Jedi Search (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Vol. 1)
by Kevin J. Anderson
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Author: Kevin J. AndersonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-02-01
ISBN: 0553297988
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Spectra
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Book Review: Great book, very interesting writing style
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, contrary to popular opinion it would seem, I greatly enjoyed this book. I read Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta's Young Jedi Knights, and loved them so I was expecting a lot from this book. I'll admit it wasn't as complicated or intricately written as the Thrawn trilogy, but it was much easier to understand, and I finished this book in under three days, whereas it took me an entire week to finish each book in the Thrawn trilogy. Yes, Zahn did an excellent job with his books, but that is no reason to hate all the other authors just because they don't write exactly like him. Anyway, in this book (which is seven years after Return of the Jedi) Luke is somehow a Jedi master and decides to begin training other Jedi. Meanwhile, Han and Chewie are off on some mission to Kessel and are captured and thrown in the spice mines, where they meet young Kyp Durron, potential Jedi. Meanwhile, now that Jacen and Jaina are two years old, they can come out of hiding on Anoth, so as you can probably guess Leia is very excited to finally be getting her children back where they belong, so she can really be their mother. Han is supposed to be home in time to see the twins right when they get home, but he doesn't show up so she thinks he is just galivanting around and gets very angry at him. Meanwhile she is somewhat dismayed that the twins barely know her, since she and Han were forced to send them away as babies and could only come for occational visits. She also has a hard time becoming an instant mother, and by now she is very worried about Han, so Luke goes out to look for him which leaves her even more all alone. Anyway, I thought this book was highly well written, and I enjoyed it a lot. I was somewhat dismayed though, that this book was written so that it is very difficult to understand unless you had read the comic book Dark Empire, which took place shortly before. Luckily I had the Essential Guide to Chronology so that wasn't really a problem, but still it was annoying. Also, what's with kicking Mara Jade out of the entire book? After the Thrawn trilogy it seemed like she was going to be a main character and now where is she? And another thing, why would Han and Leia send their children away for two years, no matter how many people in the universe were trying to kidnap and kill them? Sooner or later if someone looked hard enough they would find them anyway, even on Anoth, and seems to me that they would be safer with Han, Leia, Luke, Chewie (all formidable fighters) plus several thousand New Republic guards to protect them in Imperial Palace. Also, at times it seemed as if the author didn't trust me as the reader to know what he was talking about, so he had to discribe every detail of things that were already obvious just to make sure I got it. Anyway, this is an important trilogy in the intire space of things, but a not a good one to read if your just starting out. Read the Thrawn trilogy first, or The Courtship of Princess Leia.
Summary of Jedi Search (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Vol. 1)
As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children--the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins....While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Hans and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes--and go from one danger to a far greater one....
On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face to face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself...
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