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Marc Thompson
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In the year before The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the entire Jedi Council confront a galaxy on the brink of change.
The Jedi have always traveled the stars, defending peace and justice across the galaxy. But, the galaxy is changing, and along with it, the Jedi Order. More and more, the Order finds itself focused on the future of the Republic, secluded on Coruscant, where the twelve members of the Jedi Council weigh crises on a galactic scale.
As yet another Jedi Outpost leftover from the Republic’s golden age is set to be decommissioned on the planet Kwenn, Qui-Gon Jinn challenges the Council about the increasing isolation of the Order. Mace Windu suggests a bold response: all twelve Jedi Masters will embark on a goodwill mission to help the planet, and remind the people of the galaxy that the Jedi remain as stalwart and present as they have been across the ages.
But the arrival of the Jedi leadership is not seen by all as a cause for celebration. Warring pirate factions have infested the sector in the increasing absence of the Jedi. To maintain their dominance, the pirates unite, intent on assassinating the Council. And they are willing to destroy countless innocent lives to secure their power.
Cut off from Coruscant, the Jedi Masters must reckon with an unwelcome truth: that while no one thinks more about the future than the Jedi Council, nobody needs their help more than those living in the present.
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- Andy Bartle
- 21-12-24
I really wanted to enjoy this one more but ultimately it left me feeling a little hollow.
Sorry, Masters, but I must write as the Force bids me.
It's probably just down to being a too-crowded narrative with JJM working hard to give all 12 Council Members something narratively significant to do, plus tagalongs Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, plus the various villains and factions, plus local yokels on the planet Kwenn for the highfalutin' Jedi to interact with... heck, even an adolescent General Veers makes a cameo!
Marc Thompson's narration is excellent as always and helped make it a bit more enjoyable.
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- SPNR
- 29-08-24
great story
loved the view of all the masters from the episode 1 council. fun story.
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- Matthew H
- 18-10-24
Mark Thompson is phenomenal
MT makes these books soooo much better. He’s the go to.
The story was good fun. Quite enjoyed it. Nice little episode pre TPM. I would recommend it. Not ground breaking good but it’s good. 3 stars
Better than some of the THR stuff they’re bringing out
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- Michiel Reijnders
- 12-04-24
expected more... something else
so i also was excited to start with this story, and i am sad to admit that about half way i realized that is wasn't going to be what i hoped for. it is an interesting time period and it could have been a more deeper story about the jedi but is seemed this is a "story of the week" kind of book. I don't think the author is to blame, nor marc thompson who like always does a great job. This book has written Disney al over it in the worst way. I am a big fan of legends as well as canon ( huge high republic fan ) and it feels like they wanted to put a whole high republic phase in just 1 book.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-05-24
The Prequel to the prequels
It is so nice to have a novel like this showing the Jedi in their normal ways, before the Sith start meddling?
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- L Schultz
- 20-04-24
Marc Thompson brings a brilliant book to even more life
This was such a great, pirate filled adventure, with the full Jedi Council on a journey to help a planet some had once visited 200 years earlier.
what really makes this brilliant however, is MT'S narration.
Every single character sounds like you've stepped out of the book and into the prequels, and it's divine
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- jack
- 25-04-24
Marc Thompson Is Incredible
The story was fantastic but as always Marc Thompson delivers again. Incredible voice acting and just enhancing the story through this is unbelievable. Cherish this gem
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- Delo
- 20-06-24
Giving personalities to all the Council
Very enjoyable and unique story following the pre-Phantom Message Jedi Council. Well written and exciting througj the mechanisms of this new enemy.
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- Daniel
- 27-09-24
Enjoyable story, great character development
I’m a huge Prequels fan, so any time I get to spend in this era is hugely satisfying for me. It’s not JJM’s best story in the Star Wars universe (see Kenobi for that) but I enjoyed it nonetheless. He did a great job at fleshing out all the Jedi council members and the story did have some interesting twists. Marc Thompson, as always, did a fantastic job with his performance. I really liked his Qui-Gon!
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- Lasse E. Jensen
- 08-11-24
Long but enjoyable
If you are yearning to see the entire Jedi Council in action, then this is definitely a book for you.
The plot is a little thin, as the main villain wants to kill Jedi simply because Sifo-Dyas took her friends to become Jedi 30 years ago - and quite possibly they didn't, because Sifo-Dyas made many poor, rash choices. Hearing how she seethed with hatred all the way through the book, the reason revealed felt rather flaccid.
For the sake of the story and the universe, I understand why she wasn't allowed to kill her Jedi prisoner, but all of her other threats turned out to be empty, which grew old over the course of the book.
The performance by Mark Thompson was thoroughly enjoyable, as every character had an individual voice and mimicked the real actors' voices well enough.
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