I actually prefer the Jedi Academy Trilogy to Dark Empire, though I like neither that much. They both had some good qualities, but they also both had a lot of crap.

I liked the storyline of the Jedi Academy Trilogy* enough in spite of its shortcomings to be willing to give I, Jedi a shot. I don't get through books as quickly literally reading, as I'm very busy studying. However, my job requires a lot of driving, so I get to listen to audio books a lot, but I prefer unabridged books to get the complete story, depth, and all that jazz. Anyone know of an unabridged version?