Who wrote the Young Jedi Knights series?
Young Jedi Knights was written by science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta. The series was published between 1995 and 1998.
Questions about Young Jedi Knights
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who are the main characters in Young Jedi Knights?
The central characters are Jacen and Jaina Solo, the twin children of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo. Their companions include Lowbacca (a Wookiee nephew of Chewbacca), Tenel Ka (a princess of Hapes who identifies as a warrior of Dathomir), and Zekk (a childhood friend of the twins from the lower levels of Coruscant).
How many books are in the Young Jedi Knights series?
The series originally intended to cover six novels but grew to fourteen volumes published between 1995 and 1998. A fifteenth volume titled Jedi Shadow, collecting the first three books, was published in 2003.
What is the Shadow Academy in Young Jedi Knights?
The Shadow Academy is a hidden cloaked space station created by the dark Jedi Brakiss to train Force-sensitive individuals for the dark side. It serves as the main antagonist force in the first six books of the series and is destroyed at the end of the sixth book when the Emperor activates its self-destruct.
What themes does Young Jedi Knights address?
Young Jedi Knights tackles racism and drug abuse as issues relevant to both the Star Wars universe and the real world. The Diversity Alliance arc deals directly with prejudice and atrocity committed against alien species, while other storylines explore loyalty, identity, and the consequences of unchecked anger.
What happened to Tenel Ka in Young Jedi Knights?
In the fourth book, Lightsabers, Tenel Ka rushed through constructing her lightsaber and used a tooth as the handle. During a duel with Jacen Solo, her blade shorted out and Jacen's lightsaber cut off her arm. She returned home, learned to cope with one hand, rebuilt her lightsaber, and came back to the Jedi Academy against her grandmother's wishes.