Star Wars Legacy of the Force : Invincible – Will Jaina Kill Jacen? February 2, 2008
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We’ve known since at least November that Jaina would be on the cover of the final book of the Legacy of the Force series.
Now the first images of the actual book cover are available and it looks to us that she’s going to have a showdown with her brother Jacen – Darth Caedus.
That is a confrontation that is – Inevitable – maybe that should’ve been the name of the book. Then again maybe Invincible refers to Jacen/Caedus….
Invincible’s release date is set for May 13, 2008. Amazon is already taking pre-orders on this the final installment of the Legacy of the Force – it’s a hardcover so it’s more dough than the paperbacks. Amazon currently has a neat offer though, they’re starting at 34% off list price and if you pre-order now they’ll give you an extra 5% discount. Sure beat paying full price the day it comes out..but i wonder if they’ll actually ship it to arrive on May 13th..
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Admiral isn’t on there. Sorry about the confusion Col. Cosal I didn’t want to offend you by assigning you the wrong gender. I was pretty sure you were a guy but didn’t want to take the chance.
Hey Admiral thanks for making sure I was a guy because I know how embarrasing it would be to call a guy a girl, and the reason admrial isn’t on there is because it is the army and starfighter ranks not navy too. My first assignment as Colonel will be to recreate the 181st Imperial Fighter Group, and destroy Rouge Squadron.
This person…Joshdasmiter…had some very interesting points, which were writen on the former page…you may want to check it out. Joshdasmiter, had some things to say about the cover of Invincable..
Admiral Wilhelm…it’s unfortunate that you’ll be leaveing us, you would have been a great advisor, no need to flow walk when we had you to make sure that history wouldn’t be repeated…you knowlage would have proved invaluble to our cause. And I see we have a new Colonel…uhm, well I trust in our leaders to make the correct commisions..know that, when you do, you assume full responcability for there actions, good or bad…lets just hope that our new Colonel serves you well Admiral…
General mliscky, I’m sure you can make use of Colonel Cosal apon the Admiral’s discharge…most unfortunate discharge.
My vision is simple…create a new faction, that is recognize inside of our little part of the Star Wars community. This dream is still in it’s infancey…just wanted all to see that there may by a new Sith order to come and those who don’t believe will be encouraged to see the light..or dark.
I want to make some coments on the insight of Joshdasmiter…again very interesting and almost obvious remarks in regards to the covere of the new book.
Welcome Colonel Cosal. I’m sure you will prove yourself to be quite the asset. Looking farward to your insight towards the our future.
okay, i know im new here but i feel that i have read enough of your comments to ask a big question. But first some backdrop. Having never read star wars in my life, I picked up “Betrayal” last May and by June i had read all NJO and LOTF that was out. Jacen Solo is the sole reason i am reading these books. Everything about the books rocks but the whole story of him and the time with the Vong…well lets just say i dont move easily and that made me a believer in under a month. So naturally i DONT want Jacen to die, or be stripped of force or anything like that. So when i saw the jacket cover to “Invincible” i assumed what everyone assumes. The twins in the ultimate battle. Now if Jacen has to die i sure the hay dont want it to come from Jaina…If they truly must…Luke should kill Jacen, or even more in terms of Greek tragedy by Tenel Ka, but even im not that delusional…But for sure not some sister brat whose got less than a tenth of the power of Jacen. But i digress
Now for a question: One that may obviously be biased based on what i just wrote…… on the cover of “Invincible”….is that Jacen? Look at the hair. Its grey….like grey grey…. Jacens now got yellow eyes and a red lightsaber, but the hair really does look grey to me. Also, the background is not that of a star destroyer interior or some type of asteroid like ive heard the “final showdown” happening. Its blocky and stonelike. I smell Korriban.
“White Eyes” on Korriban has been manipulating Jacen from the very beginning. Remember in “tempest” when white eyes started saying MINE in force visions… Jacens got to figure out that he is being played…and then everything gets thrown at them. Jacen of course could never return after realizing what hes done so he goes into exile or something to that effect.
Remember Lumiya showed Jacen that a Sith Lord does not have to rule if the galaxy is in order already. (remember betrayal) if he is out of power i imagine the galaxy will stabilize itself and with that in a kinda odd way Jacen does bring peace to the galaxy by going into exile.
Okay, now to digress again. I am well aware that this is me seeing what i want to see….Jacen probably will die, and ill just shrug and say that it was nice while it lasted….but i still think that jacket cover convinced me that at least the prospect of Jacen not dying is possible. If i saw his face i would think differently, but that back headshot of….well maybe it is Jacen but i say no… is sneaky enough to work!
One last thing. Jacen said in “Bloodlines” that he would force walk and confer with his Grandfather after he became a Sith Lord. He officially is one now…and if he has to die i REALLY want to hear that conversation before he dies.
Hey Joshdasmiter, I remember seeing it on the official site that Sue confirmed the two fighting on the front are Jaina and Jacen, and the background is just a general background and has little to do with anything.
i know…like i said, im pretty sure at this point im just seeing what i want to see….but still….until i see jacen’s face or i read that jaina and jacen have clashed blades its my last shred of hope…a crazy person who knows hes crazy….i wonder what shrinks call that? Enlightened Insanity???
Joshdasmiter, I am glad to have you aboard. The old saying “Don’t Judge a Book By its Cover” is very true for the EU. Looking at the cover of the NJO book Rebirth for example we see Mara holding a very large gun and Luke with a Lightsaber. Luke nevers draws his lightsaber througout the entire book and Mara is bedridden. On the Cover of Revelation Jacen is shown holding his lightsaber in a combative stance yet he is never in a duel. On the cover of Fury we see Jacen holding an unseen enemy on the ground in a very metallic setting but Jacen is the one that is on the ground at the mercy of the Jedi multiple times. It could be that Jaina and Jacen never fight at all and the cover is just that way to sell more books. We won’t know until we get the book and read it.
Lord Maloch, thank you for your compliments but I’m not gone yet. It would be interesting if we all swapped emails or something like that so we could continue our discussions even after we fill this site up though a new site that periodically deleted the old messages would be Ideal. I Like the system they have here Perhaps the master of this site could set up a place for us? (by the way I have full faith in Col. Cosal’s Abilities) Perhaps we can find a new place before I have to leave.
On the bright side some minor details that you see in the backround play very important parts in the actual novel, or are the center of the novel itself. Also the covers could be more symbolism based rather than literal scenes. Jaina and Jacen fighting could represent the light and Dark sides fighting each other (nothing new) or some other nebulous idea.
you see? this is why there are others who read too deeply like me. So that we may counter one another until there is nothing to do but await the month of May and read the truth before us. Thank you for that as it makes so much sense about cover pictures….Yet even with everything i have seen there is one thing i remember above all others. Jacen chose the side of the dark to save Luke’s life. He ran every scenario he could and in every one he killed Luke. In the future it is possible that HE (Luke, not Jaina) kills Jacen. Now that is an ending that i can live with….happy…. never. but i can live with Luke doing that….. so i guess we just all wait. Glad to know others wonder too