Rogue Planet and More

Other audio books I've listened to in recent months:

Rogue Planet: This is a pre-Attack of the Clones story in which the Jedi Council assigns Obi-Wan and twelve-year-old Anakin to a mission on a planet where living starships are custom built for clients. The plot is somewhat confusing, but there are a few bright spots in which Obi-Wan is very fatherly towards Anakin – watching over him while he sleeps, sprinting out of the Jedi Temple to rescue the boy from an illegal hang-gliding race in a bad neighborhood on Coruscant, etc.

Shatterpoint: This is a post-Attack of the Clones story featuring Mace Windu on a mission to his home planet to bring in his former padawan, Deepa Bilaba. Although I was irritated that Mace, apparently the only black Jedi, just had to be from a jungle planet (fuck that shit), it wasn’t a bad novel. It was hyper-violent, though. Kids were stabbing kids, Mace gets bit by another human, Deepa mutilates herself, etc. The title of the novel should’ve been Apocalypse Jedi. Brutal. Not very "Star Wars" at all.

The Approaching Storm: This pre-Attack of the Clones story features Obi-Wan and Anakin on a mission to a planet called Ansion that the Republic wants to keep from joining the separatist movement. Only, the story really isn’t about Obi-Wan and Anakin – it’s about Barriss Offee, a female padawan, and her mentor, Luminara Unduli. None of the four have any personality whatsoever! Extremely boring.

More tomorrow.