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The Clone Wars: No Prisoners
by Karen Traviss
Trade Paperback
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Blurb 2:
The Clone Wars rage on. As insurgent Separatists fight furiously to wrest control of the galaxy from the Republic, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine cunningly
manipulates both sides for his own sinister purposes.
Torrent Company's Captain Rex agrees to temporarily relieve Anakin Skywalker of Ahsoka, his ubiquitous-and insatiably curious-Padawan, by bringing her
along on a routine three-day shakedown cruise aboard Captain Gilad Pellaeon's newly refitted assault ship. But the training run becomes an active-and
dangerous-rescue mission when Republic undercover agent Hallena Devis goes missing in the middle of a Separatist invasion.
Dispatched to a distant world to aid a local dictator facing a revolution, Hallena finds herself surrounded by angry freedom fighters and questioning the
Republic's methods-and motives. Summoned to rescue the missing operative who is also his secret love, Pellaeon-sworn to protect the Republic over all-is
torn between duty and desire. And Ahsoka, sent in with Rex and six untested clone troopers to extract Hallena, encounters a new and different Jedi philosophy,
which shakes the foundation of her upbringing to the core. As danger and intrigue intensify, the loyalties and convictions of all involved will be tested. . .
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Blurb 1:
A training session turns into a full-scale hostile action when Anakin asks Rex to get Ahsoka out of his hair for a while. Rex, Ahsoka, and a squad of young
clone troopers new to Torrent Company join Captain Gilad Pellaeon's assault ship Leveler, fresh out of refit, for a 72-hour acquaint. But an emergency
tests their training as Leveler responds to a call for support from Master Djinn Altis -- leader of a dissident Jedi sect. The Leveler crew must rescue a
captured Republic agent, whose undercover mission has been compromised. And for the first time, Ahsoka learns that war against the Separatists isn't just
clone troopers against battle droids, and that sometimes the enemies are real living beings.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3760
Death Troopers
by Joe Schreiber
Hardcover
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Blurb:
From the first appearance of Darth Vader in the groundbreaking movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars fans have known
what terror feels like -- and they loved it. But never before has Star Wars publishing ventured into the unknown territory of true horror . . . until
now.
When the Imperial prison barge Purge breaks down in a distant, uninhabited part of space, its only hope seems to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting, derelict and seemingly abandoned. But when a boarding party is sent to scavenge for parts, only half of them come back -- bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours, nearly all aboard the Purge will die. And death is only the beginning.
For aboard the Star Destroyer, amid its vast creaking emptiness that isn't really empty at all. For the dead are rising, soulless, unstoppable, and
unspeakably hungry.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3788
501st: An Imperial Commando Novel
by Karen Traviss
Paperback
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Blurb:
The Clone Wars are over, but for those with reason to run from the new galactic Empire, the battle to survive has only just begun....
The Jedi have been decimated in the Great Purge, and the Republic has fallen. Now the former Republic Commandos -- the galaxy's finest special forces troops, cloned from Jango Fett -- find themselves on opposing sides and in very different armor. Some have deserted and fled to Mandalore with the mercenaries, renegade clone troopers, and rogue Jedi who make up Kal Skirata's ragtag resistance to Imperial occupation. Others -- including men from Delta and Omega squads -- now serve as Imperial Commandos, a black ops unit within Vader's own 501st Legion, tasked to hunt down fugitive Jedi and clone deserters.
For Darman, grieving for his Jedi wife and separated from his son, it's an agonizing test of loyalty. But he's not the only one who'll be forced
to test the ties of brotherhood. On Mandalore, clone deserters and the planet's own natives, who have no love for the Jedi, will have their most cherished
beliefs challenged. In the savage new galactic order, old feuds may have to be set aside to unite against a far bigger threat, and nobody can take old
loyalties for granted.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/4096
Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil
by Drew Karpyshyn
Hardcover
Release Date: December 8th, 2009
Blurb 2:
Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, demolished the ancient order devoted to the dark side and reinvented it as a circle
of two: one Master to wield the power and pass on the wisdom, and one apprentice to learn, challenge, and ultimately usurp the Dark Lord in a duel to the
death. But Bane's acolyte, Zannah, has yet to engage her Master in mortal combat and prove herself a worthy successor. Determined that the Sith dream of
galactic domination will not die with him, Bane vows to learn the secret of a forgotten Dark Lord that will assure the Sith's immortality-and his own.
A perfect opportunity arises when a Jedi emissary is assassinated on the troubled mining planet Doan, giving Bane an excuse to dispatch his apprentice on a
fact-finding mission-while he himself sets out in secret to capture the ancient holocron of Darth Andeddu and its precious knowledge. But Zannah is no fool.
