Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67557 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 138 pages

Customer Reviews

Another excellant Jedi Apprentice book.
Obi-Wan Kenobi isn't happy to hear that he and his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, will have to work with another master-apprentice team on their newest mission.... especially since the other apprentice is Siri, a girl who is two years younger than Obi-Wan but just as skilled. Obi-Wan finds Siri difficult to work with, and she seems hostile and unfriendly toward him. When Obi-Wan, Siri, and their masters land on the planet Kegan to search for a baby who may have the potential to be a Jedi, they descover a strange world that has not had any contact with off-worlders for over three decades. When they are exploring, Obi-Wan and Siri are mistaken for Keganite children cutting school, they are abucted and placed in a detention facility where children are drilled to accept the rule of the Kegan leaders. In this place where freedom is a memory and questioning authority strictly forbidden, Obi-Wan and Siri must rely on their connection to the force and to each other if they want to make it out alive. I highly reccomend this series to all Star Wars fans. It's a children's series, but you don't have to be a child to enjoy it - I'm several years older than the suggested age level, and the book had me on the edge of my seat.

Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are at it again!
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.

We are into the wilderness months, help!
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.