|
Synopsis:
The Jedi head home to Coruscant
for a vacation. Jaina is particularly looking forward to
seeing Zekk, an adventurous lad who often appears with
the Academy's cargo ferrier Peckhum. The group reunites
with the Solo family and are reacquainted with Zekk. He
in turn leads them on a search through Coruscant's
underground to find a valuable hawk-bat's egg. They are
set upon by "The Lost Ones," a gang of orphans
who live in Coruscant's underground. They beat the gang
back and return home to incubate the egg.
Zekk is invited for a diplomatic dinner at the Solo's.
His manners prove embarrassing, and he runs away, only
to run into Tamith Kai, who shows him that he is Force
sensitive. Meanwhile, the space cruiser Adamant
(commanded by Admiral Ackbar) is disabled in Coruscant
space by Imperial fighters led by Qorl. The Imperial
jettisons the crew in lifepods and takes the ship.
Zekk finds himself in the Shadow Academy, where Brakiss
and Tamith begin educating him in the ways of the Dark
Side, turning him against his Jedi friends who never
told him of his potential. A cargo shuttle leaving
Coruscant is blown apart, seemingly colliding into
nothing. The young Jedi investigate, even as Peckhum
shows up wondering where Zekk is. Believing him to be a
victim of the Lost Ones, they set out into their
territory.
And they do find Zekk, who has fallen into the Dark Side
and is recruiting Lost Ones into the Shadow Academy. The
Jedi are stunned, but allowed to return home to send the
word. They realise that the Shadow Academy is mobile and
in Coruscant orbit. Brakiss, who seems to be taking
orders from Emperor Palpatine, resurrected again, takes
the Shadow Academy away just as the Jedi uncloak it,
taking Zekk and the Lost Ones with him. The shattered
young Jedi return to Yavin, bearing a goodbye message
from Zekk (who clearly does not know what he is getting
into). |