The Rising Force (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Band 1)
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Obi-Wan is such a menace, I love him. Obi-Wan as an adult is calm, wise and in control of his emotions. This little shit is the opposite of that. He struggles with anger and impatience. And he also loves disobeying orders. I never would've guessed that Obi-Wan as a child showed this much difference to his grown up version. Another difference being that apparantly as a 12-year old he was quite tall for his age. While it was quite a short story, I still had a lot of fun and am excited to read the other novels in this series.
I'm currently reading lots of Star Wars stuff, slowly making my way into the EU. Because I like both the character of Obi-Wan and 'backstory'-books in general, I decided to give this a try and ended up finishing it within 24 hours. The plot was interessting and nicely paced, but not overly complicated since the target audience is 10- to 12-year-olds. It's built around two main conflicts. The first is centered on the almost war-like rivalry of two intergalactic mining corporations, while the second is a more personal one: Since Obi-Wan's 13th birthday is aproaching, he has a pretty tight deadline to become a padawan if he ever wants to be a Jedi knight. But Qui-Gon who could become his teacher, is reluctant to take him on as the titular apprentice. Combined, these two plot lines make for an interessting story. One minor throwback was the phrasing which was sometimes a little off or cringe-Worten, althoug this might not be Jude Watsons fault. Unfortunately, I could only get my hands on a translated german version and so the translation might be to blame for some odd sentences. Overall a nice read, especially if you add book 2 (& 3) of the series, which I would definitely recommend since their plots are somewhat interlaced.
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Obi-Wan is such a menace, I love him. Obi-Wan as an adult is calm, wise and in control of his emotions. This little shit is the opposite of that. He struggles with anger and impatience. And he also loves disobeying orders. I never would've guessed that Obi-Wan as a child showed this much difference to his grown up version. Another difference being that apparantly as a 12-year old he was quite tall for his age. While it was quite a short story, I still had a lot of fun and am excited to read the other novels in this series.
I'm currently reading lots of Star Wars stuff, slowly making my way into the EU. Because I like both the character of Obi-Wan and 'backstory'-books in general, I decided to give this a try and ended up finishing it within 24 hours. The plot was interessting and nicely paced, but not overly complicated since the target audience is 10- to 12-year-olds. It's built around two main conflicts. The first is centered on the almost war-like rivalry of two intergalactic mining corporations, while the second is a more personal one: Since Obi-Wan's 13th birthday is aproaching, he has a pretty tight deadline to become a padawan if he ever wants to be a Jedi knight. But Qui-Gon who could become his teacher, is reluctant to take him on as the titular apprentice. Combined, these two plot lines make for an interessting story. One minor throwback was the phrasing which was sometimes a little off or cringe-Worten, althoug this might not be Jude Watsons fault. Unfortunately, I could only get my hands on a translated german version and so the translation might be to blame for some odd sentences. Overall a nice read, especially if you add book 2 (& 3) of the series, which I would definitely recommend since their plots are somewhat interlaced.