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Book Review By Laura
Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson

Han gets kidnapped, meets an awesome kid (Kyp Durron), and Luke establishes a Jedi Acadamy on Yavin 4.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
Training/Apprent. Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - lasers - spaceship battles - -
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can read emotions

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - unfriendly aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a fair amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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