Post by Force_Flow on Aug 31, 2007 17:50:57 GMT -4
Legacy of the Force is a 9-book series contained in the Legacy era, set five years after the events of the Dark Nest Crisis. It deals with the fall of Jacen Solo to the dark side of the Force, mentored by the returning villain Lumiya. The backdrop to this story arc is the conflict between Corellia and the Galactic Alliance, which later erupts into a full-scale war.
The books are written in a cycle of Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, Troy Denning repeated three times, with Denning finishing the series with the ninth novel, Invincible. Also, books one, five, and nine are hardcovers, giving each author the opportunity to write a hard-bound book. Legacy of the Force also sees the return of Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian and Thrackan Sal-Solo, amongst other characters. The new generation is almost being primed, leading to speculation that one of the major movie characters (Luke, Leia, Han) will die.
When asked about a post-LOTF series possibly dealing with an adult Ben Skywalker confronting Jacen Solo as a Sith Lord at the CIV LOTF panel Sue Rostini said that although they are still working on LOTF there will definitely be books set after LOTF.
SPOILERS
After attending Mara's funeral, and trying to arrest his parents, Jacen as Darth Caedus put his plans into motion. Caedus sent Ben into a trap involving Cal Omas to keep his suspicions away and attempted tighter galactic control. During the battle of Kuat, Luke Skywalker refused to support Jacen in the conflict, forcing him to seek Kashyyyk's aid. Unhappy with the development, Caedus deployed the GAG to Ossus and like Darth Vader decades ago on Coruscant, attempted to kill all Jedi residing there as an example of how intolerable dissent to the GA was. The war between Corellia and the GA had also become another war of Jedi against Sith. After Kashyyyk refused to follow Caedus's rule, he attacked the planet and its Wookiee inhabitants. On board the Anakin Solo Ben Skywalker attacked Caedus intending to kill him, but because of a shadow bomb from Lowbacca that had hit the ship they lost their balance and Ben's lightsaber only brushed Jacen's ribs. Seeing the potential of the dark side in the boy, Jacen held Ben captive on the Anakin Solo.
When Luke came to ambush and possibly destroy the Anakin Solo Jacen was waiting in his Stealth X. Caedus forced Jaina to fire on her uncle. Believing Luke dead, Jacen returned to his ship and tortured Ben Skywalker in the Embrace of Pain, the Yuuzhan Vong device Vergere had used which had partly caused Jacen to turn to the dark side. Like Vergere did to Jacen, Caedus temporarily severed Ben's connection to the Force. Luke was in fact not dead and he infiltrated the ship, catching Jacen trying to turn Ben to the dark side. Shocked by what a cruel and dangerous man his nephew had become and not waiting for Caedus to notice, Luke attacked his own nephew to save Ben. The lightsaber fight was brutal and both Caedus and Luke were badly damaged as the two were quite equal in skill. Caedus managed to break Luke's nose,shoulder and leg and even strangled Luke with a Yuuzhan Vong vine, causing Luke to drop his lightsaber. As he was about to kill Luke, he was stabbed in the back by Ben, who had escaped from the Embrace to kill Jacen. Ben summoned Jacen's fallen lightsaber and attempted to kill Jacen, saying "This kill is mine." Jacen's life was spared when Luke told Ben that Mara's killer was Alema Rar. Horrified by his son's dark side actions and Jacen's wanton brutality, Luke limped away from the room with his son and escaped the Anakin Solo sparing Caedus his life.
During the battle, Tenel Ka, also horrified after witnessing Caedus's destructive tactics, turned against Jacen despite her love for him and assaulted his ship. However, Alema Rar intervened and allowed Jacen to escape.
After the Battle of Kashyyyk, Caedus felt he was truly alone as nearly everyone in his family had turned against him, just as Count Dooku had during the Clone Wars after meeting Yoda on Vjun. Caedus admitted privately he would kill anyone who stood between him and his daughter, including Tenel Ka. He then swore to kill Tenel Ka so that he could get the Hapes Consortium back into the Galactic Alliance.
