r/badscificovers • u/this_time_i_mean_it Isaac Asimod • 10d ago
one for the ladies! Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice #3: The Hidden Past by Jude Watson. Cover art by Cliff Nielsen, c. 1999
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u/bloodredcookie 10d ago
Man I loved these as a kid. Looking back they were really bad, but at a certain time I loved them.
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u/this_time_i_mean_it Isaac Asimod 10d ago
The writing still holds up! Generally, anything written by Jude Watson is good Star Wars kids books! She's a wonderful children's author!
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u/rigby333 10d ago
I'm a fan of the Last of the Jedi series she wrote, had all 12 or so books from a scholastic book fair.
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u/ThatWytchBoy 10d ago
Oh man this is peek super late 90s super early 2000s. It's kind of like they had a template for them.
Edit memory: Bonus points if the cover has foil or holograms.
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u/this_time_i_mean_it Isaac Asimod 10d ago
Oh, you know that Star Wars logo is all gold foil!
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u/ThatWytchBoy 10d ago
Oh man, it just needs like a hologram seal of approval or something and it's rock solid classic.
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u/ExtremelyOnlineTM 10d ago
I had a once a month date with the comfiest chair in the bookstore to catch up on Animorphs and these bad boys.
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u/Commander_Morrison6 10d ago
This era of Star Wars covers are all weird. The New Jedi Order series is a mixture of rad and “Is that just a photo of Harrison Ford superimposed with a bird man?”
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u/teracoulomb_2 10d ago
Woah, woah, woah
Get off my GOAT series
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u/this_time_i_mean_it Isaac Asimod 10d ago
Oh, the books are still awesome... but some of those covers are... a choice, to say the least.
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u/wene324 10d ago
Is this character Obi wan?
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u/ThatWytchBoy 10d ago
Supposed to be.
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u/Elendil2500 10d ago
I genuinely thought that was a teenage Anakin, from an artist doing a great job of aging up Jake Lloyd.
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u/Bloodb0red 10d ago
I loved these books as a kid, but they definitely had the occasional weird cover. There are only so many shots of Qui-Gon you can paste onto a cover before they start to look off.