Sentinel

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #6

by John Jackson Miller

Cast into slavery by the machinations of the Sith, Ori Kitai believes she's found her way back into the Lost Tribe and perhaps a whole lot more. Ori s discovery of a second starship gives her the opportunity to avenge the humiliations heaped on her family by the decrepit Grand Lord. Indeed, she could turn their entire society upside down offering escape from their planetary prison.

But Ori encounters resistance from a surprising the seemingly humble farmer who took her a man with a secret past and an agenda of his own. He cannot allow Ori Kitai to unleash the Lost Tribe on an unsuspecting galaxy. But how can he stop the woman he loves without destroying them both?

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Ebooks, Short Stories, Science Fiction Fantasy

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 2, 2011

About the author

New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in science fiction. His Star Trek novels include the Discovery – Die Standing, the acclaimed novel Discovery — The Enterprise War, the Prey trilogy, and Takedown. His Star Wars novels include A New Dawn, Kenobi, Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and the Knights of the Old Republic comics, available from Marvel as Legends: The Old Republic.

He’s written comics and prose for Halo, Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, Planet of the Apes, and Mass Effect, with recent graphic novels for Battlestar Galactica, Dumbo, and The Lion King. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site.

He is also a comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron.. He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plot:
In Sentinel, Ori discovers Jelph’s Starfighter. She runs off to go and tell the council, so they can reinstate her. Jelph runs after her to try to stop her, but he is too slow and loses her. Before going to the council, Ori visits her mother and tells her the story. Her mother tells Ori that telling the council won’t change things. After the talk with her mother, Ori is changed. Jelph finally catches up and fights/talks with Ori. They realize that they both like each other, and they decide to escape together. When they arrive back at Jelph’s hut, they find the council there. Ori’s mom ratted them out. The council tries stealing the starship, but Jelph put in a security self-destruct. The council all dies. Ori realizes she has nowhere to go, so Jelph and Ori go and live in the wilderness. Jelph decides to stay with Ori rather than try to find a way off of the planet.
Characterization:
In the beginning, Ori was still loyal to the Sith. She wanted to go to the council to reinstate herself, even though it was at the cost of her newfound lover’s life. When she went and had a talk with her mother, her mindset changed however. Ori discovered that telling the council won’t change anything. After that chat, as well as the fight/talk with Jelph, Ori realizes where her true loyalties lie. She decides that spending the rest of her life with Jelph is more important than personal gain.
Audience:
I would recommend this book to teenagers and older as some of the material is hard to grasp. I would recommend this book to Star Wars fans as well as fans of science fiction because there are a lot of fictional aspects in this book, such as space travel and futuristic technology. Both genders will be able to enjoy this book equally. However, if you are not a fan of science fiction do not read this book. You will be bored out of your mind because of all of the science involved. Likewise if you are not of a high reading level the content will go right over your head.
Personal Response:
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars. I really enjoyed getting a new perspective in the series. Seeing how Ori changed throughout was really cool. I love Star Wars and this book did not disappoint. I would recommend it to all Star Wars fans.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great story, really liked both main characters in this one and even though I saw where it was going towards the end and how it's gonna end for them, I liked it.

A Sith and a Jedi, a battle and a conversation between those two. Great info about the lore and history and just really well written entertaining story. Solid work.

Of course I'm a sucker for Revan, so we get some information about him too.

[Lina · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars
Better than the last one. But I kinda can't stand Ori. She's just stupid. But I think it's because of the shortness of the books. So I still feel like I don't really know anyone. And the love story was just seemed forced. Why does there have do be a love story in everything?
But a jedi enters the picture...yay

[Myles Gerber · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Nice sweet conclusion. Nothing major here but some cool moments. These novellas continue to be good, not great. But that’s okay.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great second half to the fun sophomore Lost Tribe story arc. I feel it's more light fare than the Korsin cycle was, with less bigger ideas floating around, and indeed the main one here, the Sith/Jedi inter-culture relationship, might seem a bit thin on the outset.

Still, with great characterization and a solid structure, I would recommend #6 as I did its predecessors. There's probably more to dig into with #5 and #6 than I'm giving it credit for, particularly as far as the passage of time and visions of society are concerned; they're just not as up and front as in the first four stories. Whatever the case, JJM makes it all seem to easy.

[Kristy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yep, a jedi does wonders to the story. It was just so-so before, but enter jedi knight and it becomes good and worth reading. And of course the lightsaber fighting is so much better when you've got the blue going. :P

[I DRM Free · Rating 4 out of 5]

But Ori encounters resistance from a surprising person: the seemingly humble farmer who took her in: a man with a secret past and an agenda of his own. He cannot allow Ori Kitai to unleash the Lost Tribe on an unsuspecting galaxy. But how can he stop the woman he loves without destroying them both?

Ori is in a desperate struggle to reach the capitol city, to warn her mother about her new discovery and who that information could be sold to for their greatest benefit.

