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The Absolute Best in the Series!
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The absolute best in the series
Finally! Qui-Gon has taken Obi-Wan as his Padawan learner, right when Obi-Wan turns thirteen, and they are off on a mission to the planet Phindar, a planet ruled by a group named the Syndicat. The evil members of the group renew people as punishments. That means they wipe their memory, and send them off to another planet far, far way. Pretty cruel, huh? Plus, Obi-Wan gets to meet his Phindian friend Guerra Derida again, and Guerra's sister Paxxi. To paraphrase the two... not so! Paxxi is Guerra's brother, and they are both extremely likable, funny characters. Together the four work to outwit the Syndicat, plus maybe recover Terra's memory. Terra is Paxxi and Guerra's sister, but she has been memory wiped and now leads the Syndicat. Can Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, with help from the Derida brothers, foil the Syndicat's evil? Read The Hidden Past to find out.
fine 3rd instalment about Obi-Wan's apprenticeship
Obi-Wan has at last become the Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn and is about to leave on his first official mission.Things couldnt be better, right?Think again!The Jedi are kidnapped and taken to Phindar, a planet ruled by a criminal who has people's memories erased.Things only get worse when one of the Jedis falls into his clutches and is slated for a memory wipe!Read more

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Read it if you must
Good story, terrible writing.
Oh dear...
First off I'd like to tell you that this is only the second Star Wars book I've ever read, 'Jedi Search' being the first. I actually liked the first book, it drew upon the Star Wars lore well and was a decent read. However, this book made me groan in so many places that I felt almost compelled to create an account here to have a little rant about it (BE WARNED, THIS MAY CONTAIN A FEW SPOILERS). Thusly:
A good book!
I thought that this was a very good book. Not really one of my favorites, but still a good one.
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Just before his 13th birthday, Obi-Wan Kenobi left Yoda and the other teachers at the Jedi Temple. But he wasn't supposed to become a Padawan, a future Jedi Knight, he was assigned to be a farmer! Read more

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Nate's Rview
I was a bit disappointed with this book because there was not as much action as in most other Star Wars books.
A great introduction to two of the best Star Wars characters
Even though this is a young readers book(ages 9-12), any fan of the Star Wars series will enjoy this well told story about the little known history of Obi-Wan Kenobi's teenage years.
Easy Reading
One of my favorite characters in the Star Wars Episodes I, II, III, and IV has been Obi-Wan Kenobi.My second favorite character is Qui-Gon Jenn. The Jedi Apprentice Series answers many of the questions that one might have wondering through their minds about these two characters. Some of these questions being how do you become a Jedi Apprentice, what was Obi-Wan like growing up, how does he learn to use the force and did Obi-Wan ever get to experience falling in love etc...?Dave Wolverton starts this series off with Book 1 and Jude Watson writes Book 2 -18.Both writers are good but Jude Watson is the one who bringing to light the emotions and bonding experiences between the Jedi Knight and his Apprentice. Their adventures together are interesting and imaginative leaving you wanting to know what's in the next book.
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Star Wars Jedi Apprentice: Mark of the Crown
Star War Jedi Apprentice:Mark of the Crown
The best!
The Mark of the Crown was really an extrordinary book in the Jedi Apprentice series. The same great characters are back and are on another adventure. The plot kept my attention through the entire book. For all who like the series or are new to it, this is definitely one you'll like!

one of the best of the Jedi Apprentice series
Jude Watson continues to write intereszing stories about the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and his young Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi.He also writes about their developing relationship, with both men longing for connection and not realizing that they are coser than they think!Read more

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Star wars the dark rival.
I think this book is a good star wars book for 13 though 8.Qiun Gon Jim is having a stuind that wants to kill hem.But Obe One Kenobe is a stuind that Xanitos wants hem to be on the darkside. Later in the book there will be a light saberbatlie that is asome.They will drive vicles be capture and met people they nafer seen before.Soon they will find a person and talk to Yoda.I hope you like this book.

