#Jedi Apprentice Deceptions

[magnusbae]

tbf he's not wrong about the council... Jedi Apprentice - Deceptions

[jewishcissiekj]

still on the Star Wars books Speedrun and finished Jedi Apprentice 1 so I'll go eat now and start Phasma soon and finish my 15-book reading list in a month or less

[hermesserpent-stuff]

Lowkey in love with an x men evolution star wars au ide a that's been bouncing for a while.

The real question is if I should keep mainline starwars characters or not. (I've done it before. Could be fun to have a young obiwan. ) its set pre pre pre clone wars and pre episode 1

So the idea goes like this:

Remy is a young Padawan. His master is jean Luc who is a Jedi shadow: a master of getting info. Whose been training Remy in all the sneaking and deception and the disguises. Remy is 9, very young but really skilled. He has his mutant powers plus the ability to pick up emotions left on items when he touches the item with his bare hand. His eyes startle a lot of force users as they look like those of a dark sider. But he's not fallen or dark side or sith.

Jean Luc also trained Jedi knight Henri making Remy and Henri Padawan brothers.

While on a observation mission that was supposed to be safe!!! Their ship is blown up and crashes into a moon and a planet. Remy ends up on the planet and the master apprentice bond is gone. He freaks and immediately starts trying to get home. But they were knocked far off course. He gets captured by slavers and then hauled to a different region of the galaxy.

Creed is a madolorian bounty hunter. He technically is with the true mandolirians but has not entered battle. He would have joined death watch... But he sort of likes kids. Like most reasonable Mando's do. He just doesn't want any of his own.

Until...

Well, he breaks up a slavery ring due to a job and there is a kid there with bright red eyes, mouth stained with blood from fighting that is protecting the older slaves from harm. Showing some real manda. So. Creed does what's normal and adopts the kid on the spot. Huh. No wonder his brother adopts so quick. Remy tries to bite him too but calms as Creed gets his collar and chip removed. Remy doesn't say much about where he is from but the kid gets lost looks sometimes.

Remy still has his kyber crystal, but no lightsaber casing. He builds one while with creed but keeps it secret. He thinks creed might kill him if he finds out he is a Jedi. Jedi and mandolirians are ancient enemies and being a child surely won't change that?

[darth-jess]

Sith Names

Today, I'm delving into the dark side and explore the fascinating meanings behind Sith names. These names are rarely arbitrary; they often reflect the very essence of the Sith who bear them, hinting at their nature, ambitions, and ultimate fate.

Let's start with the architect of the Rule of Two: Darth Bane. The word "bane" itself means "a cause of great distress or annoyance." And indeed, Bane was a bane to the Jedi Order, setting the stage for their eventual downfall. His Rule of Two, a radical shift in Sith philosophy, ensured that the Sith would survive, adapt, and ultimately thrive in the shadows. He was a force of destruction, a harbinger of change, and a constant, gnawing threat to the light. The name "Bane" perfectly encapsulates his role as the catalyst for the Sith's resurgence.

Next, we encounter Darth Tenebrous. "Tenebrous" means "dark, shadowy, or obscure." This name perfectly suits a Sith who operated in the shadows, whose plans were complex and shrouded in mystery. Tenebrous was known for his scientific pursuits, his obsession with manipulating midi-chlorians, and his long-term schemes. He was a master of the unseen, a manipulator of the very fabric of life, and his name reflects his preference for operating in the darkness, away from prying eyes.

Then there's Darth Plagueis. His name derives from "plague," which signifies a contagious disease that causes widespread suffering. Plagueis was obsessed with immortality, with conquering death itself. He sought to manipulate life and death, to control the very essence of existence. Like a plague, his influence spread, subtly corrupting the galaxy and paving the way for his apprentice's rise to power. His name is a chilling reminder of the destructive nature of his ambitions, his ability to spread corruption, and the lingering effects of his actions.

Darth Sidious, also known as Emperor Palpatine, bears a name derived from "insidious," meaning "proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects." This perfectly captures his manipulative nature. He was a master of deception, a puppet master who orchestrated the Clone Wars, corrupted the Republic, and seized control of the galaxy. His rise to power was a slow, calculated process, a gradual erosion of trust and stability. Like an insidious poison, he infiltrated the highest levels of power, corrupting from within and leaving devastation in his wake.

Another dark figure that stalked the galaxy, a figure of pure, unbridled aggression was Darth Maul.

The word "maul" means "to wound by scratching and tearing," or "to handle roughly." This definition perfectly encapsulates Darth Maul's fighting style and his role within Sidious's grand scheme. He was a weapon, a tool, a physical manifestation of the Sith's destructive power. Unlike his master, Sidious, Maul was not a master of subtle manipulation or intricate planning. He was a force of raw, visceral violence, a relentless predator who relied on his physical prowess and ferocity.

His double-bladed lightsaber, his acrobatic fighting style, and his savage demeanor all reflected the meaning of his name. He was designed to inflict pain, to tear through his enemies, and to leave a trail of destruction in his wake. While other Sith, like Sidious or Plagueis, focused on long-term schemes and political machinations, Maul was the embodiment of immediate, brutal action.

He was, in many ways, a pawn, a tool to be wielded by his master. He was not privy to the full extent of Sidious's plans, nor was he meant to be. His purpose was to act, to execute, to destroy. He was the dark side's blunt instrument, a force unleashed upon the galaxy to pave the way for Sidious's rise to power.

The very physicality of the word "maul" highlights the difference between him and other Sith. He was not a strategist, a manipulator, or a philosopher. He was a warrior, a killer, a living weapon. His name, like his actions, was a testament to the raw, untamed power of the dark side, a power that could be unleashed in a moment of savage fury.

Darth Tyranus, also known as Count Dooku, takes his name from "tyranny" or "tyrant." These terms refer to cruel and oppressive rule, absolute power, and the suppression of dissent. Dooku, a former Jedi Master, embraced the dark side and became a figure of authority and fear. He was a skilled warrior, a charismatic leader, and a ruthless strategist. His name reflects his desire for control, his willingness to impose his will upon others, and his role as a figure of tyranny in the Clone Wars.

