Michael A. Stackpole
Audiobook | Pages: 464 pages Rating: 3.99 | 11337 Users | 285 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Star Wars: I, Jedi |
| ISBN: | 0553506021 (ISBN13: 9780553506020) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Star Wars Legends Universe, Star Wars Legends |
| Characters: | Luke Skywalker, Corran Horn |
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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.
Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
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| Title | : | I, Jedi (Star Wars Legends Universe) |
| Author | : | Michael A. Stackpole |
| Book Format | : | Audiobook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 464 pages |
| Published | : | (first published May 1st 1998) |
| Categories | : | Media Tie In. Star Wars. Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Space. Space Opera. Science Fiction Fantasy. War |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 11337 Users | 285 ReviewsNotice About Books I, Jedi (Star Wars Legends Universe)
I, Jedi is another book I read when I was younger, and apparently didn't understand or remember very much of it. It's a pretty good story set in the expansive Star Wars universe, and I enjoyed my read.It does have some flaws. While Stackpole's writing is leaps and bounds better than his writing in the X-Wing series, some of it is still wooden, stilted, or just plain unrealistic. The voice at the beginning is excellent--you get a clear idea of Corran's character. Unfortunately, that unique voiceInteresting book about a completely new character and his struggles to become a Jedi.
This book is genuinely baffling to me because I find myself enjoying it despite the fact that the story is kind of a mess. By all rights this should have been a complete fail for me but I made my way through a fairly hefty (for a Star Wars installment) novel pretty readily. To start, I'm not a huge fan of first person narratives and I think that mode is a bad idea for Star Wars. I think one aspect of the universe that works well is being able to jump across the landscape of the story and see
I, Jedi is a strange beast. It's long, twice as long as it should be, since it includes two full story arcs. The baffling part is that the first arc is a bizarre retelling of the events of KJA's Jedi Academy Trilogy, told from the perspective of a character who didn't appear at all in the original story. I can't honestly fathom what made the editors, or even the author, think that overlap was a good idea. Corran is a mega-hero Gary Stu on par with Luke, and so in this telling, he is responsible
Nearly fourteen years ago, I picked this book up from a garage sale and read it soon after; it was my introduction to the Star Wars Expanded Universe.However, back then, I was in high school, and a big fan of some entertainment entities that I now cringe when anyone mentions them.So, as an adult, was this as good as I remembered?In a word...no. The story doesn't work very well, and I didn't care for Corran's narration style. I found myself rather bored, which is not a good feeling, especially in
Okay, so yes, I'm in love with Corran Horn. (My husband doesn't mind because even if Corran really existed, he knows Mirax would kick my butt if I made a move on him.)I also am a fan of this book because it summarizes the events of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (groan) and puts them in a better and more sensible light (hooray!) (The only good thing about the JAT, in my opinion, was "The Little Lost Bantha Cub"-- which rocks.)Not the best thing to read just entering the SWEU, maybe-- read the original
WHY DOES SW_MEME HATE I, JEDI?BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT STACKPOLE'S SELF-INSERT THAT KNOWS SOOOOOO MUCH MOAR THAN EVERYONE ELSE AND KNOWS SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT EVERYTHING AND IS COMPLETELY FUCKING OBNOXIOUS. I APPROVE OF STACKPOLE TRYING TO FIX SOME OF THE MOAR RIDICULOUS SHIT, AND HE HAS THE PROPER VIEW OF THINGS LIKE KYP, BUT OVERALL THE BOOK IS A WANNABE PRETENTIOUS PIECE OF CRAP AND NECKBEARDS FUCKING LOVED IT.IMAGINE THE SMUGGEST FIX-IT FIC YOU COULD. IMAGINE WRITING IN YOUR MARY SUE SMUGLY TELLING
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