Most Star Wars book readers spend months anticipating upcoming releases, but not this time. Fans woke up to the news Thursday morning that a brand-new Star Wars audiobook had dropped completely out of nowhere.

Star Wars: Padawan's Pride, published by Disney-Lucasfilm Press with cover art by Jake Bartok, written by Bryan Q. Miller, and narrated by Kevin Kemp, is a middle-grade book only available on the Audible platform. It is being labeled as part of a larger series called "Star Wars Adventures: Audible Originals," implying this is the first in a string of future releases like it.

According to the book's summary, the story takes place three years after Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and stars Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padawan Anakin Skywalker.

When Obi-Wan is forced to leave the planet during an important mission, Anakin finds himself alone and in charge -- what could possibly go wrong?...