Finally, we have Darth Vader. His name, derived from the Dutch word "vader," meaning "father," carries a profound and tragic irony. He is the father of Luke and Leia Skywalker, a fact that becomes a central point of conflict and redemption in his story. His name serves as a constant reminder of the life he lost, the family he betrayed, and the potential for good that still flickered within him. The duality of his name, the contrast between his dark persona and his paternal role, adds a layer of complexity to his character, making him one of the most iconic and compelling figures in the Star Wars saga.

These Sith names are more than just labels; they are reflections of their bearers' destinies, their ambitions, and their inherent natures. They are whispers of the dark side, echoes of the power that corrupts and consumes.

[aidanlikescountries]

It’s no shock Anakin turned to the dark side

I guarantee that someone has talked about this before but this is my two cents.

One of the biggest factors I believe that lead to Anakin turning to the Dark side of the force was the fact he was around the Chancellor quite a bit ever since he came to the temple. Since Chancellor Palpatine was Darth Sidious all along and wanted Anakin to become his new apprentice after Dooku. He even says in the Phantom Menace, “We will be paying close attention to your career” it forebodes to what is to come. Palpatine was trying to manipulate Anakin from day one so when told the only way to save Padme is to become Palpatine’s new apprentice, hearing this by the one person he trust besides Padme it only makes sense that he goes a long with it. He is desperate to save Padme and he can no longer trust the council or Obi Wan and Padme just thinks it’s bad dreams, so he is quite literally doing anything he can to save her.

Now back to the part where he doesn’t trust Obi Wan anymore. He may be able to trust him with some topics but I believe his trust with Obi Wan was completely broken after the episode ‘Deception’ from the Clone Wars Show. Anakin felt completely betrayed after being told by Obi Wan himself that it was his idea to keep it from him. I mean imagine being told by a father figure and someone you thought trusted you, telling you that he didn’t want to tell you about faking his death to make it seem believable. That is fucked up. If Obi Wan didn’t pull that stunt maybe, just maybe, Anakin would have gone to Obi Wan about his visions and would have gotten help but since he didn’t really trust Obi Wan with this information it caused him to spiral and find any possible way to save Padme.

Another very likely reason Anakin turned to the dark side was that Ahsoka left. I believe Ahsoka made the right decision for her but I believe that absolute complete cut of all contact after wards might have not been the best. Even Ahsoka realized that maybe cutting all contact wasn’t the best but she knew leaving the Jedi order was the best for her. Back to the part about Anakin, Anakin believe he failed Ahsoka after she left and he realized the pattern of the fact everyone left him and he couldn’t expect that. From when his mother died, to when Obi Wan faked his death, to Ahsoka (his Padawan) leaving the Jedi order and cutting all contact for a good chunk of time, it made him realize that everyone would leave him. He couldn’t have that, so when he started to have visions just as the ones he had before his mother died he realized he needed to do something before she left him too.

By the end of the war it was clear that Anakin was quite sad. He was known for being quite reckless and truthfully he shouldn’t have been made a knight so soon. The Jedi order drove him to madness, he was desperate in hopes of saving the last person he so desperately wanted to stay alive, so he turned to the dark side. When Palpatine asked him to become his apprentice and Anakin realized this is the only way to save Padme (technically it wasn’t but he trusted the Chancellor the most besides Padme at this time) so he agreed to be his apprentice and became the same thing he swore to destroy.

*I believe it is important to note that I don’t agree with Anakin killing millions of people in the future this is just me yapping about how I believe these were some key components besides his mother dying as to why Anakin turned to the dark side.*

[intermundia]

Hey Will!

You seem to be very well-versed in the Star Wars books, and I was wondering if you could recommend essential reading as regards Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship (or character studies of them in general)? We all know about the ROTS novelization, but I was wondering what else you would recommend?

Any other prequel era book recs would be welcomed as well!

Apologies if you’ve already posted about this!

Obi-Wan and/or Anakin:

Legacy of the Jedi 📖🔰📙

Jedi Apprentice series 📖🔰📙

The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi 📖🔰📙

Padawan 📖🔰📗💙

Star Wars: Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War 💥📙

Master & Apprentice 📖📗

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express 💥📙

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell 💥📙

Cloak of Deception 📖📙

Star Wars: Obi-Wan 💥📗

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace novelization 📖📕

Rogue Planet 📖📙💙

Jedi Quest series 📖🔰📙

Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin 💥📗💙

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader 📖🔰📙

Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi 1 💥📗

The Approaching Storm 📖📙

Star Wars (2020) #25: "the Lesson (Obi-Wan & Anakin)*"💥📗

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization 📖📕

Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim 💥📙💙

Brotherhood 📖📗

Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker 1 💥📗

Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization 📖📙

The Clone Wars: Wild Space 📖📙💙

Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth 📖📙

Clone Wars Gambit: Siege 📖📙

Star Wars: Republic: Dreadnaughts of Rendili 💥📙

Secrets of the Jedi 📖🔰📙

Jedi Trial 📖📙

Labyrinth of Evil 📖📙

Dark Disciple 📖📗

Star Wars: Obsession💥📙💙

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization 📖📕💙

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2017) 💥📗💙

Kenobi 📖📙

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader 📖📙

Lords of the Sith 📖📗

Thrawn: Alliances 📖📗

Star Wars: A New Hope novelization 📖📕

Star Wars (2015) 💥📗

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) 💥📗💙

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization 📖📕

Star Wars (2020) 💥📗

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) 💥📗

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization 📖📕

📖 = book 💥 = comic 🔰 = YA 📙 = legends 📕 = quasi-canon (novelizations only canon when they line up with the films) 📗 = canon 💙 = favorite or essential imho

this list is not at all comprehensive, but merely the ones that i have found to be good sources for both/either characters as i've explored the lore over time!! they are not all of equal credibility, with legends and YA novels being less vivid in the mind than the canon ones. i'm listing so many because i like so many, but this is hopefully not intimidating as much as it is a full buffet for you to choose from!!!

also: 💙 Darth Plagueis 💙 it's not about the Team, but it is a phenomenal worldbuilding book for the prequels in general

<!--also also: the tv shows and movies are the most important sources for the characters, more important than the written word: the prequel films and the original trilogy, the clone wars movie, the kenobi show, the 2008 clone wars tv show, some rebels, (and then the legends 2003 clone wars tv show) are best sources for them. it’s a lot to watch but it's the most accurate representation of who they are!--->

[blushing-in-space]

Deception

-> anakin skywalker

Summary: [Based on Clone Wars; S4 Ep15] As a Jedi Knight, it’s part of your duty to follow the orders of the Jedi Council, no matter how taxing or dangerous the task. You are given a highly classified mission that not only may end in your death but requires complete secrecy from everyone- Even your lover Anakin Skywalker.

