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FATE OF THE JEDI
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
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 The Saga Continues...
For over three decades, the
Star Wars
universe has been expanding. New drama, new adventures, and new revelationshave played out in the pages o bestselling 
Star Wars
novels.Now, a new nine-book series is set to begin. It takes place almost 40 years ater the end o 
Return of the Jedi.
 The clas-sic characters o the
Star Wars
saga are now living legends, starring alongside a new generation o heroes in their endlessstruggle to bring peace to a beleaguered galaxy. This is the start o The Fate o the Jedi. This brie guide serves as an introduction to this bold new era o 
Star Wars
 storytelling or those who have never read a
Star Wars
novel beore or just need a reresher on the current standing o thecharacters and worlds o the galaxy ar, ar away….
 The State of the Galaxy 
 The Clone Wars are distant history. The Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance is a ading memory.In the our decades that ollowed the deaths o Darth Vader and the evil Emperor, the galaxy has known only a ew scant stretches o peaceul times. The Rebel Alliance transormed rom a revolutionary military orce to a legitimate government—The New Republic—in along process as it liberated worlds rom the iron grip o the Empire. The Senate was restored. Luke Skywalker rebuilt the JediOrder. Then, the Yuuzhan Vong came. A violent species o alien invaders, they destroyed entire worlds in their quest to conquer the galaxy. The New Republic teamed with the shrinking Imperial Remnant to counter this threat, and although the alienmenace was deeated, the galactic government was just one o many casualties o this brutal war.From the ragments o the New Republic emerged the Galactic Alliance, but its attempt to enorce order on a war-wearygalaxy proved dicult. Isolationists and independent-minded cultures like the Corellians did not bow down to Alliance rule.When the Galactic Alliance came under the draconian rule o a allen Jedi, Jacen Solo, who adopted the Sith guise o DarthCaedus, this tinderbox exploded into the second Galactic Civil War. Violence erupted between the Alliance and a Conedera-tion o worlds wishing independence. The Jedi Order split rom the Alliance, going rogue to take down Caedus, slain by histwin sister, Jaina, the Sword o the Jedi.By the end o this latest confict, the galactic players were once again rearranged. The Galactic Alliance is still in power,but a new Chie o State has been installed: a ormer Imperial, Natasi Daala. The Galactic Empire’s infuence has grown, asbeings everywhere see and appreciate its relative stability and order compared to the shaky years o Alliance rule.But Daala has never had great love or the Jedi, and their willingness to abandon the Galactic Alliance has given some rea-son to doubt their reliability or even loyalty. How exactly the Jedi will t comortably into this new order remains to be seen….Copyright © 2009 by Lucaslm Ltd. & ® or 
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where indicated.
 
LUKE SKYWALKER
Farmboy. Pilot. Rebel. Jedi. Grand Master. Father.
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uke Skywalker has come a long way rom the starry-eyed armboy whose biggest concern was picking up power convertors rom Tosche Station. Ater helping deeat the Emperor alongside his redeemed ather, Skywalker carried out Yoda’s dying com-mand to “pass on what he had learned.”At rst, Luke’s role was very similar to the one he had during the Rebellion. Hecontinued serving as a pilot and military leader or the New Republic, but he graduallywithdrew rom this active service to pursue his studies in the Force. His travels acrossthe galaxy led him to uncover ragments o Jedi knowledge that the Emperor and hisagents had not wholly eradicated. Luke, though, had to improvise in his teaching meth-ods, adopting practices that would have been considered orbidden during the timeo Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. For example, there was no age limitationplaced on prospective students, and the idea o romantic attachment was not tabooamong this new generation o Jedi.For many years, the idea o settling down and starting a amily seemed impossibleto Luke, who was much more ocused on larger galactic matters. But ate has a way o laying unexpected paths beore a Skywalker. He ell in love with andmarried Mara Jade, a ormer Imperial agent who was also powerul inthe Force. Together, they had a son, Ben, during a time o great confict in the galaxy—the invasion o the violent Yuuzhan Vong. The Yuuzhan Vong War tested the Jedi Order, and ultimately orcedLuke to adopt the mantle o Grand Master o the Jedi and reinstatethe Jedi Council. The new Jedi Order ound diculty in tting into thestructure o the Galactic Alliance, a situation made worse when theAlliance began adopting some draconian methods o enorcing loyaltyamong its member worlds. Jacen Solo, Luke’s nephew and ormer student, grew powerul in the Force and—like his grandather AnakinSkywalker—turned to the dark side in a Faustian bid to bring order and protection to the galaxy and his loved ones. He emerged as DarthCaedus, a Sith Lord, and brought more war and heartbreak to the ex-tended Skywalker amily, including murdering Mara Jade Skywalker. Though tragic, the death o Mara Jade brought Luke and Ben clos-er than they had ever been beore. In The Fate o the Jedi series, ather and son will depart on an important quest together that will test that bond and their ormidable Jedi skills.
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Happy Star Wars Day. May The Fourth Be With You.
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Happy Star Wars Day. May The Fourth Be With You.
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Happy Star Wars Day. May The Fourth Be With You.
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I kinda love this.
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