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I finished the 7th book in the The Last of the Jedi series last night. I was surprised by the ending. I like it when books surprise me!

I haven't found much about this book on the Star Wars website. The only thing I have found was from December 2006.

Secret Weapon Revealed... - December 15, 2006
http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/young/news20061215.html

It's still not clear to me if this series is going to be 9 books or 10 books. I hope it will be 10. I really like this series and I'm looking forward to the next installment this summer. I'm not thrilled by the preliminary cover art for the 8th book. I assuming -- and I hope -- it will be changed before it goes to press.

The Last of the Jedi VIII
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Jedi_VIII


But this is the awesome part -- I just learned that the Japanese versions of the Jude Watson Scholastic books have completely different cover art! And their artwork is *much* better! Why do they get the good artwork and we get the crappy artwork? Ferus Olin didn't even make it onto the U.S. cover of Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice! The U.S. Book #6 had a very cool cover but the others have been nothing to write home about.

I have seen pictures of a few of the Japanese covers. Two can be found here:

The Last of the Jedi in Japan - June 02, 2006
http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/young/news20060602.html

But if anyone out there can pass along a URL to pictures of all of the Japanese covers, I would very much appreciate it.


May the Force be with you.