Warnings: ANGST, Death, murder, blood, slight gore, loss of loved ones, grieving process. Probably inaccurate use of the force and force healing

-> I looked at the message before me, brows furrowed. No, this couldn’t be right… Would the Jedi Council ask this of me? Something so classified sounds like it should be a mission of a Jedi Master, not a knight like me.

Mace Windu’s face was all the answer I needed. His eyes were slits as he looked down at me, face set seriously. His fellow council members had a similar expression.

“It is of the utmost importance no word spoken here leaves this room. Is that understood, [name]?” Windu repeats to me.

I have no choice but to nod my head. I serve the Galactic Republic, I cannot let my relationships meddle in my duties as a Jedi Knight.

I bowed my head, “Yes, masters. It will be done.”

——

“What’s the big rush?” Anakin smirks as I carry myself hastily down the dimly lit alleyway we always take when returning to the Jedi Temple from the port.

Ahsoka trails behind us both, thankfully oblivious to Anakin’s wandering hands. I did not agree to her being here and had suggested she take the shuttle home, knowing it would be safer for the young padawan. But like her master, Ahsoka was stubborn and determined to join us for the meeting I had lied about. I feared for her safety- I hope she will not be there when the time comes.

I glance over at Anakin, forcing a playful smile to adorn my lips as I would have in normal circumstances. “I’m not rushing. I’m just trying to get to the council meeting on time.”

I ignore Anakin as he rolls his eyes. “I can see it now- another boring debate I’ll sleep through,” he sighs, though his eyes linger on me and I can’t help but notice it.

We fell for each other when we were just padawans, and have remained loving by one another’s side for almost four years. While I was fairly good at hiding stolen looks and the brush of our hands, Anakin on the other hand doesn’t seem to understand the strategy of hiding our relationship.

He struggles more than I do with our relationship. It frustrates him so easily when he cannot pull me into a kiss after not seeing me for weeks, or to just wrap his arm around me as we walk as I can tell he wants to do now. I’ve known from the start about Anakin’s unusually strong emotional side for a Jedi. That is what makes me especially nervous for tonight.

“Luckily I’ll have you to keep my company,” Anakin mutters to me in a quiet and husky tone, his hand reaching to touch the crease of my waist.

I shoot him a look of warning, glancing over at Ahsoka who was just a few steps behind him. He’s lucky she happened to be looking away and had not looked too deeply into his words.

“If it's so boring for you, would you rather them call you in to train younglings?” I look smugly over my shoulder to Anakin, who grimaces at my comment while Ahsoka huffs a light laugh.

“I think you would enjoy that, master,” Ahsoka quips sarcastically as she steps to Anakin’s side, and he scuffs and looks away from his apprentice.

“As I thought.”

I try to keep up a high-spirited mood while with Anakin before my time comes to act. I see Anakin smiling, his lips parted to make another smart-assed comment. I give him a cheeky smile. After tonight I won’t see him again for yet another long week. And I know that week will be devastating for him.

He doesn’t hide anything from me. He’s told me how he held his mother in his arms and watched the life drain from her eyes. I’m aware he fears the same fate will reach another of his loved ones. Every time I leave for a battle I promise to him I’ll be safe and will return safely to his arms. Now I have been gagged by the Jedi Council from telling him the truth of what I must do. The guilt is almost unbearable having to keep such a secret from my own lover.

Anakin’s blue eyes search mine, I feel him wield the force to poke into my mind. I raise a brow at his perceptiveness. Does he know? I shake him, cutting off his access to my mind through the force. I don’t like it when he does that and he knows it. His brows furrow as he feels the loss of our connection, but he does not pry at my barrier. I nod to him in a silent already broken promise that we will talk later.

Our unspoken words distracted me so much that I almost wouldn’t have sensed the blaster shot coming toward me if Ahsoka had not warned me.

I roll to the side, taking cover behind the nearby crates. I whip my head around to see Anakin and Ahsoka have done the same, both of their backs pinned to the crates opposite of me. My blood pumps furiously through my veins. I should have let the shot take me down. The first and undeniable worst part of my mission would already be over.

“Where’d that shot come from?” Ahsoka yells, voice riddled with panic as she looks from me to the roof of an apartment building in the distance.

I show no concern as I peek my head over the crates, catching a glimpse of the bright blinding light of the sniper who had tried to kill me just then. Who I should have let kill me. My heart would be pounding in my chest if it weren’t for the drug I had taken before leaving that would suppress my heartbeat.

I shake off any fear. I won’t die today- I’m following my orders. My duty as a Jedi comes before anything else. Anakin will understand that when I return. I glance over at him and Ahsoka behind the crates opposite of me, and single them to follow my lead. Neither of them questioned my plan for us to split up over on the rooftop.

I feel Anakin trying to push into my mind as I roll behind the next set of crates, another blaster shot barely missing me. I feel his anxiousness about the situation, either for me being in danger or his padawan, I’m not sure. I just feel guilty for what I’m about to put him through.

I climb to the rooftop, keeping my cover as I deflect a shot back at the assassin to not rouse suspicion. I see Anakin has done as I asked him, for once in his life, and spot him heading to flank the shooter. Ahsoka jumps from rooftop to rooftop, taking the back approach to the shooter. I realize my time is running out to start this mission.

Anakin races on the rooftop across from me, taking cover at the same time as I do. He catches my eyes, blue eyes blazing across the darkness of the Coruscant alleyway. He’s going to dart around to get the shooter. I know he is.

“He’s behind the building!” Ahsoka coms to both me and Anakin, and I know this is where I must end this chase.

Anakin’s head whips around to the building across from us, eyes narrowed and his hand goes to grip his saber. I suck in a breath, closing my eyes as I prepare for the pain. I pray to the Maker the blaster-proof vest will be enough to save me from the real threat of death.

I block Anakin completely from my mind before stepping into the wide-open space as a red light hits my chest.

“[name]!” I hear Anakin scream as the assassin's blaster finally hits me, unexpectedly knocking me so far back I fall from the edge of the building and into sudden darkness.