AWESOME!!!! S.B.
I just loved this book!I don't know how anyone could NOT like this book!I can't wait to read the next book in the series: "The hidden past"!!!You just HAVE to read this book!!!

*exciting, and suspenful*
This was one of the first Jedi Apprentice books i read and i loved it! In this book Qui-Gon actually starts to realize that he's kept Obi-Wan in the dark and that he should have explained more about his old apprentice Xanatos. Also there's this part where Qui-Gon is going to rescue Obi-Wan and starts to notice how much Obi-Wan deserves to be a jedi. this book is very emotional and gratifying, i wish Jude Watson would write more! ... Read more

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Star Wars Jedi Apprentice (The Threat Within)
Title/AuthorStar Wars Jedi Apprentice The Threat Within
A Certain Point Of View
I realize that a number of people did not enjoy this book. I, however, did. I supose that it all depends on what you are looking to get out of the book. If you are looking for character developement, realationships, and interaction, as I was, then you will be very pleased. However, if you are looking for an outstanding plot with twists and complexity, then you might be dissapointed. (Let's keep in mind that these are still children's books; once I admitted that, I think I enjoyed them more, because I did not expect as much.) A good book, yet a not so good way to end the series
I love the Star Wars Jedi Apprentice Books. I have been reading them ever since they were published. Although I must admit this is a good and well written book I would have liked to see this series end better. I was hoping perhaps it would lead us into Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and judging from the cover I bought the book believing that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would be forced to fight each other, yet what it turns out to be is just that they are just practicing their light saber skills. I was dissapointed but I cant deny that I enjoyed reading the book. It shows Qui-Gon starting to really look at Obi-Wan not as a child anymore but rather as a fellow Jedi Knight. For the first time we see Obi-Wan really take charge of a mission. This book was pretty good, exciting, and full of suspense. I just wish this wasnt the book that ended the series. ... Read more

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Best Jedi Apprentice book
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan go to Melida/Daan to rescue Tahl, the Jedi peacekeeper who went there.She was gravely wounded and captured by the Melida, and so Yoda dispatches more Jedi to rescue her.
great for kids or SW fans
This entire series is a great children's series.Even though I'm an adult, I still love these books.Set before Episode I, they follow Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn through their early years together as master and apprentice.If you like Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, or the master/apprentice relationship in general, you'll love these books.

A amazing book even for adults
Obi-Wan is on Melida/Dan. A planet steeped with violence for as long as anyone can remeber.Jedi should not take sides Qui-gon tells Obi-Wan but he ends up taking sides with a group named the Young who are fighting against there parent to stop the war. Debate rages between Obi-wan and Qui-gon and ..... well you will see what heppens.It includes Obi-Wan getting kicked out of the Jedi Order and staying to help the Young read the next books to see if Qui-gon will except Obi-wan as his apprentice again. I [16] found this to be a great book when i was younger and still do! now that iv finished the NJO series the clone wars series and the Jedi Apprentice series i cant wait for a new one . You will love this book guarenteed.If you dont well i cant give you your money back..... but you would have to be insane not to like it. ... Read more

