Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Outcast

I’d fallen in love with Luke Skywalker and the whole galaxy far, far away in the summer of ’77 at age 13. My parents dropped me off for the first showings on Saturday and picked me up in time for dinner practically every weekend it was in the theaters. It fundamentally changed me and I will always be grateful. But it was rumored that if you worked for Star Trek, you’d never work for Star Wars. So you can imagine my reaction when, out of the blue, my agent asked, “Would you like to write Star Wars?”

 Not one book, but; not alone, but with two other writers, and only writing the 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th books of a world that had 30+ years of telling its own stories. Thanks to Troy Denning and the late Aaron Allston, somehow we did it.

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I could not have gotten through something of this magnitude without the support of my veteran Star Wars authors and, very quickly, friends. Aaron was a wise, wry, and gentle man, and the world is a sadder place without him. This kicks off the series, followed by my first ever Star Wars novel, OMEN! --Christie

After a violent civil war, and the devastation wrought by the now-fallen Darth Caedus, the Galactic Alliance is in crisis — and in need. From all corners, politicians, power brokers, and military leaders converge on Coruscant for a crucial summit to restore order, negotiate differences, and determine the future of their unified worlds. But even more critical, and far more uncertain, is the future of the Jedi.

In a shocking move, Chief of State Natasi Daala orders the arrest of Luke Skywalker for failing to prevent Jacen Solo’s turn to the dark side and his subsequent reign of terror as a Sith Lord. But it’s only the first blow in an anti-Jedi backlash fueled by a hostile government and suspicious public. When Jedi Knight Valin Horn, scion of a politically influential family, suffers a mysterious psychotic break and becomes a dangerous fugitive, the Jedi become the target of a media-driven witch hunt. Facing conviction on the damning charges, Luke has only one choice. He must strike a bargain with the calculating Daala: his freedom in exchange for his exile — from Coruscant and from the Jedi Order.

Now, though forbidden to intervene in Jedi affairs, Luke is determined to keep history from being repeated. With his son, Ben, at his side, Luke sets out to unravel the shocking truth behind Jacen Solo’s corruption and downfall. But the secrets he uncovers among the enigmatic Force mystics of the distant world Dorin may bring his quest — and life as he knows it — to a sudden end. And all the while, another Jedi Knight, consumed by the same madness as Valin Horn, is headed for Coruscant on a fearsome mission that could doom the Jedi Order . . . and devastate the entire galaxy.