Ahsoka’s heart sinks seeing Master [name] fall from the edge as she rounds the corner. She looks up to see her Master immediately trying to follow [name], attempting to run from his cover but having to soon duck as a blaster shot flies past his face.

“I got her! Go!” Ahsoka called out to Anakin, hiding the fear in her voice as she looked up at him.

Anakin’s eyes widen as he looks down at her, and his face seems to drain of color for a moment. He’s afraid. Ahsoka so rarely sees real fear on her master's face. No matter the battle or injury. His demeanor never falters. His expression is always lax and words smooth, even as he’s faced with danger, but in this moment Ahsoka does not see that familiar bravery in her master now. That is what scares her the most.

She doesn’t watch long enough to notice how Anakin hesitates for far too long before he chases whoever shot [name], she has no time to do anything but rush to the Jedi Knight's side. [name]’s body is completely limp in a pile of boxes and trash, left arm twisted unnaturally. There’s no blood, but a black mark is burned into the knight’s white-robed chest.

Ahsoka pulls [name]’s body from the rumble, panicking when she does not awake. She lifts the knight's head into her lap but freezes her finger above [name’s] neck to check for a pulse. She fears she knows the answer. Ahsoka has watched people die. Despite her age, she’s a commander- she sees death every day. But never someone so close to her. Someone she regarded as a friend. As a sister.

“Master?” Ahsoka whispers as she finally puts her fingers to the soft spot on [name]’s neck. She gulps as she feels nothing, then tries the curve of her wrist. Then feels nothing again. She sucks in a breath as her eyes become glassy at the sight.

Ahsoka hears Anakin drop from the roof and run down to her. “How is she?” He pants, wild blue eyes looking down at them.

Ahsoka can barely move her head to look up at him, and when she does, she nearly lets tears fall. She doesn’t know if she has the words to say it. She knows Anakin and [name] were padawans together. She knows how close the pair are. She only pretends to be blind to her master’s deep attachment to the other Jedi knight for his sake. That’s why she can hardly hold it together when he crouches down to see [name] completely unresponsive.

“[name]?” Anakin says, voice rattling.

Ahsoka doesn’t fight him as he takes [name] from her arms and holds her in his. He brushes her hair away from her face to reveal her eyes closed with death. Ahsoka watches her master's eyes fill with grief as he clutches her body to him.

“[name]!” He yells louder this time, desperately shaking her shoulders. He puts his hands over the black mark on her chest and continuously presses down on it in a failed attempt to start back [names] still heart. Ahsoka can’t look anymore. She can’t watch her master hopelessly revive a dead woman.

Ahsoka stands and runs away when Anakin calls out her name again, tears now falling from his eyes as he stares at his lover's dead body.

He had to hand her body off to the authorities when they arrived. He had to explain what happened all while pretending he didn’t just lose his wife.

The hardest challenge of his life wasn’t fighting Count Dooku or leading the largest battalion in the Republic Military- it was returning to the Jedi Temple with nothing to show for his lover's existence but her blood on his robes and her lightsaber.

[name] was supposed to come to his quarters tonight after the meeting. They hadn’t seen each other in two weeks, each being assigned to different planets, but each immediately returned to the other, as always. His fears of her usually vanish once he is reunited with her after their respective missions. He always assumes she’s safe when she comes home. He’d never thought of the possibility of her dying on his watch.

He wished he could have been with her body longer, but as soon as he saw the flash of red and blue lights he had to wipe his tears and place her body on the stretcher and watch as the medics pulled the sheet over her. Once the door to his quarters hissed shut he couldn’t hold it in anymore.

He sat at the edge of the bed, and unclipped [names] lightsaber from his belt. He ran his flesh hand along the customized hilt and ignited the saber of his lover. He could almost picture her beautiful face behind the [color] glow, a smirk on her lips before she jumped into battle. His eyes filled with tears as he un-ignited it and the color vanished.

It felt like when his mother died all over again. Again, he failed to protect someone. Again, someone he loved died in his arms. The only difference was there was no one he could get revenge on for the needless death. The assassin had retreated like a coward after firing the blaster. Anakin’s not even sure if the assassin killed her instantly. Perhaps it had been the fall that took her life.

Anakin’s heart ached when sleeping alone that night. He had been looking forward to feeling the warmth of [name] beside him since he had first been sent to Krios. Now he’ll never feel [name] again. If he had just got to the assassin in time she’d still be here!

Anakin’s eyes burned with tears of fury. He had no idea who the shooter was but he would hunt the bastard down after [name]’s funeral. To hell with the Jedi Code- revenge was the only way Anakin could bring himself and Eria peace!

Anakin felt himself slipping, but he had no motivation to crawl back toward the light when [name] wasn’t there waiting for him.

Eria thought she had severed her connection to Anakin, but when she finally woke up she felt the overwhelming grief and anger of her husband. It was so strong for a moment she confused it as her own. Those emotions were quickly replaced by the ache in her chest and the pain of her defiantly broken arm.

Her tears were gulped down as the medical droid healed her wounds. The droid asked if she was experiencing emotional pain, and she had to lie and say it was just her arm. All she could think about was when she fell. She heard Anakin’s scream and felt his tears on her as she played dead in his arms. It took every part of her being to not open her eyes and apologize for what she had done.

The door to my medical room hissed open, and I glanced over to see Master Windu and Master Yoda in the white light.

“I hope my funeral went well,” I mutter as the door slides shut behind them.

I see Master Windu’s eyes narrow at me as I quickly cover my emotions and dry my tears. I had been specially chosen for this classified mission out of everyone else in the Jedi Order, and I wanted to act professionally with the Council member who picked me. Especially because Master Windu was known for his intense belief in the Code.

“A great performance, your corpse played,” Master Yoda says.

I well as funeral can go, I want to add, but am silence by the medical droid sticking a numbing substance into my arm. I looked at the deep bruise on my twisted arm and for a moment wondered if this would even work. I was sacrificing so much just to learn information that may not even be true. Will Anakin even forgive me once this is all over?

“Will go well, the plan will,” Yoda says, sensing my doubt.

“I fell from the top of a building- It better go well,” I huff in pain and remove the blasterproof vest that saved my life.

“Survived worse, you have,” Yoda comforts, and though I know the Jedi Elder is right, it doesn’t help much when my back has turned into one massive bruise.

“Young Skywalker knows this,” Windu says in a firm voice, arms crossed and eyes looking down at me. As if testing to see my reaction.

