospect, Luke's character arc, while worthwhile on its own merits, didn't carry over into other EU books. Lando's subplot with the Teljkon vagabond seems more like a Star Trek than a Star Wars story and always felt like an intrusion. The revelation at the end was interesting, but I also couldn't help but feel that all of Lando's chapters could have been removed from the trilogy with no impact on the rest of the story.

Kube-McDowell's battle scenes are extremely tense and he does an excellent job depicting the horrors of war. This series provides great world-building for the New Republic and fleshes out several fleet officers. The Yevetha were an interesting and different threat for Star Wars. I do think this third book veered a bit too much into violence and grimdark, stripping the Yevetha of some of the nuance and cultural sophistication they seemed to exhibit in "Before the Storm." The New Jedi Order series would later double-down on this darker take on Star Wars, but also better fleshed out individual Yuuzhan Vong characters.