Star Wars: Children of the Jedi
Written by Barbara Hambly
Narrated by Anthony Heald
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About this audiobook
In Children of the Jedi, Barbara Hambly introduces a new character: Callista, a brave Jedi warrior of long ago who gave her life to foil one of the Empire's darkest plans, a plot to destroy a stronghold that was sanctuary for the wives and children of the Jedi knights. Suddenly, the dreadnought is rearming itself, intent on destruction. Only Luke Skywalker can feel its evil presence as well as the mysterious influence of that powerful woman who should have died decades ago.
Barbara Hambly
Barbara Hambly was born in San Diego. Her interest in fantasy began with reading The Wizard of Oz at an early age and has continued ever since. She attended the University of California, Riverside, specialising in medieval history and then spent a year at the University at Bordeaux in Southern France as a teaching and research assistant. She now lives in Los Angeles.
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Reviews for Star Wars
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've read this book twice, and I'm still not sure what it's about. I'm going to reread it eventually to figure it out, but I just can't bring myself to it.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
I enjoyed this book, although I recognize that it won't appeal to every Star Wars fan. I am very uncomfortable with the way things ended. Two deaths were basically ignored so Callista could leave the ship in a new body. All the clues are there, it's just such a horrifying idea it didn't cross my mind. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I'll be honest: I could understand what was happening about three quarters of the time, and I understood *why* most events were happening about one quarter of the time. The parts I understood I liked. But the level of detail that attempts to describe the characters' surroundings tends to obfuscate everything else--and when you don't understand what the detail being described is in the first place, it's a tough read. It took me about a hundred pages to get into this book. Once I did, I was invested enough to plow through the parts I didn't (and still don't) understand. It's rough going, though. (But I did like the ending!)
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One of my favorite Star Wars novels, this one features the original movie cast, and some new Jedi. To me it seemed like a classic Star Wars adventure novel, though at times Hambly seemed much more comfortable writing fantasy.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This is possibly the worst Star Wars novel written. While I enjoy reading the Star Wars novels even though some are fluff novels I found this story to be very difficult to get through. The story lacked the feel of a Star Wars novel and I am very hesitant to pick up another book by Hambly.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the author--and the novel--that got me into reading the Star Wars tie-ins in the first place. Hambly spins enthralling, engaging mysteries and imbues the Jedi's past with a sense of real history and gravitas. She captures, as well, the kind of carpet-bagger era of the New Empire, a period of time when a new civilization is still in uneasy birth-stages and looking for its identity. A dense, lush read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This woman's prose is downright indecipherable. And from talking with several (highly intelligent and well-read) friends, I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.I didn't hate it as much as The Crystal Star (a book that should never have been published, let alone licensed under the Star Wars name), but ugh. Almost everything about this book is circular and whiney. Thank God Callista won't stay a love interest for long.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A fine Star Wars tale, with action surrounding a hidden enclave where Jedi families raised their children and a dangerous remnant of the Empire.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've read this book twice, and I'm still not sure what it's about. I'm going to reread it eventually to figure it out, but I just can't bring myself to it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Barbara Hambly’s Star Wars: Children of the Jedi takes place some months after the events of The Jedi Academy Trilogy while also launching a trilogy of stories involving ex-Jedi Knight Callista Ming. The story alternates between events on The Eye of Palpatine – a massive automated battlemoon disguised as an asteroid that exists to wipe out any Jedi colonies after the Empire’s rise to power – and the planet Belsavis – an icy world with tropical cities located around volcanic vents where some Jedi once hid from the Empire. Luke Skywalker and See-Threepio are stuck on The Eye of Palpatine trying to outwit its automated computer, the Will, and evade various aliens that the battlemoon captured and brainwashed into thinking they are Imperial stormtroopers and officers. Fortunately, there appears to be a ghost in the machine: Callista, a former Jedi who appears to have died on a mission against The Eye of Palpatine decades prior, but whose consciousness was downloaded and now fights for control against the Will. Meanwhile, on Belsavis, Han Solo, Leia Organa-Solo, Chewbacca, and Artoo-Deetoo search for the remnants of the Jedi colony and uncover a dark secret about Palpatine’s brainwashed minions in caves beneath the settlement.Callista’s insight into the Force offers a fun moment when she says, “It’s something even the Masters don’t reveal about the inner nature of the secret heart of the universe… The deepest and darkest secret of all that the Force lets you see… The universe has a sense of humor.” To which Luke replies, “I’ll have to be a lot higher-level Jedi than I am before I even want to think about that” (pgs. 191-192). Hambly also included a fun metatextual reference, with the planet “Neelgaimon” referencing the author Neil Gaiman (pg. 158). Hambly later contributed to The Sandman: Book of Dreams, based on Gaiman’s Lord of the Dreaming. Kevin J. Anderson’s Darksaber and Hambly’s Planet of Twilight continue the story following the events of Children of the Jedi. Overall, this is an enjoyable entry in the Bantam Spectra era of Star Wars novels that preceded the Prequel Trilogy. It’s not the strongest, but it’s fun and works well both as a standalone story and the first part of a three-part story.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I don't remember much about this book, but I think it's the one where Han and Leia's children are kidnapped and at one point, consumed by a Force-wielding slug thing.
ETA: ok, so apparently this is not the book with the magic space slug. Instead, it is the story of Luke's attempt to destroy the Empire's superweapon "Eye of Palpatine". His only ally on the ghost ship is another ghost, that of a long-dead Jedi named Callista. I kinda liked her, but the romance was a bit soppy. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've read this book twice, and I'm still not sure what it's about. I'm going to reread it eventually to figure it out, but I just can't bring myself to it.