I breathed deeply and held strong. I wanted to beg for them to let him assist me in the mission or ask how he handled the funeral, but most of all, I wanted to beg to just see him. But it was vital to the integrity of the mission that no one knows- Especially Anakin, who would flare up in anger if he knew I would be walking into the role of a bounty hunter and disguising myself among them, armed with nothing but a blaster.

I know that Master Windu is testing me with his words. Though he picked me for this, I was quickly made aware of his doubts in me when he had to clarify Anakin to me in private not even Anakin may know.

“I took the vital suppressors, you instructed of me, Master. When Anakin moved my body… I was dead to him. It’s impossible that he knows I’m alive,” I assure both of them, though it was clear in my tone it weighed heavily on me to do so.

Yoda hummed in agreement, “Yes- but sense he will, that something is not right.”

I wanted to add that Anakin will have no contact with me as I understand how important it is he is left out of this, but a Jedi Healer enters the room and bows his head, interrupting the conversation. The healer comes to my side to mend my broken arm, and I nod to the Jedi Masters.

“Anakin’s reaction sold the sniper of my death. What has been done is done, and I will carry out the mission as has been asked of me,” I say to Windu with no hesitation and my head held high. He seems surprised for a moment but turns to leave.

“What’s done is done,” he repeats as the healer snaps my arm back into place.

The healer seems to also understand this meeting should remain in confidence. He bows, then leaves soon after I am healed. Finally alone, I begrudgingly accepted it was time to put on the masked disguise of the assassin I will be taking the place of.

I reach down to remove my lightsaber from my belt but feel nothing of the familiar grip I built myself. I look down to see its holster empty but find for the first time since my fall, I feel an absence of worry. I let a sad smile curve my lips as I realize who took it.

I know it’s safe with Anakin.

Notes: Part 2 coming soon! I'm sorry this is a little confusing if you've never watched the episode this is based on 😭

[charmwasjess]

I’m writing a fic right now where I wanted Clone War characters but the actual war was prevented (by R2-D2 sensing bad vibes and pushing Sheev down an open elevator shaft). So Dooku is still around, but he didn’t get the CIS fully off the ground. What do you think he and Ventress would get up to if his plans fell to pieces and there’s just this unresolved political standoff?

OOHH!! :D :D WHAT A FUN IDEA!

I think the most interesting part of this is that Asajj is still in the mix. 

Wanna go wide with me, Geode? :D Let’s go wide for a minute.

I obsess over the fact that Sidious ordered Asajj’s death in TCW, despite her being actually an effective tool for furthering Sidious’s goals. Dooku needs trusted, talented subordinates for Sidious’s plans to work. As much fun as it is to laugh at Dooku just blowing off his dayjob as Evil Henchvillain in TCW, “Count Dooku” is a political figurehead designed to inspire loyalty and love in the Separatists and doubt in the Jedi/Republic. Complain about him not showing up to do his own dirty work all you want, Ani. Officially, he should not be caught hanging off the sides of buildings with his sick powers, murdering people with his lightsaber or electrocuting them. Not good optics! 

But regardless of that, Sidious tries to get Asajj out of the picture, not because she’s inept or made a mistake or isn’t useful, but for the singular reason that training her is making Dooku happy. Dooku loves teaching. He’s at his most stable and successful when he’s working with a student. Part of his entire spiral into darkness is his grief over a student. It’s not a small coincidence that Rael Averross, one of the characters who most GETS Dooku as a person, repeatedly tells him to take a student when Dooku is having little moral oopsie-daisies and depressive episodes. 

And Sidious can’t have that, because a happy Dooku opens up a universe of problems. A happy Dooku is a Dooku who is thinking clearly enough to be a real threat to him, or see through his ultimate betrayal, or come up with alternative plans for what the galaxy should look like. 

So back to your question: Dooku has his old crusty nutsack of Sith Master out of the picture and his ideal apprentice/Qui-Gon replacement/stability project? What does he even DO with that? Does he try to continue Sidious's political goals, establishing his own personal rule in his place?

I sometimes wonder if we (by which I mean me) don’t take for too much granted that Dooku is even a good statesman/politician. He thinks he is, but this is a man who thinks he’s good at everything. He’s certainly adept at deception and charisma, two politician traits, and  he’s sure good at setting up the losing side of a political war. He certainly doesn’t do Serenno any favors in the long run. 

More importantly, perhaps, I don’t get the feeling that Dooku actually enjoys politics and rule. He sure seems to prioritize it, but look at how he actually behaves when he’s forced into that role. Cue Dooku sighing loudly and having a bottle of wine for breakfast.

His time on the Council as Jedi liaison to the Senate seems to have been utterly miserable for him, a contributing factor for his eventual decision to leave the Order. He has the shortest Council tenure of anyone before Anakin’s infamous hours. The one scene we get of him actually trying to rule Serenno in Dooku: Jedi Lost, he’s literally crying in frustration and ultimately, decides to go evil instead of bothering to figure out statecraft. In TCW, he seems listless and depressed; in the Legends/EU novels of his CIS era, he’s refers to the day-to-day work of fucking up the Separatist cause “middling sport at best.” 

This is such an interesting question because you have a Dooku who for the first time in decades is getting some fresh air in his brain, doing the thing he loves instead of the thing he hates, with someone at his side that he trusts and likes?? Even if he never returns to the Light, it feels like a kind of spiritual rehab for him.

I could almost see him doing a Baylon Skoll and Shin Hati thing with Asajj, running off to explore the weirdest parts of the galaxy and fully train her as a true Sith apprentice. I'd love to see Dooku off the leash and out in the wild, free to explore the witchy Sith shit and Force magic and all the interesting intersections that a true he-and-Asajj team-up could mean. Go find Morakorriband. Think Qui-Gon's spiritual journey in pursuit of the Order of the Whills stuff, but with some weird Dark Side twist.

[tranakin-skywalker]

The padawans found out about it first, as padawans are wont to do. Getting into trouble without realizing the full extent of it, stumbling right into something so much larger than they could understand. In any other scenario it would have been fodder for their masters to tease their apprentices over and -later- rib one another with. But not with something like this.

Jedi, as a whole, didn’t tend to concern themselves with things such as the holonet. When there was a crisis somewhere out in the galaxy, they were typically brought into the know before even the news outlets were told, their response being what led the rest of the Republic forward.

