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l0rine's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
cyris_reads's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
alywt's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
graff_fuller's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was my least favourite story of the series, so far. It just seemed like a clumsy story.
The interactions with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi were fine...it just seemed off. Not sure if the idea hadn't been fully baked, or it is just an off time for the author (which I've loved SO much, so far).
The planet was weird. The rules were weird...and the end seemed VERY abrupt. Not sure what happened...there.
I did like Siri. She was an additive.
The interactions with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi were fine...it just seemed off. Not sure if the idea hadn't been fully baked, or it is just an off time for the author (which I've loved SO much, so far).
The planet was weird. The rules were weird...and the end seemed VERY abrupt. Not sure what happened...there.
I did like Siri. She was an additive.
mcfade28's review
4.0
Always fun to return to my beloved Star Wars universe. A very easy read, involving Qui Gon, Obi Wan and 2 other Jedi visiting an isolated planet.
tyler_pierce's review
4.0
Jedi Apprentice was the first Star Wars EU series I read as a child, so it holds very special place for me. If you’re a parent looking to get your kid into not only reading, but the amazing world of the TRUE Star Wars canon, then I’d highly recommend the Jedi Apprentice. The Fight For Truth in particular would definitely rank as my favorite entry in the whole series. I don’t care what Disney says, in my mind these books, along with New Jedi Order, the Darth Bane trilogy, the Thrawn Trilogy, Legacy of the Force, and countless others, are and always will be canon.
jaredkwheeler's review
2.0
Star Wars Legends Project #49
Background: The Fight for Truth came out in August 2000. It was written by [a:Jude Watson|11912|Jude Watson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1403530689p2/11912.jpg].
The Fight for Truth begins some weeks after [b:The Day of Reckoning|320407|The Day of Reckoning (Star Wars Jedi Apprentice, #8)|Jude Watson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1374774312s/320407.jpg|311160] (my review), 44 years before the Battle of Yavin and 12 years before The Phantom Menace. The book features Jedi Knight Adi Gallia, who appears as a member of the Jedi Council in The Phantom Menace, and her new apprentice Siri Tachi, who first appeared in The Captive Temple (my review), and who will play a major role as a Jedi Knight in later series.
Summary: When the Jedi hear from the isolationist planet Kegan that a Force-sensitive child may have been born there, they dispatch Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan along with another master/apprentice team to investigate and explore the possibility of opening diplomatic relations. Worried that the second team is there to report on them, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan soon have bigger problems when the baby they were sent to find disappears and the two apprentices are mistaken for students truant from Kegan's repressive indoctrination school.
Review: After the epic multi-book plot arc of the last several entries in the series, there is very little of this story that doesn't feel like bland filler. It falls back on the device of yet another planet inhabited by transplants from a cliche dystopian novel, but without enough development to make the planet or its inhabitants remotely interesting in its own right. It's hard to care whether the Jedi overthrow this authoritarian regime or not, particularly when they don't seem to care, either.
There's some very Star Trek Prime Directive mess going on here that almost makes sense (considering that the Jedi are on a diplomatic mission, and no one seems interested, at first, in overthrowing the obviously abusive regime), but the trade-off is that there is never even the slightest sense of danger. The Keganites are so backward that they don't even recognize lightsabers, so Obi-Wan and Siri get to keep theirs, even as "prisoners" . . . So they're basically just biding their time until they feel like escaping, which doesn't exactly produce any tension.
There is a nice confluence of themes with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon learning to work in cooperation with partners who are very different from them, while dealing with a planetary government that tries to erase all differences and pretend that everyone is the same. It's not very subtle, but that's okay. Of course, the demands of the plot make Siri and Adi Gallia kind of annoying as characters. Siri is stubborn and immature, unable to see when it's wiser to keep her mouth shut. Adi Gallia really cramps Qui-Gon's style of disregarding the Council's orders and adapting to the demands of the mission on the fly. However, there's also a nice moment of affirmation late in the story when Qui-Gon finds out why the other Jedi are really there.
The most interesting part of the book was likely somewhat less apparent (though still well-known) when it was first published in 2000, before the 2nd and 3rd films of the prequel trilogy were released. But the Jedi Purge is going to happen about 22 years after this story, which means Obi-Wan's future apprentice will probably murder the baby that he is on a mission to recruit to the Jedi Order. And the story hints darkly at this future, which is honestly a reminder I could just as easily have done without. But anything that relieves the blandness of the rest of this entry in the series is certainly welcome.
D+
Background: The Fight for Truth came out in August 2000. It was written by [a:Jude Watson|11912|Jude Watson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1403530689p2/11912.jpg].
The Fight for Truth begins some weeks after [b:The Day of Reckoning|320407|The Day of Reckoning (Star Wars Jedi Apprentice, #8)|Jude Watson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1374774312s/320407.jpg|311160] (my review), 44 years before the Battle of Yavin and 12 years before The Phantom Menace. The book features Jedi Knight Adi Gallia, who appears as a member of the Jedi Council in The Phantom Menace, and her new apprentice Siri Tachi, who first appeared in The Captive Temple (my review), and who will play a major role as a Jedi Knight in later series.
Summary: When the Jedi hear from the isolationist planet Kegan that a Force-sensitive child may have been born there, they dispatch Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan along with another master/apprentice team to investigate and explore the possibility of opening diplomatic relations. Worried that the second team is there to report on them, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan soon have bigger problems when the baby they were sent to find disappears and the two apprentices are mistaken for students truant from Kegan's repressive indoctrination school.
Review: After the epic multi-book plot arc of the last several entries in the series, there is very little of this story that doesn't feel like bland filler. It falls back on the device of yet another planet inhabited by transplants from a cliche dystopian novel, but without enough development to make the planet or its inhabitants remotely interesting in its own right. It's hard to care whether the Jedi overthrow this authoritarian regime or not, particularly when they don't seem to care, either.
There's some very Star Trek Prime Directive mess going on here that almost makes sense (considering that the Jedi are on a diplomatic mission, and no one seems interested, at first, in overthrowing the obviously abusive regime), but the trade-off is that there is never even the slightest sense of danger. The Keganites are so backward that they don't even recognize lightsabers, so Obi-Wan and Siri get to keep theirs, even as "prisoners" . . . So they're basically just biding their time until they feel like escaping, which doesn't exactly produce any tension.
There is a nice confluence of themes with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon learning to work in cooperation with partners who are very different from them, while dealing with a planetary government that tries to erase all differences and pretend that everyone is the same. It's not very subtle, but that's okay. Of course, the demands of the plot make Siri and Adi Gallia kind of annoying as characters. Siri is stubborn and immature, unable to see when it's wiser to keep her mouth shut. Adi Gallia really cramps Qui-Gon's style of disregarding the Council's orders and adapting to the demands of the mission on the fly. However, there's also a nice moment of affirmation late in the story when Qui-Gon finds out why the other Jedi are really there.
The most interesting part of the book was likely somewhat less apparent (though still well-known) when it was first published in 2000, before the 2nd and 3rd films of the prequel trilogy were released. But the Jedi Purge is going to happen about 22 years after this story, which means Obi-Wan's future apprentice will probably murder the baby that he is on a mission to recruit to the Jedi Order. And the story hints darkly at this future, which is honestly a reminder I could just as easily have done without. But anything that relieves the blandness of the rest of this entry in the series is certainly welcome.
D+
book_cryptid's review against another edition
4.5
omgg i loved all the foreshadowing in this one, legit got chills
hstapp's review
3.0
This book was fine, but I didn't much care for the Hints of the future at the end.