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A young Kenobi must save Qui-Gon Jinn
This story is set early in the relationship between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi is still uncertain in the ways of the force, so when Jinn is kidnapped and tortured, although he is determined there is an uncertainty to his actions. The kidnapper is an evil scientist who creates diseases and cures. She releases the disease and when it starts to take lives, announces the cure and is lauded as a hero. Jinn is kidnapped so that he will be forced to use the force to survive and by studying the force, she hopes to learn how to use it for profit.
The Experiment Is a Success
Jude Watson delivers yet again with The Evil Experiment.The novel is excellently paced and marks a true turning point in Obi-Wan's development.With Qui-Gon held prisoner by a mad scientist, Obi-Wan must head the search for his missing master and take command in situations where previously he followed Qui-Gon's lead.Here, we for the first time see the fully-mature Jedi that Obi-Wan will become by Episode I, and yet this Obi-Wan is also true to the Kenobi who has been growing through the first eleven books.Nobody has ever captured Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan better than Watson at her best, and probably nobody ever will. Second book in the three book story arc
The evil scientist, Jenna Zan Arbor, has kidnapped Qui-Gon Jinn, using him as an experiment to study the nature of the Force. As his life Force dwindles, he must keep hope in that his young apprentice will save him. And Obi-Wan Kenobi is doing exactly that, desperately searching for his master along with a friend, Astri. And not only Qui-Gon's life is hanging by a thread, Astri's father, Didi, is dying of poison and the only antidote is in Jenna Zan Arbor's secret lab. Will Obi-Wan and Astri be in time to save Qui-Gon and Didi before it's too late?Read more

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A Review, I will write...
This book focuses alot on Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan reuniting their kinship as Padawan and Master.
Jude Watson does it again!
Its definetly the best in the series, and I would have preferred it to end here. The ending seemed as though it was FORCED to hint about the sequal. I have a feeling that Jude Watson didnt want to continue writing it, and then had to. Its a great book, to bad about the ending....

Return to the Fantastic
I keep thinking to myself that Jude Watson is no J.K. Rowling, but now I'm beginning to think that I'm deluding myself.The Captive Temple is, as we've come to expect from Watson, a fantastic read.Most remarkable of all is the way Watson is able to depict Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon, twelve years before The Phantom Menace.What is masterful is that these both are and are not the characters we saw in the movie; they appear exactly as they must have been in their younger days.Remarkable.Read more

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The final book in the Jedi Apprentice series is here.
Obi-Wan and his Master, Qui-Gon, tackle a mysterious mission that revolves around the followers of the Sith -- and a search for the Holocron, a mystical object that enables its user to have great powers. The Holocron has been hidden under a planet's dangerous ocean for many years, and all who have gone after it failed. When Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are sent to retrieve it so that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands, the mission is still left unsolved. Ten years later, when Qui-Gon has been killed and Obi-Wan has Anakin for his apprentice, once again the threat of the Dark Side arises. The followers of the Sith are apparently still waiting for the chance when they will have their hands on the Holocron. Obi-Wan and Anakin have to stop the Dark Side from winning. The future of all darkness in the galaxy rests in their mission now. Jedi Apprentice: Special Edition #2: The Followers is Jude Watson's final chapter in the Jedi Apprentice series, but thankfully the story continues into the new Jedi Quest books. It's a stunning and thrilling conclusion, and most memorable of all is the haunting last paragraph on the final page of this, the end of the Jedi Apprentice series.

Anakin and Obi-wan series??!!
I love this book it's so good. I can't wait to see SW2. Also I wonder if Jude Waston will come up with the young Obi-wan and Anni series. Hope so. That will be so cool if she does. Well back to the book. The book was exciting, it held you in suspence. The sith and everything. But it's so sad no more Obi-wna and Qui-gon books, I love them. Sob. Well sorry it's just a depressing thought.

A farewell to the old, and welcome to the new!
While not the best in the series, this one was definitely "worthy".A different sort of plot than the usual, which was refreshing, and while the character developments were less than usual, I didn't really feel that this detracted from the story at all.This book begins with an eighteen (or thereabouts) year old Obi-Wan still apprenticed to Qui-Gon several years before Episode 1.The Jedi Council has recieved disturbing rumers of a possible Sith Holocron, floating around somewhere, and they immediately dispatch Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to find it at all costs.To avoid spoiling the story, I'll just say that almost nothing goes as planned, and the story abrubtly skips forward ten years; when a much older Obi-Wan now trains his own apprentice, thirteen year old Anakin Skywalker.To be honest, this was the first book I've read so far where I found myself liking and relating to Anakin's character at all.Most of the other books have portrayed him either as a whiny baby, or just your basic budding darksider.In this book, however, I could finally see him as a real person, much, much cooler as a teenager than a little kid.Anyway, if you've been following the series than this one is a must.Here's to the new Jedi Quest series being as good as Jedi Apprentice was! ... Read more

