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Summary: A master of the Star Wars universe does it yet again!
Review: Michael Stackpole does a masterful job cleaning up the mess Kevin J Anderson made with the Jedi Academy. I know, I know, Anderson created the Jedi Academy, but Stackpole makes it seem real. Corran Horn is the one Jedi you can always count on to care just a bit too much, to get a bit too into things, and that's what makes him a depthful, interesting character. He is one of the ultimate Star Wars characters ever to come out of the books. The Corran-Mara Jade dynamic seems extremely real and gives both characters a ton of depth. Corran's falling-out and reconsiliation with Luke is totally believable, and for once, toward the end of the book, Luke actually seems like the ex-fighter jock he is. Michael Stackpole and Timothy Zahn are the only two authors, it seems, that can play Luke Skywalker right, and still make things work. The playing of Corran Horn, Mara Jade, and all the rest is masterful. I could not put this book down. It rules!
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Summary: Journey of discovery and adventure!
Review: In this portion of Michael A. Stackpole's supreme talent, readers are taken on a wild ride of adventure, discovery and enchantment in one of the best and most emotionally thrilling pieces of Star Wars storytelling. We travel with Corran Horn on a trip of amazing revelations in his experience with the Force.First he must join Luke Skywalker's new stablished Jedi Academy, under a false identity, in hopes of using his Force skills to track down his missing wife, Mirax, daughter of his father's one time CorSec days enemy, Booster Terrik. Everything goes on quite smoothly until a young apprentice is killed by a close encounter with the Dark Side, in the evil spirit of a fallen Dark Lord of the Sith, Exar Kun, who remains alive in the walls of a temple built in his honor by the slave Massasi people millenia earlier. Kyp Durron enters the scene and Corran instantly knows something is wrong with the young man, even though Luke Skywalker denies such evil intent. So Corran finally gives up on Luke and the academy and goes on his own to search and rescue his loved one from the clutches of an evil woman called Leonia Tavira and her Dark aide, leaders of an infamous pirate gang called the "Invids" because of their flagship's name, the Invidious, that Corran has been following with Rogue Squadron for quite a while. Then, after discovering a missing part in his identity with the help of his grandfather and information hidden on the genetic structure of his grandfather's flowers, he secretly joins the evil pirate gang he is most desperatly searching for in hopes of finding his wife. He also has to come to terms with his Jedi skills, and the Dark Side becons in the shadows as he plays both sides at the same time: as new squadron leader in the Invids, as Jedi Knight, and as Republic Rogue Squadron pilot. The part I know readers will find most interesting is his own personal battle against Exar Kun in the turmoil that follows Luke Skywalker's fall in the hands of a Dark Side influenced Kyp Durron, really breath taking and full of electrifying intensity. The action is just remarkable and will get you on the edge of your seat, couch, sofa, chair, bed or anywhere you find yourself reading it. A certain must have and a proven hit in all aspects.
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Summary: A great idea, but c'mon!
Review: I gave this book such a low review based on three issues. First, the author lacked creativity when he followed the plot for the Jedi Search trilogy. The plot he came up with, X-wing pilot whose wife is captured, goes to the Jedi Acadamy to develop latent Jedi skills so he can fight her kidnappers, was great. Would have been wonderful, but he was stuck following the plot for another trilogy which had nothing to do with the plot he was telling, not to mention introducing a character that was never mentioned in the original trilogy, and placing him in a central position.. Second, he presents Skywalker as an idiot. Now, Skywalker was no Han Solo, and had, at times, an unreasonable hope in "the good will always win", he was never as weak minded, or as flaky, as portrayed here. Third, in a complete shift from every other Star Wars novel, he writes this one in first person. I would not consider this such a problem as a fan of first person, but he damages his story telling by doing this. By such a departure from the mainstream, he sets himself so far away from the rest of the series that one can almost consider it a seperate piece of work, not even related to the rest. I am pleased to see a book not solely set around "established" characters, but please, give us something to work with.
