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Summary: Jude Has Done It Again!
Review: Once again Jude has captivated our imagintions in Jedi Apprntice #9. With new people such as Siri, Adi, Nen, Lana, V-Tan for just a few. It has everything you want in a book: action, excitment, suspense, and a little bit of drama. It's a great book for adults and kids alike. This is also a good book for peole who want to learn more about the up coming star wars movies. Overall it's a great book. It is very strong with the Force as Qui-gon might say. Thanks for reading my review!
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Summary: We are into the wilderness months, help!
Review: Jude Watson writes a great story even while being constrained by a length that is predetermined. The last three books at 138, 134, and 137 pages respectively have got to diminish what she could do with these books if she were allowed to write the length she required. Why Lucas would so handcuff an Author mystifies me. I have yet to read a review that says these books are too long. This trend seems to be showing in the other series as well, and I find it disappointing.If you have not brought yourself to reading these books due to the ages suggested on the books, you are missing out on Star Wars History in bits and pieces that do matter, and that I have not come across anywhere else. At 38 I am well past the targeted group, but with every new book more reviewers comments suggest any age level enjoys these books. This book breaks up the male dominated story lines which is positive for the young female Jedi that have always been in the audience, but have never had enough characters, especially Jedi, representing them in the series. My comment in the title is just a request. We have gone 15 months since Episode I and we have 22 months to endure to Episode II. How about letting Ms. Watson and the other writers tell their stories with any length they require. There were several issues in this book that got one sentence treatment that deserved much more. Even in their too short format the books are fun, and tips about the future, and comments that tie other formerly unknown topics together, always make these tales worthwhile.
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Summary: I love this series
Review: Once again Jude Watson has produced another excellent adventure! I have become soooo addicted to these so-called childrens books, it is hard to wait for the next. The writing is really well-done and the emotions expressed give you a connection to the characters. I especially enjoyed this one because of the subtle forshadowings of events to come. My friend and I have been enjoying these books together. I read them outloud to her, and this one I actually finished within two hours without stopping. So, once again I recommend this book, young and old alike. My only fear is that the series will end. Oh, please keep writing Watson!
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Summary: Better than #8 but lacking direction
Review: With the Xanatos plotline ended in Jedi Apprentice #8, one would think that they would come up with some new plotline, but after reading this book I'm not so sure, and that's not necessarily a good thing. While this book in and of itself was more readable than several of the earlier ones, with the characters better defined than usual and the writing clear, I didn't feel that it really had a point to make. The new planet and its semi-democratic communist government was pretty interesting, but it doesn't look like we'll get back there, and there were no more main bad guys or villains introduced. It looks as if the Jedi Apprentice series is going to turn into just an episodic series, as opposed to a part of the whole; a saga, which is what Star Wars is. The characters, as I've stated, were really well done, and Siri was an interesting addition (the cover pic doesn't do her justice). The fight scenes, what few there were, were concise, to the point, and fairly well done, and it goes back a little bit into the nature of the master/padawan bond. Oh, and there was a ton of neat foreshadowing -- well done Watson. This was a good book by itself, but it didn't really add anything to the series.
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Summary: worth the wait!
Review: Althought the UPS guys delayed my order a couple of days, I really enjoyed #9 (once I finally read it). Now that Obi is off probation and offically a Padawan Learner again, he and Qui have a much stronger bond that was nice to see. The two of them, along with Adi Gallia and her apprentice, a young girl named Siri, go to the planet Kegan. Kegan is an isolated planet and they brainwash all the inhabitants and monitor them in a Orwell-esque kind of way. It was very creepy, and the visions of the "hospitality guides" forshadowed the events of Anakin's fall very well. The last paragraph, with Qui-Gon's vision, was equally chilling and very well done. I can't wait for #10!
