Star Wars [Hardcover]

Dan Cragg (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Wars | Publication Date: November 4, 2004

Major original Star Wars adventure set against the backdrop of the Clone Wars and telling the tale of Anakin Skywalker's rise to full Jedi Knight status. Somewhere between Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III, Anakin Skywalker graduates from Jedi Padawan (apprentice) to Jedi Knight status. This book tells how that happens. A planet that is a crucial communications centre is taken by the Separatists, and the Republic decides to back a guerrilla fighting group called Freedom's Sons in taking it back. A detachment of clone troopers led by Jedi Knight Nejaa Halcyon and Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker is sent out to help the Freedom's Sons. Little does Anakin know that the volatile situation on this occupied planet will prove to be his own personal Jedi Trial, and that if he emerges victorious, he will have won the coveted titled of full Jedi Knight, student no longer but Jedi in his own right. This is the Anakin who learns how great hi powers can be and how huge is his real potential...

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

David Sherman and Dan Cragg are the authors of Del Rey's successful military science fiction series Starfist. David Sherman is a former U.S. Marine and the author of 8 previously published novels about Marines in Vietnam, where he served as an infantryman and as a member of a Combined Action Platoon. He is also the author of a new military fantasy series entitled Demontech. Dan Cragg enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1958 and retired with the rank of sergeant major twenty-two years later. He is co-author of Inside the VC and NVA, Top Sergeant, and The Soldier's Prize. Mr. Cragg is an analyst for the Defense Dept. He and his wife, Sunny, live in Virginia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Century Hutchinson (November 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844137996
• ISBN-13: 978-1844137992
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,482,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Sherman is a former United States Marine and the author of eight previously published novels about Marines in Vietnam, where he served as an infantryman and as a member of a Combined Action Platoon. He is an alumnus of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked as a sculptor for many years before turning to writing. Along the way he has held a variety of jobs, mostly supervisory and managerial. Today he is a full-time writer. He lives in Philadelphia.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, January 24, 2009

By 

Deb R. (WV, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars (Hardcover)

I felt that the fight scenes and battle
sequences were well explained and I could
visualize them easily. I thought the parntership
between Skywalker and Halcyon seemed fitting
considering their secret families. Overall
a good book and easy to read!

4.0 out of 5 stars Jedi Knighthood and the origins of Corran Horn, September 23, 2005

By 

Jeremy Culberg "Bullfrog" (Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Wars (Hardcover)

Whilst nothing spectacular, a solid piece showing the Jedi Trial of Anakin Skywalker, with further insites as to his eventual fall to the dark side, as well as some views as to how Corran Horn came to be.