Star Wars: Jedi Search (The Jedi Academy Trilogy, #1) in The Expanded Universe

Feb 12, 2011 Linda rated it liked it

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Jedi Search has been my first non-Timothy-Zahn Star Wars novel experience and I don't completely know what to make of it. Overall I think this book suffers from the same syndrome as the Prequel Trilogy - it's good, but not good enough to match some of its predecessors. I've certainly read worse books in the sci-fi scene, but regarding Star Wars, it does not live up to expectations set by Thrawn books, though it might just be my preference of one author's style over another's.

The storyline is ver ...more

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Apr 06, 2008 Keith rated it liked it

Shelves: star-wars

Stars: 3
Re-read: Sure
Recommend to: It's worth continuing the EU if you've made it through the books this far. It isn't a good starting place if you haven't read the earlier books. It might be good to read the comics first if you are planning to, because I'm pretty sure it spoils quite a bit of the early ones.

Anderson does about half of the book really well and have of it is the silliness he typically puts in his books. As the title suggests, this book is setup for the trilogy where Luke is tryin Stars: 3
Re-read: Sure
Recommend to: It's worth continuing the EU if you've made it through the books this far. It isn't a good starting place if you haven't read the earlier books. It might be good to read the comics first if you are planning to, because I'm pretty sure it spoils quite a bit of the early ones.

Anderson does about half of the book really well and have of it is the silliness he typically puts in his books. As the title suggests, this book is setup for the trilogy where Luke is trying to build a new Jedi Order. I think Anderson did a great job with this aspect of the story because it wasn't boring at all. (view spoiler) Pretty much every focus of the story worked pretty well.

There were some really cool things introduced or fleshed out in this book. (view spoiler)

The downfall of the book is how many times I would read something and think, "What the heck is he talking about?"
- Glitterstim is far too powerful. I can't remember if I can blame Anderson or not since glitterstim has been in other books, but it is incredibly overpowered in this one. (view spoiler)
- There is one part where a character acts ridiculously out of character. (view spoiler)
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- The main villain is comically bad. (view spoiler)
- At the end of the Rogue Squadron series, (view spoiler)

First Read: 2001
I found Jedi Search to be a book that I found interesting pretty much the whole way through, even though I have never liked the character of Luke Skywalker. I found the plot lines to be interesting and original. There are a few corny parts, but there are also a lot of really cool ones. ...more

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