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was a cool book, Intrudced a new character Ikrit, a cute bunny, To say Anakin and Tahiri are, they use mighty big words and construct adult sentances, but hey that was my ony grip, Great book, would recomend to any SW fan.
Good light read. This made me cry especially since i read this AFTER njo Here's the thing: This is a,star book. I love the premise and the overall story, I especially love the fact that Anakin Solo was set up with a friend his age, I don't blame Leia at all of wishing Anakin had a twin so he wouldn't be alone,
But Richardson just does not show full understanding of the Star Wars 'verse, From the beginning, she has Luke saying "young children and aliens, "
Um. Aliens can't be young children
Also, I'd have expected Anakin to understand Rat least a little bit, as well as know SOME of the history of Yavin.
I can't believe he and his parents have never been there to visit his siblings,
Anyway
Anakin meets Tahiri, a girl about one year younger than him, She was orphaned at the age of four and was adopted by the Sand People, She hates shoes, sand, and the wrappings typical of the Raiders,
And she likes to talk,
She's stubborn, and grew up independent enough that some authority bothers her, But she doesn't fight back,
I love Tahiri.
The friendship between the two is obviously that of the Force, Tahiri understands some of Anakin's deepest concerns of his namesake, and she quickly warms up to his quiet demeanor, He in turn does not complain much when Tahiri's talking interrupts his thoughts,
That they plan on sneaking out on the THIRD day is crazy, But thinking of the way children are, . . it makes sense. I'm glad Tahri brings up the possibility of evil and is hesitant about fully trusting the voice Anakin hears and their shared dream,
Their excursion leads them under the Palace of the Woolamander to a crystal globe of golden glitter, and a death omen surrounding it should any adult learn of its existence.
Along with the globe is a strange creature that follows the children out,
Ikrit!
Again, I love the story and I think Richardson understands children, but oversimplifies some of the 'verse to make it sound just wrong.
very short Legends story I always loved the character of Anakin Solo and knowing that a nasty author killed him off later in the Star Wars books upset me awfully.
He was a truly remarkable character who should have lived on to become a great Jedi, His death destroyed the Star Wars books for me and I haven't continued with them, no wonder, since the authors have really ruined this family from what I have picked up since.
They have turned Jacen evil and all sorts of horrible story lines which just shows how awful the novels have become,
If you loved Anakin too, these novels are true gems, I loved this series as a kid, It follows Anakin Solo, Han and Leia's youngest, when he's, first starting to learn to be a Jedi at his uncle Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy.
I'd rather liked Anakin, who was quiet and preferred thinking over socialising, He meets his best friend, Tahiri, who talks his ear off, telling him her entire life story, including about her pet bantha she's from Tatooine, raised by Sand People, before informing him that they're now best friends.
They're immediately presented with a problem that only they can solve naturally and that they can't tell Luke Skywalker about for some reason.
So they have to break practically every rule Luke Skywalker has put in place in order to solve it and they worry they'll get kicked out of the Academy if and when they're caught at it.
That seemed a bit silly to me would Luke really not train his nephew because he sneaked out of the academy one time But they are kids and at least Anakin is a bit of a rulefollower, even if Tahiri isn't so much, so perhaps it can be expected that they'd overestimate the amount of trouble they'd be in.
Not one of the best Star Wars books out there, but a quick read and a fun story, especially for children, A reread from my childhood, It's a solid little adventure novel which was my introduction into the Star Wars EU, Probably the best way for young readers to be introduced into the EU, Anakin Solo is now eleven and headed for the Jedi Academy! The Force is very strong with him he can feel it, And his uncle Luke thinks it is time for him to start his training, . .
At the tender age of, I didn't have nearly enough Star Wars in my life, So I figured, hey, I like books, I like Star Wars, let's do this, Following the journey of these young Jedi students was life changing, especially at such a young age, As the years went on, we followed the students into adulthood, into war, chaos, love, betrayal, and even death, But I never forgot my first encounter with these characters: This book, This book started it all for me, Is it corny Yes. It's a kids book. But these characters, these friends, stayed with me for years, Still do. It was a short fun story about Anakin Solo, The first in a series of six starring Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila about their time as new Jedi Padawans at Luke's Praxeum, it's a fun introductory to characters that go on to have much importance
down the line.
