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Title: The Mark of the Crown (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 4) by Jude Watson ISBN: 0-590-51934-4 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (42 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Be Patient with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan
Comment: I cannot express just how much I love this series. I go nuts waiting two months between each new title! "The Mark of the Crown" is no different and adds a great chapter to this wonderful series.
As has been well stated, this series is not just for the 8-12 year-olds it was written for. I am 20 and find these to be the best Star Wars books on the market (sans the novelizations of the movies).
I actually found the strength of "The Mark of the Crown" to be the continuing development of the relationship between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. As can be seen in this text, the two really want to be close; they each hold parallel thoughts but do not share these thoughts believing the other would not understand. This is a realistic hurdle that they will have to jump in order to even get close to the father/son relationship seen in Episode I. If Jude Watson (a supurb author) were to just jump stright to this father/son relationship a lot of the magic this series holds would be used up very quickly. Give Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon time, the relationship is destined to mature. Right now they are just being typical stuborn guys ;)
Finally, the Jedi Apprentice books are the only Star Wars books I've read (aside from the movie novelizations) that portray the Force as I feel George Lucas meant it to be. This alone gives me great respect for this series. All of the Extended Universe books I've read that occur beyond Return of the Jedi are very shameful in this aspect.
I am very much looking forward to all of the upcoming titles in this series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book for Star Wars fans
Comment: This book, like all the other in its series, I believe, is a dramatic success for all Star Wars series. However I must admit that my frustration at the master\padawan relationship is just as thriving like everyone else's. I admit that the slow growing bond lends a bit of tension and in the series as well as between characters, but to me it doesn't make sense. Qui-gon was so willing to bounce to Xanatos' side as well as Anakin's, yet Obi-wan-one of the most noble, lovable characters in all of Star Wars -is continually picked on and tortured. While Qui-gon's bond to Xanatos was clearly close, I suspected that I, like most fans, would think that Obi-wan is a "favorite" amongst his padawan's. (At least this was the impression I got from all the fandome, novels and commentaries by George and such) Even though, I believe that the author, as a first time Star Wars writer, is doing a very well job, and I will continue to buy these books just to see if the father\son like bond will finally get to where it's going!
Oh by the way, I too am way out of the sujested age group. In fact, I'm 40 and reading these books to my children every night has become the highlight of our after dinner activities!
Rating: 5
Summary: one of the best of the Jedi Apprentice series
Comment: Jude Watson continues to write intereszing stories about the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and his young Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi. He also writes about their developing relationship, with both men longing for connection and not realizing that they are coser than they think!
In this instalment the two Jedi are sent to Gala, where the dying queen is bringing democratic elections to her planet, and her son is not at all happy about it.
This is a well-written and interesting story in this continuing series.
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Title: The Rising Force (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 1) by Dave Wolverton ISBN: 0590519220 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 03 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Captive Temple (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 7) by Jude Watson ISBN: 0590519700 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Day of Reckoning (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 8) by Jude Watson ISBN: 0590520792 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Fight for Truth (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 9) by Jude Watson ISBN: 0590520806 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Shattered Peace (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 10) by Jude Watson ISBN: 0590520849 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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