science fiction

Star Wars: Children of the Jedi - Barbara Hambly Book Review

Enter a review
of your own!
Other books by
author Barbara Hambly

"Star Wars: Children of the Jedi"
Message Board
Barbara Hambly Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR: Tabitha Higgins

SCHOLARS:
Would you like to be a scholar and make five dollars per review? Click here to submit a review!
Review Summaries
"Leia and her family investigate the world where children of the Jedi hid from the emperor. Luke at the same time discovers a ship that is on its way to destroy that world. "
irina, Resident Barbara Hambly Scholar


Click above for the new Obama Girl Parody video!

Overall Review
Our unique search engine breaks down books and movies into
dozens of literary elements, all of which are searchable.
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - diplomat
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can read emotions
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Physique - very athletic

Setting
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - inhabited by friendly aliens - unfriendly aliens - neutral aliens - primitive aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
Most similar books by Gordonator ranking
The Mark of the Crown - Jedi Apprentice 4 by Jude Watson
The Hidden Past - Jedi Apprentice 3 by Jude Watson
The Dark Rival - Jedi Apprentice 2 by Jude Watson
The Rising Force - Jedi Apprentice 1 by Jude Watson
Lightsabers - Young Jedi Knights 4 by Kevin J. Anderson





Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
Try our new Star Wars & Star Trek puzzle pictures! Click here

Advertise with us
Feedback
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith plot spoilers
Hobbits
The politics game
The lawyer game

3 Movie search options!
1) Simple lookup
(title or author)

or
2) Detailed movie search
(click here)
or

3) One-click plot searches! Simply click on a plot below!

Animal Story

Clones

Coming of age

Cultural problems, alien culture

Explore/1st contact/ enviro story

Family relations

GIANT monster(s)

Horror story?

Inner Struggle

Lifeform altered?

Mental/magical powers focus

Parody

Political power play

Religious overtones?

Repressive society story

Robots, Computers, VR

Romance

Spying & Investigations

Tech./$$$/Info hunt

Time Travel story?

Training/Apprent.

War or Invasion


Games:
Trivia Masters!

Rescue your favorite
scifi characters from
slavery!


Talk to your favorite
scifi characters!


Eating New Yorkers
Computer Game


Pomeranians

Most recent TV & Movie discussions:

Blade Runner: Blade Runner 3/19/2010 3:02:42 PM

Alice in Wonderland: Alice in Wonderland 3/12/2010 3:47:50 PM

Star Trek Enterprise: Jolene Blalock on T'Pol and Star Trek Enterprise 3/7/2010 11:02:27 PM

Lord of the Rings: Why would Aragorn choose pig lips Arwen Evenstar over Eowyn? 3/5/2010 12:12:07 AM

Stargate (TV): Is Teyla's character racist against black people? 3/3/2010 11:07:08 PM

Stargate (TV): Why is Major Carter so Butch? 3/3/2010 11:00:12 PM

Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman: Why do fembots growl? 3/3/2010 10:49:55 PM

Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman: What was so great about the Six Million Dollar Man? 3/3/2010 10:41:43 PM

Doctor Who: Who was the most annoying of the Doctor's companions? 3/3/2010 10:25:55 PM

Doctor Who: Who was the best companion? 3/3/2010 10:20:36 PM


Newest slaves:
Jo Grant 4:57:54 AM
Sarah Jane Smith 4:57:25 AM
Leela 4:56:09 AM
Chocolate Romana 4:54:45 AM
Vanilla Romana 4:54:16 AM
Peri 4:53:27 AM
Nyssa 4:52:58 AM
Zoe 4:52:15 AM
Roger Moore Bond 4:50:48 AM
Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg Avengers) 4:50:09 AM
All slaves
(click here)


Celebrity interviews:
President George W. Bush 6:32:00 PM
Jan-Michael Vincent 2:16:51 PM
Captain Kathryn Janeway 3:47:46 PM
Jack ONeill (Richard Dean Anderson) 1:39:22 PM
Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 5:01:07 PM
All celebrities
(click here)