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Summary: Another Jude Watson Masterpiece!
Review: "Jedi Quest" begins on Tatooine when Anakin was still a simple, 7-year-old slave. Anakin and his friend, Amee, decide to go on a picnic on a day when they are not required to work. While on their way home, the children are shocked to see people crying in the streets, mothers screaming for their children, and Mos Espa's hovels ransacked. Then the children hear the horrifying truth: there had been a slave raid. Krayn, a space pirate, and his followers had stolen several slaves from Mos Espa. Shmi Skywalker -- Anakin's mother --is safe (although her face is petrified with fear), but Amee's mother -- Hala -- was a victim of the dreaded raid.
Six years later, Anakin is the Padawan of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan and Anakin make a journey to the planet Ilum to gather the crystals that Anakin needs to fashion his own lightsaber. Once inside the cave, Anakin embarks on quest unlike any other he will ever face. When Anakin and Obi-Wan return to the Jedi Temple, they are requested to undertake an escort mission: accompanying a Colicoid diplomatic ship which will be traveling through a section of the galaxy where the pirate Krayn is know to attack. Anakin now swears to himself that he will confront Krayn and destroy him.
After the Colicoid ship is hit by blaster fire from Krayn's vessel, Obi-Wan and Anakin decide to fly to the Krayn's ship in order to infiltrate. After Anakin and Obi-Wan disable Krayn's weapon systems, the Jedi are pierced by blaster fire as they are getting into their transport. The Jedi turn around to see Zora, Krayn's assistant, firing at them. But Obi-Wan does not know Zora as Zora, he knows Zora as the former Siri -- a padawan he went through Temple training with. Obi-Wan climbs aboard but before Anakin can climb aboard the transport, Zora closes the hatch and turns on the power turbines, sending Obi-Wan spinning into space. Krayn appears and Zora says that she was using this slave (Anakin) "as a cover against the intruder." Krayn takes Anakin to another planet where Anakin is now a slave.
Will Obi-Wan ever see his Padawan again? Why is Siri working for the Dark Side? Will Anakin bring Krayn to justice? All of your question will be answered after you read this book. I loved this book! Read it at all costs!
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Summary: Great Hardcover Format
Review: "Star Wars Jedi Quest Path To Truth", is an upgraded version of what Ms. Jude Watson has produced in the past. Starting with the book itself, this is the first that has appeared as a hardcover, and with that step other improvements have been made as well. The cover contains a nice piece of computer Morph Art that is part Jake Lloyd and part Hayden Christiansen. The result is excellent, and the good graphic work continues on the front and back inside covers with very dark art that is compelling.Ms. Watson has also stepped up the level of writing, and with it has created one of her best stories that benefits from her having been allowed greater length to tell her tale. The book is still not lengthy, however it reads as though it is considerably longer than the pages document. To suggest as the cover does that this book covers Anakin's story between Episode I and II is an overstatement. This story certainly is one of substance that documents several major steps that Anakin takes toward his future, however, he at the age of 13 is still five years away from Episode II. As Anakin ages and develops his story by definition must become darker. This story demonstrates that while certainly progressing in one direction, it is not a simple straight path. The word seduced is often used to describe those who have fallen; rationalization may also be an appropriate term. Anakin's future is preordained, but that does not mean it is the result of one event or a snap decision on his part. Snap Hiss Lightsaber fans will love this story, for not only does Anakin build his first Saber, he uses it along with two other Jedi, one his Master and one that should surprise readers. Those who have followed the series will welcome and enjoy the latter. Overall a great new presentation that steps up from previous books. The cost of the new format is not small, however fans rarely let that give them pause.
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Summary: Another Jude Watson Masterpiece!