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Not my favorite Jedi Apprentice book...
"The Only Witness": Qui-Gon Jinn is still grieving from the death of his loved one, Jedi Knight Tahl. Though still worried about his condition, the Council decides to finally send him on a new mission. Obi-Wan Kenobi is relieved to be on an assignment, but wonders if his master can handle it. They travel to the planet of Frego to find then escort witness Lena Cobral back to Coruscant. Since because her testimony could bring the downfall of an evil crime family on the planet, the Jedi must ensure her safety. The mission was supposed to be an easy one. Unfortunately, the two Jedi must keep their wits about them as they must try to distinguish truth from lies. Somewhat boring
Granted that these books are meant for a young audience.But as we have seen with Harry Potter, you don't have to disintegrate into such simpering text. This particular book ranks as one of the worst books in this series. Gripping!
After Qui-Gon "recovers" from Tahl's death, the Council asks him to escort a witness who plans to testify before the Senate. It turns out that the witness wishes to expose the Cobrals (a leading crime family). She requests escorts because she think someone is out to kill her.Read more

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A Jedi Craves not These Things...
I am liking this series.I read the first 5 books last year, and started again just this week.I am a nut when it comes to reading a series in order, so I wanted to start with these books to see how Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon interact together before venturing into the prequels and follow-up novels to the movies.
Uncertain, You Are
Jude Watson brings to life the choices we face everyday. It shows how Obi-Wan Kenobi had to mkae one deceision between his home and when his friends on Melida/Daan needed him most. A Let-down from Defenders of the Dead
Overall, I've greatly enjoyed the Jedi Apprentice series.It's not Harry Potter, but it gets the job done.Defenders of the Dead was a highlight, with an ending that left this jaded, cynical adult gasping with shock.Read more

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An excellent start to the final trilogy of the series
Part of what fascinated me about this book right from the beginning was that all the kids, while still in character, seemedway older, and supposedly only a few months had passed between The Emperor's Plague and this book.It was an extremly well written book, with a well defined, understandable plot.In it, Jacen and Jaina and Anakin all go on a short vacation with their Dad (Han of course) to go and check out a really cool race on OrdMantell.Once they get there they meet Anja Gallandro, a girl who hates Han because she believes he murdered her father.She plays on his guilt, and somehow convinces him to go try to right a bloody civil war on her home planet.Through an interesting chain of events they meet back up with there other friends (big surpise), as well as Anja who by the way is not only working for some evil smuggler guy, but also is addicted to some kind of drug.I also find it very interesting that all through this whole series Jacen is hung up on Tenel Ka, and now the instant some other pretty girl comes into the picture, he instantly forgets she ever even existed, and I sense the same thing beginning to happen to Zekk and Jaina too.This only serves evenmore to convince me that these budding relationships were silly to begin with, though I must admit I always enjoyed Jacen and Tenel Ka.As for Anja herself, well, she was cool and all but I found myself not really liking her much, and I just couldn't really care about her like I could the other characters.She just seemed more like a glorified and somewhat twisted version ofan early Mara Jade to me.Another thing that bothered me was that even though Anakin was with them throughout the whole book, he was practicly ignored and it seemed as if they somehow forgot about him at some points.This was somewhat irritating because Anakin has always been my favorite of the Solo children.Besidesthose minor details though, this was an exellent book.I also think it is cool that a Star Wars book can deal with serious issues such as drug adiction.I would recommend this book to anyone who loves Star Wars, though it will probably make more sense if you have read the previous 11 first.

