Rogue Planet: Star Wars Legends
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The Force is strong in twelve-year-old Anakin Skywalker . . . so strong that the Jedi Council, despite misgivings, entrusted young Obi-Wan Kenobi with the mission of training him to become a Jedi Knight. Obi-Wan—like his slain Master Qui-Gon—believes Anakin may be the chosen one, the Jedi destined to bring balance to the Force. But first Obi-Wan must help his undisciplined apprentice, who still bears the scars of slavery, find his own balance.
Dispatched to the mysterious planet of Zonama Sekot, source of the fastest ships in the galaxy, Obi-Wan and Anakin are swept up in a swirl of deadly intrigue and betrayal. They sense a disturbance in the Force unlike any they have encountered before. It seems there are more secrets on Zonama Sekot than meet the eye. But the search for those secrets will threaten the bond between Obi-Wan and Anakin . . . and bring the troubled young apprentice face-to-face with his deepest fears—and his darkest destiny.
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One of my favourite concepts in science fiction literature is that of the sentient planet - a planet that has evolved a global consciousness and even a personality. It's a great concept partially because, like the idea of time travel, it makes perfect sense if you accept it at face value, but the more you think about the details, the more mind-boggling and convoluted it gets.
The Star Wars EU has a sentient planet - Zonama Sekot, which we first met during the New Jedi Order series. This series, however, takes place 40 years or so earlier, and marks the first time that the Jedi encounter Sekot, and has lots of foreshadowing about Vegere and the Yuuzhan Vong, which was pretty cool. If anything, I would have liked more of that - ditch the Anakin and Obi-Wan stuff and focus entirely on Vegere and Sekot. That would have been cool.
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5 primary books6 released booksStar Wars Legends is a 216-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by James Luceno, Drew Karpyshyn, and 79 others.
