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Jedi Search - Jedi Academy Trilogy 1 - Kevin J. Anderson Book Review

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"Han Solo goes on a diplomatic mission and is forced to work in the spice mines. He escapes only to be cought again by the Imperial troops that were hidden. He escapes with a help of a scientist and brings a very powerful weapon to the Republic. Luke at the same time is searching for new Jedi for his future academy."
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"This is the story of Admiral Daala, an Imperial in command of 3 star destroyers who decides to take the war to the rebellion. But she has a special weapon, called the sun crasher, which can cause stars to go supernova. Luke and his buddies must steal this weapon and stop Daala before she causes too much damage. As this is only the first book of the 3 part series, they have a long way to go."
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - weapon
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
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: - Male
Profession/status: - diplomat - champion of justice
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female - Male Alien
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - navy soldier - slaver
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship
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
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? 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? - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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