Star Wars: The Jedi Academy: Champions of the Force

Volume 3

By: Kevin Anderson

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

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 protege 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!© and (P)1994 Lucasfilm Ltd. and TM.

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.

Great book!

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

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.

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.

great continuance

sometimes the sound effects were louder than the performer. other t u an that I thought the book was great.