Jacen Solo’s Sith Name is..Darth Caedus! May 18, 2007
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Thnx to jwash24 who posted as a comment. ShowMeSciFi has now been able to independently verify that indeed Darth Caedus is Jacen Solo’s Sith name.
Jacen’s Sith name was chosen by a contest and follows his long descent into the dark side in the Legacy of the Force series (which is the most awesome Star Wars series in years if not of ALL TIME).
He takes his Sith name in Sacrifice set to come out in just a few weeks, but early copies are all already being leaked by the publisher.
So who does Jacen have to Sacrifice to get his Sith name…i could hardly believe it myself (and if you really want to know just look at the cover of the book and it’s quite obvious)..and i’m actually going to suspend dis-belief if you don’t mind until i get my hands on a copy of Sacrifice on May 29th.
*UPDATE* Got a copy of this on May 28th
Here’s the line you have to wait 367 pages to get too..
“Now was the time for a man who’d once been Jacen Solo to shoulder that responsibility for the galaxy’s sake.
Jacen took off the helmet, looked into his own eyes and didn’t flinch.
“Caedus,” he said. “My name is Darth Caedus.”
Show Me SciFi 
the long dead character coming back should be vergere so that she may step into lumiyas place and continue teaching jacen some of the sith techniques she knows. krayt is Ben skywalker 1 krayt dragons are from tattooine, 2 dude has a blue eye,3 jacen stated that ben will take over for him, 4 the disease krayt has is the coomb spore that nom anor infected mara with. it didnt die, just laid dormant for years. ben even already uses vong armor
As far as who is coming back, why not Callista. She stayed away all this time because Luke was with Mara. It may be time to see if she has found her powers yet.
I would also really like to Talon Karrde come back. He is such an interesting character. It won’t be as fun as Lando getting involved again, but there is definatly a part for him to play.
And, I can’t wait until Jaina finds out Jacen killed Mara. It’s gonna take everything Luke has to keep her from killing Caedus.
Lastly, what books is this Krayt from…comics? I only read the novels so, I don’t know what goes on those storylines.
I think Ben will be the one to deal with Jacen. This is why Jacen has taught Ben the neccessary skills that could be used against Jacen. I think he was training Ben as a failsafe with only certain skills instead of various other dark skills. This way Lumiya would be convinced that Ben wasn’t an adequate apprentice and Ben could be able to kill Jacen. I refer to skills such as being able to withdraw from the force and such.
Just a theory (and not my only one) but I had to throw in my 2 cents.
It could be Callista, she dropped of the face of the Galaxy, and *could* touch the force through the dark side.
I also believe Ben will be the one who turns/kills Caedus. He has been a central character since the first book of the series, on Adumar.
There are 4 books to go in the series … Ben can learn a whole lot in that time.
I kind of hope that Darth Caedus makes it past this series. I don’t want a total extinction of the Jedi again, but I wouldn’t mind seeing how powerfull he can get.
It’s gotta be Luke that kills him in the long run. I have always believed him to be the chosen one over Anakin Skywalker. Could he restore balance to the force for the second time? If not Luke I hope it’s Jaina, there is just no way a 14 year old kills a Sith. As powerful as Ben will be one day, he can’t do it yet.
again another misleading prophecy, the balance spoke of is more in terms of alema evening the balance between good and evil. so the fact that jedi now keep families allows to show that all rules and jedi codes can tinker either side, vergere taught jacen some cool stuff and his 5yr journey taught how to be just like palpetine!
First off, neither Anakin Skywalker nor Luke fulfill the requirements of bringing balance. Anakin was, for the most part, of the dark side, while Luke has dedicated himself to eradicating all traces of the dark side from the galaxy. Jacen, however, blends the light and dark perfectly, at least in terms of the Force as the Jedi see it. While he might excercise control and consolidate power over others, his ends and results are of the light. With the exception of Nelani in “Betrayal,” Jacen hasn’t gone off and murdered anyone (well, Fett’s daughter, but he didn’t do that on purpose). His goals and desires are, unlike all other Sith, “purely selfless.” So Anakin Skywalker is, in effect, the one who brings balance… through his grandson, Jacen Solo.
As for this mystery character which will reappear… in all likelihood, it will be Vergere. The only other name I have seen mentioned that has any merit at all, from a literary and plot-oriented standpoint, is Nom Anor. Vergere has to, at some point, appear to make her own motivations and positions apparent to Jacen. Otherwise, the entire plot will have an open question mark in it forever… and that’s just not good storytelling.
Jaina cannot–repeat, canNOT–take Jacen in a fight, although with the Star Wars universe’s preoccupation with siblings (Luke and Leia, Jacen and Jaina, Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma, just to name a few), I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if she was indeed the one to eventually defeat him, like Obi-Wan besting Anakin Skywalker. If they choose to do it, it’s going to be a case of terribly bad judgment. They have made Jacen far too strong to be stopped by Jaina. Jaina is a proud and strong warrior, easily one of the strongest and most-skilled in the New Jedi Order; but, as we see in Dark Journey, she is prone to the dark side as well, but is unable to control herself as Jacen is. She should not be the one to put Jacen down. Also, I’d like to point out that her harsh treatment of Jacen is immature and squalid, given her own struggles with the dark side in times past.
Personally, I would love to see Kyp Durron in action once again. He, Luke, and Jacen are easily the three strongest members of the New Jedi Order, and to watch the former bad boy of the Jedi go up against the new bad boy would be nothing short of stupendous. As a character, he is languishing; nothing has been done with him since he joined the Jedi Council.