The writing is a little amateurish even for its target audience just because it's a story for younger readers doesn't mean it has to be watered down to such a degree, people often underestimate their comprehension abilities.
Nevertheless, there's an interesting theme of Anakin Solo dealing with carrying the name of Anakin Skywalker and is a fun little character exploration,
Four out of ten sparkly Sith globes, Fun to reread this as an adult, Its crazy that I still remember some of it, Hoping to pick up the rest of the series one day I LOVED these books when I was young, To this day, Ikrit is one of my topfavorite Jedi Masters, I liked these books, but I got bored part way through, And when a book is this small, it's kind of a big deal! I also read these as a kid and recent returned to them, but I only ready two of this series.
I will most likely return to them to finish the series, The story is okay, but poorly written, The repetition of exposition in combination with a simplistic plot leaves me underwhelmed, I know it's for relatively young children, but I'm pretty sure most of the other Star Wars books targeted at this age are better.
only because after what just happened to Tahiri in Fate of the Jedi, I NEED happy, innocent baby Tahiri,
Well, Jude Watsons a much better writer, The writing in this book was very simplistic, even for a childrens book, and it seemed like Nancy Richardson wrote it with the assumption that her readers wouldnt be super familiar with the Original Trilogy, Jedi, or the Force.
Dont know why youd be reading it if you werent, but whatever,
Anyway, I read it because I wanted to see Tahiri before Anakin died and Jacen ruined her life, and I wanted to actually get to know Anakin Solo in the flesh, so for that its good.
And I want to wrap my babies in bubblewrap and protect them from everything thats coming, Because apparently if youre a part of the Skywalker clan or associated with them, youre not allowed to be happy,
Oh, and Im sad these and Young Jedi Knights were written before Hand of Thrawn because that means I probably wont be seeing any of Aunt Mara.
But I like the Solo kids well, not Jacen and Tahiri, Even if their lives later on break my heart, Ah, the old expanded universe, Not great, but miles better than what has been done to the franchise by Disney, I love Anakin, Jaina and Jacen so much, Anything with them in it gets a high rating from me, The fact that they have been erased from existence or so says Disney, To which I say 'screw you' is so disappointing, It has its faults, but the overall arc from these stories over the years is truly something special,
This is just a short fun book, If I ever have children some day, there is no doubt I will be reading them the expanded universe stories, They will know of Anakin and Tahiri, I love Tahiti and Anakin Solo, I reread NJO book Conquest, I wanted to go back to a time where the characters personalities were being explored, Also, I wanted to put a little bit more rereading these books before Star by Star, I broadly consider the Legends young reader series to be better than the canon ones, so I was excited to start this one, It's nothing special, but it's still fun, I think it's adorable that Tahiri is characterized by being a chatterbox and that Anakin befriends her anyway and is always willing to listen.
This a great book earmarked for ages, My sevenyearold just finished the Potter series so I'm thinking she's past this, but my fiveyearold isn't ready for this, Just a light, quick read with all the usual goofy quirks of a kids book i, e. silly coincidences, luckilytimed events, and farfetched permissions for the child characters, I won't punish any books this series with a low rating because let's face it I'm, and not seven, Frankly, I think a seven year old would love these books as the adventures move along quickly, Much, much better than the Galaxy of Fear children's series,
I'll read the series because it won't take long and perhaps some of the characters will appear in the regular novels,
I read this a really long time ago, A LONG time ago. Really. And for some reason I formed an association between this book and "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles, I can't imagine why, but now I think of the book every time I hear the song and vice versa, The first in the Junior Jedi Knights series, The Golden Globe features allnew adventures for Anakin Solo and his new friend Tahiri, a Forcesensitive girl from Tatooine.
In this first junior novel, Nan Fischer begins a mystery for younger fans of Star Wars to dig into and begin their journey into the broader fiction of the franchise's extended universe.
As far as youth novels are concerned, The Golden Globe doesn't really manage to accomplish very much, The one prominent theme in the book is a question of lineage and destiny versus choice and individual action, and while the book plays at these themes through Anakin Solo, it doesn't offer much by way of plot to keep a narrative hook moving forward.
The The Golden Globe's central mystery, which has to do with a series of precognitive dreams Tahiri and Anakin have together, is not settled by the conclusion of this thin volume, and even the story's other questions aren't resolved until the final three pages of the book.
