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| Events that occur between 22 years and
19 years before the Battle of Yavin. |
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| Shatterpoint |
| PAPERBACK NOVEL (2003) |
| Matthew Stover |
| Del Rey |
| Also published as Hardback
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Synopsis:
THE HARUUN KAL CRISIS
Mace Windu is a living legend: Jedi Master, senior
member of the Jedi Council, skilled diplomat,
devastating fighter. Some say he is the deadliest man
alive. But he is a man of peace - and for the first time
in a thousand years, the galaxy is at war.
Now, following the momentous events climaxing in the
Battle of Geonosis, Master Mace Windu must undertake a
perilous homecoming to his native world to defuse a
potentially catastrophic crisis for the Republic... and
to confront a terrifying mystery with dire personal
consequences.
The jungle planet of Haruun Kal, the homeworld Mace
barely remembers, has become a battleground in the
increasing hostilities between the Republic and the
renegade Seperatist movement. The Jedi Council has sent
Depa Billaba - Mace's former Padawan and fellow council
member - to Haruun Kal to train the local tribesmen as
guerilla resistance force, to fight against the
Seperatists who control the planet and its strategic
star system with their droid armies. But now th
Seperatists have pulled back, and Depa has not returned.
The only clue to her disappearance is a cryptic
recording left at the scene of a brutal massacre: a
recording that hints of madness and murder, and of the
darkness in the jungle... a recording in Depa's own
voice.
Mace Windu trained her. Only he can find her. Only he
can learn what has changed her. Only he can stop her.
Jedi were never intended to be soldiers. But now they
have no choice. Mace must journey alone into the most
treacherous jungle in the galaxy - and into his own
heritage. He will leave behind the Republic he serves,
the civilization he believes in, everything but his
passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan.
And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid,
when keepers of the peace are forced to make war....
The paperback version also includes a
copy of the short story Equipment
by Matthew Stover.
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Chronology:
This story occurs 6 months after the Battle of Geonosis,
approximately 21 and a half years before the Battle of
Yavin. |
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Related stories (in
chronological order):
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Hardback cover:
First published in hardback June 2003 (re-released in paperback
2004):
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Cover: hardback |
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e-Book format:
Published December 2005 by Random House, Inc., also available for amazonKindle:
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Audiobook format:
Abridged version, read by Jonathon Davis and published as a compact
disc in June 2003 and digital download in February 2007:
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Cover: audiobook |
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Availability:
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| Story Reviews: |
Review by GeePee, 2006:
"One of the hardest tasks in Star Wars fiction writing is
taking a character created by George Lucas who, although appearing
for not very long in any of the films, is still a fundamental
character to the overall story. This is the only fiction novel that
features Mace Windu in the lead role and Matthew Stover has taken
Windu's brief, but nevertheless important, appearances and created a
complete story around the Jedi Master.
"Stover's premise is that Mace's Force sensitivity is knowing
where the shatterpoint for any situation or person, the point which
will literally shatter the prevailing situation and change the
outcome. Following the start of the Clone
Wars, Mace is haunted by the knowledge that he knew what the
shatterpoint for the Battle of Geonosis was. It was for him to kill
Dooku when he had the chance and because he didn't, the Clone
Wars is its outcome.
"Mace is dispatched to the jungle planet Haruun Kal,
incidentally his own homeworld, to locate his former padawan who
appears to have gone rogue. Stover succeeds in giving us a valuable
insight into the mind of this Jedi Council Master as he contemplates
the outcome of his (in)actions at Geonosis whilst he tries to
survive in an almost impassable jungle which just happens to be
populated by Force sensitive natives and animals.
"Stover successfully conveys the paradox that is the complexity
of jungle life with its primitive way of living."
Rating: 3.5 / 5 |
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