Star Wars has debuted a surprising new story about Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The story is set yet The Phantom Menace And before Attack of the clonesWhen Anakin was still a Jedi Padawan training with his Jedi Master. While many stories in Star Wars Kanon follows Anakin and Obi-Wan between Attack of the clones And Revenge of the Sithincluded The Clone Wars Animated series and the novel Brotherhood by Mike Chen, there aren’t that many stories in the ten years between The Phantom Menace And Attack of the clones.
The story, written by Brian K. Miller and narrated by Kevin Kemp, is called “Padawan’s Pride.” and was released by Audible. It follows Anakin and Obi-Wan infiltrating an underground podracing circuit to find a Republic spy who is believed to be a prisoner of the crime boss running the illegal operation. With Anakin posing as a podracer and Obi-Wan posing as his companion, the duo’s relationship is tested in new ways in this adventure that takes place three years after The Phantom Menace.
What does Padawan’s pride mean for Star Wars?
More information about Anakin’s early Jedi years will be revealed
“Padawan’s Pride” is set in An important period in Anakin’s life that has been largely unexplored until now Star Wars Canon. Based on the cover of “Padawan’s Pride”, which shows Anakin wielding a blue lightsaber, he presumably finished building his own lightsaber at this point in his training and went through the collection ritual. In this way and in others, Anakin will have made significant progress in his training over the past three years, but he will still have some struggles.
He will still miss his mother Shammi Skywalker, whom he hasn’t seen in three years and won’t see again for another seven. at 12 years old, He will test the boundaries of his relationship with Obi-WanAnd will push the limits further during a mission that requires Obi-Wan to pretend to be his companion. This will create more tension between them during their secret and high-stakes mission to rescue a captive Republic spy from the criminal underworld and will provide further insight into the earlier years of their relationship.
Will Star Wars drop more surprise audiobooks?
It can work for stories of a certain length
“Padawan’s Pride” is A wonderful surprise that gives the possibility of more Star Wars Audiobooks were unexpectedly released In the future. At three hours and 57 minutes, “Padawan’s Pride” is shorter than normal Star Wars Novel. Any future surprise audiobook releases will also likely tend to be on the shorter side, while full-length stories like the upcoming High Republic novels and the rule of the empire Trilogy will continue to be announced and marketed ahead of time.
Source: Audible