by Kevin J. Anderson

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children -- the Jedi twins -- will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges.

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children -- the Jedi twins -- will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins.
While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine.

But when Han and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret Imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes -- and go from one danger to a far greater one . .

On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face-to-face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself!

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As the New Republic takes devastating losses in the ongoing war with the scattered remnants of the Empire, the galaxy's future depends on three small children -- among them the Jedi twins -- born to incredible powers and perils, as an extraordinary new Star Wars saga unfolds . . .
While the New Republic struggles to decide what to do with the deadly Sun Crusher -- a new doomsday weapon stolen from the Empire by Han Solo -- the renegade Imperial Admiral Daala uses her fleet of Star Destroyers to conduct guerrilla warfare on peaceful planets. And now she threatens the watery home world of Admiral Ackbar.

But as the battle for a planet rages, an even greater danger emerges at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy. A brilliant student delves dangerously into the dark side of the Force and unleashes the spirit of an ancient master of the evil order that warped Darth Vader himself. Working together, they may become an enemy greater than any the New Republic has ever fought -- more powerful than even a Jedi Master can face.

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As the New Republic continues its struggle for survival, a scattered but powerful remnant of the shattered Empire seeks to destroy three precious children -- among them Han and Leia's Jedi twins -- who represent the next generation of Jedi Knights, in this third and final novel of the Jedi Academy Trilogy.
Suspended helplessly between life and death, Luke Skywalker lies in state at Jedi academy. But on the spirit plane, Luke fights desperately for survival, reaching out psychically to the Jedi twins. At the same time, Leia is on a life-and-death mission of her own, a race against Imperial agents hoping to destroy a third Jedi child -- Leia and Han's baby Anakin -- hidden on the planet Anoth.

Meanwhile, Luke's former protégé Kyp Durron has pirated the deadly Sun Crusher on an apocalyptic mission of mass destruction, convinced he is fighting for a just cause. Hunting down the rogue warrior, Han must persuade Kyp to renounce his dark crusade and regain his lost honor. To do it, Kyp must take the Sun Crusher on a suicide mission against the awesome Death Star prototype -- a battle Han knows they may be unable to win -- even with Luke Skywalker on their side!

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by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta

Jacen and Jaina

When the Empire died, they were born -- a new hope for the New Republic. The young twins of Han Solo and Princess Leia are now fourteen, and enrolled at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Together with friends both old and new the future heroes of an already legendary saga begin their training.

The first six volumes of the Young Jedi Knights series were released in two omnibus editions in 2003.

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While exploring the jungle outside the academy, the twins make a startling discovery -- the remains of a TIE fighter that had crashed years ago during the battle against the first Death Star. Mechanical whiz Jaina thinks she can repair it -- if they can sneak the right parts from the academy.

Meanwhile, their work is being closely watched -- but not by academy eyes. The original pilot, an Imperial trooper, has been living wild in the jungle since his ship went down. Waiting to return to duty. And now his chance has come . . .

Boulevard (June 1995)

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The Dark Jedi Brakiss -- the student Luke Skywalker expelled from his academy -- has learned much since he left. Enough to master the dark side of the Force. And enough to establish his own school for training Jedi -- the Shadow Academy.

But now Brakiss has been given an even greater task. Not only must he create a sinister legion of Dark Jedi to serve the Empire, he must undertake a challenge not even Darth Vader and the Emperor could meet: Kidnap the heirs of the Skywalker bloodline, and turn them to the dark side of the Force . . .

Boulevard (Reprint Edition, June 1996)

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During a break in training, Jacen and Jaina are reunited with their old friend Zekk, an orphan living in the streets on their home planet of Coruscant. You, wild, and free, Zekk has never had a care in the world -- until now. He sees the changes in his friends. Jacen and Jaina have learned so much, have grown in so many ways. Compared to them, he is only a lost little boy.

However, a powerful being has seen his potential. Someone who knows about shame and jealousy -- and how to make use of them. Someone who knows that the dark side of the Force is especially attractive when you've got nothing to lose . . .

Boulevard (Reissue Edition, November 1998)

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Luke Skywalker has come to a grim conclusion. With the threat of a new generation of Dark Jedi being trained at Shadow Academy, he knows the New Republic will need all the fighters it can muster. At last, it is time for the young Jedi Knights to build their lightsabers.

But there is more to mastering the ancient weapon than mere swordsmanship. Each student must learn about the mysterious bond between Jedi and lightsaber. For Jacen and Jaina, success will mean growing stronger in the Force. But for one of their friends, failure will mean tragedy . . .

Boulevard (March 1996)

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The twins and Lowbacca are off to the Wookiee's home plant of Kashyyk, where Lowie's younger sister is about to undergo the terrifying Wookiee rite of passage. The ceremony is dangerous and difficult, and he wants to help her in any way he can.

