Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe

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**The Golden Globe**

Author	Nancy Richardson
Cover Artist	Eric J. W. Lee
Country	USA
Language	English
Era	New Republic
Series	Junior Jedi Knights
Galactic Year	22 ABY
Canon	C
Subject(s)	Star Wars
Genre(s)	Science Fiction
Publisher	Berkley Books
Released	1 October 1995
Media Type	Paperback
Pages	122
Size and Weight	0.5 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches 3.2 ounces
ISBN	ISBN 1-57297-035-9
Preceded by	Survivor's Quest
Followed by	Lyric's World

The Golden Globe is the first volume in the Junior Jedi Knights series by Nancy Richardson. It was written by Rebecca Moesta in 1996.

[edit] Summary

Anakin Solo is beginning his training at the legendary Jedi academy. Together, he and his new friend Tahiri discover both the awesome power of the Force - and the terrifying danger of the dark side.

Anakin Solo's uncle, Luke Skywalker, informed the Solo family that young Anakin, eleven years old, is ready to begin his Jedi training. Anakin leaves his homeplanet of Coruscant to go to Yavin 4, where the Messeni Jedi Academy resides. There, he feels shy at first, but quickly comes across a bubbly, nine year old girl named Tahiri Veila. Tahiri is talkitive and Anakin is quiet, but the two become instant friends.

However, all is not well. Anakin begins to have visions of himself on a raft, going down a big river. He confides in Tahiri that he feels he needs to follow his vision, and see what it means. Tahiri is skeptical, until she too has the vision. The vision grows, showing a storm behind the two of them on the raft, Tahiri falling into the water, and Anakin unable to help her.

Together, they sneak out of the Jedi Academy on students' break. They hitch a raft, and begin their journey. Anakin, who brought R2-D2 with them, listens to his beeps and notcies that there is a storm brewing behind them, just like in the vision. There are monthy storms on Yavin and they are very dangerious, so Anakin and Tahiri are determined to reach the shore. Along the way, Tahiri falls into the water just as Anakin predicted. Anakin, terrified, keeps his cool and saves Tahiri with the use of the Force. Tahiri is saved and the two come across a temple, much like the Jedi Academy. They enter and go through a series of puzzles before entering the final room. A sleeping animal awakes, and claims to be a Jedi Master. Ikrit, a Jedi of the Old Republic, informs the two that there was a golden globe in the room and that Massassi children were trapped within it. The children had been trapped a long time ago by a Sith Lord. Master Ikrit had tried to free the poor children years ago, but the children could only be freed by children themselves. With that in mind, Anakin and Tahiri tried to reach within the globe, but find swirling sand, and pain, so much pain that it is unbearable. They sadly tell the Jedi Master that they cannot do the task right yet, but maybe when they grew stronger, they would be able to. Master Ikrit tells them that it is their destiny. They alone were the ones chosen to free these children. They take the furry Jedi Master with them, and head back to the Academy.

They were fearful to discover that it was already midnight, and that people at the Academy were looking for them. Sure enough, when they got back to the Jedi Academy, Luke Skywalker was waiting for them on the front steps, not at all pleased. Tahiri, afraid that Luke would expel them both, takes blame for their outing completely, saying that they had gotten lost and that R2 led them home. This was a lie, and Luke was doubtful but when he asks R2 for confirmation, the droid whirrs back in agreement. So they avoided punishment. They have yet to fulfill their destiny which continues in the next installments in the book series.

Various Facts:

Anakin Solo is frightened that he will follow his grandfather's fate, and become the next Darth Vader.
Tahiri Veila is two years younger than Anakin.
Jedi Master Ikrit was sleeping the room of the golden globe for many years, waiting for Anakin and Tahiri to save the children trapped in the globe.
Like his grandfather, Anakin Solo has visions of the future