The Fight for Truth (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 9) [Paperback]

Jude Watson (Author), Cliff Nielsen (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 138 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590520806
• ISBN-13: 978-0590520805
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are at it again!, July 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fight for Truth (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 9) (Paperback)

While it is not as exciting as some of the past Jedi Apprentice books, this book is a nice addition to the series. A simple Jedi mission turns out to be more complicated than first expected. One can almost imagine Jude Watson giving the main characters a sort of break after their last run in with Xanatos.

This story is good for kids as provides strong messages about working together and thinking for one's own self. The only drawback is the lack of time Qui-gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are together. This story does nothing to bring their relationship closer. However, there is an interisting hint into the future of the Jedi that ties this book into the Star Wars Universe. I would recommend that people read this if they want to stay in touch with the Jedi Apprentice Series.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellant Jedi Apprentice book., July 20, 2000

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This review is from: The Fight for Truth (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 9) (Paperback)

Obi-Wan Kenobi isn't happy to hear that he and his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, will have to work with another master-apprentice team on their newest mission.... especially since the other apprentice is Siri, a girl who is two years younger than Obi-Wan but just as skilled. Obi-Wan finds Siri difficult to work with, and she seems hostile and unfriendly toward him. When Obi-Wan, Siri, and their masters land on the planet Kegan to search for a baby who may have the potential to be a Jedi, they descover a strange world that has not had any contact with off-worlders for over three decades. When they are exploring, Obi-Wan and Siri are mistaken for Keganite children cutting school, they are abucted and placed in a detention facility where children are drilled to accept the rule of the Kegan leaders. In this place where freedom is a memory and questioning authority strictly forbidden, Obi-Wan and Siri must rely on their connection to the force and to each other if they want to make it out alive. I highly reccomend this series to all Star Wars fans. It's a children's series, but you don't have to be a child to enjoy it - I'm several years older than the suggested age level, and the book had me on the edge of my seat.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Adi Gallia and Siri - a perfect book!, August 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fight for Truth (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 9) (Paperback)

The Fight for Truth is the best book in the Jedi Apprentice series so far - I loved it. It's much better than #8, The Day of Reckoning:

Siri, 11 (who was mentioned in The Captive Temple two books back), has become Adi Gallia's apprentice. In The Fight for Truth, she and Adi are sent with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan on a mission to the world of Kegan to test a Force-sensitive child - and she won't stop reminding Obi-Wan of his humiliating incident on Melida/Daan when he left Qui-Gon. To make matters worse, Siri fights only for herself, not Obi-Wan, when they are supposed to be fighting together.

Obi-Wan and Siri are separated from their masters not long after they arrive on Kegan, and because no one has landed on the planet for 30 years, the residents don't believe them when they say they're visitors. They are placed in the Learning Circle, a strict school where the information taught to students isn't even correct. When Obi-Wan and Siri tell the truth about it, they're given punishment marks, and made to clean the school kitchen.

During this time, O-Vieve, one of the two Benevolent Guides on Kegan, has a vision: darkness will come from the Jedi themselves (guess who? Anakin!), and therefore she refuses to let Qui-Gon and Adi stay any longer, fearing for the safety of Kegan. Qui-Gon and Adi must leave without their apprentices, and they are not allowed to take the Force-sensitive child with them to the Temple. But by now, Obi-Wan and Siri are in the Re-Learning Circle, a place much worse than the original Learning Circle, a place where Qui-Gon and Adi can't find them.

Be sure to read or buy this book - you don't want to miss it.