Meanwhile, the Dark Jedi student Zekk has been given his own rite of passage: to lead a raid on the great Wookiee computer center on Kashyyk. Finally, he will fulfill his awesome potential. Finally, he will become the Second Imperium's Darkest Knight. But first he must face his old friends Jacen and Jaina, once and for all . . .

Boulevard (Reissue Edition, June 1996)

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The day of reckoning is at hand for the young Jedi Knights. The Shadow Academy -- with its army of Dark Jedi and Imperial stormtroopers -- has appeared in the sky over Yavin 4. And when a commando raid destroys the shield generator protecting the Jedi academy, there is only one option: to fight.

Now Jacen and Jaina, along with Luke Skywalker and their friends, must trust in the Force and do battle with their sworn enemies -- the Dark Jedi Zekk, his master Brakiss, and the loathsome Nightsister Tamith Kai. Victory means a new legacy of Jedi coming of age. Defeat means a final cloak of darkness over the entire galaxy . . .

Boulevard (September 1998)

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Jacen and Jaina set off for the Alderaan system determined to salvage a piece of the shattered planet as a gift for their mother. But amid the ghosts of a dead world, the twins are in for a deadly surprise: some ghosts still live. A long-lost enemy of the Solo family is about to return.

Berkley Pub Group (January 1997)

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During a break in training, Jacen and Jaina are reunited with their old friend Zekk, an orphan living in the streets on their home planet of Coruscant. You, wild, and free, Zekk has never had a care in the world -- until now. He sees the changes in his friends. Jacen and Jaina have learned so much, have grown in so many ways. Compared to them, he is only a lost little boy.

However, a powerful being has seen his potential. Someone who knows about shame and jealousy -- and how to make use of them. Someone who knows that the dark side of the Force is especially attractive when you've got nothing to lose . . .

Boulevard (Reissue Edition, November 1998)

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As the search for Raynar Thul's father continues, the young Jedi Knights turn for help to a most unusual-and dangerous-source: the reprogrammed assassin droid IG-88. They think they can keep him under control. But can one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy be trusted?

Berkley Pub Group (July 1997)

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Lowbacca has left the Jedi academy and traveled to the planet Ryloth, headquarters of the Diversity Alliance is really all about.

On Yavin 4, Jacen, Jaina, and the other young Jedi Knights have already discovered one truth about the Alliance -- once you go to Ryloth, you either join, or you die. Lowie is in great danger, and they must rescue him. But what can a small group of humans do against a planet full of hostile aliens?

Berkley Pub Group (March 1999)

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Bornan Thul's secret is out: he's been protecting a deadly plague that could devastate the galaxy if released. And the evil Nolaa Tarkona -- of the Diversity Alliance -- where it is hidden.

Now Jacen, Jaina, and their allies must race against time. As a massive battle rages between New Republic soldiers and the forces of the Diversity Alliance, the young Jedi Knights must find and destroy the plague before it can be released. But they first must face Nolaa Tarkona. And her very lethal hired hand, Boba Fett.

Boulevard (October 1999)

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Han Solo's past is about to catch up with him. When he and the twins take the Millenium Falcon for a high-speed race, they meet a battle-hungry young woman wielding a lightsaber. Her name is Anja Gallandro, and she knows more about Han's history than he likes. But Anja Gallandro guards an even more devastating secret -- a secret that could mean disaster for the entire Solo family . . .

Berkley Pub Group (May 1998)

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Lando Calrissian offers the young Jedi Knights a rare opportunity -- a vacation on Cloud City. They jump at the chance -- as long as their new friend, the mysterious Anja Gallandro, can come along. Anja is happy to be included. But little do the twins know that they are actually helping Anja hatch her sinister plan. A plan that goes far deeper than simple revenge . . 

Berkley Pub Group (August 1998)

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Anja Gallandro planned to destroy the Solo family. But now she fights an intense inner battle -- against her growing spice addiction, and her growing friendship with Jacen and Jaina. She no longer knows where her loyalties lie. In desperation for spice,she steals a ship and flees the Jedi academy.

The young Jedi Knights give chase, following her from the spice mines of Kessel to the the dangerous paradise of Crystal Reef. But Anja has been a pawn all along in a game that is much bigger than all of them. And they just landed in the middle of it . . .

Berkley Pub Group (December 1998)

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by Rebecca Moesta

Anakin Solo is now eleven -- and headed for the Jedi Academy! The Force is very strong with him -- he can feel it. And his uncle Luke thinks it is time for him to start his traning . . .

(Volume 1: The Golden Globe, Volume 2: Lyric's World, and Volume 3: Promises were written by Nancy Richardson.)

Anakin has been having terrible dreams of a secret cave on Dagobah. He asks his uncle Luke if he can go there, to see if it's real. Luke says yes -- but only if Tahiri, R2-D2, and the Jedi Master Ikrit go along.

Anakin and his friends find more danger than they bargained for in the swamps of Dagobah. But they do find the cave. What is inside? And will Anakin be strong enough in the Force to face it?

