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| Author | Greg Bear |
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| Cover artist | David Stevenson |
| Language | English |
| Series | CanonC |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | May 2, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover &Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 (first edition, hardback); 336 (mass market paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-345-43538-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | The Phantom Menace |
| Followed by | Path to Truth |
Rogue Planet is a 2000 novel set in theStar Warsgalaxy. It is a prequel novel occurring after the events ofStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The book was written byGreg Bear. The cover art was by David Stevenson. The book takes place 29 years beforeStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
The story takes place a few years after the events ofStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. YoungAnakin Skywalker chafes under his new life as a Jedi apprentice. He sneaks away fromObi-Wan Kenobi to participate in and gamble on deadly flying games. This is interrupted by aBlood Carver assassin.
The Jedi Council decides Anakin would be best served to send him with Obi-Wan to investigate the remote world of Zonama Sekot, a world that produces organic spacecraft. A Jedi has gone missing on Sekot.
A battle squadron pursues the two Jedi; it is headed by a weapons designer that has already blueprinted theDeath Star. Commander Tarkin, the futureGrand Moff Tarkin becomes involved as well.[1]
Blood Carver assassins appear again, the Jedi grow their own ship and no less than two fleets threaten the planet.
The introduction of Zonama Sekot and the mysterious Jedi Vergere provided some of the first major links between the pre-Episode IV and post-Episode IVStar Wars expanded universe materials; both figure prominently inThe New Jedi Order series. This may be because Zonama Sekot therogue planet was really a seed of the original Yuuzhan'Tar, the destroyed homeworld of the Yuuzhan Vong. Actually the Yuuzhan Vong were in the galaxy since the days of theGalactic Republic, but did not interfere until the New Jedi Order Era.
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