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Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search
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Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search
Audiobook (abridged)3 hours

Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search

Written by Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by Anthony Heald

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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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. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins....

While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Hans and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes--and go from one danger to a far greater one....

On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face to face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself...

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Release dateFeb 20, 2007
ISBN9780553754278
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Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search
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Kevin J. Anderson

Kevin J. Anderson has published more than eighty novels, including twenty-nine national bestsellers. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include Captain Nemo, Hopscotch, and Hidden Empire. He has also collaborated on numerous series novels, including Star Wars, The X-Files, and Dune. In his spare time, he also writes comic books. He lives in Wisconsin.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Jedi Master Luke Skywalker proposes to the New Republic that he resurrects the Jedi Order for future guardians of peace. Mon Mothma agrees to the idea and Luke departs on a Jedi Search. Meanwhile Han Solo is sent as an Ambassador of the New Republic to Kessel. Jedi Search by Kevin James Anderson is book one of the Jedi Academy Trilogy. I found it well written and featured everything one would expect along the topic of the book: searching for Jedi. Although I found the concept of them conveniently finding a device that detects force sensitivity a bit corny.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Despite a dumb title, a very solid Star Wars adventure. Doesn't quite capture the feeling of the movies like Zahn's books but comes close. Good job of building tension and jeopardy despite focusing on characters we know no real harm can come to--the mainstays are all here.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    this trilogy was one of the first Star Wars novels I read.It is (obviously) about rebuilding the Jedi Order after the defeat of the empire.the main theme of the book is how you find and Train new Jedi, and adapt the schooling to the needs of every individual, and creating a learning environment outside class rooms and through activities. This means that Luke Skywalker (the teacher) has to consider which traditions of the old ways to keep, and which to renew.This can be seen as very parallel to what is being debated in many schools in the real world.Having said all this, the book is of course about much more than schooling, it gives a good image of the intricacies and workings of the Force, and contains all that a space opera needs, in terms of intergalactic villians, super weapons, plans in plans, good versus bad etc.as to the writing it is very typical Anderson, that means fast pace, many parallel story lines, large persona gallery, inventive plots.Charcters are characterized by their actions and morals more that physical appearence
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This wasn't a bad book but it seemed hallow after reading the hand of Thrawn Trilogy. The story had a good premise to work with but just never came through. It seemed to me that a lot of the book was from everyone's perspective but Luke's there were times but not as much as I would have liked. There's really not that much of the training of the students either which I don't understand, the series is (Jedi Academy) after all. That's not to say that the rest of the book is just pages that need to be passed over the story of Han's escape from Kessel and Leia's s struggles with keeping the New Republic together and working are interesting in their own right, but I just really expected there to be much more about Luke and the training of his Jedi students.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    this was incredible. I wish I had known this was the abridged version. I am reading this for a book club. this is one of the best audio books I've ever listened to. it felt like a radio drama. I'll most likely listen to more down the road.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A good book clearly meant to set up the other two in the series, so it does it's job there well with setting up new characters and potential plotlines. Quite short but it is an abridged book after all, although I've not listened to the unabridged version so I don't know how it compares. Either way it is still a good listen and does a good job of recreating the feel of the original trilogy.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Corny. Definitely worth skipping. I have really enjoyed the expanded universe stories over the years, but "Jedi Search" does not hold up. Nor did I enjoy the narrator's performance, although I couldn't help but chuckle each time he pronounced Coruscant "koris-kant."

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Luke wants to recreate the Jedi Knights, a mission he feels particularly committed to for his niece and nephew's sakes. After various false leads (and a whole lot of scoundrel-related trouble--oh Han and Lando!), he thinks he might finally be able to start another Jedi Academy.

    (Although after seeing the prequel movies, Luke's dream seems completely disconnected from reality. Jedi need training, yes. But the ancient methods were clearly completely idiotic. Raising the Jedi to have no friends or loved ones from the age of babies is just asking for trouble.)
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Ok for what it was. Wish it was unabridged, but got the main idea of the book. Worst narration of all Star Wars books I have listened to though. Voices of characters sounded nothing like previous I’ve listened to and the pronunciations of a few words were laughable, Coruscant and Bespin to name a few.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Chapter 1 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy. I was expecting this trilogy to be as complex as Timothy Zahn's trilogy, but unfortunately so far it is not. However, it is still extremely entertaining, involving and very easy to picture in your mind. Right from the start we have exciting things happening as Han Solo and Chewbacca are captured. Plus all the other characters make appearances and have exciting things happen. Luke starts an academy for Jedis, Leia has duties as Minister of State, Lando chases a gambler and countless other things occur. Overall the Star Wars mythos is continued and you become entranced with events, eager to learn more. This ended up being a really good novel and I am anxious to get to the two remaining chapters of this trilogy.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I liked this book and the others in the series. I would warn people that this book ties into the Knights of the Old Republic comic books. The main villain comes from that series so if your not familiar with it your missing out on some of the story.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved Star Wars as a kid. I'm still a huge fan. But little in life can compare to me being sixteen again and watching Star Wars with my friends. I'm talking about the Original Trilogy—don't even get me started on the prequels.I read Kevin Anderson's Jedi Academy series starting with Jedi Search around the same time too, along with the Thrawn trilogy and a handful of other novels, and I remember flipping through the pages while John William's soundtrack boomed on my 5-disc CD player. Cool stuff! The scenes I remember the most were of Han and Chewie held as slave prisoners in the spice mines of Kessel.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    As source material for running a Star Wars game, this has a fair number of useful ideas, and the plot does keep me turning pages. Sadly, Anderson's writing isn't very good-- he frequently uses telling instead of showing, and his portrayals of the characters are lacking in depth.

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  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Awful. Horribly written, flat characters -- did he ghost write the prequel trilogy? Now this author is meddling in the Dune series, which I categorically refuse to buy for that very reason.

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I've read Timothy Zahn's Heir To The Empire and, while I am impressed, I still prefer Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Search. This book and both of the others in Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy are amongst my favorite Star Wars books ever. The whole then new (now well used) concept of a Jedi Academy is quite intriguing to me. I highly recommend this book for two reasons: (1) The most important: It has a great story and (2) It's quite affordable, especially used.