March 1997
(June 1998 Reissue)

Anakin and his friends just heard an incredible secret! Darth Vader may have retrieved Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber from the original Death Star. The lost weapon may be hidden in Vader's abandoned fortress on the planet Vjun, and Luke Skywalker agrees that it must be recovered.

Now Anakin and his friends -- along with Tionne and the Jedi Master Ikrit -- are heading off to Vjun to find the legendary fortress. Untold dangers await them, for no one knows what secrets still lie within those ancient walls. Even abandoned, it is a stronghold of dark power.

But the biggest danger may not have shown its face. For if they know about Obi-Wan's saber . . . who else does?

(May 1999 Reissue)

Uldir, Anakin's classmate at the Jedi academy, wants to be a Jedi more than anything. But he can't even lift a feather with the Force. He thinks he knows how he can learn faster: the Holocron.

The Holocron is a cube that holds all the secrets of the ancient Jedi Masters. By "borrowing" it, along with Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber, Uldir believes he will become a powerful Jedi Knight!

Now Anakin -- along with Tahiri, R2-D2, Tionne and the Jedi Master Ikrit -- must race across the galaxy to find Uldir. If they don't Uldir could be killed. And Kenobi's blade and the Holocron will fall into the hands of a very evil man . . .?

(May 1999 Reissue)

by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie

Jabba the Hutt has lost his lucky charm somewhere in the palace, and he'll be very unhappy if Jubnuk the Gamorrean guard can't find it for him. Jubnuk knows he isn't too bright, but he figures it can't be that hard to find a simple talisman . . . or can it? If Jabba could just give him a little more information about his good-luck charm -- after he's finished talking with that important-looking Jedi Knight, Luke Skywalker, of course. . . .

With illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie, the design consultant and conceptual artist who worked with George Lucas to bring all three original Star Wars films to the screen, and a story by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, best-selling authors of the Young Jedi Knights series.

Welcome to the Mos Eisley Cantina, the most popular entertainment spot on the desert of Tatooine. All of the planet's most scurrilous inhabitants -- bounty hunters and scam artist fugitives and spies -- gather at the Cantina to relax, make deals, sell secrets, and hire pilots, all under the cover of the Cantina's lively music. And at the Cantina, in the heart of the spaceport city of Mos Eisley, anything can happen. . . .

Join in the excitement as one of the most famous scenes in Star Wars comes to life in a spectacular final pop-up, complete with light and the sounds of gunfire and cantina music.

First Timothy Zahn brought back the splendor of George Lucas's magnificent Star Wars films in his New York Times bestselling trilogy, The adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa have continued in novels by such authors as Barbara Hambly, Roger MacBride Allen, and Vonda N. McIntyre. Now Kevin J. Anderson, author of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars Jedi Academy trilogy, brings the epic full circle, taking us back to Luke's planet, where it all began. . . .

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, cloaked by the Force and riding with the hostile Sand People, have returned to the dunes of the desert planet Tatooine in hopes of finding what Luke so desperately seeks: contact with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke is hoping the old Jedi Knights spirit will tell him how to help his love, Callista, regain her lost ability to use the Force.

Tormented and haunted, Luke cannot rest until Callista is a Jedi in the fullest sense, for only then will the link between there minds and souls be restored. Yet brewing on Tatooine is news that will shake Luke and Han and threaten everything they value. The disturbing piece of information is that evil Hutts, criminal warlords of the galaxy, are building a secret superweapon: a reconstruction of the original Death Star, to be named Darksaber. This planet-crushing power will be in the hands of Durga the Hutt--a creature without conscience of mercy.

But there is worse news yet: the Empire lives. The beautiful Admiral Daala, still very much alive, and more driven than ever to destroy the Jedi, has joined forces with the defeated Pellaeon, former second in command to Grand Admiral Thrawn. Together they are marshaling Imperial Forces to wipe out the New Republic.

Now, as Luke, Han, Leia, Chewbacca, Artoo, and Threepio regroup to face these threats, they are joined by new Jedi Knights and Callista. Together they must fight on two fronts, outshooting and outsmarting the most formidable enemies in the galaxy. In Darksaber the Jedi are heading for the ultimate test of their power--a test in which all the temptations of the dark side beckon. And Luke Skywalker must draw upon his innermost resources to fight for a world in which he can not only live, but dare to love.

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Reviews:

• "Anderson has all but assumed the title of chancellor of Star Wars University." -- Starlog
• "Deftly puts the Star Wars characters through their paces with never a slip, and with never a dull moment." -- Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
• "Chock full of all the good stuff you've come to expect from a battle of good against evil." -- Daily News, New York
• "Moves with a speed-of-light pace that captures the spirit of the movie trilogy so well, you can almost hear John William's soundtrack." -- The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers
• "A fast paced, rousing adventure novel, a worthy heir to George Lucas' mighty epic." -- The Knoxville News-Sentinel