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A fun middle grade read in the Star Wars Universe. It did have a lot of lifting setting up this series.

Jacen and Jaina are the twins of Han and Leia and they are at Uncle Luke's Jedi Academy training to be a Jedi. This would have made a great story on the big screen, not this specific story, but Han and Leia having twins. They have a younger brother named Anakin.

For being set at a Jedi school, it felt little like a school and for being force sensitive kids, they seemed to have little ability with the force. After seeing younglings in the movies, this is sad the skill level they have. Anyway,

We meet some interesting characters. Lowwebacca is Chewbacca's nephew and force sensitive. I thought he could be a fun character, but we really don't get to know him well. He is underused and not developed. There is also Tenel Ka, a daughter from Dathomir, which I simply love. She is so cool. We don't spend a whole lot of time with her, but I want to know more about her.

You can tell the story is focus on the twins. Han and Chewie make an appearance. So, the kids find the wreckage of an downed TIE fighter. Jaina is a mechanic and wants to see if she can restore it. Turns out, the Pilot did not die either. That's all on the back cover, so I'm not spoiler anything.



It could be spoiliery ahead, so be warned.


The problem with this story is that Han comes to the rescue. The twins are captured. Han is close to Yavin 4 and he comes back in for the rescue. It's not much of a rescue or an ending. It really is not a great ending. It is kind of a wot-waw ending, like that's all you got. No one has a good conclusion. Luke leaves halfway through and is gone when all this goes down. We see him teach a bit at the beginning, 5 minutes of class and then he is interrupted.

I would love to see more of the academy, but it was not well done. It's obviously written for middle grade and this was before Harry Potter changed middle grade forever. The characters were flimsy and motivations only okay.

I still had fun reading it, but I noticed all this stuff. The style of writing was rather stuffy as well. I hope it improves and we get to know the characters better and see more force abilities.