Journey Across Planet X

Star Wars: Science Adventures #2

by Jude Watson, K.D. Burkett

R2-D2, C-3PO, 4B-X, and Stuart Zissu find themselves lost on an unknown planet..where there are four seasons in each day. Bombarded by strange creatures and dizzying climactic changes, Stuart and the droids must trek through forests, water, and air...with science as their only guide. They have only one chance for rescue -- and only one chance to survive!

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[J.B. Mathias · Rating 2 out of 5]

very poorly written which is not at all typical of the author who also wrote the excellent Jedi Apprentice series. The characters jump from scenario to scenario each one just designed to discuss some basic meteorlogical phenomena like a textbook. The dialogue and scenes are poorly done and the plot is very thin. There's also lazy world breaking references like "space poker and laser dice"

Anyone who reads this might think the failure of the series was trying to be educational but the concept is fine it's the execution of it and the story around the concept that was so poor.

[Alyce Caswell · Rating 1 out of 5]

The problem with this series is that it seems to be one book's worth of story content but instead is spread out over several books. So it feels very stop-start and the drawn-out piece of the story you're being given gets boring fast (even worse, the science lessons interrupt the flow of the narrative). I'm happy the series was cancelled. Mostly because Jude Watson got to go onto bigger and better things... namely, the Jedi Apprentice series.

[Matthew Juffs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good mix of science and Star Wars. More of the same as per the first book.

[Gary Varga · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know that I am not part of the target demographic but the story ends up going one step along and that wasn't enough to maintain interest. The scientific aspects are good but, again, not enough.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Second and final book combining Star Wars with science lessons. I totally dig the concept. Unfortunately, the series was not extended past this book so it ends in a cliffhanger for our brave heroes.

The book covers friction, density, axial tilt (seasons), and various weather phenomena.

As stated in my review of book #1, I'm glad that the science teacher droid, 4B-X, is female to (almost) balance the all-boys party. However, she's conveniently able to adapt/extend her body and limbs to whatever configuration is needed to help the party survive their predicament. Not a very Star Wars-like droid. (This is the longtime SW fiction reader talking).

[Hazel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Star Wars and Science meet once again. This book covers a wider variety of science fields. It not only teaches about physics, but includes elements of life and earth sciences. Largely focusing on weather in the later part of the book. 4B-X does seem a bit out of place with her extensible arms and legs though this mirror's Vuffi-Ra. Ra was an alien robotic life form not a droid manufactured by a major corporation. I also have issues with anything that has people just carrying droids around. Both C-3P0 and R2D2 are extremely heavy. Not even c-3P0's prodigious strength would be able to get R2-D2 back up to the treetops.