An adequate beginning of the end
This is the first book in a new YJK trilogy, Under Black Sun, which will conclude (and had already done so) the Young Jedi Knights books.Ah yes,all good things must come to an end.But if this is any indication, it'sgoin' out with bang.It starts with Han and his kids going to Ord Mantell(where Han and Leia where almost captured by a pair of bounty hunters overtwenty year before.)Han is there to judge a Blockade Runner race, and onthe pace lap, the Falcon is nearly blown to space dust by a minefieldplanted by Black Sun.Anakin takes a piece of the mines to analyze it. Enter Anja Gallandro, however, and things get hot.She takes the piece ofthe mine, and faces down Han, who supposedly killed her father during hisadventures twenty-five years before.Zekk, Tenel Ka, and Lowie enter theLightning Rod in the race, and the YJK are reunited.Anja challenges Hanto go to her war-torn planet, Anobis, where the farmers and miners areconstantly at war, blaming each other for the conflict.The kids get splitbetween the mining camps and the farming village, but are reunited and areable to sow the seeds of peace between the warring groups.Anja returnswith theYJK to Yavin 4 to see if she had any Force potential, and thebook concludes.The authors leave some interesting loose ends to tie up,which are drawn into neat little bow-ties at the end, except for a couple;-)See my Crisis on Crystal Reef if you *really* don't get it.

Could Be Better
The rest of the series is really awesome but since the lately its been more about Jaina/Zekk and Jason/Tenel Ka's infatuations with each other.It'd be better if they just had more of the action than the mushy fallingin love stuff.It is science fiction after all. ... Read more

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A Shattered Piece
I thought that this book moved slower than the others, but I still enjoyed the story.Book 9 was so great, I was hoping for something more, but I still got a great Jedi Tale from reading this book.I am going to continue with the rest of these books and on into the rest of the Star Wars world after a short break into something else.
Shattered Expectations
The Shattered Peace is a dip in the road that is the Jedi Apprentice series.It is hardly as good as most of its predecessors, suffering from a mostly predictable story, and, in fact, a story that feels like one we've read a dozen (or at least nine) times before.And what there is of a plot is seriously flawed.Rutan and Senali have been exchanging crown princes for generations, we're told, yet the reigning rulers behave as if each has never left his planet!Perhaps a ten year old will not be troubled by this giant oversight, but this thirty three year old couldn't get past it. Book 10 of the Jedi Apprentice Series!
Obi-Wan Kenobi and his master Qui-Gon Jinn are sent to keep the peace between the planets Rutan and Senali. But they have more than enough on their hands when conflict arises between the two rulers. For many years, the firstborn children of the rulers of the planets are exchanged at a certain age. Instead of promoting peace this time, the planets are on the brink of war. Leed, the firstborn heir to the throne of Rutan, does not want to go back to his home planet and his father will stop at nothing to get him back. Will Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan be able to bring peace and keep the situation from turning to war and bloodshed?Read more

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Now this is Pod Racing... Again.
This is a review of Jedi Quest Volume 3 DANGEROUS GAMES.Three Jedi teams are sent to a stone less planet that is ruled totally by 10 people.It is the time of galactic games like earths Olympics except done every 7 years.This planet was chosen for the games due to its high proportions of security personnel as the galaxy has become a more dangerous place recently.The Jedi has sent 3 teams of Jedi with their Padawan's for security.The 3 Padawans are Padawan Ferus (Padawan of Siri Tachi)Tru and Anakin. The best so far!!
Fourteen year old Anakin Skywalker has been a padawan for nearly six years, and in that time he has learned much, despite his lingering difficulties in controlling his anger.He and Obi-Wan are sent with two other Jedi teams, one containing Anakin's rival, on a fairly routine mission, to mediate and oversee the Galaxy Games (The Olympics, Star Wars style).It doesn't take Anakin long however, to discover another event going on, an illegal one.Podracing.To give away more of the plot would be a crime to this wonderful book, but let me just say that this one is most definatelly full of suprises.I read it in a few hours, and hated putting it down even for a minute.I recommend it to any and every Star Wars fan, young or old.

