Lit Books Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White (Kenobi novel)

So....has anyone read the book, yet?

 

Would fit well to connect with both obi wans dialogue with yoda in the Empire strikes back, “ So was I if you could remember” when yoda felt he could not teach luke let alone obi wan saying “Was I any different when you taught me?”

All and all if obi wan is a badass punk kid in the novel like a Justin Bieber kind of way.

 

I don't see how it fits and seems kind of irrelevant. It seems like it may have been put in to get buzz which is unnecessary. The people who would buy it buy it regardless and the people who won't will continue to not.

 

Read the book already, have you?

 

Yep. Just now. This is a fun, quick read that'll last Sinny less than an hour.

There's also some light, smart use of continuity to enhance it.

As to what the eleven-thirty-eight article covers, it is a very subtle and minor part of the book, almost an incidental background detail. Does it work? Yes it does but it is very far from being the main focus. I like it a great deal, it's a neat touch.

The other pieces here work well enough, again with neat linkages to the wider SW world.

 

Yea, that's the thing that's a shame. CBR puts out clickbait over 1 scene out of a midsized book and that's all that's talked about. I'll probably pick it up now but I'm kinda backlogged on books (both SW and otherwise) so it will pick it up later this year.

 

It's well done, it works, but it's.... 1 page out of 410? And that's being generous.

I love that it's there, it resonates with me but the book is more than it.

 

Two questions I wanted ask is does the page implies that obi wan is bisexual and is rumor that the jedi apprentice series connected to this novel?

 

You've posted two claims that are total bollocks, just stop.

All this book does is establish very, very clearly that ObiWan cares about everyone he meets. But neither is he that interested in romance in the way others are.

It is subtle. Let me emphasise that in case it didn't go in: Subtle. That singular quality that the Internet neither knows or understands.

 

Ok I understand and the other question, is this Padawan novel connected to the jedi apprentice series featuring young obi wan?

 

No. Jedi Apprentice was done a long time ago and is Legends material.

 

Very good book. I enjoyed the story’s lot.

 

A nice little adventure and quite an interesting study of young Obi-Wan's character. The author has a great sense of humor too. I genuinely laughed at some of OW's words and inner monologues.
BTW, do we have any idea who

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Loegrib's financial benefactor was. The book mentioned that he was going to use the Power to fight the Jedi Order, so he was most likely Palpatine. However, Loegrib wasn't intimidated by him at all, so either Palpatine didn't identify himself as Darth Sidious or he was another player altogether. In any case, it seems like a plot point that will be explored in further stories

 

Poor Obi-Wan spends most of the book confused about everything. He finds the idea of kissing anyone....confusing.

 

I have. I started it today and finished it today. It was an all-around good book, but I would have liked more Qui-Gon. I enjoyed all the meme references. We got "hello there", "so uncivilized", and "visible confusion".

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I dunno about Palpy. I kinda think he would see it as sacrilegious, but that buisiness with Cylo may suggest otherwise. It would be interesting if it was the Grysks, but I doubt it.

One must be confused internally to be confused visibly.
Edit= How could I have forgotten?

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DEX! It was amazing to see him again. Loved it like I loved his appearance in brotherhood.

 

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Yes, exactly, in the Kieron Gillen's Darth Vader series to which you referred, it was Vader who showed reverence to the Force and Sith traditions, while Palpatine was open to every possibility.

 

Nice little story, read it on Saturday completely with three glasses of whiskey. No, I was not drunk as I am a professional drinker of sorts. Good stuff. For those on the fence, yeah is this story something like Labyrinth of Evil? Where you are going to remember things. Probably not, but it's still good checking out

 

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Heck, consider in ANH Darth Vader dismissed the Death Star as insignificant next to the power of the force, but Palpatine seemingly invested a lot into it and considered it central to his plans. Palpatine definitely strikes me as a "power is power, no matter where it comes from or how you get it" kind of guy.

 

I really enjoyed it.

I'm wondering how it fits with other canon stories of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon, I can't remember how old Obi-Wan is in Master & Apprentice which left me wondering if this book leads directly into that. I don't think so, given some of the other features of this story about Qui-Gon and his relationship with the Council.

In my head canon, the Qui-Gon story in Stories of the Jedi & Sith is during the events of this book.

I really enjoyed Obi-Wan's struggle to find his place in the Force and the Jedi Order. His struggles with connecting, the roots of that, and his self doubt and fear of disappointing his Master and of losing his Master add so much to his character.

There are a surprising number of lines and passages I felt compelled to highlight in the Kindle edition that I thought were somewhat profound.

 

This book was remarkably enjoyable. It reminded me of Beth Revis's Rebel Rising, in the sense of a YA book by an author who was willing to get creative and had a plan for how they wanted their young hero to develop. This book actually added more to Obi-Wan's backstory without undermining anything that had been done before, which is quite a feat these days.

Huge kudos to the author for using an almost all-alien cast. Not because it was necessary for the plot, but just because. Also for featuring lesser-known species in major roles, like the Mikkians.

The new characters were likable and the first 2/3 of the plot is a different kind of mystery, mainly focused on unraveling the dark history of a really wacky planet. The last 1/3 is super predictable, but it was far from awful. I agree with @Lomer2012 that there were some genuine lol remarks from Obi-Wan (even Qui-Gon at one key point...)

 

Just finished reading it....the one thing I would have issue with is

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How Audj ate that last orb and got Casul out...then Obi Wan uses the small rock like a bullet into Loegrib's head just seems to me like Audj eating the orb was just an excuse for the planet to kick them off it. It could have just had Obi Wan do the rock-bullet thing then have the other kids decide to leave to find the others who left earlier.

 

Just starting this and was so excited to see the name Siri pop up very early. I knew they had re-added her to canon but unfortunately hadn't read any of the books that included her yet and wasn't sure which one(s) did. So that was a nice surprise.

Interesting reference to some High Republic names as well.