Lastly, and most importantly… NO WAY IN HELL SHOULD THEY BRING ANAKIN SOLO BACK!!! Sorry… but it’s true. Can you say “Deus Ex Machina”? No. No way. His death served a purpose, and to bring him back could well undermine that purpose. First Jason Todd, and now this?!? No! Anakin Solo as a character was often bratty and annoying, but his eventual transformation into a competent and admirable character (In Edge I and II) before his death in Star by Star was perfect tragic poetry. To become strong, solid, and fall in love right before death was, in a word, perfect… except a small fanboy part of me would love to see an Anakin/Tahiri reunion. However, it’s not worth it. Like LSD and bad imitation collectibles, what do we do with Anakin coming back?
JUST SAY NO!
PS- The same goes for Anakin Skywalker. He served his purpose. Let him go.
NO……JACEN ISNT SELFLESS.WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY THAT?HES DOING ALL THIS FOR ALLANNA. HES DARK PLAIN AND SIMPLE. YOU HAVE BEEN TRICKED BY THE WRITERS JUST AS LUMIYA TRICKED JACEN.HES THE MOST SELFISH JEDI EVER. HE ATTACKED THE CHISS IN DARK NEST TO PROTECT ALLANA. HE EVEN SAYS TO HIMSELF AT ONE POINT THAT HE HAS TO DO THIS TO MAKE ALLANAS LIFE SAFE.
FINALLY TO ALL THE ANAKIN SOLO HATERS OUT THERE:WHY ARE YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO COME BACK?VERGERE,HETT,AZURJAMIN,CMON ANAKIN SOLO WAS THE REINCARNATION OF VADER AS A GOOD GUY.ALL THE FANBOYS NEED TO REALIZE THAT HE WAS SCREWED LIKE BRETT HART WAS.BRING HIM BACK AND YOU’LL ALL BUY THE BOOKS NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.STOP BEING LIKE”NO ANAKIN DIED HEROICALLY AND EMBRACE THE TRUTH. ANAKIN SOLO COMES BACK AND HE STOPS JACEN.
He’s dead. Get over it.
I agree with A-Nonymous: Anakin Solo is dead, and should stay that way. The idea of the “Legacy of the Force” series, as well as that of the NJO, is to move forward. To move the story forward, to move the characters forward… if Jacen is “dark, plain and simple” then the story’s no different than any of the other “old” Star Wars stories. And this series is nothing if not different. Basically, that means that bringing Anakin Solo back would be a HORRIBLE thing to do!
My friend, you are wrong on nearly every point. Please, in good conscience, give me the chance to prove it:
1.) He’s NOT doing it all for Allana. At several crucial moments, he has even confronted the possibility that he would have to kill Allana. Also, note what Lumiya herself says in her own private thoughts in regards to Jacen: “He is the first Sith Lord motivated not by pure selfishness, but by pure selfLESSness.” That’s not her pretending… it’s her innermost thoughts, which we (the audience) alone are privy to.
2.) His reasoning behind attacking the Chiss in the Dark Nest trilogy was because of his vision that showed a terrible galactic conflict coming to life if he didn’t supercede it. In truthfulness, by bringing about the Chiss-Killik conflict, which involved the Hapan fleet, he was endangering his daughter further.
3.) He’s ABSOLUTELY NOT the most selfish Jedi ever. Kyp got angry with the Empire, so he used the Sun Crusher to destroy an entire solar system; Jaina got mad that Anakin died, so she went all dark and emo on everybody for no good reason; Luke went dark and killed several innocent people juso so he could “understand the dark side.”
4.) Anakin IS DEAD. The writers mentioned bringing someone long THOUGHT dead to the forefront again. But Anakin really IS dead. Jacen saw him die, and all of the other Jedi felt the Force leave him. Also, the Yuuzhan Vong found his corpse while Nom Anor was pursuing Jacen on Myrkr. No way around that, unless they do something gay like cloning him. And, no matter how much you might want to deny it, cloning Anakin Solo would be REALLY gay. Again, I say: Deus Ex Machina, anyone? Besides, they already had that weird Anakin Solo robot in “Betrayal.” Also, Anakin Solo is NOT the “reincarnation of Vader as a good guy.” Compare Anakin Skywalker and Anakin Solo, and you’ll see they’re COMPLETELY different people. Plus… why would Anakin Solo choose not to return to his family, like Jacen did?
5.) The engineers of the NJO and Legacy of the Force have all along said that Jacen is the hero of the piece. Read the interviews at the end of “The Unifying Force.” They talk about sitting down and agreeing on two things: one, that Anakin was going to die; and two: that Jacen was to be the central figure to carry the torch of the NJO into the future. That leads me to believe that, not only is Anakin dead for keeps, but that Jacen will be redeemed (or, perhaps, proven right?).
6.) As for who will be coming back to the forefront, I have another theory: perhaps they are referring to Boba Fett’s wife, who was revealed at the end of “Sacrifice” to be alive in carbonite. But if not, I still say either Vergere or Nom Anor, because they could serve a PURPOSE to the storyline. If it’s Anakin, all he does is pop up like a Deus Ex Machina, fight Jacen, and then they all have a party, and it’s just another stinkin’ clone of stories past. It can’t end that way. That’s too bland and pathetic.