She knows that her ruthless Master has begun to doubt her, and she senses that he is hiding something crucial to her future. If she is going to claim the power
she craves, she must take action now.
While Bane storms the remote stronghold of a fanatical Sith cult, Zannah prepares for her Master's downfall by choosing an apprentice of her own: a rogue
Jedi cunning and cold-blooded enough to embrace the Sith way and to stand beside her when she at last wrests from Bane the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith.
But Zannah is not the only one with the desire and power to destroy Darth Bane. Princess Serra of the Doan royal family is haunted by memories of the monstrous
Sith soldier who murdered her father and tortured her when she was a child. Bent on retribution, she hires a merciless assassin to find her tormentor-and bring
him back alive to taste her wrath.
Only a Sith who has taken down her own Master can become Dark Lord of the Sith. So when Bane suddenly vanishes, Zannah must find him-possibly even rescue
him-before she can kill him. And so she pursues her quarry from the grim depths of a ravaged world on the brink of catastrophe to the barren reaches of a
desert outpost, where the future of the dark side's most powerful disciples will be decided, once and for all, by the final, fatal stroke of a lightsaber.
Blurb:
The Sith are gone -- all except Darth Bane, creator of the "Rule of Two," which states that the new Sith Order will consist of only two: a Master and
an apprentice. But how does one train an apprentice whose ultimate goal -- and proof of success -- must be to kill the Master?
Darth Bane is beginning to suffer the effects of drawing heavily on the dark side of the Force for so many years. At the same time, he's beginning to
doubt his apprentice, Zannah, because she hasn't yet tried to kill him and take his power. Is she weak? Unworthy of being his apprentice? When he learns of
an ancient Sith artifact that might hold the secret to immortal life, he heads out in search of it alone. But Zannah is anything but weak, and now that she has
glimpsed his worries, she knows that the time is ripe to take him on. The Forces of evil will clash in spectacular battle, with the future of the Sith hanging
in the balance!
Info:
-According to the author, the characters Cognus, Set Harth, Andeddu may or may not be appearing in the novel.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3781
The Clone Wars: Gambit: Stealth
by Karen Miller
Trade Paperback
Release Date: February 23 2010
Blurb 1: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are on a secret mission to one of the many worlds caught in the middle of the struggle
between the Republic and the Separatists. A pastoral planet, Lanteeb wants only to be left alone to survive -- but it is the source of what could be one of the
most devastatingly destructive weapons ever. If this potential weapon were to fall into the hands of the Separatists, uncounted worlds would fall. But should
the Republic succeed in destroying it first, one world that needs it to survive will be annihilated. A frightening dilemma that Obi-Wan and Anakin will have to
untangle, if they can get in and out of the occupied planet alive...
Info:
-Anakin, Obi Wan, Padme, Ahsoka, and Bail Organa will appear.
-The villain is an in-canon character who is not Palpatine.
-This will be the first book in a duology.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3760
The Clone Wars: Gambit: Siege
by Karen Miller
Trade Paperback
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Blurb 1:
This is the second installment of a two-book Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker adventure, set against the backdrop of the Clone Wars!
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are trapped on the Separatist controlled planet Lanteeb, on the run from General Lok Durd and his droid army. After being
forced to abandon their jerry-rigged groundcar they continue on foot, hunted, as they try to find a safe place to hide and regroup before escaping the planet
altogether. Eventually they seek shelter in a remote Lanteeban village, but the Separatists track them down. Now they're under siege...and the little time
they've bought themselves is running out.
Info:
- This book will conclude the story set up in the fourth Clone Wars book.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3760
The Old Republic
by Sean Williams
Hardcover
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/4300
Untitled
by Unknown
Unknown Format
Release Date: September 2010
Untitled Horror
by Joe Schrieber
Hardcover
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Info: This is a standalone story that is a prequel to Schrieber's Death Troopers.
Imperial Commando: Book 2
by Karen Traviss
Paperback
Release Date: November 2010
Info: This will be the last book in the "Commando" series.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/4096
Untitled Nomi Sunrider Novel
by Alex Irvine
Hardcover
Release Date: February 2011
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3804
Holostar (Working Title)
by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnoff
Paperback
Release Date: March 2011
Info:
- The novel will feature Dash Rendar. (But he is not the title character.) Dash's droid Leebo also appears.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/3805
"Choices" (Working Title)
by Timothy Zahn
Hardcover
Release Date: September 2011
Info:
- The novel is closely after Allegiance, placing it between A New Hope and the Empire Stikes Back.
- It will feature the classic film characters, as well as the Hand of Judgement, Mara Jade, and Thrawn.
Thread Link: http://unjoe.yuku.com/topic/4252
Untitled by Jeff Grubb
by Jeff Grubb
Paperback
Release Date: October 2011
