With the New Alliance firmly established Princess Leia Organa has taken a strong leading role in government but even now safety & security are not assured. As Luke Skywalker & Han Solo take advantage of the stability of the new order Leias & Hans children are kidnapped. ...

Ever since Emperor Palpatine's Order 66
- which called for the execution of all Jedi
- Jax Pavan is the last Knight around to

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The third mass market paperback original in our br&-new Star Wars spin-off series THE NEW JEDI ORDER
- which launched in hardcover
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A string of smashing victories by the forces of the sinister aliens known as the Yuuzhan Vong has left New Republic resources & morale stretched to the breaking point. Leia Organa Solo estranged from her husband Han oversees the evacuation of refugees on planets in the path of the merciless invaders. Luke Skywalker struggles to hold the fractious Jedi Knights together even while one of them undertakes a bold but reckless undercover mission. Manipulating their alliance with the amoral Hutts the Yuuzhan Vong leave a cunning trail of vital information where New Republic agents are sure to find it-information the desperate defenders cannot afford to ignore: the location of the aliens' next target. Then Han Solo stumbles into the dark heart of a raging battle thus beginning a furious race against time that will require every skill & trick in his arsenal towin ...

In the aftermath of one tragedy will a young Jedis search for redemption lead to yet another? There is no place else to cannel the flood of refugees fleeing the murderous Yuuzhan Vong but the overcrowded planet Duro poisoned by centuries of technological excess. Fortunately a deal struck: In exchange for a new home the refugees will work to restore the planet to health under the watchful eye of Lei Organa Solo. While tempers flare between the Duros & the New republic Han Solo his son Jacen & the Ryn called Droma arrive to keep the peace. They are unaware that Leia is on Duro...and that Luke Mara & Anakin are on their way searching for a missing Jedi apprentice. & none realize that the Yuuzhan Vong have chosen this embattled planet as the next target in their brutal coreward thrust. Now as the fragile stability on Duro threatens to collapse into violence Jaen Solo must face his greatest dilemma: At what point does the use of power become aggression? Whatever he decides his next step could tip the galaxys destiny toward the light or toward the darkness-with the life of someone he loves hanging in the balance... ...

Twenty-one years after the destruction of Darth Vader & the Emperor the Star Wars galaxy has been hit by a threat more deadly than anything that has gone before. In VECTOR PRIME aliens invaded from outside the galaxy & were routed...at great cost to our heroes. Now in a climate of mistrust
- especially of the Jedi
- Leia cannot convince the New Republic that the threat may not be over even as the next wave of alien warships are entering the galaxy... It is up to Leia Luke the Solo Kids
- Jedi Knights all
- & the few who believe to defend the Outer Rim planets from invasion.



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In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong the fall of Coruscant leaves the New Republic divided by internal strife & on the verge of bowing to conquest. But those who steadfastly refuse to consider surrender-Luke Skywalker Han Solo Leia Organa Solo & their children & comrades-in-arms-are determined to seize victory against overwhelming odds. & now finally there are signs that the tide may be turning in the New Republic's favor. After capturing crucial Yuuzhan Vong intelligence Jedi fighter-pilot Jaina Solo prepares to lead a daring surprise strike against an enemy flagship. Meanwhile Jaina's brother Jacen-liberated from the hands of the enemy & newly schooled in an even greater mastery of the Force by the Jedi Knight Vergere-is eagerly poised to bring his unique skills to bear against the invaders. & on Mon Calamari the New Republic's provisional capital the retired ailing hero Admiral Ackbar has conceived a major tactical plan that could spell the beginning of a swift end for the Yuuzhan Vong. Yet even as opposing squadrons face off in the depths of space intrigue runs rampant: in the heated political race for Chief of State.. .in the shadows where Yuuzhan Vong spies plot assassinations... and in the inscrutable creature Vergere a Jedi Knight whose allegiance is impossible to predict. & as Luke Skywalker sets about reestablishing the Jedi Council the growing faction opposed to the ways of the Force unveil a terrifying weapon designed to annihilate the Yuuzhan Vong species. But in doing so they may be dooming the New Republic to becoming the very thing it has sworn to fight against-and unleashing the power of the dark side. ...

The dazzling Star Wars adventure The New Jedi Order continues as Luke Skywalker Anakin Solo Mara Jade Skywalker & others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action shadowy evil & spectacular triumph... No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown Warmaster Tsavong Lah has emanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger-and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system- & a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind. At Luke Skywalker's request Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. Anakin Solo has his own ideas. Impatient & figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing. When it comes to confidence courage & raw Force talent Anakin has a few peers But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids & captured by the Yuuzhan Vong even Anakin may be in over his head. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri & they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific end... ...

The STAR WARS epic continues its dazzling space odyssey in The New Jedi Order
- as Luke & Mara Leia & Han & others battle the mighty
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Scattering after the Yuuzhan Vong's invasion of Coruscant the panic-stricken members of the New Republic Advisory Council pause just long enough to set up a mock defense on nearby Borleias--an attempt to buy time that fools no one least of all the Jedi. Leia & Han Solo travel from world to world to foment rebellion against the New Republic's disastrous appeasement policies. But Luke Skywalker has chosen the most dangerous assignment of all: to sneak into the Yuuzhan Vong's stronghold on Coruscant. His outrageous scheme to gain entry is either brilliant or suicidal depending on the outcome. Bearing down swiftly on Borleias is a Yuuzhan Vong invasion fleet determined to destroy the galaxy's remaining defenders... ...