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cyris_reads's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
thebearnest's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
jaredkwheeler's review
1.0
Star Wars Legends Project #316
Background: The Lost City of the Jedi was written by [a:Paul Davids|20276453|Paul Davids|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and [a:Hollace Davids|30365|Hollace Davids|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and published in June 1992. It is the second book in the Jedi Prince series. The Davids wrote the whole series.
The Lost City of the Jedi picks up just after The Glove of Darth Vader (my review), a year after the Battle of Endor (5 years after the battle of Yavin). The main characters are Luke, Leia, Han, Artoo, Threepio, and Chewie, along with the evil Trioculus and Ken, the titular Jedi Prince. Most of the story takes place on Yavin IV.
Summary: Trioculus has claimed the legendary indestructible glove of Darth Vader, and sealed his position as the new leader of the Galactic Empire. His triumph should be complete, but a troubling prediction by the Prophets of the Dark Side suggests that their may be one person in the galaxy capable of stopping him, a boy living in the Lost City of the Jedi. Meanwhile, Luke has a vision from Obi-Wan directing him, too, to find the Lost City. Much hangs in the balance, and the one who gets their first may well decide the fate of the galaxy.
Review: The horror continues in volume 2 of this series that is, apparently, not a joke. Oh, how I wish it were, but it's real, so I'm stuck reading it for this project. Here we are finally introduced to Ken, the Jedi Prince from which the series takes its (admittedly unofficial) name. It's not a good name for a Jedi Prince, but that's fine. The bigger question is, what IS a Jedi Prince? Like, what does that even mean? Well, hopefully you don't really want to know, because that isn't explained at any point. He's a kid who lives deep in the Lost City of the Jedi which, conveniently, is on Yavin IV, and he's being raised by droids.
What's particularly unclear, even in this pre-prequel era of Star Wars where so many gaps remained in the early timeline, is how the long-extinct Jedi have produced a prince who is only 12 years old, or how their "lost" city is gathering up-to-the-minute information on everything going on everywhere in the galaxy. You'd think the value of such a place would be in arcane knowledge that died when the Jedi Order died, but no . . . it's current intelligence, which is just a ludicrous writing choice. (The Davids exclusively make ludicrous writing choices when their writing appears to be the result of any deliberate choice at all.)
Even the little things grate in this, like when Luke appears in his "Y-Wing starfighter spaceship." Why and since when is Luke in a Y-Wing instead of an X-Wing? (Do the Davids know there's a difference . . .?) But also, is there such a thing as a starfighter that isn't a spaceship. It's such a boneheaded, clunky redundancy. Later, we get introduced to a promising new villain: "Grand Moff Dunhausen, Hissa's most-trusted commander, came hurrying over, his earrings jangling and shaking." Hm. That's kind of unique . . . an Imperial officer who wears earrings. It's definitely distinctive. "Dunhausen always wore earrings shaped like little laserblasters." Oh my god.
Quick shoutout here, as well, to the Davids for having used the name Snoke in Star Wars first. He's a pilot who, according to the Jedi library, made some trip faster than Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon did. Because yes, the JEDI LIBRARY keeps track of these sorts of things. Anyway, having saved thewhales whaladons in the previous book, Captain Planet and the Planeteers Luke Skywalker and the Alliance must now save the rainforests from wanton destruction. Again, I don't have a problem with this, it's just . . . why is it here? I can't believe there are 4 more of these.
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Background: The Lost City of the Jedi was written by [a:Paul Davids|20276453|Paul Davids|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and [a:Hollace Davids|30365|Hollace Davids|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and published in June 1992. It is the second book in the Jedi Prince series. The Davids wrote the whole series.
The Lost City of the Jedi picks up just after The Glove of Darth Vader (my review), a year after the Battle of Endor (5 years after the battle of Yavin). The main characters are Luke, Leia, Han, Artoo, Threepio, and Chewie, along with the evil Trioculus and Ken, the titular Jedi Prince. Most of the story takes place on Yavin IV.
Summary: Trioculus has claimed the legendary indestructible glove of Darth Vader, and sealed his position as the new leader of the Galactic Empire. His triumph should be complete, but a troubling prediction by the Prophets of the Dark Side suggests that their may be one person in the galaxy capable of stopping him, a boy living in the Lost City of the Jedi. Meanwhile, Luke has a vision from Obi-Wan directing him, too, to find the Lost City. Much hangs in the balance, and the one who gets their first may well decide the fate of the galaxy.
