This was one of the better star wars books written, has a bit slow start but keep going. What happened after Ben delivered little Luke? This has him trying to settle in to a somewhat nearby region and dealing with the aftermath of Sand People after Anakin's raid and how that affected the local balance of power. Brings up the history and mythology of another Jedi that had left the order and become a sand person, some story from the point of view of the sand people. Overall a solid book, recommended for any fan of the series.
Dunno how I feel about this one. It takes place after Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan has brought infant Luke to live with his 'relatives' on Tatooine. He is tasked with watching over Luke, to protect him, as his is the Galaxy's only hope (even though Leia exists.)
Obi-Wan takes on the moniker Ben and spends much of his time meditating and trying to commune with Qui-Gon (and failing), trying to stay out of sight of Owen Lars, Luke's Uncle/Guardian who hates him for who knows what reason, and trying to remain anonymous. No such luck.
The problem I had with this is, it's called Kenobi and I expected it to be an Obi-Wan story, but he's more of a side character in his own story. Everything revolved around Analine and her family, friends and enemies (by association.)
The story was fine as Star Wars adventures go, but the lack of focus on Obi-Wan was disappointing to me.
Obi-Wan takes on the moniker Ben and spends much of his time meditating and trying to commune with Qui-Gon (and failing), trying to stay out of sight of Owen Lars, Luke's Uncle/Guardian who hates him for who knows what reason, and trying to remain anonymous. No such luck.
The problem I had with this is, it's called Kenobi and I expected it to be an Obi-Wan story, but he's more of a side character in his own story. Everything revolved around Analine and her family, friends and enemies (by association.)
The story was fine as Star Wars adventures go, but the lack of focus on Obi-Wan was disappointing to me.
A dusty frontier town, a rancher deep in debt, the single mom who runs the general store, a lone stranger with a mysterious past, and savages on the warpath. Sounds like a Western but this is actually a Star Wars novel. The author notes that he was challenged to write a Star Wars Western and he succeeded. The familiar Western tropes are all here and they don't seem out of place on the frontier of Tatooine. The one thing that does seem out of place is the characterization of Obi Wan (Ben) Kenobi. In several places, he gets flustered and that just seems out of character from what was seen of him in all the Star Wars movies. Still, if you can get past this, the book moves fast and is fun.
Very very slow start to the book. Skimmed the rest of it and still knew what was going on. Not my favorite star wars book and I was so excited to purchase it as I wanted to know more about Obi-Wan. Sadly you're stuck learning about some other events for a quarter of the book before you get to anything interesting.