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Summary: Jedi Apprentice
Review: When I started to read the latest Jedi Apprentice book, I admit that I was not quite sure what to expect. But the book has lived up to my expectations. The change in Obi-Wan was very noticeable, we already see clear signs of the man he will grow up to be. The action in the book was set at a fast pace. We also get glimpses of things to come in the Star Wars Saga. I think however that there was a little to much forshadowing of the events to come. For example, a weapon powerful enough to destroy entire worlds (i.e., the death star); masked soldiers (storm troopers) and the threat to the jedi from within(Anakin/Vader). And the most noticeable was at the end of the book when Qui-Gon sees a glimpse of a possible future for Obi-Wan. Other than that the book was really good, but there was just to much forshadowing of the events to come. But I would still recommend it to friends.
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Summary: Older reader, but young at heart!
Review: Wow! What can I say? If it were possible to give a book more that five stars, this one would definitely earn it. I am one of the large group of "older" readers who appreciates how well this excellent series augments the Star Wars universe, handling Qui-gon and Obi-wan's developing Master/Apprentice relationship with such an adroit touch. I have been a great fan of Watson's Jedi Apprentice books since #1 appeared on shelves, and have eagerly awaited each new publication. In my opinion, #9: The Fight for Truth, is one of the best in the series. We have a world shrouded in secrecy. A mystery to be solved. Children in peril. Masters learning to cooperate to save their padawans. Padawans learning to cooperate to save themselves, and a chiling foreshadowing of tragic events to come in the Star Wars universe. A tale full of suspense and dangers. My only complaint? A final chapter that wraps up things a mite too quickly and neatly for my taste... but that is speaking as an older reader who was intrigued by the entire political system described in the story. Younger readers will probably be unconcerned with the abrupt closure. Once again, I do wish these books were longer... they are so good I want to prolong the enjoyment as long as possible. However, within the constraints of 138 pages, Watson does a remarkable job of telling a fully developed, complex story. Generally, it only takes me a short time to read these books, but this is the first one I have read cover to cover without a single break... it was that engrossing! Read and enjoy!
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Summary: Credit the author
Review: Jude Watson is a great writer and I hope they never stop writing such fascinating stories. This series has fascinated people of all ages and the books could of not been done with out the great writes. Book #9 happens to be one of the great books for every one and now people know who and when for the series. I don't want to ruin any thing for any one. So I hope you enjoy this book as much as the others.
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Summary: Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are at it again!
Review: While it is not as exciting as some of the past Jedi Apprentice books, this book is a nice addition to the series. A simple Jedi mission turns out to be more complicated than first expected. One can almost imagine Jude Watson giving the main characters a sort of break after their last run in with Xanatos. This story is good for kids as provides strong messages about working together and thinking for one's own self. The only drawback is the lack of time Qui-gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are together. This story does nothing to bring their relationship closer. However, there is an interisting hint into the future of the Jedi that ties this book into the Star Wars Universe. I would recommend that people read this if they want to stay in touch with the Jedi Apprentice Series.
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Summary: This series is beginning to seem more like it's age group...
Review: As I began The Fight for Truth, I was hopeful, and excited. Jedi Apprentice, for me, is an emotional experience, as pungent as any dramatic movie. But as I continued reading, the book became more like an '80s teen show, than a movie, let's say, like The Patriot. I told myself that it would get better, as I have experienced with several other of the Apprentice books. But it did not. We had no insights into Obi-Wan's mind, except for little excerpts that hardly satisfied, but rather repulsed. We had no view into Qui-Gon's emotions. It seemed as if we were being pushed away, that we had only the surface to see, and not the core. I will continue to buy Jedi Apprentice books, if as much to complete my collection as to read them. I love Star Wars, and the Jedi Apprentice series, so having such a book a Fight for Truth with the name Jedi Apprentice, and entitled Star Wars thouroughly sadens me. And now, with one last desperate plea, I beg Jude Watson, if she ever reads this, to put back into the Apprentice books all the life and spirit that her former works so brilliantly displayed.
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