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Star Wars Adventures #1.1
Hunt the Sun Runner
A Nallastian freighter sends out a distress signal and a Fondor Space Patrol ship responds. Although they cannot find the freighter, they do find a mysterious ship that appears to be the Sun Runner. The Sun Runner is a ghost ship that supposedly carries devices that will render other ships inoperable. Shortly after dispatching a message droid to the superior, the Space Patrol vessel suddenly goes silent.
90 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Ryder Windham
277 books172 followersRyder Windham is an American sci-fi author who has written over sixty Star Wars books, including novels, comics, reference books, and so on. He has also written junior novelizations for Indiana Jones movies. Since 1993, he has been working on Star Wars projects either by himself or with other authors. His reference book Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide had been on the New York Times Best Seller list for three weeks in 2005. Although he has written lots of books, accepted interviews, and appeared at several fan-conventions, little is known about his personal life.
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January 17, 2024
Set in 23BBY
A good read, quick read and with a decent story about a ghost ship found by some crew that has in it some power weapons that can stop spaceships from being operable. And Obi-Wan and Anakin come to save the day.
Their voices were well-captured and with an ok story and an interesting concept to boot, without stalling and a quick build up.
A good read, quick read and with a decent story about a ghost ship found by some crew that has in it some power weapons that can stop spaceships from being operable. And Obi-Wan and Anakin come to save the day.
Their voices were well-captured and with an ok story and an interesting concept to boot, without stalling and a quick build up.
August 30, 2020
The start of a new series in a galaxy far, far away. In this one, a derelict ship that has been missing for many years is finally found found. The question now is who is the legal owner. The conflicting parties of this issue might end up in a war and the Jedi are sent in to stop this from happening.
Really not much to tell here as this is the opening book and it seems like each book will tell more of the story. I just completed a series in this universe that did the same thing and I am not the biggest fan of this way of storytelling. Each book showcases one scene and then basically ends. I feel like they are incomplete and I don't know why these books were never condensed into an omnibus.
It does look like we are going to get a more mature Anakin and his relationship with Obi-Wan. I am looking forward to that so I will check out the next book and decide if this series is worth continuing. As a solo book this book doesn't do much.
Really not much to tell here as this is the opening book and it seems like each book will tell more of the story. I just completed a series in this universe that did the same thing and I am not the biggest fan of this way of storytelling. Each book showcases one scene and then basically ends. I feel like they are incomplete and I don't know why these books were never condensed into an omnibus.
It does look like we are going to get a more mature Anakin and his relationship with Obi-Wan. I am looking forward to that so I will check out the next book and decide if this series is worth continuing. As a solo book this book doesn't do much.
January 3, 2021
This is a companion to a game book. You can choose to read how the story turned out in the book, or use the game book to play the module yourself and come back for the ending. It's not badly written - Obi-wan and Anakin are very in-character.
But as someone who is slowly progressing through the vast sea of EU Star Wars, I'm not going to take the time to read the rest of this series.
But as someone who is slowly progressing through the vast sea of EU Star Wars, I'm not going to take the time to read the rest of this series.
June 13, 2023
A decent enough adventure with an intriguing premise, which is surprising given the book's short length. Not brilliant by any means, but also not terrible.
PS: How fortunate that a secondhand copy of this book arrived in my letterbox about 90 minutes before I'd planned to read it!
PS: How fortunate that a secondhand copy of this book arrived in my letterbox about 90 minutes before I'd planned to read it!
April 10, 2022
It started off better than the other Adventures books, but per usual, the writing is terrible and the plot isn’t that interesting.
July 6, 2025
Star Wars: Hunt for the Sun Runner is a cool introduction to an adventure. Anakin and Obi-Wan are on a mission when a mysterious ship shows up supposedly from 4,000 years ago. The setup is pretty cool and pulls you in right away.
One of the best parts is watching Anakin step into his own. He’s really trying to make decisions independently now. And it's good to see Obi-Wan in this sort of quiet, reflective mode wondering if he’s done enough with and for Anakin, and ultimately kind of shrugging like, “Well, it is what it is now.”
This one’s short, but it sets up what looks like it could be a solid story or at the very least, a fun ride going forward 3/5
One of the best parts is watching Anakin step into his own. He’s really trying to make decisions independently now. And it's good to see Obi-Wan in this sort of quiet, reflective mode wondering if he’s done enough with and for Anakin, and ultimately kind of shrugging like, “Well, it is what it is now.”
This one’s short, but it sets up what looks like it could be a solid story or at the very least, a fun ride going forward 3/5
July 7, 2015
surprisingly one of the best characterisations of obi wan and Anakin, and their relationship together.
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