Post-NJO Speculation Thread (Spoilers)

Smuggler's run · Post by **Smuggler's run** » 2005-04-27 09:03am

well njo was primarily handing the torch to the younger generation of jedi, so we should be seeing more of jaina an jacen an less of luke an leia.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-02 08:05pm

Bump.

The NJOE's interview with Karren Traviss, author of Republic Commando: Hard Contact and one of the three authors for Legacy of the Force, is up. Since in the interview was conducted before Celebration III, it reaffirms a lot of what came out the other week and so there's nothing really new to report. Still an interesting read, though; you can find it on the NJOE extras page.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-03 01:52am

New quasi-related information from TheForce.net's updated Celebration III report, this time dealing with Timothy Zahn. Though he's at work on a Mara Jade novel set during the OT, he's also interested in writing a Luke/Mara/Ben Skywalker story set post-Legacy.

(Also, on a side note, he also cleared up a few questions related to his earlier novels, namely the matter of the Far Outsiders first mentioned in The Hand of Thrawnduology. He confirmed once and for all that that he intended them to be the Yuuzhan Vong, but wasn't allowed to be more specific than he was).

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-03 07:29am

Ummm, where is the information for those posts from?

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-03 12:19pm

Crown wrote:Ummm, where is the information for those posts from?

Karen Traviss Interview

(As I said, you'll have to go to Extras; there's no direct link)

Zahn at CIII

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-05-04 05:23am

JME2 wrote:
Crown wrote:Ummm, where is the information for those posts from?
Karen Traviss Interview

(As I said, you'll have to go to Extras; there's no direct link)

Zahn at CIII

Ahhh, thanks. I just didn't realise there was an actual NJOE.com to go to!

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-04 01:24pm

No problem.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-05-27 12:50am

New info from NJOE, which in turn comes from the Force.net on the basic summaries of each book of the trilogy:

Dark Nest I
Seven years after their daring assault deep inside enemy territory (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star), Jaina Solo and her fellow survivors answer a mysterious call for help and vanish into the Unknown Regions. Soon, the Jedi Council learns that the group has undertaken a mission that will drive a wedge between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and its skittish ally, the Chiss Ascendancy. The investigation leads Luke Skywalker and his companions-Mara Jade Skywalker and Han and Lela Solo-on a perilous journey into the uncharted void that iles between what is right and what is wrong...

We already pretty much knew this much. Now onto the next two books:

Dark Nest II
The second book in a trilogy that will bridge the events of the hugely popular New Jedi Order series, which has sold four million copies to date, and our upcoming 9-book epic Star Wars series to be published in 2006-2008. Despite being given new worlds to populate, the insectoid Killiks have not found peace. A seemingly unknowable enemy has been attacking the new nests--and the Killiks hold the Jedi responsible. Traveling back to the Unknown Regions to unravel the mystery, the Skywalkers and Solos discover an evil far more familiar than they ever expected...and even more terrifying. Why does the dark nest want to kill Mara? Will Jacen's apocalyptic vision trigger another galactic war, or prevent one? And perhaps most ominous of all, what deadly secret are the Killiks hiding? To find out, Luke, Mara, Han, and Leia must embark on a perilous journey into the uncharted void between right and wrong. The ferocious Unknown Terrors are only the beginning of the awesome challenges that lie ahead in their quest to fathom the unfathomable.

...and...

Dark Nest III
The third and last book in the all-new trilogy that will bridge the events of the hugely popular New Jedi Order series, which has sold four million copies to date, and our upcoming 9-book epic Star Wars series to be published in 2006-2008. With the Jedi Order splintered by conflicts of conscience, and a war erupting between the Killiks and Chiss that could spread across the entire galaxy, Luke Skywalker takes charge. His bold plan will play all sides against each other and carry those closest to him deep into hostile territory. It is also the only thing standing between the galaxy and the eternal war that his nephew, Jacen, has foreseen in visions. For the Jedi to succeed, they must step beyond the reach of any galactic government and undermine the war-making capabilities of all sides -- and Luke Skywalker must assume his fated role as true master of the Jedi Order.

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-05-27 10:17am

Hm. It actually looks interesting. I wouldn't mind if for once the Rampaging Insect Swarm of Doom (TM) was portrayed in a positive light and as something other than some numberless devouring enemy.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-06-26 02:12am

Bump.

