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  • Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Volume 1: Jedi Search

  • By: Kevin J. Anderson
  • Narrated by: Anthony Heald
  • Length: 3 hrs
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (1,261 ratings)

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Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Volume 1: Jedi Search

By: Kevin J. Anderson
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
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As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children, the Jedi twins, will come into their powers in a galaxy on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins.

While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Han and Chewie break away, they flee to a secret Imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes - going from one danger to a far greater one.

On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face to face with a weapon so awesome it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself.

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good story, abridged version though

great book, I read it years ago. the audio version is abridged and condensed off about 2/3 of the detail this author is known for.

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Excellent Story and Narrator

What made the experience of listening to Star Wars the most enjoyable?

The whole Jedi Academy Trilogy is wonderful and highly recommend it for anyone searching for some old story lines while we wait for the end of Fate of the Jedi series!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Star Wars?

There has been several mentions in later books as to what happens at Kessell- and it was interesting to go back and relive it.

What does Anthony Heald bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The narration does an excellent job of bringing the fear that Han has as he stumbles through the darkness in the spice mines

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Well done!

Minor sound effects, music, and Chewy! Nice little touches added to the storytelling. Different character voices were done well in my opinion. Story is great, read the book in the 90s. 3hrs on audible was much more pleasing and easier to comprehend. Thanks for adding this book to the collection!

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good story!

loved it accept the reader kepy pronouncing Han as hān (like hand). If you watch the movies you know it is Han (like Japanese)

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Not the full version

It's a great book but it's not unabridged and the author doesn't know how to pronounce several of the names of cities or characters.

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Pretty good overall.

Anthony Heel, the narrator, was very clearly not familiar with many of the words that existed in the lore, and the mispronouncing of some of these words broke the immersion of the story. Regardless, any EU is good EU and I loved the story.

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eh

just completely different from the Thrawn trilogy. production wise. and how he pronounces the words drove me insane. goodnstory though. but I am hoping to gt through this set quickly to go on to the next.

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Good Star Wars story

I liked it. Narrator is good. Sound effects are good. Story is fun to hear as it takes place after the end of all the movies so you kind of get to hear what happens with Han and Lei being married and Luke. It was a fun listen and I am going to listen to the other two in the triology.

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Does this guy like the sound of his own voice?

The narrator reads WAY to fast, also mispronouncing names.
Not enjoyable to listen to. Actually made me not want to listen to the series.

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Great if you are into using ur imagination

Slow start but well rounded story. Many plot twists. Poor narration and choppy engineering work but that is mostly due to it being pre-protools era. I imagine they had to convert this to digital from cassette. Those are the only issues, if you can get past that then I'm sure you will enjoy this gem. Kevin Anderson does a great job showing that even great story can not be hampered(too much) by poor narration. Plenty of ups and downs. I was sad to see how short it was but Alas the characters are well rounded and you get to see plenty of tie ins to the other novels in this one. I don't want to be specific and spoil anything! Enjoy

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