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Champions of the Force - Star Wars Jedi Academy Trilogy 3
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Plot Summary of Champions of the Force - Star Wars Jedi Academy Trilogy 3
"Luke Skywalker is in a coma, and his Jedi students, barely toilet-trained in the
way of the force, must rescue him from the grips of Exar Kun.
Meanwhile, Kyp Durron has stolen the Sun Crusher and is
happily blowing up entire stars while he's hunted by Admiral
Daala. When Luke recovers, he works to put Kyp on a restraining bolt."

Steve, Resident Scholar

"Last book in the Jedi Academi series. Kyp is brought back from the dark side and the Jedi save Luke and defeat the Lord of Sith"
irina, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Champions of the Force - Star Wars Jedi Academy Trilogy 3
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - warship
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - Jedi powers
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed - champion of justice
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - can fly - can read emotions - healing
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - Female
Age: - 40's-50's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed - navy soldier
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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