Betrayal (Star Wars novel)

Infobox SW Books
name = Betrayal
orig title =
translator =


author = Aaron Allston
cover_artist = Jason Felix
editor =
country = USA
language = English
era = Legacy of the Force
series = Legacy of the Force
galactic_year = 40 ABY
canon = C
subject = Star Wars
genre = Science Fiction
publisher = Del Rey
release_date = 30 May 2006
media_type = Hardcover, Paperback
pages = 352 (hardcover), 496 (paperback)
size_weight =
isbn = ISBN 0-345-47734-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-345-47735-9 (paperback)
preceded_by = The Swarm War
followed_by = Bloodlines

"Betrayal" is the first of nine books in the "Legacy of the Force" series, which is set in the fictional "Star Wars" Expanded Universe. The book is written by Aaron Allston and was released in hardcover on May 30, 2006. The cover artist is Jason Felix. The paperback edition was released in May 2007 and also contained a small excerpt from "Bloodlines" by Karen Traviss, and reprints of two short stories, "In His Image" and "A Two-Edged Sword" by Karen Traviss. The book takes place 35 years after "". Starwars.com has posted [http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20051114.html the text from the book's dust jacket] . "Betrayal" is followed by the second book in the series, "Bloodlines".

ummary

"Honor and duty collide with friendship and blood ties as the Skywalker and Solo clans find themselves on opposing sides of an explosive conflict."

When a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar ends in a violent ambush - from which Jedi Knight

Plot

36 years after the fall of the Galactic Empire, Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker are sent on a mission to disable the planet of Corellia's new independent weapons on Adumar. After they are discovered, they fight their way out of the facility and report to the of their discoveries. Then, during a dinner hosted by Han and Leia Solo with the Skywalkers as guests, LukStation, where the peace meeting between the GA and Corellia took place, and that it belongs to one Brisha Syo. When arrested and questioned, Brisha demands to speak with the Jedi, to which they quickly acquiesce. Jacen asks what she knows about the attack, and realizes that she's Force-sensitive. When he asks if she had also to do with the recent Jedi-related crimes on Lorrd, Brisha invites them all to her home on an asteroid near Bimmiel. They agree, so they set course for this asteroid. When they arrive, Brisha informes them that she suspects that there is a Sith Lord in the caves beneath the asteroid, and that she needs the Jedi to get rid of him. They agree, and they follow Brisha down into the bowels of the asteroid. While they're in the cart that's taking them down into the caverns, Ben and Nelani are both yanked out of the travel cart by Brisha through the Force. When Jacen demands why she did it, she informs him that they would have died fighting the Sith Lord. While Jacen's still suspicious of her motives, he goes along with her down to the caves. When Jacen and Brisha are separated, he comes face to face with a dark side version of his uncle Luke Skywalker, and Ben fights a dark side version of his mother, Mara Jade Skywalker; on Coruscant, Luke and Mara are likewise fighting dark side versions of their nephew and son, respectively. At the end of each fight, they each feel uneasy of their battles, except Ben, who is unconcious. Jacen and Brisha reunite, with Brisha saying that she was the one who conjured the dark versions of each of them, as a test for Jacen. Brisha then leads Jacen to a very colorful house in a large cave, and tells Jacen that it was the home of the Sith Lord, Darth Vectivus, and that her true name is Shira Brie, a.k.a. Lumiya, an enemy of Luke Skywalker. She then goes on to explain that Jacen has never heard of Vectivus because he never tried to conquer the galaxy, or tried to eradicate the Jedi Order. She tells him that Vectivus believed in peace and learning, and when Jacen is still skeptical, she says that his perception of the Sith has been clouded by Palpatine's and Darth Vader's rein of terror. By then, Nelani has also arrived at Vectivus's mansion, and tries to arrest Lumiya. Lumiya, of course, refuses, and she and Nelani do battle, Nelani with her lightsaber, and Lumiya with her lightwhip, a peculiar weapon. All the while, Lumiya tries to convince Jacen that the true Sith way is one of peace and understanding, and that "he" is destined to become the next Sith Lord, just as Vergere taught him. Lumiya and Nelani's battle ends, and Jacen, stunned by this revelation, once again peers into the future, and, as it was with his cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo, realizes that if he "doesn't" kill Nelani, each future ends with Luke dying by Jacen's hand. Devestated, Jacen takes off after Nelani when she realizes his intent, and when he catches up with her, he stabs her through the chest. When he returns to Lumiya, he tells her that he will accept her Sith teachings, to save the galaxy from spiraling out of control. On Coruscant, Luke tells Mara that the dark man from his visions actually exists now, and that Ben and Jacen are returning home.

Characters

Errors

* The character name "Lysa Dunter" from the "Dramatis Personae" and her first appearance is later given as "Lysa Dunton"
* Due to the date change from 37 years after ANH to 40 years afterward, an editing mistake accidentally moved Zekk's age from a few years older than Jacen and Jaina Solo to a few years younger. It has been acknowledged as an error.

External links

* " [http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20051114.html Official Announcement] "
* " [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345477340 Amazon.com Listing] "
* " [http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/browse/940 Star Wars Cargo Bay] "
* " [http://blogs.starwars.com/suzanne/24 Betrayal Blog] "
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* "http://www.njoe.com/index.php?id=view&sub=summ&sub2=lotf&sub3=28