The Captive Temple


Book Data
Type	Young Reader
Series	Jedi Apprentice Series
Era	Rise of the Empire
	44 BBY
Publishing Data
Author(s)	Jude Watson
Paperback	19-May-00

Synopsis

The Jedi Temple is under attack. An attempt has been made to kill Yoda. A dangerous intruder has infiltrated the Jedi. Everybody is under suspicion and no-one is safe. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn must go to the heart of the conspiracy, or watch the Temple be destroyed from the inside.

Lord Depravus Says

Better then the previous two - 09-Feb-08

I think Xanatos is a good character. A very convincing bad guy. I also like the way Jude Watson gets into the mind of both Ob-Wan and Qui-Gon and how she relates the re-building of their relationship.

However, I think the Xanatos/Bruck pairing was a little too Sith like. In fact Xanatos generally is too much like a Sith Lord (although I understand that we need bad Force users for the lightsaber duels).

The one thing that really bugged me about this book was the fact that saving the temple was left to Qui-Gon and Ob-Wan. Where the hell were the hundreds of other Jedi? Yoda and Mace Windu could have easily taken Xanatos down. I think maybe a bit more thought should have gone into that.