Book - The Rising Force
Writer - Dave Wolverton
Series - Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice #1
Published By - Scholastic
'Star Wars Legends' line of fiction has always interested me a lot, so I finally decided to get into the depth within this world and started reading pre-episode-I stuff to compare it with the current canon. The overall verdict about this series featuring everyone's favorite team of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi on the internet was quite positive and I would in a sense agree with this based on the first book as this one quite enjoyably establishes the setting and opens up interesting momentum for future storytelling.
This one has quite a few interesting tid-bits regarding the life of a youngling in the Jedi temple, the first interactions between the featured duo, introduces us to some interesting aliens and has a rather fast-paced simplistic structure to provide a relaxing experience while reading.
In a negative aspect, the characters do seem to behave a bit unnaturally at times (this is to be expected in a middle-grade book actually), the villains are too one dimensional mostly, and the ending seemed a bit abrupt.
In the end, it creates a nice starting platform for the series and hopefully things will get even better down the line.
3.5 stars from me.
