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The Dangerous Rescue (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 13)

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Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the help of another apprentice, Siri, and her Jedi master, Adi Gallia, has freed Qui-Gon Jinn from the grasp of Jenna Zan Arbor. But the twisted, evil scientist still holds one Jedi captive, the elderly, ailing Jedi master Noor R'aya. Obi-Wan, Siri, and their masters are desperate to free Noor R'aya and capture Zan Arbor before she can do any more harm. But Zan Arbor has inflicted a terrible bacterial disease on a helpless planet, and only she holds the cure - and demands an outrageous price for it. Meanwhile, Astri has undertaken a dangerous quest for vengeance. As her father lies recovering from a poison that nearly killed him, Astri is determined to avenge his near-death at the hands of the bounty hunter Ona Nobis. Obi-Wan and Siri know the girl is not nearly strong enough to defeat a bounty hunter that was strong enough to defeat a Jedi. But Ona Nobis is on her own quest for vengeance. For now she has her own personal vendetta against Obi-Wan. And even the combined strength of four Jedi may not be enough to defeat her. This was a thrilling addition to the Jedi Apprentice series. I reccomend this book to all Star Wars fans.

This book is the best in the whole series. Saving Qui-Gon was hard for them. The missions always have a problem and in the littlest detail they could be solved. I especially like the books where Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are teamed up with anouther jedi team. In this book they were teamed up with Jedi Master Adi Galla and Padawan Siri who is not as expereanced as Obi-Wan, but is very loyal. There challange was against Jenna Zan Arbor, bounty hunter Ona Norbis and Senator S'orn. If you have not read the previous Jedi Apprentice books this story will mean absolutely nothing. This book is the best. If you like my review, Please vote YES below.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is once again teamed up with Siri and her master, Adi Gallia, in order to rescue his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, from Jenna Zan Arbor, an evil mastermind. But even after they rescue him they still have to find an elderly Jedi who was captured months before Qui-Gon, and they want to get Zan Arbor before she does any more harm. But they are too late because Jenna Zan Arbor has already managed to contaminate the water supply of a planet, causing many children and elders to get sick. Zan Arbor is the only one with the cure and she demands a high price. Also, the bounty hunter from The Deadly Hunter has returned once again and has it in for Obi-Wan. But even though Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon have Siri and Adi's help it might not be enough. This book brought a thrilling conclusion to this story arc and I can't wait for the next one, if Jude keeps writing like this I know they'll be great.

My son recently wrote the following mini-review:

The Dangerous Rescue continues the story left off by The Evil Experiment (Jedi Apprentice #12). Qui-Gon Jinn waits a little longer for the Jedi team to arrive to save him and the other prisoner of Jenna Zan Arbor, a mad scientist who is trying to learn how to use the Force for her own will. Arbor flees the planet her lab is on to protect herself from the Jedi, so she can keep conducting experiments. Saved and on the job, Qui-Gon and his apprentice, Obi-Won Kenobi, join Adi and her apprentice, Siri, to search for Noor, Arbor's other prisoner (whom she took with her when she left her lab). Along the way, the Jedi will encounter Ona Nobis, Arbor's bravo (hired killer), who will threaten their lives.

In "The Dangerous Rescue", written by Jude Watson, Obi-Wan Kenobi is devastated when his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, orders him and his friend Astri to leave Qui-Gon behind as a prisoner in Jenna Zan Arbor's lab. Jenna Zan Arbor is an evil scientist who will stop at nothing, including death, to learn how to harness the Force. Qui-Gon and another Jedi Knight are her prisoners and they are having blood drawn regularly. The story reunites the reader with familiar Jedi faces: Siri, Adi Galia, and Tahl; but also with the deadly bounty hunter: Ona Nobis, who seeks death-like revenge on Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan, Astri, Siri, Adi Galia, and Tahl must combine their talents and skill to rescue Qui-Gon and the other Jedi prisoner, accumalate the medicine that Astri's ailing father -- Didi -- needs for recovery, save Obi-Wan from Ona Nobis, and bring Jenna Zan Arbor to justice. Are these too many tasks for four Jedi and a friend to handle at once? Will Qui-Gon and the other Jedi ever set foot outside Zan Arbor's lab? Will Ona Nobis succeed in killing Obi-Wan? Will Didi survive? Only time, and reading "The Dangerous Rescue", will tell.