There were of course those who would tune in to certain channels to watch their favorite soap operas, or catch up on the goings on in the parts of the galaxy outside of the Jedi’s jurisdiction, but it was really the younger generation who had any sort of presence on the ‘net.

So really, it shouldn’t have come as any surprise when a crowd of junior padawans and older initiates had gone running in search of Master Nu during their recreational time in the archives (or the several dozen senior padawans with their own personal access to the holonet who’d screamed across their quarters for their masters to come and see). 

It did not take long for the news to reach the Council members, who immediately called an impromptu session to watch and review. There were many angry holocalls sent out inquiring why the Jedi hadn’t been informed of this development sooner, mostly by Adi Gallia. There were also many headaches developed, also by Adi Gallia who both dealt and received.

Mace Windu also had one such headache, brought on by watching the recording for the fifth time- or was it the sixth now?

The image was grainy, implying poor equipment, but the shot held remarkably steady throughout which spoke to some level of familiarity with filming. The grandiose excess of a Hutt residence decorated the space, covering over hard packed adobe walls and tiled floors covered in a thin layer of sand. It was apparent that this was no Nal Hutta, but the exile planet of Tatooine. This was the domain of Jabba Desilijic Tiure and- to a lesser extent- Gardulla Besadii the Elder. 

Or it used to be.

The holo paned slowly over the large interior of the palace, lingering on the forms of a number of sentients, many of them scantily dressed, some of them no more than children, all of them with heavy collars around their necks. Some looked healthy, deceptively so, but there are others- thin with protruding bones, or open gaping wounds leaking out bodily fluids, and those missing whole limbs. The first few minutes were nothing but the camera moving through the inside of the palace, taking in the misery and the horror, from up in the audience hall all the way down to slave quarters deep below the palace.

There were other figures too- those dressed in dark desert weave and wearing a wide collection of masks over their faces. Some of them had what looked suspiciously like lightsaber hilts hanging from their belts.

They worked to remove the chains from the slaves while a voice spoke over the recording in Huttese. Mace wasn’t much familiar with the language, only understood a handful of words spoken. They were still working on getting the poor audio translated, but from what they were able to gather it was a rallying cry for other enslaved worlds to fight back.

The holo lingered a long moment on an opened metal collar, dried blood and bits of flesh stuck to the inside where it had rubbed skin raw. Then it cut suddenly, the screen black for a fraction of a second before suddenly illuminated with the blinding light of two suns.

The new perspective showed a town center of some sort, huge crowds of people gathered in streets and on the roofs of buildings, the camera panning down to capture the thousands of faces looking up toward the platform.

A slave auction block, they found out later.

The camera turned from the crowd to instead film the group standing atop the platform. There were more figures in black and brown, but unlike when they were within the palace, these had brightly colored cloth thrown over the rest of their attire, ponchos and scarves and wraps. Mace assumed there was some sort of cultural significance to it, but he didn’t know enough about the planet’s people to know for certain.

These, too, wore metal masks.

Beneath the desert suns it was easier to make out that most were fashioned into abstract animal faces, with fangs and horns and sweeping pieces that might have been feathers. All of them carried metal cylinders at their hips.

In the middle of the platform, surrounded by more masked guards with lit sabers in hand- colors a wash of oranges and yellows and greens and even one that looked pink- was Jabba the Hutt. Large gashes and lesions covered the expanse of his body, a heavy chain wrapped several times around his neck. It didn’t seem to be connected to anything- seemingly more of a humiliation rather than something to keep the Hutt confined.

The lightsabers pointed at him likely did well enough a job of that.

Standing between Jabba and the crowd was a lone figure in all black. If they were sweltering in the heat, they gave no indication of it, their long layers and heavy helmet seemingly inconsequential. It was a tall figure, humanoid and seemingly male in stature- though that was hard to tell beneath the dark clothing that seemed almost a parody of Jedi robes. The helmet they wore was dog-like, or at least that of a canine skull, with jaws that looked less like jaws and more like a muzzle. There was something altogether disquieting about the figure.

Tilting its head like a curious predator, the figure turned to look the camera lens dead on. It didn’t feel like someone looking into a camera, but like something looking straight through and into the view beyond.

Each time Mace had watched the recording, that single look managed to make hair prickle up on the back of his neck. An animal response.

The figure in black spoke in Basic, addressing the holo’s audience and not the crowd actually present. The voice that came out was distorted through a vocoder into something that was more hard and mechanical than organic, it was still distinctly male, and distinctly authoritative. The rest of the video would prove that this was likely the leader of the whole affair, but even in the opening minutes, it was easy to tell here stood the catalyst for all that would crumble down after.

“You say that slavery is illegal in your Republic,” the voice growled from behind the melted teeth of the dog’s jaw. “And you say that Tatooine is part of your Republic. Then what is this we stand on? What is it that the Hutt empire has made its fortunes off of? What your own halls hide and Senators pedal behind closed doors. Look at what you have turned your blind eyes away from.”

With a gloved hand, he reached to his belt and unclipped a black and gray hilt. “We will not let you look away.” He then turned to the crowd and raised the saber hilt high over his head, calling out something in a language that sounded nothing like Huttese. The crowd thundered back in unison.

The saber lit with a wash of red as violent as a wildfire.

Lowering his arm slowly, the man turned to finally face Jabba, his blade hungry and crackling at his side. He spoke again- softer this time- but still loud enough for the gathered populace to hear. Huttese again, Mace was pretty certain, something about punishment- or maybe it was justice.

For a split second on Jabba’s face there was a look of pure unfiltered terror- the sudden fear in falling with the knowledge that the ground was coming and coming up fast. 

Then that hungry blade slid easily into thick Hutt skin that couldn’t be cut by any other means, sinking into the hilt, fat bubbling and cooking with the heat of it.

Jabba made a noise that Mace never, ever wanted to hear again.

The man dragged the blade down- slowly- guts spilling out from where the Hutt was being unzipped like a field-dressed carcass, still wriggling. Jabba moved a lot less than someone being methodically disemboweled should, but that might have something to do with the dog-skulled man’s left hand being raised up like an open claw. Like he was pinning the crime lord in place with sheer will or- more concerningly- with the Force.

That obsidian black mask seemed to give a jackal grin as the red blade was pulled from the Hutt’s body and Jabba Desilijic Tiure was unceremoniously dropped to slowly die on the same platform where thousands of people had been bought and sold.

