- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic (19 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439242045
- ISBN-13: 978-0439242042
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 624,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This special hardback novel will bridge the gap and whet the appetite of fans for the long awaited Episode 11. In the story, Anakin Skywalker is now twelve and a star apprentice at the Jedi Temple. His Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi is concerned about Anakin's darker instincts. But he has no idea what is soon to come. On a mission to defeat an evil space pirate with a tie to Anakin's slave past, Anakin shows his jedi gifts.but his actions also foreshadow the darker fate that awaits him.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This story, aimed at younger readers but suitable for any age, is set four years after The Phantom Menace and is split into two halves. In the first, Anakin must faces his fears to construct his own lightsaber (the one Luke gets in 'Star Wars: A New Hope'). The second half is Obi-Wan and Anakin's mission to stop the slavelord Krayn, which leads Anakin on another step towards the dark side.
Cameos: Siri of the Jedi Apprentice series appears and gets a bit more depth.
Lightsaber action: A fair bit, the best being when Anakin fights an illusion of Darth Maul (double-bladed lightsaber and all!)
Battles: No major battles in this one, which is a bit of a let down.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book if you like star wars but aren't a heavy reader. It's suitable for all ages although it is aimed more for younger children.
Its a good book to add to your collection especially if your a star wars fan as it adds a little more to depth to Anakins character and goes a little more into why he went to the darkside as it tells of his delusions of the past and his mother.
Its a good book to add to your collection especially if your a star wars fan as it adds a little more to depth to Anakins character and goes a little more into why he went to the darkside as it tells of his delusions of the past and his mother.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
An Excellent Addition to the Star Wars Novel Universe
19 Aug 2001
Format:Hardcover
The time between Episodes 1 and 2 has left us with a space of ten years to dream up Anakin's life as a Jedi Padawan. In this new novel, Jude Watson does a good job of showing how the slave boy from Tatooine grows up to be Darth Vader. But I enjoyed this book, as it gave me insight into his training and shows that he does have darker tendencies. Jedi Quest also shows how Obi-Wan Kenobi fights to ease his inner turmoil around loosing his Master, while trying to train a boy who has inner turmoil of his own. I have read all the Star Wars books, but I think that this is one of the most interesting books, and Ms. Watson's style is one that the readers can relate to. I highly recommend Jedi Quest for anyone looking for a good read, even if you don't like Star Wars.
Also recommended: Star Wars Rogue Planet, the Jedi Apprentice series, and Deceptions, the Jedi Apprentice Super Edition.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Good, quite good in fact
19 Sep 2001
Format:Hardcover
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.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A thrilling new Star Wars book.
13 Aug 2001
Format:Hardcover
Four years have passed since Qui-Gon's death. Obi-Wan is trying to do a good job of teaching Anakin, who is now thirteen, but he fears he may be letting his master down. The Jedi Council, which still has doubts about Anakin, allows Obi-Wan to take him to the planet Ilum to build his lightsaber. On Ilum, Anakin is forced to face painful memories he thought he had left behind. After their return to Coruscant, Obi-Wan and Anakin are sent on a mission to help guard a diplomatic ship against pirates. But the mission becomes more complicated than expected when pirates attack and both Obi-Wan and Anakin are forced to face their pasts. I reccomend this new novel to all Star Wars fans, not just the age group it is written for.
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