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Summary: One of the best Star Wars books I've ever read
Review: I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much from this book. After all, how could an author just fit this new character into previously established events that he was not a part of? In spite of this, the author accomplishes a seemingly impossible feat, and not only sticks this character in where he previously didn't belong, but also makes it BELIEVABLE! I would say it even rivals the original Jedi Academy Trilogy, (though I wouldn't recommend this book until you've at least read that) even though it focuses on only one character, and is to date the only Star Wars book ever written in first person. Anyway, the basic plot is that Corran Horn, a famed Rogue Squadron pilot, is desperately searching for his beloved wife Mirax, (a cool character in her own right) who disapeared on some mission for the New Republic. To find her he is willing to do just about anything, including studying with Luke to cultivate his neglected Jedi powers, something he previously had no inclanation to do. Eventually though, he gets annoyed with the way Luke does things and leaves, only to go to even huger odds against bigger foes... Anyway, parts of this book were very confusing, though that is mostly due to my lack of knowledge about who exactly Corran Horn is, since neither he nor Mirax were ever mentioned before. I've slowly gathered that his story, and that of Rogue Squadron itself is told in the X-Wing books, which I was not previously planning on reading, but now I think I will so I can find out more about this fascinating character. As for Corran himself, well, he seemed very much like a real person to me, more than most characters in books. His complete and total conceited arrogance, as well as the general way he treats people (especially Luke) annoyed me, but at the same time his clever, humourous way of looking at things engaged me greatly, and I ended up liking him in the end dispite his flaws. Part of what bothered me though, was that the whole time he was going through his Jedi training all he does is basically whine and complain to Luke about everything he is doing wrong. I mean Luke is a Jedi Master by this time and Corran is barely a trainee and he still thinks he knows best about everything. And he doesn't even complain in a nice adult way either, and is completely and utterly cruel to Luke. What is up with him? One thing that can be said in his favor however is that he somehow managed to earn the trust and even the friendship of Mara Jade, who as we all know is possibly the least trusting person ever, even if she is the coolest. Anyway, I would recommend this book to anyone, as long as they had read the Jedi Academy Trilogy first, because otherwise it won't make much sense
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Summary: A must read for every Star Wars fan!
Review: This book is awesome! It follows the events of Corran Horn's life during his Jedi training at Luke's Jedi Academy, where he is one of the first 12 students there. Half of this book takes place at the same place and time as Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Series. What makes this book unique from all of the other Star Wars books is that it is written in the first person, from Corran's point of view. Therefore, you learn to know Corran in great detail, and you also learn a lot about what it is actually like to use the Force and lightsabers. In the book, Corran's wife is kidnapped and he must use his inherently Force powers to become a Jedi save her. He makes many companions on the way, including Mara Jade. He also learns a lot about his past and who he is. I,Jedi is a great book and is one of the best I've ever read. *May the Force be with you*
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Summary: Pretty good
Review: This should have been written as two books, but I guess they decided you can't do a series of less than three. I can tell this seems to be closely tied in with the Jedi Academy Trilogy (or at least presume, I haven't read that yet), but the connection is mostly in the middle. It starts and ends with the story about his wife, but there's a big gapping hole where they focus on Exar Kun, and the author seems to loose sight of his main goal (he should have had him leave Yavin before they final showdown with Kun, to keep focus).
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: Michael Stackpole perfectly meshes the science fiction and fantasy aspects of the Star Wars universe with romance and mystery. His first person perspective tale of Corran Horn's quest to find his wife is incredible, and easily one of the best books I have ever read.
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Summary: Corran Horn the only reasion i started reading SW books
Review: This book is the only reasion i started reading the SW series Corran Horn is a great character in all aspects exciting easy to relate to and all around a good character to read about the book which is about him has all the clasic SW characters and some really good knew ones i enjoyed this book so much i went back and read the X-Wing series witch happens before this and the children of the jedi witch takes place during the same time perioud and this book fits in perfactly with both series the only problem is stackpole is the only author that writes about corran horn over all this has been my favorite SW book even better than the new jedi order series
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Summary: It was alright...
Review: Okay, This book was alright. It had plenty of cons, but one major pro. First the cons.
1) Corran Horn is way to good with a lightsaber and way to weak with the Force! 2) Luke Skywalker is made to look like just an average Jedi at best. 3) Corran Horn is full of himself. 4) Jedi can now "absorb" energy from lightsabers, blaster bolts, etc. and channell it to use the Force better. WHAT?!?!?! When did that happen? 5) When his wife is captured he just sits around for a while. 6) He barely gets any training and is off on big adventures using the Force way better than he should be able to. 7) This guy has no moral code what so ever. He talks about how he doesn't mind sleeping with a bunch of women out of wedlock but thinks you need to warn attacking Stormtroopers to get out of the way, I'm coming to defeat your operation, step down. On top of all those cons there is one major pro that is the only thing that earns this book three stars. You get a look into the life of a Jedi from a first person view. I am a huge fan of Jedi so if your not this would probably drop to one star for you.
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Summary: Fabulous but a little over the top
Review: I loved this book! Though I found many things too coincidental and others putting Corran in too great respect (I mean come on--he's teaching Luke how to run the Acadamy and even becomes very quick friends with Leah, Han, and even Mara Jade). Anyway, Corran has to use his CorSec training along with some new Jedi talents to infiltrate a group of pirates to rescue Mirax who is missing. I found the way he deals with the pirates very amusing. Overall it is a great book that I found hard to put down and hope for more books in the future to follow the life of Corran Horn.
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