KENOBI by John Jackson Miller
What does Ben Kenobi do for all of those years while he's waiting for Luke to grow up? Published by LucasBooks in August of 2013. Between the two Star Wars trilogies there is an empty space. What happens in the 20 years or so between the birth of Luke and Leia and the events of Episode IV: A New Hope . Fans know, of course, that Leia was sent off to Alderaan and raised as part of the royal family - hidden in plain sight. Luke, on the other hand was taken to Tatooine and secretly raised by his grandmother's relatives in a place as far away from the Emperor as possible. As Luke famously describes his home planet in Episode IV , "Well, if there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from." So, what does Ben Kenobi do for all of those years? This book gives the reader an idea about the first few months and leaves the possibility for more books. Kenobi is much more like a Western than the typical science fiction boo