Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival (Watson)
Not really a review, just reminding myself about some of the details of what I read ...
In the final pages of the first book, there's an Epilogue that is really just a set-up for the next book. We find out that Qui Gon's first padawan, whom he lost, is still alive. He lost him to the dark side. (I don't know if this mentioned in the first movie or any other expanded universe stuff.) Qui Gon took the boy from his planet with his father's blessing, but for his last step as a padawan, Yoda sent the two back to that planet. Xanatos's father was preparing for war. Without spoiling too much for whomever reads this, Xanatos turns away from the Jedi and now embraces the dark side of the Force. And he has major issues with his former Master.
As such, it was Xanatos would arranged for Qui Gon to be sent to Bandomeer. Less clear is if he arranged for Obi Wan to go there as well, or if he just assummed that Qui Gon would have a new apprentice at this point. Xanatos is bent on revenge, even if he plays it cool, but his plans include taking that revenge out on Obi Wan, who he believes is Qui Gon's apprentice. (He is not yet.)
Bandomeer is a farming world, but it is also being mined by Offworld Corporation, run by Hutts, which employs Xanatos, who has his own plans for this, too.
A good follow-up to book one in that it continues the plot and characters (even the minor ones), even though it has a different writer. Also, it was a bit shorter. This one was also rated RL 4.
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