The story itself feels less like a fullycontained adventure and more like an hour of aggressive throatclearing before it can effectively set the stage.
I don't think it's fair to judge a book by the merits of a general audience novel when the primary audience is children in middle grades, but I do find this book to be structurally imbalanced and deeply repetitive in spite of being fairly short.
Its main premisethe plot driving the story forwardfeels too anemic here, with not nearly enough action to get the story moving forward, The creative hook to sell the series doesn't come until the last chapter, which just feels way too late,
If I weren't reading all Star Wars in order of publication, I likely wouldn't even bother to track down the rest of this series, but I do hope that future volumes provide a more fleshed out adventure than this first story.
As a preamble to a larger series, it might serve its purpose, but as a standalone adventure, it fails to capture much imagination, I don't know what to say about this book, besides the fact that it's short and cute, It is a book. It's a book set in the Star Wars universe, featuring Leia and Han's youngest son Anakin and his new bff Tahiri, Who are the greatest team, high five,
Four, I first ready this bookyears ago, Reading it again today, I was filled with the same sense of wonder that I had when I was a kid, It's not super complex or a great work of literature by any means, but it's a nice little story that I really enjoyed, I loved little Tahiri and Anakin, but the story was predictable and the writing less than average, Even for a juvenile book, this novel feels very basic, Richardson repeats a lot of details, like she's not sure the readers will understand them unless they're beaten into the brain, and there's almost no story here.
She's setting the stage for this sixbook series, sure, but so little happens here that it's hard to stay engaged, Plus, what EU details there are were already covered in previous books, so there's a lot of rehashed histories for anyone who's reading the books in order.
Speaking of that, I've been reading these books in chronological order instead of publication order, which has sometimes proven to be the wrong choice.
That's the case here, since Tahiri, Anakin's friend who joins him for this adventure, is a prominent character in the New Jedi Order series, which is a bit later in the chronology.
I think I'd understand her better had I read that series first here, she just seems to be defined by her overpowering personality,
I think this book would be fine for young readers, but there are better series in the EU for this target audience.
I suppose the writers can't all be as good as Jude Watson, though, .
Good light read. This made me cry especially since i read this AFTER njo Here's the thing: This is a,star book. I love the premise and the overall story, I especially love the fact that Anakin Solo was set up with a friend his age, I don't blame Leia at all of wishing Anakin had a twin so he wouldn't be alone,
But Richardson just does not show full understanding of the Star Wars 'verse, From the beginning, she has Luke saying "young children and aliens, "
Um. Aliens can't be young children
Also, I'd have expected Anakin to understand Rat least a little bit, as well as know SOME of the history of Yavin.
I can't believe he and his parents have never been there to visit his siblings,
Anyway
Anakin meets Tahiri, a girl about one year younger than him, She was orphaned at the age of four and was adopted by the Sand People, She hates shoes, sand, and the wrappings typical of the Raiders,
And she likes to talk,
She's stubborn, and grew up independent enough that some authority bothers her, But she doesn't fight back,
I love Tahiri.
The friendship between the two is obviously that of the Force, Tahiri understands some of Anakin's deepest concerns of his namesake, and she quickly warms up to his quiet demeanor, He in turn does not complain much when Tahiri's talking interrupts his thoughts,
That they plan on sneaking out on the THIRD day is crazy, But thinking of the way children are, . . it makes sense. I'm glad Tahri brings up the possibility of evil and is hesitant about fully trusting the voice Anakin hears and their shared dream,
Their excursion leads them under the Palace of the Woolamander to a crystal globe of golden glitter, and a death omen surrounding it should any adult learn of its existence.
Along with the globe is a strange creature that follows the children out,
Ikrit!
Again, I love the story and I think Richardson understands children, but oversimplifies some of the 'verse to make it sound just wrong.
very short Legends story I always loved the character of Anakin Solo and knowing that a nasty author killed him off later in the Star Wars books upset me awfully.
He was a truly remarkable character who should have lived on to become a great Jedi, His death destroyed the Star Wars books for me and I haven't continued with them, no wonder, since the authors have really ruined this family from what I have picked up since.
They have turned Jacen evil and all sorts of horrible story lines which just shows how awful the novels have become,
If you loved Anakin too, these novels are true gems, I loved this series as a kid, It follows Anakin Solo, Han and Leia's youngest, when he's, first starting to learn to be a Jedi at his uncle Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy.
