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Star Wars: Children of the Jedi (Hardcover)

by Barbara Hambly (Author)

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Hardcover: 345 pages
Publisher: Spectra (April 1 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553089307
ISBN-13: 978-0553089301
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g

Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (154 customer reviews)

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As Children of the Jedi opens, a crazed, drug-addled ex-smuggler named Drub McKumb lunges at Han Solo in the middle of his and Leia's state visit to Ithor. (Long after the destruction of the second Death Star, Leia is now the New Republic's work-weary head of state.) Han, Leia, and Luke soon surmise that this isn't just another of Han's drinking buddies but rather a weirdly altered man carrying a terrible secret. Piecing together clues from McKumb's glossolaliac rants, Han and Leia set off in search of the ancient hiding place of the Children of the Jedi, while Luke--using the Force and his former-pupil-and-pal-turned-droid Nichos as a random number generator--decides to head off to a set of coordinates halfway across the galaxy.

They all end up finding more than they bargained for: Han and Leia's search for the Jedi ends on icy, isolated Belsavis; while Luke stumbles onto a humongous but dormant Imperial death machine- -which, not coincidentally, has stirred to life the intent to utterly annihilate Belsavis. Can he possibly stop it in time? Star Wars authors tend to be either you-love-'em-or-you-hate-'em types, but veteran writer Hambly makes a good go at falling into the former camp in this outing, along with the likes of Michael Stackpole and Kevin J. Anderson. --Paul Hughes --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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This latest entry in Bantam's successful Star Wars series is a transitional novel. Its pace may be slow enough to disappoint some of series's many loyal readers, but Hambly's (Those Who Hunt the Night) retreading of familiar ground provides a more variegated perspective than usual on several major characters. She offers several solid, well-wrought adventures as well, but they never cohere into a whole worthy of its parts. The subplots are frequently more interesting than the main story line, in which the ruling houses of the recently fallen Empire attempt to revitalize their way of life with the aid of a new type of Jedi knight. A particularly compelling subplot concerns the effort to determine whether the now machine-based consciousness of Nichos, a Jedi Apprentice whose body has died, is still human. While Hambly creates some fascinating alien life forms and plot complications (fans of Luke Skywalker will be especially delighted by a couple of the plot twists here), what she finally offers is more a promise of things to come than a realization of them. Major ad/promo; audio rights sold to BDD Audio Cassette.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Enh..., April 12 2004

By	Lauren "lalafo" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: Children of the Jedi: Star Wars Series (Mass Market Paperback)

I wont go into a whole lot of detail about the actual plot of the novel--that's been done enough in these reviews, I think. My thoughts on the book, though: I liked the plot idea (even if the bit about a Death Star prototype bound for the small planet Belsavis is a bit hackneyed), and there were enough twists to keep the reader interested.

I also liked how Hambly /tried/ to analyze how past traumas would affect the characters, particularly her focus on Leia's feelings about the destruction of Alderaan. However, I felt like she focused /too/ much on that particular detail, and I also disliked her portrayal of the relationship between Han and Leia. It didn't feel authentic, or something.

And then there was the whole Callista-Luke thing...Hambly completely compromised Luke's character with that. Up until that point, her portrayal of Luke was very true to the character set up in the movies and other books, but his interaction with Callista wasn't substantial enough to warrant his obsession with her, and I really lost respect for him as a result. A man who's had to be as principled and self-reliant as he would not fall so deeply in love with so little motivation, even under the considerable stress he underwent. The relationship was underdeveloped, to say the least, and in many ways it was far too cliche for the outlandish circumstances and considerably complexity of Luke's persona, at the least.

Finally, Hambly's writing style is a bizarre mix of pretentious-seeming but limited vocabulary (she references a "hirsute skeleton" and uses the word puerile multiple times--if you're going to go to the effort of using "fancy" words, don't use them more than once) as well as similes intended to be funny or witty but that end up being obnoxious. What with the weak romance, the Romantically haunted pasts and the constant, overly-detailed comparisons, by the end I felt like I was reading the script for one of those old black-and-white detective movies--and a poor one at that. Nevertheless, I would say the book is worth reading; despite all of my ragging, it does have its good points. ;)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor book, retread plot, just very little of anything good., May 22 2003

By	J. K. Moser "JKM" (Flemington, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Star Wars: Children of the Jedi: Star Wars Series (Mass Market Paperback)

Children of the Jedi, the first book of the Callista Trilogy, has some intriguing qualities to it, but overall this book is too weak, repetative and convoluted to be considered good. I would give it 1.5 stars if possible, but its not so one will have to do. Yet another superweapon comes into being, the super-automated ship, Eye of Palpatine, whose mission to destroy the children of the Jedi on Belsavis was stopped 30 years earlier by a young female Jedi. Someone restarted the ship's programs, and its up to Luke Skywalker, who i accedentaly on board the vessel, to destroy the ship before it reaches the planet Belsavis where Han and Leia are currently vacationing/investigating. The superweapon story just keeps being used over and over again. IT'S OLD GET OVER IT! Luke and 2 student companions are investigating some random coordinates when they are shot down and captured by the Eye, a super-intelligent ship that does everything it possibly can to kill Skywalker and his friends, but can't tell the difference between alien species. Um ok. After an attack/warning by an old smuggler friend, Han Solo and Chief of State of the New Republic Leia Organa Solo (without escorts, bodyguards or anything) travel to Belsavis seeking out the mythical place where the children of the Jedi were hidden. Right, like the Chief of State of a galactic republic can just wander around without a planet's population of guards orbiting her. Um NO! Luke gets hurt making his job that much more difficult, but to comfort him in his time of need the Jedi who originally stopped the Eye reappeares. It seems Callista had jammed her spirit into the Eyes gun system and existed for the last 30 years by herself. Right! Han & Leia fight a former concubine/Emperor's Hand and her son, who has been implanted with a device that allows him to use the Force to control droids. Menwhile, Luke & Callista fall in love, and eventually she is able to enter the vacated body of one of Luke's students and they can live together except Callista has lost her force powers. The Eye is destroyed and they all live happily until the next galactic crisis. The biggest problem with this story is that the plot is too convoluted and confusing, the story makes little sense and the characters are written out of character. There are some good lines, the Dr. Breen line was very funny, but overall this book is very poorly done. It is probably the weakest of the Callista Trilogy, although all three books are among the weakest in the exapanded Star Wars universe.

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1.0 out of 5 stars I'll make this review simple, April 14 2003

By	Bryan DEmilio (Pottstown, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Star Wars: Children of the Jedi: Star Wars Series (Mass Market Paperback)

The writing style is too choppy to be considered a decent narrative. The plot is very weak. The characters are flat, especially Luke's love interest (who isn't even human). It is almost painful to read. The story even contradicts many beliefs of the Star Wars universe. I wouldn't even consider this a Star Wars novel hadn't the major Star Wars players been involved. I do not recommend this book.

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