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Summary: My First Favorite of Jedi Quest!
Review: "The Trail of the Jedi," written by Jude Watson, begins on the planet Ragoon-6. Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Knight, has gone there for a training mission with his his Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. (Readers of the Star Wars Jedi Apprentice series may recognize this planet from book 14: "The Ties That Bind." Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan's deceased Master, took Obi-Wan there for a training mission when he was only a Padawan. It was there that Qui-Gon received his disturbing visions of Tahl, a Jedi Knight that would die after Qui-Gon pledged his life to her.) Wren, a Jedi Knight, leaves Obi-Wan and Anakin on Ragoon-6 and goes off to hide, leaving clues so that the Master-Padawan tem can track him. While on the trip, Anakin feels that he and Obi-Wan are not close and he feels "left out" when his Master does not share his feelings with him. Wren's clues lead Obi-Wan and Anakin to near-death experiences, including a flooded cavern and a den of malia -- savage beasts. While the Jedi are tracking Wren, they stumble upon Floria -- a girl about Anakin's age who cannot find her teacher and friends, whom she lost. The Jedi offer their assistance to Floria and head for their ship to contact someone for assistance. But as the Jedi are walking on their ship, they feel a surge in the Force and quickly run off the ship, right before the bomb that was planted on the Jedi's ship explodes. As Anakin rushes after a figure he saw sneaking around the ship, Floria -- the young slender girl -- used some complicated holds to keep Obi-Wan from moving . . . almost like an assassin. When Anakin pulls back the mask of the figure, he is discovered to be Dane -- Floria's older brother. The Jedi demand an explanation and are shocked at the response: Floria and Dane are bounty hunters. They, along with four other hunters, were dismissed by a being named Granta Omega and were instructed to bring the Jedi to him -- dead or alive. And by now Obi-wan has discovered something that is another problem: training mission clues are not supposed to be deadly, which leads Obi-Wan to the conclusion that Wren was captured. The Jedi's training mission has turned into a survival challenge. Now the Jedi must resuce Wren, and avoid several bounty hunters. Will the Jedi find Wren? Will they encounter Granta Omega? But most importantly: will they survive?
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Summary: Its all about Anakin and his evolution
Review: Anakin is about 14 years old here so this story is -27 BNH on the timeline. Of course, the story is all about Anakin. Where Anakin is only 12 in the Rogue Planet mission and still acts more like a child, here he is 14 and wants to exert more influence in the decision-making. Anakin makes his first friend, because they share a love of machines and ships, Tru. The story is dumbed down of course, but not bad. For reasons that are only to enhance the story, the masters leave the Padawan???s behind, finding themselves cutoff. With the masters gone, the Padawan???s must work together to solve problems.
Anakin learns to cooperate with a fellow Padawan Ferus (Padawan of Siri Tachi) who is well liked by his fellow Padawan???s and also a good leader. The continuing curiosity in any ???Prequel??? book is how Anakin becomes Darth Vader, and how Vader does kill off all the Jedi. Jude Watson does advance the character study of Anakin Skywalker.Windu hasn???t gone stupid yet, or at least Palpatine hasn???t started messing with the Jedi yet. Hence, Windu sends 4 masters and their Padawan???s to a system with 2 inhabited planets where a plague or virus has broken out on one. One of my theories of the fall of the Jedi is Windu???s failure to adequately deal with crises. Here is an example where Windu sent significant force to deal with a crisis. This is a book written for 9 to 12 year olds, but I enjoyed Jude Watson handling of Anakin. I am pleased that the decision was made to put this book on unabridged Audio cassettes. I have almost every Star Wars audio book ever made up to NJO Star by Star. Davis is an experienced SW reader and does a great job.
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Summary: Its all about ANAKIN.
Review: Anakin is about 14 years old here so this story is -27 BNH on the timeline. Of course, the story is all about Anakin. Where Anakin is only 12 in the Rogue Planet mission and still acts more like a child, here he is 14 and wants to exert more influence in the decision-making. Anakin makes his first friend, because they share a love of machines and ships, Tru. The story is dumbed down of course, but not bad. For reasons that are only to enhance the story, the masters leave the Padawan's behind, finding themselves cutoff. With the masters gone, the Padawan's must work together to solve problems. Anakin learns to cooperate with a fellow Padawan Ferus (Padawan of Siri Tachi) who is well liked by his fellow Padawan's and also a good leader. The continuing curiosity in any "Prequel" book is how Anakin becomes Darth Vader, and how Vader does kill off all the Jedi. Jude Watson does advance the character study of Anakin Skywalker. Windu hasn't gone stupid yet, or at least Palpatine hasn't started messing with the Jedi yet. Hence, Windu sends 4 masters and their Padawan's to a system with 2 inhabited planets where a plague or virus has broken out on one. One of my theories of the fall of the Jedi is Windu's failure to adequately deal with crises. Here is an example where Windu sent significant force to deal with a crisis. This is a book written for 9 to 12 year olds, but I enjoyed Jude Watson handling of Anakin. I am pleased that the decision was made to put this book on unabridged Audio cassettes. I have almost every Star Wars audio book ever made up to NJO Star by Star. Davis is an experienced SW reader and does a great job.
