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Star Wars: I, Jedi (AU Star Wars) Description
Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553479485
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 0553479482
Label: Random House Audio
Manufacturer: Random House Audio
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: 1998-05-04
Publisher: Random House Audio
Product Release Date: 1998-05-04
Studio: Random House Audio
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553479485
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 0553479482
Label: Random House Audio
Manufacturer: Random House Audio
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: 1998-05-04
Publisher: Random House Audio
Product Release Date: 1998-05-04
Studio: Random House Audio
Editorial Review of Star Wars: I, Jedi (AU Star Wars)
From New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole comes a stirring new tale set in the Star Wars(r) universe, the story of Corran Horn, a heroic X-wing pilot who faces the greatest challenge of his life: trying to come to terms with his Jedi heritage and learning to use the Force - without succumbing to the dark side.
Corran Horn was an officer in the Corellian Security Force before casting his lot with the New Republic. As the grandson of a legendary Jedi hero, he has latent Force powers that have yet to be developed. But he has managed to distinguish himself with Rogue Squadron, the X-wing fighter force that has become the scourge of the Empire and of the pirates that prey on Republic shipping. When a new pirate band begins terrorizing the space lanes, the Rogue Squadron seems at last to have met its match. The pirates appear uncannily aware of the squadron's plans and tactics, and are able to escape even the cleverest ambushes. Either there is a security leak...or the pirates have access to a dark and unnatural power that only a trained Jedi could contend with.
Then Corran's wife, Mirax, disappears on a covert mission to locate the pirate's secret base, and Corran begins training at the Jedi Academy, hoping to use his untapped powers to find her. Soon he grows dissatisfied with Luke Skywalker's methods and breaks off his training, deciding to call upon his Corellian undercover experience instead. He infiltrates the pirate organization, trying to learn what he can, sabotage what he can, and use every means possible to find his wife. And his very survival may depend on a terrible choice.
Whether or not to surrender to the dark side.
Anthony Heald's feature film credits include The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Silence of the Lambs, and Postcards from The Edge. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Anything Goes and Love! Valor! Compassion! . He can be heard on many other Star Wars(r) productions including Wraith Squadron, Book 5 of the X-Wing Series, also available from BDD Audio.
Corran Horn was an officer in the Corellian Security Force before casting his lot with the New Republic. As the grandson of a legendary Jedi hero, he has latent Force powers that have yet to be developed. But he has managed to distinguish himself with Rogue Squadron, the X-wing fighter force that has become the scourge of the Empire and of the pirates that prey on Republic shipping. When a new pirate band begins terrorizing the space lanes, the Rogue Squadron seems at last to have met its match. The pirates appear uncannily aware of the squadron's plans and tactics, and are able to escape even the cleverest ambushes. Either there is a security leak...or the pirates have access to a dark and unnatural power that only a trained Jedi could contend with.
Then Corran's wife, Mirax, disappears on a covert mission to locate the pirate's secret base, and Corran begins training at the Jedi Academy, hoping to use his untapped powers to find her. Soon he grows dissatisfied with Luke Skywalker's methods and breaks off his training, deciding to call upon his Corellian undercover experience instead. He infiltrates the pirate organization, trying to learn what he can, sabotage what he can, and use every means possible to find his wife. And his very survival may depend on a terrible choice.
Whether or not to surrender to the dark side.
Anthony Heald's feature film credits include The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Silence of the Lambs, and Postcards from The Edge. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Anything Goes and Love! Valor! Compassion! . He can be heard on many other Star Wars(r) productions including Wraith Squadron, Book 5 of the X-Wing Series, also available from BDD Audio.
Customer Reviews of Star Wars: I, Jedi (AU Star Wars)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Too good for words..
Review: I, Jedi is simply one of the best books I've ever read, period. Stackpole really fleshes out the characters, especially Corran Horn. When it really comes down to it, books are about characters and how we the readers feel about those characters. A book can have a sub-par story but if the characters are engaging, you almost don't notice how average the story might actually be. With I, Jedi, the depiction of the characters are not only superbly depicted; but the story arc itself, and the journey Corran goes on is written in a excellent way.
For me, the story was so good because it is done in first person, from the perspective of Corran Horn. Now, I know some people don't like the this, but I think it is done very well and is the only way that this story could be told. This is Corran Horn's story, a very personal story at that, so it only makes sense that we the readers read it from his perspective. The way the story progress and the journey Corran takes in the book is just simply astounding.
To wrap up, I've never really read anything quite like I, Jedi. If you haven't read this book yet, go pick it up. Its a top tier Star Wars novel, you won't be dissapointed.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: good
Review: is a good story to go along with the jedi academy trilogy, tells a bit more about what was going on in that time and from a new perspective.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Woot
Review: Wow...I've read this book twice, and now I own it, and it is amazing! If more Star Wars books could give better insight into the use of the force and jedi training, the world would be a better place. This novel especially interested me because it taught me a bit of how the force is used and introduced me to the pirates of Star Wars. Also the connection between the reader and the main character that Stackpole creates adds more, and makes it harder to put down.
