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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Apr 6, 2006 16:53:37 GMT -5
Unfortunately, some of the books are out of print and sellers on e-bay figured that out right away. The prices will likely go down when interest decreases. I think there was a spike in the prices last year because of the ROTS release.
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on May 15, 2006 21:55:33 GMT -5
Note: These quotes are from new material included with the two-book reprinting of Legacy and Secrets together. You only get about 18 more pages of new material, so if you already have the other two books and you read fast, just skim it at the bookstore, or get it from a library and enjoy it. It's very good Obi-Wan, and surprisingly dark.
==================================================== STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE JEDI; SECRETS OF THE JEDI (The Last One Standing) by Jude Watson (ISBN: 0-439-85146-7) Scholastic, Inc, May 2006
* * * * * The lessons Obi-Wan had learned from Qui-Gon flooded into him now; how to connect to the living Force, how to read what someone is feeling.
Look at their eyes, their hands, the way they stand. Listen to what they will not say. Feel the vibration in the Force and read it. – page 423
* * * * * It is not the Tusken Raiders who are preventing you. It is your own concentration.
That was what Qui-Gon would tell him, and he would be right. – page 424
* * * * * Do not become your enemy. [Qui-Gon Jinn] – page 431
* * * * * What had Qui-Gon always said? If you know their weakness, you can defeat your enemy. Expose them for what they are. – page 431
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on May 20, 2006 2:58:16 GMT -5
those books are awesome, and it's always great when other novels or comics mention soem of these adventures that happen in these books. Amazing how much a simple author can sound like a jedi with no costume at all
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Post by Nova Darklighter on May 20, 2006 21:13:28 GMT -5
Of all the SW books I've read, outside of the film novelisations, I do like the Clone Commandos & hers the best, she has a good feel for the characters.
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Post by Kitara Furey on Jul 19, 2006 11:09:27 GMT -5
I've read all of Jude Watson's Star Wars books....And I love them...and I've even one of her books that isn't about Star Wars and I found it to be really good. And if you look at the first book in the JEDI APPRENTICE series, the first book is writen by a Dave Wolverton guy.
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Jul 24, 2006 18:27:35 GMT -5
Hmmmm, I should look at the small print more often. I never even noticed the name on the first JA book. Wolverton also wrote The Courtship of Princess Leia and sundry other books.
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Post by I Five on Jul 25, 2006 8:08:27 GMT -5
Yup...and Jude Watson did the rest. Wonder if Wolverton came us with the idea or whom did? Watson really tied into the first book nicely....and the entire series is my absolute favorite! I even like the 'special' books (Deceptions, Followers, Secrets & Legacy). How she can tie events together with a span of many decades inbetween them is amazing....
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Post by Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar on Oct 30, 2006 19:37:10 GMT -5
I have 55 Jedi Apprentice/Quest/Boba Fett/ Last of Jedi etc. books ofr sale on ebay. See thread in Toydarian Junk Shop
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Nov 26, 2006 11:11:37 GMT -5
==================================================== STAR WARS, THE LAST OF THE JEDI #5: A TANGLED WEB by Jude Watson (ISBN: 0-439-68138-3) Scholastic, Inc, Aug 2006
* * * * * He had long ago learned – not from Siri, who could be so impatient, but from Obi-Wan – that part of diplomacy is never being irritated at being kept waiting, but using it to your advantage. [Ferus Olin] – page 20
* * * * * "There is always a way." Astri said.
Ferus looked at her, surprised. "That is what Obi-Wan used to say." – page 108-109
* * * * * This was a difficult task for any Jedi, especially one who had not achieved Master status. To life a heavy object in the air using only the Force took great concentration.
No, Ferus told himself, remembering the lessons of Yoda. Not concentration. Belief. – page 117
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==================================================== STAR WARS, THE LAST OF THE JEDI #6: RETURN OF THE DARK SIDE by Jude Watson (ISBN: 0-439-68139-1) Scholastic, Inc, Dec 2006
* * * * * Ferus rested his hand on the hilt of his lightsaber. The Jedi hadn't been about power. They'd used the Force to bring justice to the galaxy. But in truth the Force gave them great power, and many Padawans wrestled with the concept of it. When to use it, when to retreat, when to advance, when to demolish an enemy, and when to let them go. It was a constant struggle. And what every Padawan could not admit, even to each other, at night in their sleep couches, for even a whisper might bring the dark side too close — power felt good. – page 74
* * * * * "Yes," she said. "It is wrong to attach emotion in a battle. It is wrong to feel pleasure when an enemy falls. A Jedi should feel regret — regret that a life has been taken, regret that a physical battle had to take place at all. But the Force gives us great gifts, Ferus. It isn't wrong to take pleasure in your own gifts. To take pleasure in your mastery of skill. It's a struggle for every Jedi to attain balance, sometimes for even Jedi Masters." .....
.... "The fact that you ask the question guards you against the dangers of it." [Siri Tachi] – page 75-76.
* * * * * Acknowledge the mistake and move on.
Or, as Siri used to say, There's always time to kick yourself later. [Ferus Olin] – page 95
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Post by I Five on Nov 26, 2006 20:07:04 GMT -5
You for got to describe how Siri was sitting (or sould I say laying down with her boots kicked up on a bench!) when she said the stuff on page 74 ;D ;D Siri is so me...I think Jude Watson has been spying on me and modeled Siri after me...... *paranoid....looks around room for hidden cameras*
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Nov 29, 2006 0:14:16 GMT -5
I must admit that I edited the quotes quite a bit to get in the essential Jedi bits in. But the Siri flashbacks with Ferus in this series have been very good.
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Post by I Five on Nov 30, 2006 17:35:00 GMT -5
Agreed!!!!
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Apr 3, 2007 22:58:56 GMT -5
Latest quotes:
==================================================== STAR WARS, THE LAST OF THE JEDI #7: SECRET WEAPON by Jude Watson (ISBN: 0-439-68140-7) Scholastic, Inc, Apr 2007
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It seems so hard, Master to have so many beings who are important to me but not to be attached to them. I don't understand what is meant by "no attachments".
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It's not so hard to explain, Siri had answered finally. To have without wanting to possess or influence. To cherish without keeping. To have without holding.
Ferus remembered nodding. He had thought he'd gotten it. As usual, he had wanted to please her.
I understand, Master.
Siri had looked at him then and smiled. No, you don't. It's not something to understand. It's something to strive for. – page 71-72.
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Simple it is. Belief it is.
To reach the point where it was simple — that was hard. [Ferus Olin] – page 91.
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Post by I Five on Apr 4, 2007 14:24:42 GMT -5
My copy is in at the library...I have to pick it up and read it today ;D Was it pretty good?
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Apr 4, 2007 22:49:14 GMT -5
Oh yes, it was very good. But Ferus is in BIG trouble and I want Book #8 NOW.
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