Junior Jedi Knights : The Golden Globe The Golden Globe is the first book in the Junior Jedi Knights series . Plot summary . Publisher ' s summary . Anakin Solo is now eleven — and headed for the Jedi academy ! The Force is very strong with him — he can feel it . And his uncle Luke thinks it is time for him to start his training … " On his first day at the Jedi academy , Anakin makes a new friend named Tahiri . The Force is with her too . Soon they find out that together they can accomplish feats that surprise even their teachers . " " But the teachers don ' t know what else Anakin and Tahiri do together . Every night , they both have the same dream of going down the river by the Academy on a raft . In the dream , they are drawn by the Force … but for all they know , it could be the dark side ! " " There is only one way to find out for sure . They have to go down the river all by themselves — for real ! " Plot summary . Anakin Solo arrives on Yavin 4 on the eve of classes starting at the Jedi Praxeum . Luke Skywalker welcomes him , and he meets another student named Tahiri . That night Tahiri has a nightmare about traveling in a raft down a river on Yavin 4 , but then falling out of the raft and starting to drown . It is a recurring dream for her and she now recognizes the location as the jungle moon she is on . A new part of the dream is the appearance of Anakin . In the morning Tahiri tells Anakin about her dream , and his presence in it . Tahiri suggests the two off them sneak off and raft down the nearest river , but Anakin declines . They then go to classes which covers levitation of objects . That night , Tahiri rests peacefully , while Anakin is now plagued by the nightmare that Tahiri had been having ( but from his perspective , watching Tahiri start to drown ) . Come morning , Anakin has changed his mind and agrees to raft down the river with Tahiri , but they need to plan a way to sneak out of classes to do so . They then attend classes , but begin planning for the next day . Anakin starts to hear a voice telling him where to find a raft , and how to sneak out of the temple . He feels the voice is coming from an old Jedi Master . He falls asleep and has the nightmare once more , but this time Artoo is there as well . The next day , he and Tahiri attract Artoo ' s attention , then sneak out of the Praxeum with the droid , doing as the voice Anakin hears instructs them . However , once they are all on the raft , a storm suddenly appears , and Tahiri is tossed from the vessel . Unable to swim and caught in the rolling waves , Tahiri starts drowning . Fortunately , Anakin is able to save her with Artoo ' s help . They jump to the shoreline and levitate Artoo to them . Trying to find shelter in the storm , they stumble upon the Woolamander Temple . Tahiri goes exploring and finds a stairwell leading down . Anakin warns her not to go down there , but she ignores him . Feeling the need to stay with her , Anakin follows , leaving Artoo behind . They eventually stumble onto a chamber with Massassi writing and a large golden globe in it . Anakin and Tahiri feel pain and agony of trapped people coming from within it . They then see a small creature at the base of the globe . They wake it up , and it starts saying ‘ Ikrit ’ again and again . They can ’ t get close to the globe though , and when Anakin checks the time and realizes that he and Tahiri have been gone for far too long , they leave the globe behind and head back up the stairs with Ikrit , and then back to the Praxeum since the storm is over . Luke is waiting for them and they get into some trouble , and are sent to the dormitories . That night Ikrit comes to Anakin ’ s room and explains that he is a Jedi Knight and arrived on Yavin 4 four hundred years previously . He couldn ’ t do anything about the golden globe , so went to sleep until someone who could help would arrive . He tells Anakin that the problem with the golden globe can only be solved by a child , so he and Tahiri must not tell Tionne or Luke about it . Anakin agrees to help , and to keep it a secret .