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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I am almost certain that Darth Caedus will be the Invincible One though the Title Invincible may refer to the Jedi Order or maybe to the Force itself. The Sith and the Jedi both seem to be invincible since neither one can destroy the other for good, the good guys keep coming back and the bad guys keep on living no matter what. The Title does not narrow it down much since most titles are derived from a line or paragragh in the book. It may refer to the Universe itself in a way. There is a line in the Jurrasic Park novel where Ian Malcom scoffs at the fears of the lawyer that escaping dinosaurs will be the end of the world by saying that it would merely be the end of mankind which is far less than the world. It doesn’t matter who wins the Jedi-Sith war because life in the galaxy will continue regardless of who is in charge. So the Title Invincible could refer not to an individual but to a beleif or life itself.
Someone else posted on another forums that darth caedus may get stuck in time travel with jaina but jaina will break free and caedus will end up stuck in time travel. I believe would be a good set up for future novels.
If Caedus does get stuck in time travel, it would be better than killing off his character. Like you said darth skywalker, in the future novels caedus can be trying for a way to get back to the present, looking for revenge. Something cool would be instead of Caedus coming back to the present, he would follow the time line when he got “trapped” in time and find a way not to get trapped, and change the whole entire story because everything would be different if he came back through time the second time. Just something completely different in the EU of star wars books. But I don’t think that he will time travel when facing Jaina. When he is dueling jaina there is going to be know time to get into a “time travel” state. The fight will be feirce. The only time he would be able to time travel is if Jaina was actually listening to what Caedus was saying to her during their duel. He wouldn’t time travel to the past. There is nothing to show her there.
I wonder Caedus hasn’t looked into the future. He has that power. The only time that he did that was in Betrayal when he saw Sal-Solo bringing war to the galaxy and he knew he had to kill him. And with Nelani, not sure of her name right now. He saw that she would tell Luke about what happened on the asteroid and that Luke would die in the future by Caedus because of that. If Caedus could peek into the future, he could see outcomes that would help him achieve his goal. palpatine used seeing into the future. achieved basically everything from that. He planned out everything from that.
you are right Wilhelm. Invincible could mean so many different things. It was said when the series first came out that it was about Luke’s legacy and something about the Skywalker’s legacy going full circle.Seems like there is not going to be anything with Luke’s legacy because he is just going to sit back and have Jaina do what he should be doing. But hey, maybe Caedus and Jaina fight early in the novel, Ceadus beats or kills Jaina, then Luke goes after him in the climatic battle. Skywalker’s legacy full circle could mean just like Anakin Skywalker turned evil and ruled, his grandson Caedus turned evil and will rule.
in my opinion Tahiri will prove vital to the survival of Caedus in this final book Jaina will have Caedus down and ready to deliver the final blow as Tahiri steps in and mortally wounds jaina Tahiri will be the Jedi hunter/killer in future books fulfilling the role that Vader once occupied remember before anakin died he seen Tahiri in a force dream tattoed and menacing that may have just been a glimpse into what she will become as a sith lord…to be honest i saw this coming Tahiri since being changed by the vong has been an outsider and her being jacens apprentice gives her a sense of belonging again something she has been missing …im a bit biased towards tahiri
I think Tahiri will play a big part in Invincible. If she is around to help Caedus, she definetly will. Being a Sith does give her purpose. But I think that she will be in battle herself with other Jedi, possible Ben, when Jaina and Caedus are dueling. I heard people say that Tahiri is pretending to be Caedus’s apprentice. Don’t buy that at all. She killed Pallaeon in cold blood. A true Sith apprentice.
Does anyone think that the Vong prophecy has anything to do with Jaina and Caedus? I’m not sure…hmmm. I don’t think Tahiri is pretending…she also believes that the galaxy needs this balance/order that only a Sith Lord can bring. I think she is legit. It’s soo hard to tell what here role would or may be in Invencible, who would have guessed that SHE would become his apprentice let alone, kill Gil P. I hope her eyes turn yellow. What will Caedus do about Daala? She, of course, should not be killed off. She will be a very tough enemy to have especialy when she has such a repore with the Mandos. soooo many questions. What does Caedus have… some of the Emperial R. 2/3 the GA fleat…is that it? Who is against him…the Jedi, 1/3 the GA fleet, Daala w/ the Mandos, the Confederation…Only a powerful Sith Lord can handle those kinds of odds…As long as Caedus is constantly learning from his actions, controling his rage, and continues to fight from the front, all should be well for our new Sith Lord. Those guys and gals on Koriban have to GO!!!!
Maloch you bring up a good point with the whole vong phrophecy thing, remember way back in the beginning where there was a prophecy about someone bringing balance to the force in epsidoes one and two and mostly everyone believed it but yoda, and yoda doing his yoda thing by questioned it? Was the prophecy talking about anakin balancing it out because he was basically the Jesus of star wars? Or was it talking about someone else, maybe Luke? just a thought. I think Tahiri is not faking to be a sith app. because she is in love with Jacen’s dead bro and she wants to see him and allying herself with the only person who can show him to her I think it makes sense that she embraces the dark side. Now on to the main man himself, if the writers kill off Caedus I will be rippen mad, is he or is he not supposed to be the most powerful force user this galaxy has ever seen? So why the heck can Luke just show up and smack him around like he was some pup? I hate this I hope Caedus kills Jaina and Luke just like he did Mara I am tired of the old characters getting in the way. As for Jaina she is just annoying I never really like her. How the heck is Mando training going to help her against the most powerful being in the galaxy, I don’t care she got training from Fett I hope in this last book the final battle is so fierce between Caedus and the jedi he gets so mad he awakens some even darker power and kills them all off. Go dark side!!!!!
Luke is the most powerful force user in the Galaxy last time I checked. What Caedus has is not the raw power that Luke has but a greater variety of powers with more finesse. Luke could probably kick Jacens a$$ in a competition of raw power something Luke will not do because he fears falling to the Dark Side hence his being ‘weaker’ than Caedus. In a sword fight we know that Tahiri is the better fighter because of her Vong training which she integrated into her style in NJO. Luke may be The Last through whose eyes Anakin had his vision. Perhaps Tahiri kills Jaina and ‘The Last’ refers to the last of the good Solo children, Anakin died, Jacen fell to the Dark Side and is now Darth Caedus and so Jacen is dead. Jaina is the last Solo Child. Jaina is also Darth Caedus’ last link to Jacen and so killing her would be ‘The Last’ link Caedus has to his past as Jacen. I hadn’t even considered Anakin’s vision until I saw a mention of it earlier in this forum Thanks to whomever put that there.