''The Only Witness'' by

Jude Watson Judy Blundell, pseudonym Jude Watson, is an American author of books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2008 for the young adult novel '' What I Saw and How I L ...

is the seventeenth in a series of young reader

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s called '' Jedi Apprentice''. The series explores the adventures of

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and

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prior to ''

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''.

Plot

A witness asks for escort and protection from the

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Order. She wants to testify against her family - the Cobral group - who control the planet of

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much like the Syndicat controlled Phindar. An older

and his master,

, have been sent to protect her, but they suspect that she is hiding something. The Cobral family stop at nothing to ensure that the witness does not testify, but they eventually fail. She is escorted to Coruscant, where she successfully testifies.

Characters

*Bard Cobral *Lena Cobral *Solan Cobral *Zanita Cobral *Crote *

*Juno *

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*Mica *

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* Yoda

References

External links

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Official CargoBay Listing
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TheForce.net review
' * 2002 American novels 2002 science fiction novels Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice All stub articles {{2000s-child-sf-novel-stub

Plot

Characters

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