Jacen would eventually build a new lightsaber and use a traditional red Sith crystal, giving his blade a bloodshine glow after losing his old lightsaber at the duel between him and Luke Skywalker on Kashyyyk. Jacen's extended immersion in the dark side as a Sith Lord later appeared as sulfuric eye scleras and dark lines upon his face.
The books are written in a cycle of Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, Troy Denning repeated three times, with Denning finishing the series with the ninth novel, Invincible. Also, books one, five, and nine are hardcovers, giving each author the opportunity to write a hard-bound book. Legacy of the Force also sees the return of Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian and Thrackan Sal-Solo, amongst other characters. The new generation is almost being primed, leading to speculation that one of the major movie characters (Luke, Leia, Han) will die.
When asked about a post-LOTF series possibly dealing with an adult Ben Skywalker confronting Jacen Solo as a Sith Lord at the CIV LOTF panel Sue Rostini said that although they are still working on LOTF there will definitely be books set after LOTF.
SPOILERS
After attending Mara's funeral, and trying to arrest his parents, Jacen as Darth Caedus put his plans into motion. Caedus sent Ben into a trap involving Cal Omas to keep his suspicions away and attempted tighter galactic control. During the battle of Kuat, Luke Skywalker refused to support Jacen in the conflict, forcing him to seek Kashyyyk's aid. Unhappy with the development, Caedus deployed the GAG to Ossus and like Darth Vader decades ago on Coruscant, attempted to kill all Jedi residing there as an example of how intolerable dissent to the GA was. The war between Corellia and the GA had also become another war of Jedi against Sith. After Kashyyyk refused to follow Caedus's rule, he attacked the planet and its Wookiee inhabitants. On board the Anakin Solo Ben Skywalker attacked Caedus intending to kill him, but because of a shadow bomb from Lowbacca that had hit the ship they lost their balance and Ben's lightsaber only brushed Jacen's ribs. Seeing the potential of the dark side in the boy, Jacen held Ben captive on the Anakin Solo.
When Luke came to ambush and possibly destroy the Anakin Solo Jacen was waiting in his Stealth X. Caedus forced Jaina to fire on her uncle. Believing Luke dead, Jacen returned to his ship and tortured Ben Skywalker in the Embrace of Pain, the Yuuzhan Vong device Vergere had used which had partly caused Jacen to turn to the dark side. Like Vergere did to Jacen, Caedus temporarily severed Ben's connection to the Force. Luke was in fact not dead and he infiltrated the ship, catching Jacen trying to turn Ben to the dark side. Shocked by what a cruel and dangerous man his nephew had become and not waiting for Caedus to notice, Luke attacked his own nephew to save Ben. The lightsaber fight was brutal and both Caedus and Luke were badly damaged as the two were quite equal in skill. Caedus managed to break Luke's nose,shoulder and leg and even strangled Luke with a Yuuzhan Vong vine, causing Luke to drop his lightsaber. As he was about to kill Luke, he was stabbed in the back by Ben, who had escaped from the Embrace to kill Jacen. Ben summoned Jacen's fallen lightsaber and attempted to kill Jacen, saying "This kill is mine." Jacen's life was spared when Luke told Ben that Mara's killer was Alema Rar. Horrified by his son's dark side actions and Jacen's wanton brutality, Luke limped away from the room with his son and escaped the Anakin Solo sparing Caedus his life.
During the battle, Tenel Ka, also horrified after witnessing Caedus's destructive tactics, turned against Jacen despite her love for him and assaulted his ship. However, Alema Rar intervened and allowed Jacen to escape.
After the Battle of Kashyyyk, Caedus felt he was truly alone as nearly everyone in his family had turned against him, just as Count Dooku had during the Clone Wars after meeting Yoda on Vjun. Caedus admitted privately he would kill anyone who stood between him and his daughter, including Tenel Ka. He then swore to kill Tenel Ka so that he could get the Hapes Consortium back into the Galactic Alliance.
Jacen would eventually build a new lightsaber and use a traditional red Sith crystal, giving his blade a bloodshine glow after losing his old lightsaber at the duel between him and Luke Skywalker on Kashyyyk. Jacen's extended immersion in the dark side as a Sith Lord later appeared as sulfuric eye scleras and dark lines upon his face.