My review of The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide for the Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG is up on GameCryer.com. This book covers the "Dark Times" or "Rise of the Empire" era that runs from the execution of Order 66 and the establishment of the Galactic Empire up through the Rebellion era.

I wasn't sure I was going to get this book. The video game of the same name didn't thrill me, and my Star Wars campaign is set in the KOTOR era so a lot of its background content doesn't apply to what we're doing. But the guys on the Order 66 podcast kept bringing up these cool rules in the book -- like a framework for creating organizations that player characters can join/create -- as well as prestige classes like "independent droid" that looked like they'd be a good fit for our game.

I can't say it's an essential source book -- Threats of the Galaxy and Scum and Villainy are better for GMs looking to flesh out their non-Dark Times game -- but I'm glad I got it, and there is a good deal of material in here that I expect I'll end up using.