Champions of the Force (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Vol. 3)

Champions of the Force concludes Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy which began with Jedi Search and built up to the cliffhanger ending at the end of Dark Apprentice before delivering the payoff in this novel. Luke Skywalker lies comatose in the Jedi Academy hanging between life and death, the result of a battle with the spirit of Exar Kun, the Dark Lord whose spirit has corrupted Kyp Duron, Luke's most powerful student, and led him on the path to the Dark Side of the Force. Luke reaches out to Jacen and Jaina Solo, his nephew and niece for their help. Meanwhile, Luke's sister, Leia Organa-Solo, has a fight of her own, as she races to the planet Anoth to rescue her youngest son Anakin Solo before Imperial forces can destroy the young Jedi child. Kyp Duron is using the Sun Crusher to destroy star systems loyal to the Empire, which he believes to be a noble cause, but this is a heinous act which will continue to have impact decades after the end of this story. Admiral Daala is still seeking to strike at the New Republic, using her Death Star prototype. Other Star Wars favorites are included here--Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, C-3PO and R2-D2. Champions of the Force is a superb finale to Kevin Anderson's excellent trilogy, and I recommend these books for all Star Wars enthusiasts.

Kevin J Anderson ties it in smoothly.The Jedi apprentices all use their Jedi abilities together to defeat Exar Kun!Even an ancient Jedi emerges to help out! Kyp is brought back to the light side of the force, and Luke is functioning again as a Jedi Master! Powerful book!A must read.

This is a good ending to an exciting trilogy. Since the second book ended at a cliff hanger, I couldn't wait to read this one. This is a great book and I reccomend it to everyone, even if you don't like Star Wars

I think it was sort of cool, but Daala didn't have that big of a come back. But the Death Star was pretty cool. Wedge played a good role as a comander of a fleet. Mara Jade had a perfect role as the leader of the smugglers alliance.

Wow!!! This is truly a ten out of ten book. It's exciting and kept me on the end of my seat the whole way through. One of the many goods things about this book is that it was exciting from the start to the end. Every single character was doing something exciting all the way through the book. It's not like 'Now let's see, Luke's having fun teaching his students at the Jedi Academy while Leia's just doing a boring diplomatic meeting.' Another good thing, is the book didn't stay on any one person at anytime. If you might be interested in say what's the Empire doing? you wouldn't have to wait a long time between the pages about the Empire. It also didn't have just one big thing. It had lots of smaller things that at the end of the book were connected. It includes very good descriptions that made you feel you were there but not a long description that got boring after a while. All the characters had great personalities. To readers: This is a great book. It's worth every cent to buy. You may think I am exaggerating but I really can't find anything wrong with the book. It's a great read. You really should buy it