I'd rather liked Anakin, who was quiet and preferred thinking over socialising, He meets his best friend, Tahiri, who talks his ear off, telling him her entire life story, including about her pet bantha she's from Tatooine, raised by Sand People, before informing him that they're now best friends.
They're immediately presented with a problem that only they can solve naturally and that they can't tell Luke Skywalker about for some reason.
So they have to break practically every rule Luke Skywalker has put in place in order to solve it and they worry they'll get kicked out of the Academy if and when they're caught at it.
That seemed a bit silly to me would Luke really not train his nephew because he sneaked out of the academy one time But they are kids and at least Anakin is a bit of a rulefollower, even if Tahiri isn't so much, so perhaps it can be expected that they'd overestimate the amount of trouble they'd be in.
Not one of the best Star Wars books out there, but a quick read and a fun story, especially for children, A reread from my childhood, It's a solid little adventure novel which was my introduction into the Star Wars EU, Probably the best way for young readers to be introduced into the EU, Anakin Solo is now eleven and headed for the Jedi Academy! The Force is very strong with him he can feel it, And his uncle Luke thinks it is time for him to start his training, . .
On his first day at the Jedi Academy, Anakin makes a new friend named Tahiri, The Force is with her too, Soon they find out that together they can accomplish feats that suprise even their teachers!
But the teachers don't know what else Anakin and Tahiri do together.
Every night, they both have the same dream of going down the river by the academy on a raft, In the dream, they are drawn by the Force, . . but for all they know, it could be the dark side!
There is only one way to find out for sure.
They have to go down the river all by themselves for real!
At the tender age of, I didn't have nearly enough Star Wars in my life, So I figured, hey, I like books, I like Star Wars, let's do this, Following the journey of these young Jedi students was life changing, especially at such a young age, As the years went on, we followed the students into adulthood, into war, chaos, love, betrayal, and even death, But I never forgot my first encounter with these characters: This book, This book started it all for me, Is it corny Yes. It's a kids book. But these characters, these friends, stayed with me for years, Still do. It was a short fun story about Anakin Solo, The first in a series of six starring Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila about their time as new Jedi Padawans at Luke's Praxeum, it's a fun introductory to characters that go on to have much importance
down the line.
The writing is a little amateurish even for its target audience just because it's a story for younger readers doesn't mean it has to be watered down to such a degree, people often underestimate their comprehension abilities.
Nevertheless, there's an interesting theme of Anakin Solo dealing with carrying the name of Anakin Skywalker and is a fun little character exploration,
Four out of ten sparkly Sith globes, Fun to reread this as an adult, Its crazy that I still remember some of it, Hoping to pick up the rest of the series one day I LOVED these books when I was young, To this day, Ikrit is one of my topfavorite Jedi Masters, I liked these books, but I got bored part way through, And when a book is this small, it's kind of a big deal! I also read these as a kid and recent returned to them, but I only ready two of this series.
I will most likely return to them to finish the series, The story is okay, but poorly written, The repetition of exposition in combination with a simplistic plot leaves me underwhelmed, I know it's for relatively young children, but I'm pretty sure most of the other Star Wars books targeted at this age are better.
only because after what just happened to Tahiri in Fate of the Jedi, I NEED happy, innocent baby Tahiri,
Well, Jude Watsons a much better writer, The writing in this book was very simplistic, even for a childrens book, and it seemed like Nancy Richardson wrote it with the assumption that her readers wouldnt be super familiar with the Original Trilogy, Jedi, or the Force.
Dont know why youd be reading it if you werent, but whatever,
Anyway, I read it because I wanted to see Tahiri before Anakin died and Jacen ruined her life, and I wanted to actually get to know Anakin Solo in the flesh, so for that its good.
And I want to wrap my babies in bubblewrap and protect them from everything thats coming, Because apparently if youre a part of the Skywalker clan or associated with them, youre not allowed to be happy,
Oh, and Im sad these and Young Jedi Knights were written before Hand of Thrawn because that means I probably wont be seeing any of Aunt Mara.
