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Trouble On Cloud City

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I have always loved Star Wars. I was a little ifish about reading the books thinking it wouldn't be as good. How wrong was I. It was cool how Jacen fell off of Cloud City. A very nice touch.his return was also interesting. It was nice how Tenel Ka can be so different when in mourning over her thought to be dead friend. It made her seem more real. If you don't like this book you must be crazy! And that is a fact!

Well, I have to say that this was the best Young Jedi Knights book to come along in a while. Oh, but don't get me wrong, they're all good, but a few definitly stand above the others. Namely, Lightsabers, Jedi Under Siege, Jedi Bounty, and The Emperor's plague. And now Trouble on Cloud City has joined the ranks of the great. In this book, Lando askes Jacen, Jaina, Lowie, Tenel Ka, Anja, and Em Teedee to come with him to Cloud City to help supervise a new amusement park he is building there. When they get there however, they find that Lando's partner has been murdered, and they set out to find who did it. Anja knows of course, or at least guesses that her master Czethros is at work and she struggles on many moral points concerning her new friends, and her growing adiction to Andris Spice. Actually, in this book I found myself softening a bit towards Anja, who I previously hated. I still don't like her nearly as much as the other characters, but I began to realize that she is a victim is her own right, since it isn't her fault she was mislead and used and duped into Andris. Also, this book focused a lot on Tenel Ka, who is my favorite character in the series, and allowed us to get inside her, and see her thoughts and feelings in a way that has not been done since the masterpiece of Lightsabers. Her reaction when Jacen fell of Cloud City was heartbreaking, and I'll confess, that the scene where they all thought that they would never see him again almost had me in tears, and I never, EVER cry over books or movies or anything. I liked how this book let us see how much Tenel Ka truly cares about Jacen. Speaking of Jacen, his crush on Anja seems to have ended, which may in fact be what opened me up to her a bit, since I was always adamently against that. Anyway, I would recommend this series to any Star Wars fan, no matter what their age, even though they are generaly geared towards the 10-15 set. Also, this book would have a stronger effect on you and generally make more sense if you have read the previous twelve first, though if that is to much work, it is at least reccomeded that you read the one before it.

These are great books! This book is great for begginers. The story is great, the plot is great, it's very intriging. The book is about Jason, Jaina, and Tenel Ka, and Lobaca. Lando Calorisian is inviting the Young Jedi Knights to his Resort on Cloud City. The kids will come as long as they can bring their friend Anga Gilrado. But what they will find out is... You'll just have to read the book. It's a great book as a gift. It's a must for all Star Wars fans.

In this one, Anja and the Jedi go to Cloud City, and something happens to Lando's friend and partner, Cojahn. The book is about how the young Jedi goabout solving it. It was completely suspenseful. I really thought Jacen was going to die. And it's about time that they admit Tenel Ka is in love with Jacen and vice versa. That's one of the main things I read the book for. Anyway , if you haven't readthis yet, then you're missing out on something REALLY great!

Alright, I know YJK is supposed to be for the younger set, but I'm 15 and really do enjoy them. They shed new light on the characters of Jacen and Jaina, who, until YJK came along, were portrayed as bratty wonder children who kept getting kidnapped and escaping by dumb luck. OK, on to the actual book, sorry to ramble. This is the second in the Under Black Sun trilogy, which will be the last of the YJK books, at least for the time being. The kids are invited by Lando to spend time on Cloud City, bringing Anja Gallandro along. When she was introduced, I immediately understood the significance, since I have read the original Han Solo adventures back from 1979 and 1980. They arrive to find Lando's partner murdered by agents of Czethros, the Black Sun operative controlling Anja and out to get the YJK. Through a series of discoveries and things, the kids find out about Black Sun's involvement through several parties, most notably Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, who were supposed to be playing on CC. Concluding a bunch of near-death mishaps, the kids are reunited on Cloud City, but Anja is suffering Spice withdrawl, and the preview of Crisis at Crystal Reef indicates that she's really losing it. It's interesting that something that's a young adult book would deal with something like drug addiction, but it's well written and thoughtful. This is a good read for fans of the series, and even for you older folks looking for a nice light read.

Trouble on cloud city is an awesome continuation of the young Jedi Knights books. The way Kevin and Rebecca describe the character's feelings is what truly makes this book come alive. It brings out all of the subtle emotions that Tenel Ka feels towards Jacen and lets us know that deep down she really cares for him. This book is a must have and an excellent action packed read.

One of the reasons why I thought this book was so good is because of how the authors portrayed Jacen's fall and what happened after that. Since Jacen and Tenel Ka hae been my favorite characters in the YJK series, the focus on their relationship clearly made this one stand out.

I am so glad that Tenel Ka was finally forced to see how much Jacen really ment to her. The characters are getting more and more realistic, and I am really glad. Tenel Ka running to him after the little "accident" was a nice touch, sublime, and what a inferior author would have screamed at the top of their lungs. Keep up the good work!

This was a really good book. (In fact, I think it just might be the best.) It was really exciting and action-packed! There were so many surprises that I gave up trying to figure out what would happen next! The story goes like this: Lando Calrissian shows up and asks the twins and there friends if they liked to go on a "vacation" to Cloud City. ( I've always liked Cloud City, that's one of the things I like about this book.) So, they gladly accept and go to Cloud City and have a great time, right? Wrong. Well, the part that they gladly accept is true, but they find out that Lando's partner, who was working on Cloud City's new amusement park "Sky Center Galleria"with him, is dead. The Jedi Knights decide to investigate his death, and, in the process, end up having some pretty exciting adventures. So buckle up and enjoy the ride!

What a relief after "Return to Ord Mantell"!! In that one, I just wanted to hit Jacen over the head and knock some sense into him!! But this one was better. The Anja character is getting deeper, starting to sound like a REAL young woman with REAL problems, not some she-woman. All the characters are progressing into their "realness" nicely. Tenel Ka cries. Zekk is not riddled with gilt. And above all, Jacen is not such a idiot!! But I am curious about the next book. How are they going to bring all this to a final resolve?? And what about Raaba?? This book does have it's few faults, but above all it's a winner. There are a few sceans [one in paticular] that are written with such talent and beauty. Way to go Anderson and Moesta!!! Everybody else, READ THIS BOOK!!