The Only Witness


Book Data
Type	Young Reader
Series	Jedi Apprentice Series
Era	Rise of the Empire
	41 BBY
Publishing Data
Author(s)	Jude Watson
Paperback	15-Mar-02

Synopsis

Qui-Gon continues to mourn the death of Tahl, but he accepts a new assignment from the Jedi Council. He and Obi-Wan are sent to the planet Frego. It is a world controlled by a powerful crime family. A member of the family decided to testify on their criminal dealings in the Senate, but he was murdered. His wife, Lena, takes up his crusade to clean up the planet and agrees to testify in his place. The Jedi are sent to escort her to Coruscant. Unfortunately there's a minor hitch - she must find the evidence her husband has hidden or else there will be no case. Qui-Gon soon finds himself frustrated by the delay while Obi-Wan develops a crush on the beautiful young widow...

Lord Depravus Says

The irony of words - 29-Jul-10

Only a few days ago I reviewed the previous book in the series and praised Jude Watson for her ability to have kept the series alive without it going stale. Now we come to “The Only Witness” and I think I have to take it back.

It was almost like Jude Watson couldn’t be bothered with this one. The plot itself was very thin and the scenes jumped around all over the place without much depth to them. I also personally thought it wasn’t written very well. It felt more like the sort of thing a school kid would have written for their homework.

I will reserve judgement until I’ve read the last book in the series but my personal opinion is that the series should have ended at the previous book. Still, I can’t help but like Jude Watson and, as long as you don’t take things too seriously, it is quite a fun and quirky little read.