Today I’m reviewing the first of the special edition novels and prefacing this with an explanation. Unlike the regular novels in the Jedi Apprentice/Jedi Quest series, special editions are multi-generational. While they jump from one master-padawan generation to another, there is continuity in theme and characters. Because of the multi-generational approach they’re a little hard [...]

Determined to bring Xanatos to the reckoning he deserves, Qui Gon and Obi-Wan have travelled to Telos, the home planet of Xanatos, to find him. As they soon discover, finding him isn’t the problem. Xanatos is all too visible in the public eye and greatly admired. Xanatos is hand-in-glove with the Telosian government, and it [...]

Part 3 of this arc opens with Qui Gon and Obi-Wan returning to the Temple and so disturbed is it that Obi-Wan can sense the turmoil before he sets foot inside. That turmoil will soon be reflected within Obi-Wan himself when he faces the Council, for his fate as Jedi is left in limbo when [...]

In this second part of a four-book arc, The Uncertain Path opens with the victory of the Young on Melida/Daan. The Young have forged an alliance with the Middle Generation, ended the war and established a new government. Elected to The Young ruling Council, Obi-Wan is central to the new order. Not in all his [...]

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The Defenders of the Dead; Jude Watson

Melida/Daan, one planet in the midst of a never-ending civil war has already claimed one Jedi knight on a mission to broker a peace between its warring factions. Sent by the Council to rescue the Jedi knight Tahl, Qui Gon and Obi-Wan are immediately thrust into the conflict when [...]

Temporarily diverted from their original mission by the troubles on Phindar, Qui Gon and Obi-Wan have finally arrived on the planet, Gala, to oversee the elections that will transition the monarchy to a democratic government. In light of the corruption that has plagued the Tallah monarchy via the council of ministers and governors, Queen Veda [...]

The Dark Rival by Jude Watson

On the desolate mining world of Bandomeer twelve year old Obi-Wan Kenobi is trying to set aside his deepest desire and bend his own will to the will of the Jedi Council. Having been rejected as a padawan by Qui Gon Jin, he is attempting to follow his destiny and [...]

The Rising Force by Dave Wolverton
Thirteen years before he achieves his knighthood in a memorable and dramatic moment, Obi-Wan Kenobi is in danger of not becoming a Jedi knight at all. He’s on the brink of being sent to the Agricorp and has one last chance to prove himself worthy of becoming someone’s padawan before [...]