Jelph is also in a desperate struggle to reach the capitol city, to prevent Ori from telling others about his ship. Unfortunately for Jelp, Ori was quicker.

They both race back to the farm to beat whoever it is that they will meet. But they are too late, others have beat them to the farm and discovered the ship on their own.

Can Jelph and Ori beat these intruders and return to the skies? Or will they die on Kesh while the Sith flow out of Kesh and bring a new plague upon the galaxy?

This book was quite well written and kept me guessing and wanting to read faster. In this book they mention the Kesh rebellion of a thousand years ago, but apparently none of them had ever been seen again. So is the rebellion successfully growing, or did they all die on that island?

It as with the others has DRM, -1.

[Alana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting star-crossed lovers kind of scenario. I liked the ending ok, although I'm pretty sure there's a big time jump after this one to the next story so we likely won't learn anything else about these characters other than they started a whole line of Sith/Jedi that are important later. Unfortunate, because learning more about them would be interesting. But it's nice to see this segment of history and how the planet has changed in the 1000 years and how it's going to influence later events.

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Back into Star Wars reading

I've fallen off reading for fun so when in doubt I go back to Star Wars. Of the Lost tribe of the Sith series I think this is the best so far. Throughly enjoyed it and can't wait to continue reading the legends books in chronological order

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another episode between centuries is finished in this short. The lost Jedi, Jelph, must stop Ori, a High Sith official turned slave, from revealing him and his ship. This short adventure triggers a new phase in the politics of Kesh.

[Lyndon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 6 in an 8 book (novelet really) series. But this story arc lasts 2 episodes (#5 and #6). Takes place 1000 years after books 1 to 4. Well done.

[Abigail Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m still struggling with the overall format of the book, however I feel as though the further I get into it the more I enjoy it. This short story has been one of my favourites so far.

[Hanna Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it. It was interesting. I can't wait to continue on in the Star Wars universe.

[Dan Graziotto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun end to this arc. Admiral Morvis' message is chilling to read. Onto the final story of the Lost Tribe!

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

the continuation of the story was good.

[Cameron Fry · Rating 3 out of 5]

7/10 GOOD

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic!!! Loved this one!! I'm excited to move on to Pantheon now!

[Elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The series started with Omen, a spaceship owned by the Siths which crashlanded in an unknown planet.
Since there were no metals found in the planet, they were unable to fix the spaceship..So they had no choice but to live their lives, hoping that someday, they will get out of there.
Centuries pass,and the Sith grew in number, and they were able to make their own government, and their own caste system.
Over the years the dark force was able to strengthen itself,and politics will always be politics. People betrayed each other just to make sure they get what they want.
In the end, Lady Orielle/Ori,daughter of one of the Sith's High Lords became a slave when her mom was accused of being a traitor to the dark side, seeked refuge in the arms of Jelph. Who happened to be a "farmer/slave". Ori soon found out that Jelph is a Jedi.. Jelph explained to Ori that the Siths are already extinct in the outerspace, and it was his duty to report that there is still a planet full of Siths.
Bound to their duties to their own people, Ori tried to warn her people regarding the what was happening in the space. And Jelph also send some transmission to his people regarding what he discovered.
But in the end,nothing happened. The Sith continued to live with what the became used to,and the Jedis raged war against each other.

So,yes, i think Ori lived happily with Jelph.. :)

It was a nice ride reading this series.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I don’t like about these books is their form – as short stories – what I mean is, that reading them as one book wouldn’t work for me because I want to take it sequentially and therefore I’d have to stop at one point and star another book because the last two stories are after some other books, at least according the time-line. And reading them as separate books is also not the same because they’re too short to build up some atmosphere and suspense, not a very good one, though I admit that the stories got slowly better. But it was odd how there’s been many years between them – 25 years between 1-4 and a thousand between 4 and 5, just then it again was following on each other directly – I mean why? Why not take it a little bit slower?

Oh, and the thing with the Keshiri people – when they’ve been able to steel all their Uvak I certainly wouldn’t just flee and try to find a new home and risk that many would die during the journey, I’d rather have my own city back, so I don’t understand why wouldn’t they rather fight.

Well, anyway, I doubt I’ll read them again, they’re nothing that special.

[Sacha Valero · Rating 4 out of 5]

This installment follows where Purgatory left off. Jelph has set out to follow Ori who has gone to tell her mother she's found an incredible secret that will return their family status. Her mother, Candra is now a slave to the Grand Lord Venn and Ori finds her mucking out uvak stalls.

Candra tells her to tell her secret to a couple of lords and afterwards she discovers Jelph on the aqueducts. The two have a bit of a battle and Jelph explains there are no Sith coming for the lost tribe. Ori ultimately comes to her senses and realizes she's better off with Jelph and that she's not a very good Sith. They flee back to his farm in an attempt to get in his ship and flee only to find that Candra sold out her daughter (like a good Sith does) and Grand Lord Venn is there with her henchmen.

