This is certainly better than the first volume of the series, which was dire in every respect. It's still not great, however - though I'd raise the rating to two stars if it weren't for the truly terrible poetry that the authors, against all talent and cringe-factor, insist on having one of their characters speak in. (It doesn't even scan, did they not bother to read it aloud?!) Also, I can't say I'm thrilled about the idea of a hidden Jedi prince, in the form of a 12 year old boy called Ken. Prince Ken? Not gonna lie, I kind of snorted at that. I get that this is tie-in for kids, and so they wanted to strongly feature a child character. I get, too, that having him whinge about homework probably makes Ken sympathetic to the target audience, but... it all seems so simplistic, really.* There's a lot of excellent fiction for kids out there that isn't quite so basic, but I suppose as a demographic they want their popcorn reads too.

*And that's not even getting into the secret password Luke has to remember to use in the Lost City, a code which is the Jedi equivalent of "password1."