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Summary: I, Jedi what a book!!!
Review: I, Jedi is one of the best Star Wars books out there. Oustatnding!!! It is a must read.
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Summary: 'NOT' a stand-alone novel
Review: I, Jedi struck me as being a 'What's going on behind the scenes of other Star Wars novels?' type of story. It's a good read don't get me wrong but I think it references too many events from other books. That is great for consistancy, but it fails when the reader has not had the benefit of reading the works that Stackpole is referenceing. Coming from that perspective it seems like the author is just trying to plug his other works. I like Corran, and I think he's a very cool character, but I think his 'coolness' is built on the expense of making the other characters look weak. (With the exception of Tycho who he gave beaucoup props to) My only problem with the character is that everything seemed to go his way. His plans always worked and he was always right. I hated that quality about Admiral Thrawn and it doesn't compliment Corran Horn much either. But Mara Jade makes a cameo and that is way cool. All in all, a decent read, but it has its faults.
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Summary: OOOh Brother
Review: I'd have to say that this is the most poorly written Star Wars books ever. After reading them all I really think that Michael Stackpole could do the universe better justice than this. His original X-wing series was great (though hardly the best) and I have to respect the way he uses his own characters. But the feeling I got from reading "I, Jedi" was "In the Jedi Academy Trilogy, Luke Skywalker made this or that move, and then Cilghal did this,while Streen did that. However, this was all really the manipulation of undercover agent Corran Horn,who knows everything that's going on better than the Jedi master whose running the show." Come on! Kevin Anderson's novels where totally awesome, but I, Jedi really felt like it was trying hard to replace their grandeur. Grow up!
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Summary: I can only give it 5 stars?
Review: This book definately deserves half a million or so! I've read many of the Star Wars books and have enjoyed most of them, but this one is definately one of the best. Corran Horn is one of my favorite characters in the Star Wars universe and this book does an awesome job of expanding on the character and getting inside the mind of a jedi. The 1st person angle was very well done and you get a mch better idea of what's going through the mind of the character at the moment. I like what Stackpole did with the Corran/Luke interactions. It's good to see that Luke is still human and willing to learn and grow. This book is definately a must read for any Star Wars fan or anyone who likes a good book. You can get through it fine without reading the x-wing books (a great series that I'd recommend reading anyway) and the jedi academy trilogy (pretty good, but not great) but you get so much more out of it and I, Jedi may also spoil parts of the other books if you wanted to go back and read them later.
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Summary: good book, many pages for the price
Review: This book takes place during the 3book series of (Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice, Champions of the Force), but from the first person viewpoint of Corran Horn, an expert pilot of Rogue Squadron who is force-sensitive. His wife is missing on a mission to stop the pirates called the Invids, who are led by a group of force-sensitive Sith. Corran blames himself for his wife's disappearance and decides that he must learn to be a Jedi at Luke Skywalker's academy with the pseudoname Keiran Halcyon. He learns the ways of the Jedi and helps destroy the evil Dark Lord of the Sith dead 4000 years. He leaves the Academy to infiltrate and break up the Invid group and save Mirax. He even gains some new Sith allies.
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Summary: One of the best star wars books I've read
Review: I've read a lot of star wars books, and this one is one of my favorite. Stackpole puts a twist into writing as he puts it in 1st person, something most Star Wars authors won't do. Even though its written as if you've read the first 8 X-wing books, you can still follow. Stackpole does a great job, and he rebuilds my confidence in him after the disappointment of Isard's Revenge <- a truly poor book.
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Summary: Stackpole's finest book ever
Review: This has to be Micheal A. Stackpole's finest novel ever. I have read all 5 of his books in the X-wing seires and I, Jedi surpasses all of them. To be a real Star Wars fan, you must read this book. Only Stackpole or maybe Zahn could write a book in the first person perspective so well.
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Summary: Extraordinary book. One of Mike Stackpoles best.
Review: This is a book that all Star Wars fans can enjoy. Although it could have delved a little more into Corran's preparation to rescue Mirax. Still, great book, continues with a great story line that Kevin Anderson left out in his Jedi Academy trilogy.
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Summary: This book was quite good.
Review: I,Jedi was well done with only a few boring areas in the story. It fits right in with Specter of the Past and doesn't leave you wondering about it if you read I,Jedi first. The author is best at describing space battles and you can really picture what's there. I,Jedi is a well thought-up story and I enjoyed it. It wasn't the best but entertaining.
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Summary: The best Star Wars book yet!
Review: I, Jedi is my favorite Star Wars book. I've read all of the SW books (except about half of the Bounty Hunter trilogy), and this book combines the best of all of them. It has the swashbuckling adventure of the X-Wings books, the in-depth characters of Zahn's books and the "Far, Far, Away and Long Long Ago" feeling of the SW movies. Stackpole takes Corran Horn thru major life changing situations without losing the essential Corran Horn. Corran grows and changes but still remains the former Cor-Sec man and X-wing pilot we came to know and admire in the X-Wing books. Luke fans will see several sides of the Jedi Master. They may not like what they see at first, but Luke grows from the experience and becomes the Jedi we knew he is, but too often don't see. In I, Jedi, Stackpole fills in a lot of missing pieces of the Jedi academy puzzle and ties up several loose ends found in the Star Wars Universe. This is a book I will read agin and again. I need to put a warning here about the audio tape. It is terrible. Most audio tapes leave out non-essential "color". This tape leaves out a lot of important information. The whole feel and point of the story are lost in the audio abridgement. What a shame when the book is so good.
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