If you read books number 11(The Deadly Hunter) and 12(The Evil Experiment), and they left you hanging, I can asure you that number 13(The Dangerous Rescue) raps everything up for that mission. I personally enjoyed this book because it was packed with action and they brought Siri back. I love this book and I think that anyone else reading this series will, too. If you are not reading this series I stongly sugest doing so. It is a great series. The first book(The Rising Force) is somewhat boring, but don't let that discourage you from reading the rest.

I thought this was the worst book in the Jedi Apprentice series, and didn't quite measure up to the thrilling action I was expecting. The climax was terribly underdeveloped and boring, reflecting much of the boredom the book had in its entirety. The Dangerous rescue concludes the three part story arc of the series that began with The Deadly Hunter, continued onto The Evil Experiment, and concludes with The Dangerous Rescue. Jenna Zan Arbor will stop at nothing to learn all the secrets and power of the Force, so that she can become more powerful with its secrets. When Qui-Gon Jinn is finally rescued from the dangerous grasp of Jenna Zan Arbor, Jedi Master Adi Galliah, and her Padawan Siri, whom Obi-Wan had sided with previously, have returned to help Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon in the dangerous mission. But in order to win over Jenna Zan Arbor, the Jedi Team -- just after freeing another Jedi from the scientist's lab, Noor R'Aya -- must take down the fiercely dangerous

Ona Nobis, the deadly opponent they had just barely escaped before. It will take this skillful team of Jedi to face everything -- and everything depends on them. Unfortunately, the book was very lacking in suspense or action, and the beginning was extremely thrilling and then the book's downfall began. The Dangerous Rescue should still be read, for it plays a pivotal role in the series. I felt the three part story arc was not so exciting, so it is not entirely the book's fault, just the main idea of binding three books with the same continuous story. It was good, but I am starting to get bored with the Jedi Apprentice series, and am disappointed at Jude Watson. There have been better books in the series.

While it isn't the best in the series, this book is definitely an improvement over the previous two. For one thing it had more character development, and was in general better written. Another good thing about it was that it had plenty of strong females, Adi-Galia, Siri, Tahl, Ona Nobis, and Jenna Zan Arbor to name a few. I was very glad Siri and Adi Galia returned for another adventure because they are both such cool characters that deserved to be used more. While I think that Ona Nobis could have been a much cooler character than she was portrayed here, this in no way undermines the fact that this book had enough strong women to satisfy anyone. I still wish that Tahl would join the action again though, she has the force why does she think she needs her eyes to fight? Anyway, in this book Obi-Wan (with the help of Siri and Adi) at last succedes in rescuing Qui-Gon from Jenna Zan Arbor, but there is still another Jedi held prisoner by her. She leaves her planet and pretty much leads them on a wild goose chase halfway around the galaxy to try and rescue the poor guy. An annoying factor in this book was the continued existence of the three idiot tagalongs, Cholly, Weez, and Tup. I kept wishing that Ona Nobis or someone would apear and blow all three of their idiotic heads off, but unfortunatly I did not get my wish. I can only hope that they will not be "gracing" any future novels in this series. Another problem I had was, while the book itself was great, it had tons of typos. For instance, on several occations they referred to Siri as Astri, when the real Astri was on the other side of the galaxy, and the second to last chapter was labeled, 'Chapter 20' and the final chapter was labeled, 'Chapter 29'. Why is this? Am I missing something or did the editor fall asleep? Besides that though this book was excellent, and I look forward to the next one which is coming out in June, unless I'm mistaken.

PLEASE stop saying that this book is terrible because it really isn't. You have to understand how hard Watson works! She has to think up and write a 140 page book in two months! I think this book is great! The ratings for this book are bad because you don't look for the GOOD points in these books!

Can Jude Watson please restore this series to its former glory? I mean, books 1-8 were instant classics. The ninth book was the first weak book in the series. Tenth, bad, eleventh, actually, the eleventh was good, twelve, pretty good. And then there's thirteen. It seems that this book is almost identical to the last two. I mean, can we please get away from Jenna Zan Arbor, Ona Nobis? But I didn't give it **** for nothing. It had some good qualities. First off, Cholly, Weez, and Tup. Aw, man, I love those guys! And Didi is only i n the book a short time at the end, thankfully. I find him very irritating. It was okay, though. At least there was action. Heck, has there ever been a JA without action? Of course not! A tiny disappointment, but nothing short of a fun read. One more thing: I don't know why they recommend these books for ages 9-12. Some of the vocabulary is even hard to understand, not to mention very little description, forcing you to visualize the environment and characters. And there are some perplexing themes that are very hard to understand. Guideline: Yeah, these books look short, stupid and easy to read at first glance, but never judge a book by its cover--or its length, for that matter.