Review of LotF : Tempest

I loved the way everything is set up for the TURNING of Jacen. However, after the 3rd book, it felt like the writers do not have joined up thinking with the characters they introduce or play around with. Aaron Allston (Book1) setup the series with the introduction of fan favourites Skywalkers and Solos and sprinkling of different characters from the New Jedi Order book series. A nice tie-up for continuity from the last known extended Star Wars universe. Karen Traviss (Book2) then uses some and added her own fan favourite characters like Boba and Sal-Solo and adds new characters into the EU. Here's where the mystery arises, in Book 3, Boba's story-thread became non-existent, not a word of mention. Alema Rar's character becomes more prominent and judging by the end, she would disappear too! Lumiya's character seemed to have done the disappearing act too after the proton warhead explosion. But they set it up like a cliffhanger, did she or didn't she die in the explosion? Except for the spine of the series, that is Jacen conversion to the darkside, a few of the side stories seemed ... worthless? Another thing, there are more Sith?! Well, if you believe what Lumiya said when she was dismantling a proton warhead to sacrifice herself by blowing it up with Luke nearby. The best scene came near the end, with Jacen actually giving orders to his SD gunners to fire upon the Millenium Falcon with Han & Leia inside, accusing them as collaborators with the Corellian faction. With the Falcon limping wounded entering hyperspace, will Han Solo finally run out of luck?