Star Wars: Padawan (An Obi-Wan YA Novel) By Kiersten White, Spoiler-Free Book Review – Set Years Before The Phantom Menace and Master & Apprentice

A YOUNG OBI-WAN MUST FEND FOR HIMSELF ON A STRANGE NEW WORLD! This week Mike embarks on a book review for Padawan by Kiersten White; a novel centred around a young Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly after being taken on as a padawan by Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan travels to a new world, after being guided by a Jedi from the High Republic, he meets a group of children who seem to have strange force abilities, but there is more than meets the eye, as this mystery unravels around Obi-Wan all while he questions where his place is in the galaxy.

As per all of Mike’s book reviews, it starts with his spoiler-free thoughts, then he gives plenty of warning before delving into his spoiler-filled thoughts, giving an overview of the book’s plot, some connections to other content and more! Make sure you go back and listen to episode 28 of SWCIC (from October 2020) to hear Mike’s review of Claudia Gray’s Master & Apprentice and Mike’s review of Mike Chen’s Brotherhood in June 2021.

This story is set in 41BBY, when Obi-Wan is 16 years old, approximately 1 year before Master & Apprentice, and 9 years before The Phantom Menace.

Last week, in ep 115, Mike delved into the 4 issues of Star Wars set after Crimson Reign, but before the Hidden Empire crossover event (excluding SW 25), where some Crimson Dawn undercover agents discover the DS-2 and work out where to go next, all while Luke continues to grow his strength as a Jedi and an auction takes place to obtain some ancient High Republic technology. Mike also talks about the ISB, Bar’leth, other connections and mentions a Mark Hamill anecdote from Charles Soule!

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Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Star Wars Timeline to talk Andor: https://youtu.be/rbC02Q2A8no

Mike appeared on Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound Podcast here: https://pod.fo/e/143cf0

Mike went on Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

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Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:32 Book Info
02:18 Young Adult & Growing Up
05:36 Spoiler-Free Thoughts & Overview
21:57 Full Plot Overview (Spoilers)
25:37 Spoiler Review
29:24 Thoughts For Future Obi-Wan Content
30:47 Outro