The Jedi Order, and particularly the Council that leads it, has made a variety of errors all through its lengthy historical past, particularly within the declining days of the Outdated Republic. And now, a brand new Star Wars novel goes to discover one Jedi’s makes an attempt to get its members to see simply that—with a street journey and some pirates alongside the way in which.
io9 can completely reveal that the following main Star Wars novel from writer Random Home Worlds will see author John Jackson Miller—the creator behind Expanded Universe classics comparable to Kenobi and the Darkish Horse comedian sequence Knights of the Outdated Republic—return to long-form Star Wars fiction for the primary time for the reason that 2013 Rebels prequel novel A New Daybreak. Miller’s Star Wars: The Dwelling Drive focuses on the Jedi Council only one 12 months earlier than the occasions of The Phantom Menace.
“A lot of my Star Wars works have explored what it meant to be a Jedi alone, minimize off from the Jedi Order. The group got here in for criticism in these books, and I discovered myself sympathizing with Qui-Gon Jinn, who felt they’d misplaced contact,” Miller mentioned in a remark offered to io9. “So when [Random House Worlds] editor Tom Hoeler invited me to develop a narrative for the Jedi Council of their final 12 months earlier than The Phantom Menace, I knew precisely what I wished to do.”
The Dwelling Drive will see Qui-Gon, alongside his padawan learner Obi-Wan Kenobi, implore the Jedi Council to suppose past the confines of its chambers on the coronary heart of the galactic core on Coruscant when one other historical Jedi outpost on the planet Kwenn is ready to be decommissioned. After Qui-Gon pushes the Order to cease turning inwards and serve the peoples of the galaxy, your entire Council—Mace Windu, Yoda, Yaddle, Depa Billaba, Oppo Rancisis, Even Piell, Yarael Poof, Plo Koon, Eeth Koth, Saesee Tiin, Ki-Adi-Mundi, and Adi Gallia—finds itself venturing to Kwenn on a mission of outreach… besides the issue with outreach implies that some of us are going to take the uncommon alternative of the Jedi Council leaving Coruscant to make a play to wipe out Jedi management in a single fell swoop.
“With some Councilors attempting to see the long run whereas others are reeling underneath the bureaucratic calls for of an more and more corrupt Republic, Qui-Gon challenges them to get out of the Council Chamber and rediscover the Jedi they was,” Miller defined. “Their response is a ‘street journey’ for all 12 Councilors, giving us our first in-depth adventures with a lot of them—and a glance right into a facet of the galaxy that may’t be seen from their Temple on Coruscant. We additionally be taught what it’s wish to stay within the rapid pre-Prequel period, whether or not you’re a civilian, a member of the nascent Republic army, or within the underworld.”
“I’m delighted to return to the Star Wars universe for a narrative that’s jam-packed with adventures for the Councilors—and for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi, besides,” Miller concluded. “As the previous later says to the latter in The Phantom Menace: be conscious of The Dwelling Drive!”
Try the total synopsis for the novel beneath:
Within the 12 months earlier than The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and your entire Jedi Council confront a galaxy getting ready to change.
The Jedi have all the time traveled the celebs, defending peace and justice throughout the galaxy. However, the galaxy is altering, and together with it, the Jedi Order. Increasingly, the Order finds itself centered on the way forward for the Republic, secluded on Coruscant, the place the twelve members of the Jedi Council weigh crises on a galactic scale.
As yet one more Jedi Outpost leftover from the Republic’s golden age is ready to be decommissioned on the planet Kwenn, Qui-Gon Jinn challenges the Council in regards to the rising isolation of the Order. Mace Windu suggests a daring response: all twelve Jedi Masters will embark on a goodwill mission to assist the planet, and remind the individuals of the galaxy that the Jedi stay as stalwart and current as they’ve been throughout the ages.
However the arrival of the Jedi management is just not seen by all as a trigger for celebration. Warring pirate factions have infested the sector within the rising absence of the Jedi. To keep up their dominance, the pirates unite, intent on assassinating the Council. And they’re prepared to destroy numerous harmless lives to safe their energy.
Reduce off from Coruscant, the Jedi Masters should reckon with an unwelcome reality: that whereas nobody thinks extra in regards to the future than the Jedi Council, no person wants their assist greater than these dwelling within the current.
Star Wars: The Dwelling Drive is ready to launch April 9, 2024, and is obtainable for pre-order now.
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