I'll leave it there with the caveat that nobody gets the ship.

This was a pretty fast pace and the characters of Ori and Jelph work well together. We've got ourselves a bit of a love story between two people who are supposed to hate one another. They live out the rest of their lives in the jungle where no Sith ever venture. All in all, another quality story.

[Juan Carlos Toledo Núñez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dos párrafos definen este capítulo de la saga Sith:

“Well, it’s pointless now,” he said, stooping to lift a stone from their future front garden. “If the Jedi are divided—or, worse, if Revan or someone else has fallen to the dark side—then bringing a planetful of Sith to their attention is the worst thing I could possibly do for the galaxy.”

Y esta:

“And now Jelph was suffering, certain that he had some duty to perform, but unsure what it was. What service did he owe the galaxy—a galaxy that had already cast him out?
“Maybe,” Ori said, “maybe Sith philosophy has the answer for you.”
“What?”
“We’re taught to be self-centered. We don’t think us and them. It’s just you, versus everyone else. No one else matters.”

...un poco cansada esta colección de historias Sith, pero al final, o casi final, tiene sentido.

[Yves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ce tome est la suite directe du précédent. Une des Sith, Ori, découvre qu'un Jedi a infiltré la Lost Tribe. Cependant, elle résiste à son envie quasi-instinctive à le dénoncer. Ori se retrouve donc avec un gros problème de conscience. De son côté, Jelph le Jedi, qui s'était donné comme mission d'exterminé tous les Sith se retrouve lui aussi avec des problèmes de conscience lorsqu'il tombe amoureux d'Ori.

Ce que j'ai le plus aimé de ce livre ce sont les références aux bandes dessinées de Star Wars que j'ai déjà lu. Enfin, un auteur tient compte de ce qui s'est fait du point des BD. Une connaissance de la série Knights of the Old Republic et du jeu aide beaucoup à la compréhension de ce tome. Cependant, un néophyte ne s'y perdra pas trop.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice continuation from the last book, that closes out Ori and Jelph's part of the story. On it's own I enjoyed it, it was a nice easy read...but as a part of the series I felt it gave little to the actual storyline. The Sith are no closer to leaving than they were in the previous books, though they do get close...but stupidity took a hold of one of them and ruined it.
I did like the ending though, and I also like the mention of Revan in this one since it makes it a little easier to understand the timeline.

[Ariel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plot: This one picks up right where #5 lets off. It starts out suspenseful and keeps that suspense up until the very end. Quite a catching story!



Characters: Ori becomes a lot less selfish in this one, and begins to see herself through another's eyes. She becomes much more tolerable.



Setting: Same setting as previous book.



Overall: This one ties up the last book, and ends well. Although it could end as is, I hope to see another book soon!

[Gerold Whittaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is three years since Ori turned to a flower seller - unknown to her, a Jedi - for help after she become a slave. She unexpectedly finds his hidden spaceship and relises that revealing it's whereabouts might be a way to get her out of slavery - a way to save her mother who had been sold to a life of hard labour.....

The sixth and last of the series. The one I enjoyed the most but yet again, too short.

A free ebook, downloaded through Kobo.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is actually for all of the first six e-books in the series. They're nothing earth shattering, but they're decent, quick reads (each book is basically a mini-novella or long short story). If you're a SW fan looking for a way to pass a few minutes here and there, they're worth a read, especially considering that all of the books, including the recently released 7th, are available for free on the kindle.

[Shawn Fairweather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Out of all the entries so far, Sentinel has the truest feel of being a Star Wars entry. Although I will also say that Miller does some injustice to the story for limiting it to being a short storied entry. I feel that more could have been developed and expanded on to the point of giving these characters more of an opportunity to stand out from the rest. Its a shame that this had more of a taste of being a teaser than something more.

[Robb · Rating 3 out of 5]

After book 4 in the series, books 5 & 6 jump ahead into the future and pick up in a new era of the Sith. Books 5-6 combine to make one story line and introduce another set of characters. Now we learn of a Sith lord daughter Ori who rises and falls prey to sith machinations and a hidden jedi on the sith planet of kesh. What happens next when these two characters become intertwined; a little jedi rubs off on the sith and a little of the sith rubs off on the jedi altering plans of both.....

[AndrewP · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the last of these books that I have available. From what I read there were others at one time but all except the omnibus edition have been withdrawn. Just as well.

In such a short story it's hard to imagine so many things being wrong with it. Main gripe in this one.. the Sith havn't seen any advanced technology in 1000 years but when they find a Jedi fighter someone hops in and gets it off the ground immediatly.

Ive learnt my lesson now. No more Star Wars fiction for me.

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was probably the best of the bunch in terms of writing style and any connections to any of the SW books out there. I am not sure if there will be anymore free readings on Kindle by the author, but I will probably download them and read them when I get a chance. They are quick reads. The next one will probably be set in the distant future again.