"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" would correctly sum up Hambly's book "Children of the Jedi", as the book seems to stray 'far, far away' from the rest of the Star Wars saga. With a confusing plot and some relativly weak characters, Hambly -unfortunately- successfully manages to turn a star wars space opera, into a soap opera. But I'm not here to thrash and trash this book like so many of the others, because unlike them, I actually understood and enjoyed it. I still cannot recommend this book to anybody though other than hard-core star wars fanatics who MUST read every book that's been published. If you're someone just looking for another series to start on, Then you might want to consider skipping this one for now.