Stepping away from the smoking body, the Sith- for what else could this monster be but a Sith?- flicked his blade to the side as if trying to rid it of gore. A useless endeavor for a plasma blade, but there was something almost poignant about the move.

He stood facing the screaming, cheering crowd, but his head was tilted sideways just slight enough to look back at the camera from the inky black socket of the dog’s eye.

“You’ve spent long enough ignoring us. I suggest you start paying attention now.”

The feed cut to black.

[magnusbae]

Yoda's voice whispering from the Force: a perfectly fine chosen one, ruined, we had...

[mrkestis]

Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival - Jude Watson

A Star Wars Book Review

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn have arrived on the planet Bandomeer, but despite their previous adventures where they fought side by side, Qui-Gon still refuses to take on Obi-Wan as a Padawan. The tension rises when Qui-Gon’s former Padawan, Xanatos, shows up to cause trouble.

The Jedi master has been running from his past for a long time, but now he has to turn around a face it in order to protect Obi-Wan’s future.

Rating: 2,5⭐️

My thoughts (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!):

The author change really makes a difference. The dialogue, the characterisation and just the writing overall is much better and I had more fun. Watson takes the characters and story setup from the first book and hones it into their own thing, and I personally think they understand the characters better.

Now I’ve finally met Xanatos, and I’m very much enjoying his character. I wish I was a better artist because I looked at the official art for Xanatos and just said…nope that’s not what he looks like. I picture him with a sharper and almost feminine face, and the long black hair with dark blue eyes combo goes hard. Especially with the matching cape. But enough about his design, let’s talk backstory. So, he had too much attachment to his home planet and his status as royalty, which made him arrogant. He got greedy for power and riches which caused him to start an avoidable conflict that forced Qui-Gon to kill his father in front of him. Yeah, that’s a solid setup for an antagonist. Xanatos reminds me of Dooku a bit. They’re both royalty who left the order because of a connection to their home, and they are both wrapped up in politics and deception. Of course they also share an immaculate fashion sense. Xanatos is a bit more dramatic though, with him pressing the broken and burning ring of his dead father against his cheek to make a scar and all that, as well as constantly leaving angsty and mysterious notes for Qui-Gon to find.

When it comes to Qui-Gon I like his arc of beginning to trust himself and other people again. He loved Xanatos like a son, so losing him to darkness would be very traumatic. I think it’s interesting that he doesn’t have a special relationship with visions and prophecy in this series, at least not yet, because that’s a big part of his character in the canon continuity. I really like that part of his character so I hope that’s developed later in the series.

Obi-Wan is constantly going through it in these books. Last time he got choked out by a hutt and attacked by dinosaur birds, and this time he became a slave and almost blew himself up to save Qui-Gon. This boy cannot catch a break. The slavery part also got me thinking about the book Master and Apprentice where a big part of the plot is slave labour in mines. Is that possibly a reference to this book??

Another interesting concept in this story are the Jedi farmers. They are portrayed as a less important than Jedi knight, but I personally would love to have that job!! I’m also wondering what happened to these professions during the Clone Wars. I’m guessing that they weren’t called in to serve in the army, and therefore probably weren’t around clone troopers when order 66 was issued. Sidious probably had a contingency plan for this, but it would be fun to see a Jedi who wasn’t a knight survive the purge and make a difference during the rebellion.

[darfeld]

I have seen people complaining that Qimir change tone too much but... The Sith whole deal in that period is that they are in hiding? Plus Qimir doesn't care that much about Sol, he cares that Mae doesn't rat the siths out to the Jedi and he cares about Osha as a potential apprentice.

So yes, after being all "I'm a super monster who will kill you all" he switch to "I'm your babygirl" with Osha because he want her to accept his deal.

I mean come on, this is how Sheev went about recruiting Anakin. You can't be that surprised! (I mean not the same kind of seduction... Go read a fanfic on ao3 !)

Deception IS a weapon of the siths. This is only a century before the prequels. That's basically the meta-reason why everybody not a Sith hearing the word Sith will die on this show. (Vernestra is on very thin ice)

[highfantasy-soul]

Qimir is doing every classic ‘femme’ fatale act in the book and I think that could mean he’s not actually a sith master yet? It’s pretty common for femme fatale characters to actually be working for some bigger, shadier bad guy. Qimir’s already a powerhouse so kinda terrifying to think he’s still just a student.

I also think it would make his whole seduction angle less insufferable (tbh this is definitely personal bias — I find the trope boring.)

I could see the story going in a couple of ways as they're playing around with our initial assumptions about things and turning them on their heads:

Qimir's deception was simply his 'potion seller' guise and the reveal is he's the sith

Qimir isn't the head honcho, but rather the classic Sith apprentice looking for an apprentice of his own so they can kill the current master

Qimir isn't actually evil at all, he has a legitimate reason to fight against the galactic force that is the Jedi

Not an exhaustive list, but I think there's a possibility the show has one last surprise from Qimir for us - him being the apprentice looking for someone to join him in killing his master so he can become the true master would be the most canon-typical option there.

So it's very possible the writers are drawing from the femme fatale archetype for Qimir, switching the seductress to a man rather than a woman. It'll be fun to watch it play out

And now all I can think of is Count Dooku being a femme fatale, luring all his little 'assassins' and 'acolytes' over to the dark side so he could kill Sidious

[darkonekrisrewrite]

Bnha's Final Twist Villain

I believe that UA and the hero side's real traitor has yet to be revealed, by the process of writing consistency (inconsistency) and references/parallels.

The real traitor that will (hopefully) be emerging soon as we're reaching the conclusion of this "final" conflict between the heroes and villains.

Horikoshi loves star wars

He constantly puts references in his work.

The master and the apprentice narrative:

Deku and All-might - Shigaraki and all for one.

Naming places and techniques in bnha after Star wars locations:

Nabu Island from My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising = the Star Wars planet Naboo

Hosu City from the Hero Killer arc = The frozen planet Hoth.

The Jaku General Hospital = Jakku is Rey's home planet in The Force Awakens.

Musutafu city = mustafar the unstable volcanic world

Phantom Menace (ファントムメナス, Fantomu Menasu?) is an Ultimate Move performed by Mirio Togata using the Permeation Quirk.

And...

All for one is a very direct Darth Vader reference.

Likes to hold up people via the choke lift, uses weapons made of light, the dark helmet is spot on.

