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Star Wars: Children of the Jedi Hardcover – April 1, 1995
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- Print length345 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSpectra
- Publication dateApril 1, 1995
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-100553089307
- ISBN-13978-0553089301
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- Publisher : Spectra; First Edition (April 1, 1995)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 345 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0553089307
- ISBN-13 : 978-0553089301
- Item Weight : 1.3 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #560,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12,377 in Science Fiction Adventures
- #31,561 in American Literature (Books)
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"Barbara Hambly (b. 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. After receiving a master’s degree in medieval history, she published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun-Cross, and Sun Wolf and Starhawk, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.
Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles."
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Customers find the storyline very good with sweet references back to the original Star. They also say the author wasted time over explaining every detail and the book is difficult to make it through. Readers also mention the story is almost nonsensical from the start and there's no payoff at the end. Opinions are mixed on the reading experience, with some finding it enjoyable and others saying it's horrid, confusing, and horrible.
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Customers find the storyline very good, exciting, and memorable. They also say the plot flows smoothly.
"...and the humor and horror of the mind-altered aliens aboard, is exciting and memorable...." Read more
"...such as echoing voices in the caves, help make this story a good adventure, which not enough people seem to think was a good one...." Read more
"...I couldn't put the book down. It is a very good story with sweet references back to the original Star Wars movies that will make you smile as you..." Read more
"...Aside from those complaints, the story itself isn't bad. Not great, but not bad." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the book. Some find it enjoyable and one of the better ones, while others say it's horrendous and confusing.
"...the novel, I found Children of the Jedi to be a fast-paced and entertaining read, and a much better Star Wars "love story" than The..." Read more
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Customers find the writing and content of the book not compelling, ridiculous, and difficult to follow. They also mention that the book drags along and has sections with superfluous adjectives and setting description.
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For me, one of the big flaws of the Expanded Universe has been that many of the adventures seem like mere trivial episodes which don't have lasting implications, don't show us anything new about the characters, aren't truly thought-provoking, and just don't need to have happened. Children of the Jedi feels like a series of really significant events in the lives of the characters. I feel I know more about even C3PO and R2D2.
I'll close this review with a debate topic for Star Wars novel fans. Was it a good idea to link all the novels into one universe, so that each author was required to take into account the events of all the other books? While it's nice to have a continuity to follow and see new characters like Mara Jade pop up, it also seems to hamstring the authors, limiting what their imaginations can show us. No big changes can occur because the drawing board has to be left open for other writers. What if, instead, there had been no imposed continuity? Then each author would be beholden only to the movies, and could do whatever they wanted without fear of contradicting other authors or changing the universe to much for future authors. The the readers would truly not know what to expect- Luke could die, Vader could turn out to be alive, Earth could be discovered, and so on. Then when the book ended those ideas wouldn't ruin future novels.
Perhaps even if the large continuity was maintained, there could have been "imaginary" stories, the way the old DC comics used to do - stories where Superman and Lois got married or Batman died, that were outside the continuity.
On the other hand, the plot, while not a fast-paced action-packed story that most Star Wars fans have come to expect, still contains a lot of 'history', including the never-launched "Eye of Palpatine" dreadnought, the Jedi Knight Callista who gave her life to stop it, and Luke's second (or 3rd, if you count Jem Ysanna in "Dark Empire II") love interest, while Leia and Han investigate Imperial dealings on a planet where a former concubine of the Emperor and her (and the Emperor's?) son Irek (Cool name!) are plotting a coup with the leading Houses of the Senex Sector. It's kind of a refreshing change from endless confrontations with the Empire.
The main problem is that Ms. Hambly, while gifted with loquacity for detail, did not develop quite enough of a storyline to justify the full-length novel, which she seems to compensate for with the extensive detail, which made following the book rather difficult for me.
When I got this cassette set, and listened to it, a lot of things in the story finally began to coalesce for me, and the plot flowed much more smoothly. I also enjoyed the performance by Anthony Heald, who I've been a fan of since I first saw him on (was it "Silence of the Lambs", Law & Order, Boston Public, or the X-Files?). Sound effects, music, and audio effects such as echoing voices in the caves, help make this story a good adventure, which not enough people seem to think was a good one.
I am not one of those people. Are you? Decide for yourself!