• Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Volume 3: Champions of the Force

  • By: Kevin J. Anderson
  • Narrated by: Anthony Heald
  • Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (743 ratings)

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Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy, Volume 3: Champions of the Force

By: Kevin J. Anderson
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
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Publisher's summary

Suspended helplessly between life and death, Luke Skywalker lies in state at the Jedi academy. But on the spirit plane, Luke fights desperately for survival, reaching out physically to the Jedi twins.

At the same time, Leia is on a life-and-death mission of her own, a race against Imperial agents hoping to destroy a third Jedi child - Leia and Han's baby Anakin, hidden on the planet Anoth.

Meanwhile, Luke's former protégé, Kyp Durron, has pirated the deadly Sun Crusher on an apocalyptic mission of mass destruction, convinced he is fighting for a just cause. Hunting down the rogue warrior, Han must persuade Kyp to renounce his dark crusade and regain his lost honor. To do it, Kyp must take the Sun Crusher on a suicide mission against the awesome Death Star prototype: a battle Han knows they may be unable to win...even with Luke Skywalker at their side!

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Critic reviews

AudioFile Earphones Award winner

"Anthony Heald, the consummate reader, does an excellent rendition of this modern classic. His abilities elevate him above all others. Reproducing the character voices with great effectiveness, his voice, enhanced by sound effects, keeps the listener riveted. This action-filled, well-paced performance is worth listening to over and over." (AudioFile)

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I don't think the narrator has ever seen star wars

the story is AMAZING, I loved it all. but the narrator is terrible. he mispronounces almost all the names of the planets throughout the trilogy, and he also changes the voices for the characters in the B- plot several times. He used his normal voice for Wedge for the first book, but thought the second and third he flips back and forth between that and some poorly done Scottish accent several times a chapter and sometimes even halfway though a sentence.

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Great book!

These are the stories Disney should be using! Selling the real fans short with their own versions

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did not like the mispronounced names and planets

great story but did not like the mispronounced names and planets. other than that it was great content. author did great but the reader needs to watch the movies or Google the way to say names. ie cor-is-cant instead of saying cor-is-saunt.

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based

Is far better than anything Disney has put out in the last decade.

very nice to see Mara again as well.

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Best of the trilogy!

Wow. This book was great! Top notch job all around. I really wish we got to see these as movies! So good. This book satisfied ever need! 10/10

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amazing and enticing to the end

to continue the journey. to stay attentive, to continue to believe in the star wars have been incredibly important to me, riding to and from work, or even just up the road, that's what I listen to and when I'm cleaning the house I just put my headphones in and I'm away, lightyears away! and I'm glad. ty

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really great sound design

the song at the end is immaculate i almost want a movie of it

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Good story and Performance

it's a good basic story and preformance but not the greatest I do not regret grabbing it.

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The narratoration is mediocre

The story is ok, the abridged version jumps around a bit. The unabridged version might be better.

The narrator is mediocre. He does not pronounce names correctly. At times he speaks almost too fast to understand him, other times he's on the verge of slurring his words. Some dialog is said with the wrong personality and character which comes across as odd.

The overall quality of the narration is marginal. Getting past the above mentioned issues, the book is understandable and is easy to follow.

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Good Star Wars Books

These are definitely written for a younger audience but they are fun to listen to. This second one was better than the first. Reminded me lots of the plot points in the movies. Good narrator. Worth listening to if you like star wars, want to know what happens right after movies end and want a simple listen. Sound effects sometimes bother me but these are good.

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