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Summary: A worthy successer for Jedi Apprentice!
Review: Anyone who loved Jedi Apprentice, and even those of us who didn't (yeah right, is there anyone who didn't adore those books?) should definitely, definitely check out this new series! More like an extension of Jedi Apprentice than anything else, it's already at least as good as that series was at it's height. Anakin Skywalker is now fourteen years old, and has been apprenticed to Obi-Wan Kenobi for several years (duh). Even at this age, Anakin is more than a handful, almost more than Obi-Wan can handle, and we can already see the seeds of many of their later problems sewn. Because of his brilliance and his intense connection to the living Force, everything has come easily to Anakin, and his abilities have taken him far above other students of his age, which has earned him grudging respect from teachers and students alike, but few if any, real friends. This doesn't seem to bother introverted Anakin too much, but Obi-Wan privately worries about his padawan, who has grown from a cheerful and open child, to a quiet and disturbed young man. The council decides to send them on a rather complicated mission to a planet plagued by a toxic disaster, where they will have to work with three other master-padawan teams, including Siri Tachi (whom most of us remember from Jedi Apprentice) and her padawan Ferus, whom Anakin doesn't get along with too well. Anyway, to avoid spoiling the story I won't say anymore, but trust me, these are definitely worth the time you spend reading them. For fans of all ages.
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Summary: bring back qui-gon and obi-wan!!!
Review: First, I loved Jedi Apprentice and was heart-broken when Jude finished. I even liked the hardcover Jedi Quest. These books stank, Anakin is a brat who deserves to be smacked by Yoda a bit. Obi-Wan seems to have lost the humor he had in JA. There is not enough of Obi-Wan, there are about five chapters in his POV. The Shattered Peace was more exciting than both the books combined. You could see the villain a mile away in #1. The cliffhanger in #2 was pointless, Granta is no Xanatos, who made a great asset to several of the JA. I'm not even pining for the next book, like back in the days of JA. Jude, Bring Back Jedi Apprentice!!!!!!!
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Summary: Are You Kidding?
Review: How can anyone even begin to compare this to the Jedi Apprentice series? I had hoped that these books wouldn't be too bad, good enough to ease the dull ache in my heart over the loss of JA, but as it turns out these books stank. Obi-Wan was hardly mentioned while the brat Anikan was flaunted about. I don't see how HE could of made a friend with his attitude. This book starts out with the Council telling four Jedi teams to go help with the evacuation of a planet suffering from some sort of biohazard. This is so bad, it makes JA, Shattered Peace, look like a master piece! This book made me bow my head in shame for Jude Watson. Most JA fans had looked forward to this series, but I hate to say that we will all be disappointed. Don't buy this book, you're wasting your money. If you need to read something though, as I desperatley needed to, reread the Jedi Apprentice series. Rereading these books is probably 100 times better than reading Jedi Quest for the first time. And enjoy the Jedi Apprentice series, every word, for they are all you have...
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Summary: As good as Jedi Quest #1!
Review: I also bought this book with Jedi Quest #1. As soon as I finished #1 I immediately started on #2. In THE TRAIL OF THE JEDI, Anakin is worring why Obi-Wan isn't open with him. Obi-Wan wonders if he'll ever be as good a master as Qui-Gon Jinn. The book starts out as a training exercise for Anakin as Obi-Wan supervises. Things become dangerous as the the exercise starts going wrong. Soon enough they find out there is a squad of infamous Bounty-hunters trying to capture them. This story sets the foundation for a story arc. You have got pick this up before #3 and over get a chance to be released.
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Summary: We want more!!!
Review: I love the Jedi Quest books!!! When is the next one coming out? They tell a lot about Anakin and Obi Wan Kenobi's relationship and all the missions they have together. In The Trail of the Jedi, Anakin does a lot of things without thinking that leads him and Obi Wan in danger. 4 Bounty Hunters are out to get the Jedi and they turn a fun, challenging mission into a world where there is danger on every corner. I loved the Jedi Apprentice books, but these are even better!!!
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Summary: no title
Review: i think that this was an ok book i mean it was good but like some of the other people said Anakin is very anoying and the whole book is practically about him. i really miss th jedi apprentice series because they were well written and i am not saying that these aren't but if u asked me to say something about this book i waould say i might be done with this series and go back and reread the Jedi Apprentice sereis. i hope that those of you who read the book already agree but this was not a great book
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Summary: essential reading for Star Wars fans of all ages
Review: I'm 25, and although these books are written for younger readers, they are superior to many of the other Star Wars books with their psychological focus. Watson carefully traces Obi-Wan's and Anakin's development together, and captures the essence of the Jedi spirit. Approving this series and the Jedi Apprentice one was a great move by Lucas. I recommend that every serious Star Wars fan read each of these short books, as they flesh out key characters tremendously well. Unfortunately, saber color and hilt design is a major problem on the covers of these books. _The Way of the Apprentice_ has Anakin holding a blue lightsaber (which is right), but the hilt is from Qui-Gon's GREEN saber. In the background, the girl on the left is holding Obi-Wan's blue saber. Careless illustration. Verdict: ignore the lightsabers on the covers, but revel in the excellent character development.
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