The cover-art to The Unseen Queen has been posted at Barnes and Noble. You can view it here.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-06-26 02:20am

Wow. An insectoid hive-swarm. Those EU writers can really bring the creativity.

Caius · Post by **Caius** » 2005-06-26 09:37am

I don't actually remember a previous cover with her holding a lightsaber. So Leia looks pretty cool, imo

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-06-26 09:42am

Aye but holding a blue saber? Does she get yet another new saber, i guess she does take after daddy in some things

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-06-26 09:50am

Lord Pounder wrote:Aye but holding a blue saber? Does she get yet another new saber, i guess she does take after daddy in some things

She lost her red saber(Ruby red or something like that) in Balence Point.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-06-26 11:56am

Ace Pace wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Aye but holding a blue saber? Does she get yet another new saber, i guess she does take after daddy in some things
She lost her red saber(Ruby red or something like that) in Balence Point.

Correct; I believe the one she used for the remainder of the NJO was not a new one, but the one Luke had built for her back before the Thrawn trilogy. Whether or not this is a totally new one will remain to be seen.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-06-26 12:31pm

Its the one he built for her back in Thrawn.

TrekWarsie · Post by **TrekWarsie** » 2005-06-27 02:09pm

Actually, she still has the red lightsaber. It is seen in Enemy Lines: Rebel Stand. She uses it to escape that prison on the planet that sided with the Peace Brigade.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-06-27 03:58pm

TrekWarsie wrote:Actually, she still has the red lightsaber. It is seen in Enemy Lines: Rebel Stand. She uses it to escape that prison on the planet that sided with the Peace Brigade.

Then somethings wrong.
In the end of Balence Point, Tsavong Lah clearly throws it into a burning pit.

But your right, its a red saber used in Enemy Lines.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-07-02 06:59pm

Bump.

New information passed on by Troy Denning has been posted on NJOE. It regards the status of the Bothans, Admiral Krey'fey, and the Imperials in the post-war era; be warned that it does contain spoilers...

***

By the time Joiner opens, Kre'fey is no longer Supreme Commander. Shortly after the war he was removed from office because of certain Bothans' refusal to give up ar'krai. There is a new Bothan in the higher echelons of the military, but Sien Sovv has been reinstated as Supreme Commander.

...and...

Both the Imperial Remnant and the Empire of the Hand will be involved peripherally in the trilogy.

Axis Kast · Post by **Axis Kast** » 2005-07-03 02:00pm

I thought Luke destroyed the Empire of the Hand station manned by Parck and Fell? Or am I incorrect?

Did the Empire of the Hand have any other assets? I thought there was some talk of shipyards...

In any case, I assume the Empire of the Hand is a sort of pseudo-entity that exists at the sufferance of the Chiss - much like the CSA and the Empire?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-07-03 02:17pm

Axis Kast wrote:I thought Luke destroyed the Empire of the Hand station manned by Parck and Fell? Or am I incorrect?

Did the Empire of the Hand have any other assets? I thought there was some talk of shipyards...

In any case, I assume the Empire of the Hand is a sort of pseudo-entity that exists at the sufferance of the Chiss - much like the CSA and the Empire?

He destroyed a turrent, destroying Jade's Fire to do it.

And the Hand had MASSIVE assets, something like a quarter of the unknown regions, shipyards scattered all over the place.

And yes.

Axis Kast · Post by **Axis Kast** » 2005-07-03 02:58pm

And the Empire of the Hand was peopled or staffed by Chiss, or humans, Chiss, and others?

Also - the new, alien Stormtroopers. Those are the Imperial Remnant, or the Empire of the Hand?

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-07-03 03:16pm

Imperial remnant.

They were even a major segment of an elite stormtrooper group (The 501st) as of the Zahn book covering Luke and Mara investigating remnant's of the outbound flight.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-07-04 05:32am

Axis Kast wrote:And the Empire of the Hand was peopled or staffed by Chiss, or humans, Chiss, and others?

Also - the new, alien Stormtroopers. Those are the Imperial Remnant, or the Empire of the Hand?

Mostly chiss, with a few exceptions such as Baron Fel and those two Imperial commanders who found Thrawn.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2005-07-04 06:56pm

the .303 bookworm wrote:Imperial remnant.

They were even a major segment of an elite stormtrooper group (The 501st) as of the Zahn book covering Luke and Mara investigating remnant's of the outbound flight.

Actually, the 501st was from the Empire of the Hand.