Children of the Jedi
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| Author | Barbara Hambly |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Era | New Republic |
| Series | Callista Trilogy |
| Galactic Year | 12 ABY |
| Canon | C |
| Subject(s) | Star Wars |
| Genre(s) | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Bantam Spectra |
| Released | Hardcover: 1 May 1995 Paperback: 1 July 1996 |
| Media Type | Hardcover & Paperback |
| Pages | Hardcover: 345 Paperback: 409 |
| Size and Weight | Hardcover: 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches 1.3 pounds Paperback: 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches 7.5 ounces |
| ISBN | Hardcover: ISBN 0-553-08930-7 Paperback: ISBN 0-553-57293-8 |
| Preceded by | Champions of the Force |
| Followed by | Darksaber |
Children of the Jedi is a 1995 bestselling fictional Star Wars novel written by Barbara Hambly. The novel is set several months after the Jedi Academy Trilogy in the Star Wars Expanded Universe timeline. Moreover, it serves as book one in a three book cycle involving Callista, an ex-Jedi Knight. The next book in the cycle is Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson. Hambley also wrote the final novel in the cycle, Planet of Twilight.
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Background
During the peak of the Galactic Empire's power, an automated Dreadnaught, the Eye of Palpatine, was sent on a mission to destroy a stronghold of Jedi children. This plot was halted by Callista, a Jedi. Consequentially, Callista was forced to sacrifice herself and insert her life force into the Eye of Palpatine's system.
[edit] Summary
Han Solo and Princess Leia learn of the now-abandoned Jedi stronghold on the planet of Belsavis from Drub McKumb and travel there, only to discover a chilling conspiracy involving a Force-adept, members of the Ancient Houses and the Emperor's Hand. Meanwhile Luke Skywalker, C3PO, two Jedi students (Nichos and Cray), and a myriad selection of alien life-forms are abducted aboard the sinister Eye of Palpatine, impossibly reactivated after thirty years. Fighting the effects of massive indoctrination, injury, and the cold manipulation by the ship's artificial intelligence and its horrific security measures, Luke discovers the Eye is bound for the destruction of Belsavis. Racing against time and exhaustion he struggles to rescue his companions, find a way to transport all the ship's prisoners back to their home-worlds, and find a way to destroy the super-weapon. He makes an unexpected ally in the form of Callista, the brave Jedi who sacrificed her life to stop the ship thirty years before, and now exists as a fading spirit in the gunnery computers. Tenderness grows between them, but time is running out, and the destruction of the Eye will mean the final loss of Callista forever.
Beyond all hope, Callista is revived as a human when Cray chooses to die and be reunited with her dead lover and offers her body to the former Jedi. But everything has to be paid for, as Luke and Callista discover. Their love and trials continue in Darksaber and The Planet of Twilight.
[edit] Reception
As with all of Bantam Spectra's Star Wars releases from the mid-1990s, Children of the Jedi is a bestseller.
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Blindreaders: Star Wars. URL accessed on January 4, 2006.
[edit] References
- Children of the Jedi, 1st edition paperback, 1995. Barbara Hambly. ISBN 0-553-57293-8
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Callista Trilogy Children of the Jedi | Darksaber | Planet of Twilight |
