Longtime Star Wars scribe John Jackson Miller is returning to a galaxy far, far-off subsequent 12 months with a brand-new novel titled Star Wars: The Living Force. Set one 12 months earlier than The Phantom Menace, Miller might be taking readers on what’s being described as a “street journey” with every member of the Jedi Council whereas one member of the Order fears they’re about to say no into nothing. The Living Force might be launched on April 9, 2024.
Miller is the mind behind the beloved Kenobi novel, Dark Horse’s Knights of the Old Republic comedian, and the primary novel in canon, A New Dawn. This is his first long-form Star Wars venture since A New Dawn‘s publication in 2013.
iO9 broke the information of Random House World’s subsequent novel, together with a take a look at the complete cowl and synopsis. Check them each out beneath, adopted by some feedback from Miller on what to anticipate:
From iO9:
In the 12 months earlier than The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the whole Jedi Council confront a galaxy on the point of change.
The Jedi have all the time traveled the celebs, defending peace and justice throughout the galaxy. But, the galaxy is altering, and together with it, the Jedi Order. More and extra, the Order finds itself targeted 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 growing 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.
But the arrival of the Jedi management shouldn’t be seen by all as a trigger for celebration. Warring pirate factions have infested the sector within the growing absence of the Jedi. To keep their dominance, the pirates unite, intent on assassinating the Council. And they’re keen to destroy numerous harmless lives to safe their energy.
Cut 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 one wants their assist greater than these dwelling within the current.
In the previous variety of years, Lucasfilm Publishing has not been afraid to discover the autumn of the prequel period Jedi, with Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade being the latest instance. Qui-Gon Jinn has additionally been on the middle of a lot of the controversy, and Miller took discover. He in contrast his method to Qui-Gon to the way in which he tackled Obi-Wan in Kenobi, saying:
“Many 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… 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 needed to do.
With some Councilors making an attempt to see the longer term whereas others are reeling beneath 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. Their response is a ‘street journey’ for all 12 Councilors, giving us our first in-depth adventures with lots of them—and a glance right into a facet of the galaxy that may’t be seen from their Temple on Coruscant. We additionally study what it’s prefer to dwell within the rapid pre-Prequel period, whether or not you’re a civilian, a member of the nascent Republic navy, or within the underworld.”
Star Wars: The Living Force might be out there in all kinds on April 9, 2024 and is out there for pre-order now.
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