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I, Jedi (Star Wars) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael A. Stackpole
Publisher: Spectra
Category: Book
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Pages: 608
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0553578731
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780553578737
ASIN: 0553578731
Publication Date: June 1, 1999
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Corran Horn, hero of Rogue Squadron and former Corellian Security Force officer, has a problem: his wife, Mirax, has disappeared while on a secret mission. In his struggle to rescue his wife, Horn joins Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy as a charter recruit, befriends Mara Jade, tangles with a 4,000-year-old Sith lord, and goes undercover to infiltrate a notorious band of pirates. But what will he do when he finds himself faced with a dilemma--surrender to the dark side of the force or risk losing Mirax forever? This abridgment (though approved by the licensor) causes some serious gaps in the story--major events are merely mentioned in passing, while others are described in great detail--but fans may be placated by sound effects and John Williams's music from the original Star Wars Trilogy. Tony Award-nominee Anthony Heald performs with his usual aplomb, providing distinctive voices for a wide range of characters and heightening the tension when necessary. (Running time: three hours, two cassettes) --C.B. Delaney
Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole presents a stirring new tale set in the Star Wars universe: the dramatic story of a heroic X-wing pilot on the razor's edge between the Force--and the dark side.Corran Horn has distinguished himself as one of the best and brightest of Rogue Squadron's elite fighting force. Then his wife, Mirax, vanishes on a covert mission for the New Republic, and Corran vows to find her. To do so, he knows he must develop the latent Force powers inherited from his grandfather, a legendary Jedi hero. He joins Luke Skywalker's famed Jedi academy to begin training, only to quit in frustration at Skywalker's methods. Now Corran is on his own. Using his Corellian undercover experience, he must infiltrate, sabotage, and destroy a ruthless organization in order to find his wife. But to succeed, Corran will have to come to terms with his Jedi heritage--and make a terrible choice: surrender to the dark side...or die. 1999 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
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 Too good for words.. December 31, 2008
I, Jedi is simply one of the best books I've ever read, period. Stackpole really fleshes out the characters, especially Corran Horn. When it really comes down to it, books are about characters and how we the readers feel about those characters. A book can have a sub-par story but if the characters are engaging, you almost don't notice how average the story might actually be. With I, Jedi, the depiction of the characters are not only superbly depicted; but the story arc itself, and the journey Corran goes on is written in a excellent way.
For me, the story was so good because it is done in first person, from the perspective of Corran Horn. Now, I know some people don't like the this, but I think it is done very well and is the only way that this story could be told. This is Corran Horn's story, a very personal story at that, so it only makes sense that we the readers read it from his perspective. The way the story progress and the journey Corran takes in the book is just simply astounding.
To wrap up, I've never really read anything quite like I, Jedi. If you haven't read this book yet, go pick it up. Its a top tier Star Wars novel, you won't be dissapointed.
good September 5, 2008
is a good story to go along with the jedi academy trilogy, tells a bit more about what was going on in that time and from a new perspective.
Woot May 21, 2008
Wow...I've read this book twice, and now I own it, and it is amazing! If more Star Wars books could give better insight into the use of the force and jedi training, the world would be a better place. This novel especially interested me because it taught me a bit of how the force is used and introduced me to the pirates of Star Wars. Also the connection between the reader and the main character that Stackpole creates adds more, and makes it harder to put down.
If I was to write a short review of the book that covers the story line it would go as follows:
Very interesting book, in first person narrative, from the perspective of a Correllian Rogue Squadron pilot, who trains to be a Jedi in order to save his wife. Takes place when Luke is first starting his Jedi Academy (if you know nothing of this academy I recommend the game "Jedi Academy" as well), several years after the "Return of the Jedi"
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Fantastic novel March 3, 2008
My favorite star wars novel. Successfully interwoven in the Jedi Academy trilogy and written in the first person Stackpole has put together a great story. Highly Recommended!
 this book let me down January 7, 2008
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Let me first say this: I love everything of Stackpole's that I've read before, and I really love Corran Horn. That being said, this book was a disappointment to me.
Stackpole may do a fine job of patching up the shoddy work of the Jedi Academy Trilogy, but I was left with the feeling that all I was reading for half the book was just that: clean-up. The entire account of the Academy in I, Jedi seemed half-heartedly written, and I just couldn't get into it. This was the experience for half of the book until I finally reached the advertised plot. Once there, I got the feeling that this was the story the author wanted to tell, but in the end he was left half the space he needed to do it in, and the results weren't stellar.
Furthermore, much of the action in the novel just seemed highly unlikely. I realize this is science fiction and there's always an element of the suspension of belief, but nevertheless, I'd like for the stories to be believable within their own universe, and much of what happens in I, Jedi simply was not. I wanted the characters to *be* characters instead of plot devices, and they weren't. Luke or Mara or Booster showed up when they were needed, not when or how they'd really show up. Elegos's history was incredible... literally. I could go on.
I was really looking forward to this novel, and I was really wanting to enjoy it, but I received little encouragement from the book itself and in the end had to force myself to finish it. That's a let down.
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