If I was to write a short review of the book that covers the story line it would go as follows:
Very interesting book, in first person narrative, from the perspective of a Correllian Rogue Squadron pilot, who trains to be a Jedi in order to save his wife. Takes place when Luke is first starting his Jedi Academy (if you know nothing of this academy I recommend the game "Jedi Academy" as well), several years after the "Return of the Jedi"
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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Fantastic novel
Review: My favorite star wars novel. Successfully interwoven in the Jedi Academy trilogy and written in the first person Stackpole has put together a great story. Highly Recommended!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: this book let me down
Review: Let me first say this: I love everything of Stackpole's that I've read before, and I really love Corran Horn. That being said, this book was a disappointment to me.
Stackpole may do a fine job of patching up the shoddy work of the Jedi Academy Trilogy, but I was left with the feeling that all I was reading for half the book was just that: clean-up. The entire account of the Academy in I, Jedi seemed half-heartedly written, and I just couldn't get into it. This was the experience for half of the book until I finally reached the advertised plot. Once there, I got the feeling that this was the story the author wanted to tell, but in the end he was left half the space he needed to do it in, and the results weren't stellar.
Furthermore, much of the action in the novel just seemed highly unlikely. I realize this is science fiction and there's always an element of the suspension of belief, but nevertheless, I'd like for the stories to be believable within their own universe, and much of what happens in I, Jedi simply was not. I wanted the characters to *be* characters instead of plot devices, and they weren't. Luke or Mara or Booster showed up when they were needed, not when or how they'd really show up. Elegos's history was incredible... literally. I could go on.
I was really looking forward to this novel, and I was really wanting to enjoy it, but I received little encouragement from the book itself and in the end had to force myself to finish it. That's a let down.
Review Summary: Too good for words..
Review: I, Jedi is simply one of the best books I've ever read, period. Stackpole really fleshes out the characters, especially Corran Horn. When it really comes down to it, books are about characters and how we the readers feel about those characters. A book can have a sub-par story but if the characters are engaging, you almost don't notice how average the story might actually be. With I, Jedi, the depiction of the characters are not only superbly depicted; but the story arc itself, and the journey Corran goes on is written in a excellent way.
For me, the story was so good because it is done in first person, from the perspective of Corran Horn. Now, I know some people don't like the this, but I think it is done very well and is the only way that this story could be told. This is Corran Horn's story, a very personal story at that, so it only makes sense that we the readers read it from his perspective. The way the story progress and the journey Corran takes in the book is just simply astounding.
To wrap up, I've never really read anything quite like I, Jedi. If you haven't read this book yet, go pick it up. Its a top tier Star Wars novel, you won't be dissapointed.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: good
Review: is a good story to go along with the jedi academy trilogy, tells a bit more about what was going on in that time and from a new perspective.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Woot
Review: Wow...I've read this book twice, and now I own it, and it is amazing! If more Star Wars books could give better insight into the use of the force and jedi training, the world would be a better place. This novel especially interested me because it taught me a bit of how the force is used and introduced me to the pirates of Star Wars. Also the connection between the reader and the main character that Stackpole creates adds more, and makes it harder to put down.
If I was to write a short review of the book that covers the story line it would go as follows:
Very interesting book, in first person narrative, from the perspective of a Correllian Rogue Squadron pilot, who trains to be a Jedi in order to save his wife. Takes place when Luke is first starting his Jedi Academy (if you know nothing of this academy I recommend the game "Jedi Academy" as well), several years after the "Return of the Jedi"
www.aaronsinfo.com
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Fantastic novel
Review: My favorite star wars novel. Successfully interwoven in the Jedi Academy trilogy and written in the first person Stackpole has put together a great story. Highly Recommended!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: this book let me down
Review: Let me first say this: I love everything of Stackpole's that I've read before, and I really love Corran Horn. That being said, this book was a disappointment to me.
Stackpole may do a fine job of patching up the shoddy work of the Jedi Academy Trilogy, but I was left with the feeling that all I was reading for half the book was just that: clean-up. The entire account of the Academy in I, Jedi seemed half-heartedly written, and I just couldn't get into it. This was the experience for half of the book until I finally reached the advertised plot. Once there, I got the feeling that this was the story the author wanted to tell, but in the end he was left half the space he needed to do it in, and the results weren't stellar.
Furthermore, much of the action in the novel just seemed highly unlikely. I realize this is science fiction and there's always an element of the suspension of belief, but nevertheless, I'd like for the stories to be believable within their own universe, and much of what happens in I, Jedi simply was not. I wanted the characters to *be* characters instead of plot devices, and they weren't. Luke or Mara or Booster showed up when they were needed, not when or how they'd really show up. Elegos's history was incredible... literally. I could go on.
I was really looking forward to this novel, and I was really wanting to enjoy it, but I received little encouragement from the book itself and in the end had to force myself to finish it. That's a let down.