I, Jedi

I, Jedi is the first Star Wars novel written in 1st Person and dominated by a character never seen in the movies.

To the delight of many Kevin J. Anderson detractors, entire sections of the Jedi Academy Trilogy were revisited and retcon into a much more logical story.

In I, Jedi, Corran Horn discovers his Jedi heritage in order to save the life of his wife.

Corran Horn was a member of the elite X-Wing force Rogue Squadron. After returning home from a long campaign to find his wife kidnapped, he turns to Luke Skywalker, the only remaining Jedi Master at the time, for help. This coincides nicely with the Master's timing, as he is seeking students for his new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4. Corran knows that he is force sensitive, and that only with the force as his ally can he track down his enemy.

It turns out that Corran's wife, Mirax, was tracking down a group of elusive pirates based around of the Imperial Star Destroyer Mark II Invidious that comes out of hyperspace, strikes, and disappears with perfect timing. As she grew closer to solving the mystery of how these pirates performed their supernaturally accurate attacks, she was kidnapped and placed into stasis on their fortress planet. On the journey to save Mirax, Corran learns that his grandfather was a Jedi; a member of the Halcyon line. His adopted grandfather shows Corran the records that the Jedi had left behind, and with that, Corran eventually makes up his mind to follow in his ancestor's footsteps and become a Jedi. After extensive training and being caught in a crisis involving the risen spirit of the Dark Sith Lord Exar Kun, Corran goes as far as he can, and infiltrates the pirates using his CorSec training. He quickly rises through the ranks, and finds out where Mirax is kept. With the timely help of Luke Skywalker and his squadron friend Ooryl, he fights his way into the fortress past the Janensari: twisted Jedi who focus on stealth and premonition, and rescues his wife.