Jedi Search (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Vol. 1)

by Kevin J. Anderson

Book Overview

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children--the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553297988
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Random House Worlds
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Oh, and Lando made a Fortune Gambling (again)...

This book is set 7 years after the Return of the Jedi. It was interesting, Han Crashes the Falcon, He's sent to the Spice mines of Kessel, that sort of thing (He reeeally was, this time {no kidding}) Then they find a fleet of star destroyers in a black hole, and go back to Coruscant.Luke is looking for jedi people to train. Oh, and Lando made a Fortune Gambling (again). It's a little bizzare, but that's all in the fun Kevin J. Anderson. I recommend this book greatly.

Great book, very interesting writing style

Well, contrary to popular opinion it would seem, I greatly enjoyed this book. I read Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta's Young Jedi Knights, and loved them so I was expecting a lot from this book. I'll admit it wasn't as complicated or intricately written as the Thrawn trilogy, but it was much easier to understand, and I finished this book in under three days, whereas it took me an entire week to finish each book in the Thrawn trilogy. Yes, Zahn did an excellent job with his books, but that is no reason to hate all the other authors just because they don't write exactly like him. Anyway, in this book (which is seven years after Return of the Jedi) Luke is somehow a Jedi master and decides to begin training other Jedi. Meanwhile, Han and Chewie are off on some mission to Kessel and are captured and thrown in the spice mines, where they meet young Kyp Durron, potential Jedi. Meanwhile, now that Jacen and Jaina are two years old, they can come out of hiding on Anoth, so as you can probably guess Leia is very excited to finally be getting her children back where they belong, so she can really be their mother. Han is supposed to be home in time to see the twins right when they get home, but he doesn't show up so she thinks he is just galivanting around and gets very angry at him. Meanwhile she is somewhat dismayed that the twins barely know her, since she and Han were forced to send them away as babies and could only come for occational visits. She also has a hard time becoming an instant mother, and by now she is very worried about Han, so Luke goes out to look for him which leaves her even more all alone. Anyway, I thought this book was highly well written, and I enjoyed it a lot. I was somewhat dismayed though, that this book was written so that it is very difficult to understand unless you had read the comic book Dark Empire, which took place shortly before. Luckily I had the Essential Guide to Chronology so that wasn't really a problem, but still it was annoying. Also, what's with kicking Mara Jade out of the entire book? After the Thrawn trilogy it seemed like she was going to be a main character and now where is she? And another thing, why would Han and Leia send their children away for two years, no matter how many people in the universe were trying to kidnap and kill them? Sooner or later if someone looked hard enough they would find them anyway, even on Anoth, and seems to me that they would be safer with Han, Leia, Luke, Chewie (all formidable fighters) plus several thousand New Republic guards to protect them in Imperial Palace. Also, at times it seemed as if the author didn't trust me as the reader to know what he was talking about, so he had to discribe every detail of things that were already obvious just to make sure I got it. Anyway, this is an important trilogy in the intire space of things, but a not a good one to read if your just starting out. Read the Thrawn trilogy first, or The Courtship of Princes

I don't understand why people dislike this book....

I really enjoyed this new addition to the Star Wars series. It jumped right to the action in the first chapter. Han and Chewie go to Kessel as representatives of the New Republic and get shot down and subsequently enslaved in the spice mines, where they meet eighteen-year-old Kyp Durron, who has spent the last ten years there. Luke has recieved permission from the New Republic to set up a Jedi academy, and he goes off to search for potential candidates. Now that the Solo twins, Jacen and Jaina, are two, they have returned home to Coruscant, and Leia must juggle the responsibilities of being a mother and being Minister of State of the New Republic, while trying to discover why Han has not returned home yet. I just started the second book in this trilogy, and I like it so far as well. I would reccomend the trilogy to Star Wars fans.

The Star Search is Over

This is a great book to start a great series. I enjoyed reading this book not once but many more times. Its another great books that expands the universe for all you Star War fans.

Just Read It.

You just reading my review probably won't make you read the book. So if I were right next to you right now I'd shout it. READ THE BOOK! It's the best of the Star Wars books by far... almost as good as the origional movie trilogy. And I should know... I've read almost all of the Star Wars books. (Well, except #2 and #3 in this Jedi Academy Trilogy.