Star Wars Legacy – Is Darth Krayt a Jacen Solo descendant? March 29, 2007
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Star Wars Legacy which has often been reviewed here on ShowMeScifi is one of the best comic books today and likely the best Star Wars comic book series ever created.
Set far beyond any other Star Wars series -the only lineage connection we’ve had so far is Cade Skywalker – a descendant of Luke.
But what about other Star Wars family trees? Dark Horse Editor Randy Stradley recently tackled that topic in a letter to the editor q&a.
1. Are we going to learn what happened to the Solo family of this time?
There are no plans for an exploration of the Solo lineage for the forseeable future. We’re not in denial about them, it’s just that there isn’t a place for them in the story. Yet.
2. Any chance of running into any other descendents of of any other Star Wars Characters?
Oh yes my friend. Oh, yes.
4. How long are we going to have to wait until we learn who Darth Krayt is under the mask?
The answer will be revealed in issue 15.
Jacen Solo is set to become a to be named Sith in the upcoming Star Wars Legacy of the Force Sacrifice book .
My guess is that Darth Krayt is a descendant of Jacen Solo.
Anyone want to take that bet?
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I don’t think so. In Legacy issue 1 Darth Krayt says he knew the knights of the old republic or something to that matter.
he could have learned of the old republic through the Sith Holocrons that we’ve seen him use on Korriban.
though admittedly Darth Bane did not like Krayt since he abandoned the rule of two.
How about the obvious: Darth Krayt IS Jacen Solo. Would explain why he gets rid of the rule of two.
That’s an interesting possibility – he’d be over 100 years old but hey the Sith have their ways..
Maybe, but if so, why is his Sith name up for vote, instead of being Darth Krayt?
The writers of the Legacy of the Force book series mentioned the return of a well known character we wouldn’t expect. Maybe that ties into Krayt’s past.
This is a time of paradox to all of these. This is worth a great deal of money. How much?
Darth Krayt is not Jacen Solo. His Sith name will be revealed in “Sacrifice” of the Legacy of the Force series. His name will be one of the ones that fans came up with as part of the contest over on starwars.com.
I propose that Darth Krayt is Ben Skywalker. Krayt has one blue eye which is a clue to his heritage. Also, in the Legacy of the Force novel “Tempest” Ben spars with his father at the Jedi Temple, but before he does he removes his sparring armor which is said to be a variant of Vong armor. And lastly, his name is a clue as well. Ben is named after Ben Kenobi who lived on Tatooine for a time while watching over Luke. And where are Krayt dragons from? Tatooine…
Nuff said…
Also, I think that in the penultimate battle of the Legacy of the Force series, Luke and Jacen will fight to the death. Luke may end up killing his nephew and further alienating his son Ben who was Jacen’s apprentice. As Ben and Luke’s relationship is already strained throughout the course of these books, this could be the fuel that lights and fire in Ben and causes him to embrace the Dark Side. Ben will then take the name Krayt and finish what Jacen started.
Wow Sly – good ideas. Definitely agree with you that Jacen Solo himself isn’t Krayt – I’m also not so sure it’s Ben Skywalker either.
I do however stick with my original theory that that it is a descendant of Jacen Solo..given that Legacy takes place ‘many years’ after Legacy of the Force, Krayt is likely neither Jacen nor Ben.
Given Lucas Licensing’s deep need for canon continuity and the fact that they haven’t yet authorized the series beyond Legacy of the Force (for Del Ray at least) it’s hard for me to believe that they would allow Dark Horse to re-use either Jacen or Ben.
oh and sly – great call on the Krayt dragons/tatooine and the Vong armor.
no question all that stuff will play a role once we finally do discover who Krayt is.