More Continuity
This third installment by Jude Watson is one of the stronger offerings in this relatively new series. The author has a formidable task, as the cinema experience of Episode II was the culmination of all of Anakin's actions that these books will cover. This series does seem to have the books follow each other more closely in time than past series. She has the same challenge as the movies, she is telling a story about characters that we already know how many of their lives will evolve and in some cases end.Read more

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The End of a Trilogy
This book ended an underlying trilogy story within this series that started in book 6.Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are reunited as Padawan and Master, which isn't really a spoiler if you have ever seen Ep 1.
good padawan gone bad
This is one of my favorite books.I always like books where good guys go bad.Xanatos was Qui-Gon Jinns former padawan.He already went to the dark side.When Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi went on a mission to Telos Xanatos' home planet.They ran into a surprise.Xanatos was waiting for them.They fell into many of Xanatos' traps yet in the end of the book the jedi manages to put Xanatos in a similar trap.This is one of the best books yet and I love it.It shows ones evil fall and anothers redemption as a jedi.Qui-gon is finally letting go of Xanatos and accepting Obi-Wan,This sets a background for the entire saga of Star Wars.I would just like to say that I have read all of the Star Wars kids books and I am the biggest fan.I know what I'm talking about.May the force be with all who read this book.

The Day Reckoning a Story Arc
I've been reading the Jedi Apprentice books to my son (Alex) off and on for the last three years, and he's loved them - and so have I. I still read them to him even though he's getting old enough to read them himself, just so I can have an excuse to read young adult books (yes they are that good). Read more

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Same old, same old
Can Jude Watson please restore this series to its former glory? I mean, books 1-8 were instant classics. The ninth book was the first weak book in the series. Tenth, bad, eleventh, actually, the eleventh was good, twelve, pretty good. And then there's thirteen. It seems that this book is almost identical to the last two. I mean, can we please get away from Jenna Zan Arbor, Ona Nobis? But I didn't give it **** for nothing. It had some good qualities. First off, Cholly, Weez, and Tup. Aw, man, I love those guys! And Didi is only i n the book a short time at the end, thankfully. I find him very irritating. It was okay, though. At least there was action. Heck, has there ever been a JA without action? Of course not! A tiny disappointment, but nothing short of a fun read. One more thing: I don't know why they recommend these books for ages 9-12. Some of the vocabulary is even hard to understand, not to mention very little description, forcing you to visualize the environment and characters. And there are some perplexing themes that are very hard to understand. Guideline: Yeah, these books look short, stupid and easy to read at first glance, but never judge a book by its cover--or its length, for that matter.
Outstanding Conclusion to Great Story
The Dangerous Rescue brings to an end the story begun in The Deadly Hunter and continued in The Evil Experiment.Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan must track down an evil scientist and confront a deadly bounty hunter in an adventure guaranteed to satisfy even the most demanding of readers.The Dangerous Rescue also features the return of Adi Gallia (one of the council members seen in Episode I) and her abrasive Padawan, Siri.There's drama, suspense, intrigue - in short, everything one could hope for except a bit of romance (but, after all, as the ads for Episode II told us, a Jedi may not know love . . . .).

The conclusion to an exciting story arc!
Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the help of Jedi Master Adi Gallia and her apprentice Siri, rescue Qui-Gon Jinn from the clutches from Jenna Zan Arbor, but fail to stop her escape. The evil scientist Jenna Zan Arbor will stop at nothing as she tries to discover the secrets of the Force... then use them for her own power. When escaping, she takes along with her one Jedi who remains her captive. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Adi Gallia, and Siri must rescue the Jedi and at the same time rescue a planet from her evil clutches.Read more

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Reviews (38)

good book, good cover art
this is the third Jedi Apprentice book that i have read, and i am impressed. i enjoyed this one alot!