Attachment is forbidden. A Jedi isn’t to fall in love. But it does happen. Across 3 generations this is explored in Secrets of the Jedi. Qui-Gon is barely over the loss of his secret beloved, when he, Obi-Wan, Adi-Gallia & Siri are sent to protect a boy who is witness to an assassination plot. The events that unfold aren’t just a challenge regarding life and death and villains. They are challenges of the heart as well.
Synopsis:
THREE GENERATIONS OF JEDI.
THREE UNTOLD SECRETS.
A Jedi is never to fall in love….
Attachment is forbidden. A Jedi isn’t to fall in love. But it does happen. Across 3 generations this is explored in Secrets of the Jedi. Qui-Gon is barely over the loss of his secret beloved, when he, Obi-Wan, Adi-Gallia & Siri are sent to protect a boy who is witness to an assassination plot. The events that unfold aren’t just a challenge regarding life and death and villains. They are challenges of the heart as well.
Adi and Qui-Gon have to try and find the bounty hunters plans to stop them. Siri and Obi-Wan, long rivals as well as friends, have to protect their witness. But something unexpected is happening in their relationship.
In the next generation, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Siri and Padme are thrown together in an adventure that could change the face of the war. But all of them have secrets, and the stakes are higher than ever. Some of those secrets need to be faced, because time is running out.
Secrets of the Jedi Review
I particularly enjoyed the first part of Secrets of the Jedi. Obi-Wan and Siri have long been fun when thrown together. This takes it to new heights. Qui-Gon has to deal with his own leftover pain of his secret pledge to someone he lost. The adventure had me on the edge of my seat with the danger and intense curiousity of how Siri and Obi-Wan would deal with their new discoveries. I enjoyed the new character, Taly and wanted to boo at the bounty hunters.
The second part of Secrets of the Jedi picks up with the same characters years later, leaving off Qui-Gon and Adi for Anakin and Padme. It’s one of very books with her, which is a shame as her and Anakin’s relationship is so critical. But Siri and Obi-Wan have issues too, and it’s good to see the adventure throw them together to be forced to face them. For the most part its good, although there were some terminology hiccups that kept pulling me out of it. It didn’t take as much time to develop the character relationships. Even though Padme and Anakin were there they were more of a contrast to Siri and Obi-Wan than seriously added on themselves.
Secrets of the Jedi is also available in an omnibus with Legacy of the Jedi and the Last One Standing, also by Jude Watson.
Secrets of the Jedi Lore and Continuity
The events in the first part take place directly after Jedi Apprentice books 14-16 story arc. While Secrets of the Jedi stands alone, it does give away the outcome to that arc if you haven’t read it yet. These stories involve the Jedi Knight Tahl and Qui-Gon Jinn particularly.
Siri Tachi first appears in Jedi Apprentice, The Captive Temple, and last appeared in the series in The Dangerous Rescue. Her next appearance was in Jedi Quest, the original novel and comic. This first half of Secrets of the Jedi bridges the gap and too me, made sense of some questions I had.
Anakin Skywalker is still a padawan learner in this, setting it in the first 2 years of the Clone Wars.
The Jedi aren’t using Delta 7’s but it is mentioned they are using Arc-170s in one battle. This is appropriate enough given they were using what was on hand. They mission was one of negotiation initially, where they travelled together on a cruiser.
The primary issues I had were technical. Calling starfighters, airships. General Solomahal (a character in the second half) is not a Jedi, which is fine. But he interchanged calling the Jedi ‘commander’ instead of ‘General’ repeatedly. Anakin was the only one who was actually a Commander in rank. Minor slips, just enough to disrupt my feeling of being in a galaxy far far away.
The actual role of the Jedi in the war were: Masters and Knights were Generals and padawans were considered Commanders. This is mentioned in the Clone Wars Microseries.