Review: "Jedi Quest" begins on Tatooine when Anakin was still a simple, 7-year-old slave. Anakin and his friend, Amee, decide to go on a picnic on a day when they are not required to work. While on their way home, the children are shocked to see people crying in the streets, mothers screaming for their children, and Mos Espa's hovels ransacked. Then the children hear the horrifying truth: there had been a slave raid. Krayn, a space pirate, and his followers had stolen several slaves from Mos Espa. Shmi Skywalker -- Anakin's mother --is safe (although her face is petrified with fear), but Amee's mother -- Hala -- was a victim of the dreaded raid.
Six years later, Anakin is the Padawan of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan and Anakin make a journey to the planet Ilum to gather the crystals that Anakin needs to fashion his own lightsaber. Once inside the cave, Anakin embarks on quest unlike any other he will ever face. When Anakin and Obi-Wan return to the Jedi Temple, they are requested to undertake an escort mission: accompanying a Colicoid diplomatic ship which will be traveling through a section of the galaxy where the pirate Krayn is know to attack. Anakin now swears to himself that he will confront Krayn and destroy him.
After the Colicoid ship is hit by blaster fire from Krayn's vessel, Obi-Wan and Anakin decide to fly to the Krayn's ship in order to infiltrate. After Anakin and Obi-Wan disable Krayn's weapon systems, the Jedi are pierced by blaster fire as they are getting into their transport. The Jedi turn around to see Zora, Krayn's assistant, firing at them. But Obi-Wan does not know Zora as Zora, he knows Zora as the former Siri -- a padawan he went through Temple training with. Obi-Wan climbs aboard but before Anakin can climb aboard the transport, Zora closes the hatch and turns on the power turbines, sending Obi-Wan spinning into space. Krayn appears and Zora says that she was using this slave (Anakin) "as a cover against the intruder." Krayn takes Anakin to another planet where Anakin is now a slave.
Will Obi-Wan ever see his Padawan again? Why is Siri working for the Dark Side? Will Anakin bring Krayn to justice? All of your question will be answered after you read this book. I loved this book! Read it at all costs!
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Summary: Between Phantom and Clones comes...
Review: a short novel of Annakin's continued Jedi training. The book is fashioned in a young persons format, coming in at a mere 170 pages with large typesetting and post-MTV generation story speed. This quick storytelling gets even quicker as the story progresses. It seems that Jude Watson started out with a more ambitious storyline but eventually tires of the exposition and settles all the loose ends in a couple of pages. The story begins with Annakin's quest to get crystals to create his lightsaber. After a battle with some big Star Wars monsters he and Obi-Wan are put on an escort mission that goes awry, of course. the 2 are separated, Annakin is taken as a slave and Obi-Wan tries to come to the rescue. There's a bad guy with a real bad wookie and even some questionable Jedi's to round the story out. With the exception of Annakin getting a lightsaber (and killing with it), there is no setup for Episode II. It's just a filler story. May the Force bring a good Episode II.
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Summary: Star Wars Jedi Quest Path to Truth
Review: Anakin is 7 yrs old. He is back on his home planet of Tatooine. He was still a slave and as the day ends he hangs out with his friend. As they were having a picnic together all of a sudden a slave trader was taking a few slaves away from their home. That was all a memory of what happened. Now he is 13 yrs old. He is having problems with his mind. He remembered what happened, and of all these evil forces that are trapped in his mind. They go to Ilum. Anakin builds his lightsaber. As he does some evil thoughts and dark forces disturb him during this process. He and his master were assigned a mission to find out about this slave trader and destroy his idea of world domination in the spice trade. They try to kill the mission but then, Anakin gets captured by the slave trader and now Obi-Wan has to get him back. They have a helper already trying to find out the answer. She was undercover as a antagonist. She and Anakin team up to destroy the spice trader's mission. Finally Obi-wan shows up, and together they destroy the slave trader and his mission.