While true All for one does use (dark) lightning as a weapon that trait is not unique when drawing parallels to sith characters or other forces users of the darker side, as many in star wars are able to use that ability such as count dooku, Darth nihilus, Darth revan or starkiller, Nightsister Clan Mother Talzin, Snoke (sequel series) or even Rey.

And then there's: Chancellor Palpatine

The mastermind that succeeded in talking over the galaxy, but why and how exactly did he win?

Palpatine won because he was playing both sides of board, manipulating both parties against each other for his own ends.

The "heroic" Jedi/Republic and the "villainous" Sith/separatists.

Cliff notes rundown of pre/during-clone wars:

The separatists were in many ways, the scapegoats of the clone wars.

While they generally did lean towards the corrupt political category in it's leaders, that doesn't mean that the movement itself was wrong in their grievances towards the Republic.

The Senate and it's governance really were corrupt and uncaring, many peoples and outer planets abandoned and left with far less than more prosperous/useful planets.

Those left to rot by the system would inevitably rise up against it, though due to deception and bad leadership, the separatist movement and it's end was made to help Palpatine rise to power.

The Jedi (and by extension the Republic) didn't fair any better.

Palpatine was able to so effectively pull the wool over the Jedi's eyes because they were so set in their ways, so much that they couldn't imagine any elements or consequences beyond what they believed, they refused to adapt to evolving circumstances and threats (their enemies using different tactics) and address their own flaws (their rigid beliefs being one example), that it all resulted in their downfall.

Which leads me to: Principal Nezu

Nothing about Nezu makes any sense when you really think about it.

For an important detail to start, he won't even specify what he is: "That's right. It's me, Nezu, the one who could be a dog or a mouse or a bear, but more importantly... I'm the principal!"

And supposedly he's an animal that manifested a quirk, something that hasn't been shown anywhere else in bnha.

Then it's later revealed that he has a Dark past as an experiment by humans, this only came up once and was never mentioned again, though it definitely stated to be his backstory.

But that's the thing, if Nezu is an animal that was in a quirk based experiment (the only reason the situation would make sense is if it was quirk based) there's only one person in who could have had a hand in his being the way he is.

Afo's doctor (or doctor Ujiko), is literally the only person in this series who could create a being like Nezu.

There is no one else who even seems to know any quirk based science.

This doctor is the only one.

Nezu is supposedly a genius, his quirk is: High Specs: Nezu's Quirk grants him a high level of intelligence that surpasses that of humans.

A level of: Intelligence - 6/5 - S

This is backed up by his performance in the students vs teachers match, but there's never been any kind of showing of Nezu's genius or strategy skills otherwise.

It's not even confirmed that Nezu came up with much of the current war strategy.

He (if you believe he's truly genuine) failed to sus out the student traitor, being aoyama, and couldn't prevent the attack of the league of villains in the forest training event that lead to the kidnapping of bakugo.

He didn't play any significant part in the first war against the paranormal liberation front.

And he didn't do much else in the future arcs except encouraging class 1A to go get deku.

Nezu doesn't really seem to do much of anything or have any real impact.

So either Nezu isn't nearly as competent or intelligent as he and his allies say that he is.

Or his stated intellectual level is true, but how could that be if he isn't shown to be proving it and when he does participate (finding the traitor, protecting the hero students) it ends badly?

Unless that was the plan.

And his absence or failures benefiting how he wanted these circumstances to play out, with all the conflicts/events going against or for the heroes being what Nezu wanted.

A counter point to this theory would be this scene:

Nezu saying this does imply that he believes ochako can be a hero that could surpass All-might.

(She definitely could if she sticks the landing with toga.)

But if there's anything that's definitely been explicitly shown to be true in bnha, it's that those who are heroes can still be in the wrong.

Endeavor, Hawks, the pros in general and even All-might himself.

All had a hand in creating the current situation (and the destruction that came from that) in their world.

Insane ambition, serving an obviously corrupt government, allowing/endorsing brand deals/popularity contests and ensuring the status quo "Normal " to be an unshakable cornerstone of hero society.

And finally the over reliance on heroes (making apathetic civilians) had a giant hand in creating "History's Worst Villain".

Just because someone believes in heroes, that doesn't mean that they are actually making things better or that they have good intentions, not in bnha.

And again, it's really hard to believe that someone with a genius level intelligence wouldn't realize all of these hypocrisies and flaws in hero society.

While in this theory, Nezu's real overall goal for why he's doing this would be debatable, the inconsistency with his character and the parallels to star wars' greatest villain is too spot on to be a coincidence.

(source: star wars the clone wars 2003 TV series)

Also something else interesting to note, if deku and shigaraki's battle at mount Fuji is meant to parallel the mustafar lava battle in star wars: revenge of the sith-

-what else happened in that movie?

[dapurinthos]

okay now that we've had the andor detour, i need to wrench myself back 30-odd years to 7944 by rereading the books that take place then. no, do not go to the heir to the empire 20th edition endnotes. stop. no. unneeded. it is cloak of deception time. it is maul: lockdown time. it is maul: shadow hunter time. it is (as always) darth plagueis, part three time. it is some jedi apprentice & quest time. (it is not yoda: dark rendezvous time except that it's ALWAYS ydr time like it's always plagueis time). i messed with myself by going on to finish the rest of the new jedi order books after checking traitor.

shadow hunter, of course, will be LISTENED to instead because sam witwer is doing voices and i need to know what anoon bondara sounds like.

[intermundia]

my brother in law asked for some prequels era book recs and i jotted him down a list of the first 15 that came to mind (the order isn't super important except for revenge of the sith which imho is almost required reading haha). i figured i'd share it here too 📚

Revenge of the Sith by Stover

Darth Plagueis by Luceno

Rogue Planet by Bear

Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader by Luceno

Lords of the Sith by Kemp

Master and Apprentice by Gray

Cloak of Deception by Luceno

Shatterpoint by Stover

Episode 1: the Phantom Menace by Brooks (Episode 2 by Salvatore is not really worth reading)

Kenobi by Miller

Dooku: Jedi Lost (radio drama) by Scott

Thrawn: Alliances by Zahn

Labyrinth of Evil by Luceno

Outbound Fight by Zahn

Dark Disciple by Golden

(Generally Karen Miller is more enjoyable to me than Karen Traviss, Wild Space is fun)