Star Wars Bookworms Book Club discussion

Throughout the book we see Kanan battling with the Jedi side of himself. When in the book do you think we see his jedi side the most? Why do you think he is unable to hide it? Do you think more of it will come out in the show?

I'm guessing we'll see more Jedi skills out of Kanan towards the end of the book, but I'm sure this is going to be explored throughout the series. So it's probably going to be tread lightly in the book.

Bruce wrote: "I'm guessing we'll see more Jedi skills out of Kanan towards the end of the book, but I'm sure this is going to be explored throughout the series. So it's probably going to be tread lightly in the ..."


That's kind of what I was thinking as well. It will be very interesting to see when Kanan actually admits to being a Jedi. I'm also interested in seeing how much training he's had. The beginning of the book showed him as a child but I don't remember it ever saying if he was a full Jedi or still a Padawan when he went into hiding.

I've been reading (and rereading) the children's book "Meet the Rebels" to my two year old son. In that book Kanan is clearly stated as being a Jedi and using a lightsaber. It'll be interesting the series how he manages to be so apparently open yet hide it from the Empire. Didn't Yoda flee to Dagobah to avoid detection? Wouldn't someone as powerful as the Emperor or Darth Vader detect a Force user? I have no idea how far that particular power extends.

This was something we considered on the only other "Dark Times" era project (besides KENOBI) that I worked on -- the out-of-print "Sword of the Empire" module for the role-playing game (details here -- http://www.farawaypress.com/games/swr...). The Inquisitors and their role in detecting Force users was described there.

In the game module (which doesn't necessarily remain valid in terms of what it says about their capabilities) the inquisitors in our story were able to sense Force users on the same planet, as Vader did on the Death Star, but not across millions of light years. And by not calling upon the Force, former Jedi in that game were able to hide their presence somewhat.

So what did people think of Kanan being forced to use his Jedi skills to save Hera? What did you think of their unvoiced agreement to not directly talk about it?

Travis wrote: "So what did people think of Kanan being forced to use his Jedi skills to save Hera? What did you think of their unvoiced agreement to not directly talk about it?"

I feel their agreement is out of courtesy. Since Hera doesn't want to say much about her past, Kanan won't say much about his either. It gives them both an air of mystery which helps to set up Rebels.

I also feel Kanan revealing his Force powers to Hera was a logical narrative choice. At that point Hera realizes she knows as little about Kanan as Kanan knows about her. This puts them on equal footing making them seem more like partners which is what they seem to be in Rebels.