#STAR WARS THE NEW JEDI ORDER SERIES#

More often than fighting, he debates with his nephew Jacen about whether or not to use the Force to fight. Luke Skywalker himself is a critical character in the series, but not an incredibly active one. The novel Rogue Planet tells of Obi-Wan and Anakin encountering Zonama Sekot, the key to saving the galaxy in NJO.

#STAR WARS THE NEW JEDI ORDER SERIES#

Centerpoint Station, originally portrayed in the Corellian Trilogy, is a key part of both the war effort and Anakin and Jacen SoloвЂ™s development as people.В The series also ties back to the Prequel Era.

Malinza Thanas, the daughter of Gaeriel Captison from The Truce at Bakura, becomes tangled up in Jaina SoloвЂ™s adventures. Sometimes NJO even seems like a fond nod at the earlier Legends books, giving more gravitas to characters that were part of previous stories, particularly Kyp Durron, Ganner Rhysode, and Corran Horn. Along the way, LukeвЂ™s Jedi Order, including Han and LeiaвЂ™s children Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin, is stretched thin and characters from a lot of other Star Wars books recur, although theyвЂ™re established well enough that newcomers should be able to acclimate to them quite quickly. If youвЂ™re completely unfamiliar with the story, the basic premise is that the Yuuzhan Vong, pain-worshipping aliens from outside the galaxy, attack the New Republic. It worked for me when I was a teenager, though, and, with some exceptions, it works just as well now.Д«uy all your Star Wars movies, books, games, comics, and merch here! Old Faces Some people criticize the series for being too odd or too big, for giving so many different authors different parts of one big story. I encountered The New Jedi Order soon after I saw the Star Wars films for the first time, meaning that the two were always strongly connected in my mind. As it happened, I finished about the same time that Star Wars: Aftermathhit shelves, starting the story that would effectively replace the Legends universe. If I timed it right, I would finish well before The Force Awakens turned the Star Wars universe upside down. Especially with the Sequel Trilogy on the horizon, I wanted to take another deep dive into what was one of my favorite series as a teenager and re-read the books, finishing roughly one per month and blogging along the way.

and TM.EditorвЂ™s Note: This article contains spoilers for the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series of novels.ДЄliens invisible to the Force invade the galaxy with living weapons in The New Jedi Order, a colorful 19-book series that pushed the Star Warsuniverse out even further past the Original Trilogy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But this time, the power of the Force itself may not be enough. Suddenly, Luke Skywalker his wife, Mara Han Solo Leia Organa Solo and Chewbacca - along with the Solo children - are thrust again into battle, to defend the freedom so many have fought and died for. And as the Jedi and the Republic focus on internal struggles, a new threat surfaces from beyond the farthest reaches of the Outer Rim - an enemy bearing weapons and technology unlike anything New Republic scientists have ever seen. Into this volatile atmosphere comes Nom Anor, a charismatic firebrand who heats passions to the boiling point, sowing seeds of dissent for his own dark motives.

But unrest has begun to spread and threatens to destroy the RepublicвЂ™s tenuous reign. More than two decades after the heroes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and broke the power of the Emperor, the New Republic has struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy. Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic will face an even darker enemy.

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