Review: The horror continues in volume 2 of this series that is, apparently, not a joke. Oh, how I wish it were, but it's real, so I'm stuck reading it for this project. Here we are finally introduced to Ken, the Jedi Prince from which the series takes its (admittedly unofficial) name. It's not a good name for a Jedi Prince, but that's fine. The bigger question is, what IS a Jedi Prince? Like, what does that even mean? Well, hopefully you don't really want to know, because that isn't explained at any point. He's a kid who lives deep in the Lost City of the Jedi which, conveniently, is on Yavin IV, and he's being raised by droids.
What's particularly unclear, even in this pre-prequel era of Star Wars where so many gaps remained in the early timeline, is how the long-extinct Jedi have produced a prince who is only 12 years old, or how their "lost" city is gathering up-to-the-minute information on everything going on everywhere in the galaxy. You'd think the value of such a place would be in arcane knowledge that died when the Jedi Order died, but no . . . it's current intelligence, which is just a ludicrous writing choice. (The Davids exclusively make ludicrous writing choices when their writing appears to be the result of any deliberate choice at all.)
Even the little things grate in this, like when Luke appears in his "Y-Wing starfighter spaceship." Why and since when is Luke in a Y-Wing instead of an X-Wing? (Do the Davids know there's a difference . . .?) But also, is there such a thing as a starfighter that isn't a spaceship. It's such a boneheaded, clunky redundancy. Later, we get introduced to a promising new villain: "Grand Moff Dunhausen, Hissa's most-trusted commander, came hurrying over, his earrings jangling and shaking." Hm. That's kind of unique . . . an Imperial officer who wears earrings. It's definitely distinctive. "Dunhausen always wore earrings shaped like little laserblasters." Oh my god.
Quick shoutout here, as well, to the Davids for having used the name Snoke in Star Wars first. He's a pilot who, according to the Jedi library, made some trip faster than Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon did. Because yes, the JEDI LIBRARY keeps track of these sorts of things. Anyway, having saved the
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shane_tiernan's review
1.0
Forgot to add this to my currently reading list. Another moronic Star Wars novella. I swear the authors made absolutely no effort to make the book shine. So many missed opportunities. Then there's the rhyming alien and the guy with the little laser blaster earings. Just really, really bad. I would suggest this if your under 11 but then again there's good stuff you could be reading at that age. Luckily there's only one more of these in the series. My 10 year-old is loving it so I can't stop without finishing.
rayn0n's review
4.0
Beautifully hokey, the little things like Grand Moff Dunhausen's jangly earrings and a super secret passcode that is the SW universe's equivalent of setting your banking password to passw0rd is what really makes it for me. Reminds me of sitting in the corner of the little portable library in elementary school during recess. Reminds me of simpler times.
jediprincess's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
A silly little children’s book, fun to read! I can see kids enjoying this despite being a bit silly for Star Wars!
verkisto's review
1.0
So, there's another three-eyed character in this series and his name is ...
... wait for it ...
... TRICLOPS.
-_-
... wait for it ...
... TRICLOPS.
-_-
octavia_cade's review
1.0
This is certainly better than the first volume of the series, which was dire in every respect. It's still not great, however - though I'd raise the rating to two stars if it weren't for the truly terrible poetry that the authors, against all talent and cringe-factor, insist on having one of their characters speak in. (It doesn't even scan, did they not bother to read it aloud?!) Also, I can't say I'm thrilled about the idea of a hidden Jedi prince, in the form of a 12 year old boy called Ken. Prince Ken? Not gonna lie, I kind of snorted at that. I get that this is tie-in for kids, and so they wanted to strongly feature a child character. I get, too, that having him whinge about homework probably makes Ken sympathetic to the target audience, but... it all seems so simplistic, really.* There's a lot of excellent fiction for kids out there that isn't quite so basic, but I suppose as a demographic they want their popcorn reads too.
*And that's not even getting into the secret password Luke has to remember to use in the Lost City, a code which is the Jedi equivalent of "password1."
*And that's not even getting into the secret password Luke has to remember to use in the Lost City, a code which is the Jedi equivalent of "password1."
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