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Summary: Good, quite good in fact
Review: I can't help but be a bit surprised at to how many less than favorable reviews this book has gotten so far. I personally loved it. Sure, if your judging it on the scale of say, Heir to the Empire, than perhaps it leaves a bit to be desired, but to judge it in that way at all seems unfair, since this book is (as some of you adults seem to forget) aimed at twelve year olds. That is not to say that older people couldn't enjoy it (I'm almost sixteen) but they should keep that in mind. Most children wouldn't want to read a four hundred page book that you need a dictionary to get through with eight plots tangling themselves into each other. As a children's book, however, like Jedi Apprentice and Young Jedi Knights before it, it's excellent, managing to hold a fairly complex plot along with plenty of character development for Anakin and Obi-Wan both. Anyway, in this book the Jedi council decides to allow Anakin Skywalker (now thirteen) to build his own lightsaber at last. However, Anakin's childhood as a slave still returns to haunt him, and Obi-Wan cannot help but wonder, is his Padawan truly ready for this responsibility? Ready or not, Anakin tackles the project in the caves of Illum, and when he and Obi-Wan return to the Jedi Temple, the council already has a mission ready for them. They are ordered to find and intercept a gang of slave pirates; the very same ones who once traumatized Anakin and his fellow slaves. Anakin is quite eager to at last take his revenge on them, but is the temptation to the dark side too much to bear? Anyway, like I said this book was great, It was fascinating to find out how the lightsaber that would someday be weilded by Luke Skywalker and then Mara Jade was built! It was a great book, overall, and I recommend it stroungly to fans of Jedi Apprentice and Star Wars books in general.
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Summary: The Force is Back!
Review: I enjoyed this "new addition" into the "Star Wars" universe. Although I must admit it got a little hokey at times. "Using the the force, Anakin. . . "With all the mystery the Force presents it gets a little too unbelievable in parts. The ending plot sems far-fetched and sketchy even for an experienced Jedi, but as "Star Wars" has proven time and time again, whole empires can fall on far less. I believe George Lucas has to approve the stories that writers submit so it will be interesting to see if any of these details from this story are carried forward into the new movie. (The acquisition of Anakin's Lightsaber being one little detail I would like to see)
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Summary: The Force is Back!
Review: I enjoyed this "new addition" into the "Star Wars" universe. Although I must admit it got a little hokey at times. "Using the the force, Anakin. . . "With all the mystery the Force presents it gets a little too unbelievable in parts. The ending plot sems far-fetched and sketchy even for an experienced Jedi, but as "Star Wars" has proven time and time again, whole empires can fall on far less. I believe George Lucas has to approve the stories that writers submit so it will be interesting to see if any of these details from this story are carried forward into the new movie. (The acquisition of Anakin's Lightsaber being one little detail I would like to see)
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Summary: Better than the first reviewer says
Review: I enjoyed this more than the first in the Jedi Quest series. Sure, you are on a familiar planet and seeing familiar animals, but you see that in four out of the five current movies on Tatooine. Don't be put off by that. What makes this book different is the story. The Jedi become the hunted. Four different bounty hunters are after them on a planet and their ship is destroyed. They are helping an injured Jedi and oh, ya, did I mention, this is all because of a Sith-cultist who is one of the richest men in the galaxy wants to play with them? It is a good book and in classic Jude Watson style, left it as a cliff hanger. Can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: All who say Jake Lloyd & Hayden Christensen don't look alike
Review: I guess they do now! (When you do all this morphing stuff here, not in real life I guess) Whoever did the morph on the cover, did an amazing job! This book was amazing. I just finished it today and the ending was perfect. I loved the way Jude Watson just put all the detail and "anger" into Anakin's expression. When you read the first chapter, it didn't take place the year Anakin meet Qui-Gon when he was nine years old. As the inside cover says, he was seven. But in the rest of the chapters he's almost 13. This was well-put together book. I liked when Obi-Wan took Anakin to the cave to get his crystals for his lightsaber and Anakin has this "vision" I guess, with Darth Maul. I enjoyed this book because it had two of my favorite characters in it: Anakin and Obi-Wan. The ending is my favorite part.
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