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Premise labels used: apprenticeship, mentor-apprentice, coming of age, team mission, disaster response, quarantine, toxin outbreak, mystery, rivalry, survival

Setting labels used: space setting, galactic setting, prequel era, between episodes, Coruscant, Jedi Temple, planetary disaster zone, quarantine zone, industrial planet, contaminated city

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Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin

Charles Soule, Marco Checchetto · 2016 · Star Wars: Canon Miniseries

Obi-Wan and a conflicted young Anakin answer a distress call on a war-torn world as Palpatine’s influence deepens.

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Premise labels: mentor-apprentice duo · distress call mission · war-torn planet · faction conflict · coming of age · forbidden future · moral crisis · dual timeline

Setting labels: prequel era · between episodes I and II · before Clone Wars · remote planet · alien world · war-torn world · corrupted atmosphere · Coruscant · Jedi Temple · Republic era

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Distance: 0.1824

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The Rising Force

Dave Wolverton · 2002 · Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice

A 12-year-old Jedi hopeful must face danger and self-doubt when a reluctant master, Qui-Gon Jinn, enters his path.

Why this is here

Premise labels: young Jedi training · apprenticeship quest · coming-of-age · master selection · rejection and redemption · space mission · guild conflict · Temple-to-field transition · control of anger · force-bonding

Setting labels: Jedi Temple · Coruscant · space ship · freighter · Bandomeer · agricultural corps · Star Wars universe · prequel era · before Episode I · Galactic Rim · space fantasy

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Distance: 0.2107

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Padawan

Kiersten White · 2022 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A young Obi-Wan Kenobi breaks from Jedi supervision on a solo mission and confronts a Force-charged mystery.

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Premise labels: coming of age · self-discovery · solo mission · mentor conflict · forbidden exploration · Force sensitivity

Setting labels: Coruscant · Jedi Temple · remote planet · mysterious planet · lush world · space fantasy · prequel era · ancient ruins

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Distance: 0.2133

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Star Wars: Rogue Planet

Greg Bear · 2000 · Star Wars Legends: Novels

Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a missing Jedi on a strange living world.

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Premise labels: master and apprentice · missing Jedi · quest mission · mysterious planet · living ships · biotech world · intrigue and betrayal · training journey · prequel bridge · political maneuvering

Setting labels: Coruscant · Zonama Sekot · Jedi Temple · Republic era · post-Phantom Menace · between Episodes I and II · pre-Clone Wars · living planet · outer space

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Distance: 0.2317

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Tears of the Nameless

George Mann · 2024 · Star Wars: The High Republic

A Jedi investigator and his allies race to uncover the origin of the Nameless and the Blight before fear overtakes the galaxy.

Why this is here

Premise labels: investigation · mystery · monster hunting · ancient lore · survival mission · apocalyptic threat · forbidden knowledge · scientific inquiry

Setting labels: far future · space setting · galactic conflict · Jedi Order · Coruscant · Jedi Temple · ancient civilization · ruins · occlusion zone

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Distance: 0.2336

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Nyxia Uprising

Scott Reintgen · 2019 · The Nyxia Triad

With their planet doomed and enemies closing in, Emmett’s crew must survive, ally, and fight for escape.

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Premise labels: survival quest · escape mission · last chance · team alliance · corporate control · planetary disaster · space competition · evacuation race · alien alliance

Setting labels: space setting · alien planet · planetary colonization · doomed world · collapsing moons · off-world survival · space station · hostile terrain · futuristic setting

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Distance: 0.2369

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His Human Rebel

Renee Rose · 2017 · Zandian Masters

An escaped human refugee and a protective alien warrior are thrown together as trust, desire, and escape plans collide.

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Premise labels: alien army · conscripted humans · escape plot · rescue mission · mates · forced alliance · war training · brother rescue

Setting labels: spacecraft · prison pod · death pod · alien army camp · captivity · interconnected series world · futuristic setting · off-planet setting

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Distance: 0.2396

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A Test of Courage

Justina Ireland · 2021 · Star Wars: The High Republic

A young Jedi knight and three other youths must survive a ship disaster, grief, and danger on a hostile moon.

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Premise labels: stranded survivors · ship disaster · survival mission · grief journey · group teamwork · coming of age · escorted assignment · space rescue

Setting labels: High Republic era · outer rim · luxury liner · space station · jungle moon · alien planet · remote moon · galactic republic · space fantasy

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Distance: 0.2425

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Master and Apprentice

Claudia Gray · 2019 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

Qui-Gon Jinn and young Obi-Wan face a political mission and a possible parting that will test their bond.

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Premise labels: master-apprentice bond · Jedi mission · political dispute · dangerous mission · prophecy · council offer · moral dilemma

Setting labels: prequel era · Jedi Order · royal court · planetary politics · spacefaring galaxy · Republic era · new planet

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Distance: 0.2428

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The Dark Rival

Jude Watson · 2001 · Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice

Qui-Gon faces the return of his betrayed former apprentice while his bond with Obi-Wan finally deepens on Bandomeer.

Why this is here

Premise labels: former apprentice · mentor bond · revenge · past trauma · dark side · apprenticeship

Setting labels: Bandomeer · mining world · sea planet · planetary exploitation · offworld colony · AgriCorps · space adventure · prequel-era

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Distance: 0.2445

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The Fight to Survive

Terry Bisson · 2002 · Star Wars: Boba Fett

A young Boba Fett must survive a galaxy-spanning upheaval and learn his father’s harsh lessons after tragedy strikes.

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Premise labels: young protagonist · childhood backstory · survival quest · orphan survival · bounty hunter origin · revenge arc · coming-of-age

Setting labels: space opera · galactic setting · clone era · war setting · rainy planet · Kamino · Geonosis · Coruscant

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Distance: 0.2447

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Star Wars: Slave Ship

K.W. Jeter · 2002 · Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars

Boba Fett becomes the hunted in a dual-timeline Star Wars tale of bounty hunters, betrayals, and power plays.

Why this is here

Premise labels: bounty hunter · survival · hunted hero · power struggle · double-crossing · guild collapse · underworld intrigue · pursuit

Setting labels: galactic setting · spacefaring · on and around Tatooine · Kuat · Endor era · Return of the Jedi timeframe · Legends continuity · old EU

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Distance: 0.2455

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