But I like the Solo kids well, not Jacen and Tahiri, Even if their lives later on break my heart, Ah, the old expanded universe, Not great, but miles better than what has been done to the franchise by Disney, I love Anakin, Jaina and Jacen so much, Anything with them in it gets a high rating from me, The fact that they have been erased from existence or so says Disney, To which I say 'screw you' is so disappointing, It has its faults, but the overall arc from these stories over the years is truly something special,
This is just a short fun book, If I ever have children some day, there is no doubt I will be reading them the expanded universe stories, They will know of Anakin and Tahiri, I love Tahiti and Anakin Solo, I reread NJO book Conquest, I wanted to go back to a time where the characters personalities were being explored, Also, I wanted to put a little bit more rereading these books before Star by Star, I broadly consider the Legends young reader series to be better than the canon ones, so I was excited to start this one, It's nothing special, but it's still fun, I think it's adorable that Tahiri is characterized by being a chatterbox and that Anakin befriends her anyway and is always willing to listen.
This a great book earmarked for ages, My sevenyearold just finished the Potter series so I'm thinking she's past this, but my fiveyearold isn't ready for this, Just a light, quick read with all the usual goofy quirks of a kids book i, e. silly coincidences, luckilytimed events, and farfetched permissions for the child characters, I won't punish any books this series with a low rating because let's face it I'm, and not seven, Frankly, I think a seven year old would love these books as the adventures move along quickly, Much, much better than the Galaxy of Fear children's series,
I'll read the series because it won't take long and perhaps some of the characters will appear in the regular novels,
I read this a really long time ago, A LONG time ago. Really. And for some reason I formed an association between this book and "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles, I can't imagine why, but now I think of the book every time I hear the song and vice versa, The first in the Junior Jedi Knights series, The Golden Globe features allnew adventures for Anakin Solo and his new friend Tahiri, a Forcesensitive girl from Tatooine.
In this first junior novel, Nan Fischer begins a mystery for younger fans of Star Wars to dig into and begin their journey into the broader fiction of the franchise's extended universe.
As far as youth novels are concerned, The Golden Globe doesn't really manage to accomplish very much, The one prominent theme in the book is a question of lineage and destiny versus choice and individual action, and while the book plays at these themes through Anakin Solo, it doesn't offer much by way of plot to keep a narrative hook moving forward.
The The Golden Globe's central mystery, which has to do with a series of precognitive dreams Tahiri and Anakin have together, is not settled by the conclusion of this thin volume, and even the story's other questions aren't resolved until the final three pages of the book.
The story itself feels less like a fullycontained adventure and more like an hour of aggressive throatclearing before it can effectively set the stage.
I don't think it's fair to judge a book by the merits of a general audience novel when the primary audience is children in middle grades, but I do find this book to be structurally imbalanced and deeply repetitive in spite of being fairly short.
Its main premisethe plot driving the story forwardfeels too anemic here, with not nearly enough action to get the story moving forward, The creative hook to sell the series doesn't come until the last chapter, which just feels way too late,
If I weren't reading all Star Wars in order of publication, I likely wouldn't even bother to track down the rest of this series, but I do hope that future volumes provide a more fleshed out adventure than this first story.
As a preamble to a larger series, it might serve its purpose, but as a standalone adventure, it fails to capture much imagination, I don't know what to say about this book, besides the fact that it's short and cute, It is a book. It's a book set in the Star Wars universe, featuring Leia and Han's youngest son Anakin and his new bff Tahiri, Who are the greatest team, high five,
Four, I first ready this bookyears ago, Reading it again today, I was filled with the same sense of wonder that I had when I was a kid, It's not super complex or a great work of literature by any means, but it's a nice little story that I really enjoyed, I loved little Tahiri and Anakin, but the story was predictable and the writing less than average, Even for a juvenile book, this novel feels very basic, Richardson repeats a lot of details, like she's not sure the readers will understand them unless they're beaten into the brain, and there's almost no story here.
She's setting the stage for this sixbook series, sure, but so little happens here that it's hard to stay engaged, Plus, what EU details there are were already covered in previous books, so there's a lot of rehashed histories for anyone who's reading the books in order.
Speaking of that, I've been reading these books in chronological order instead of publication order, which has sometimes proven to be the wrong choice.
That's the case here, since Tahiri, Anakin's friend who joins him for this adventure, is a prominent character in the New Jedi Order series, which is a bit later in the chronology.
I think I'd understand her better had I read that series first here, she just seems to be defined by her overpowering personality,
I think this book would be fine for young readers, but there are better series in the EU for this target audience.
I suppose the writers can't all be as good as Jude Watson, though, .