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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Congratulations Lord Maloch on your ascension to Sith Lord. Will we have to refer to you as m’lord now or will Sir do well enough. Just kidding. I seem to remember the authors of the series saying that LOTF would give us more insight into the the workings of the Force am I halucinating about this please tell me cause if I am I need to start selling that stuff to the Jersey people here at college. If not the authors need to get busy because all I have seen in the series so far is more of the same old stuff that we have seen in many of the earlier novels, no new understandings no real revelations nothing.
Since you are a Sith Lord now can I apply now for a job as the Grand Admiral of your New Empire. (I beat Thrawn in a Chess match 🙂
I wonder if the Authors look at these exchanges as a source of ideas for future series and future novels it would be smart if they did.
Also a correction to my earlier statement I beat Thrawn in a dejarik game since the Star Wars Universe does not use Chess. I would like to get in my application now before the waiting list becomes too long.
Thank you both. I look forward to your commision Admiral. Along with you too mliscky. I look forward to the furture. The force is stronge with the both of you, powerful leaders you will become, and we shall have…peace….
mliscky, I was reading over all of these statements today and reread your entry on the Vision Luke had in betrayal of Han stabbing someone with dark hair. Unless Tahiri’s Hair color changes it isn’t her because she has blonde hair. This is not to say that she can’t disguise herself by dyeing it black but that doesn’t sound like Tahiri. My bet is that the dark haired one might be Zekk.
A matter of some interest in these discussions is the Comics of the EU. I have spent some time catching up on these particularly those set in the Future of where we currently are in the novels. I did not read the comics but have insted relied on online Summaries. It appears that the only way to reconcile the novels and the comics into a uniform story line is for Ceadus to be defeated. Jaina will have to live so that she can marry Jag Fel and have a son who will Become a galactic emporer. Ceadus must be defeated because the Jedi on Ossus are not defeated until the New Sith Empire one hundred years later. A sith lord does not let a Jedi Academy stand after he has defeated the best the Jedi have to offer (Luke) I wish it wasn’t so but after catching up on so much history and looking at the relationship between the Authors, George Lucas, and the Comic writers the only path I can see is Ceadus’s eventual defeat. Maybe not this series but definately soon.
I just had an awesome thought. The Star Wars Universe parelells that of Ancient Rome. In ROTS Darth Sideous says “I AM the Senate” This line and many others are taken directly from Shakespears The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Sideous is Julius Caesar who was Killed by Brutus (Darth Vader) After which Rome returned to a republic for a time with both a Triumvirate (Jacen, Niathal, Cal Omas) (Octavius, Marc Antony, Lepidus) Lepidus (Cal Omas) was forced into retirement by Octavius (Ceadus) and Marc Antony (Niathal) was defeated by Octavius’s Legions at his home base in Egypt. (the GA government in Exile) (Marc Antony and Niathal are both better generals than they are statepeople).
Or Perhaps Sidious is Emporer Sulla defeated by Gauius Marius (Darth Vader) and Jacen is Julius Caesar (Defeated By Luke (Brutus))It is hard to tell since almost all the Romans set up Triumvirates, diumvirates and then killed or incapacitated thier rivals. But Definatley Jaina Survives, as Empress of the New Empire she doesn’t need alot of backround or strength as a character.
What you said about the EU books and comics is true. If they try to keep a decisive story line between them, it seems that Caedus has to lose in this series or soon after. And that pisses me off. In the books before this series, we never knew what was going to happen or where the next series and stories to come were going to take us. Which was GREAT. But from now on, we will know and the gay pictured comic books ruined it for the fans of EU. Yes darth who, the comics ruined the books. But i’m hoping that the books and comics are not a concrete story line. I haven’t heard any author or shelly shapiro say anything like that, so here’s to hoping.
Admiral, In luke’s vision it was a dark haired girl, so it couldn’t have been Zekk. But the way Zekk has been acting for so long, you could consider him a girl. lol. I will definetly be in your service, my Lord Maloch. What is thy bidding? I like your insight of ancient rome. very interesting. I believe Lucas stated that star wars was based on Greek mythology. I just had a thought. What if Caedus does die in Invincible, and is killed by Jaina. But in killing Caedus, Jaina turns to the dark side. If this would happen, everything could still fall in line with the story line. Jaina, as a sith or dark jedi, marries Jag and starts the new empire you see in the comics.
The Comics do not tell whether Roan Fel is a dark or light jedi all that I know is that the new empire under him is a good empire friendly to minorities and so on like the empire under Caesar Augustus and Tiberius, so maybe jaina doesn’t go all the way dark but becomes nuetral, unafraid of using the darkside but able to square it with herself and stay in the light to some extent being forever in Balance like that Mando Beviin. Of some more interest is the youtoob videos on Jaina. Very well done they make you think twice before dismissing her as a minor character.
Lord Maloch, Thank You m’lord for accepting my application for the job, my first project will be the rebuilding of an impregnable Death Star III (No annoying hatch covers that aren’t bolted down or anything like that. We’ll use the Verpine who will be enslaved to the Empire in Invinceble to design the important stuff and maybe cut a deal with the Mandos to provide alot of Beskar for armor.
mliscky we need to get an honorific for you, I have always been an admiral and our lord Maloch is now a Sith Lord. We need to give you a title like General or captain of Maloch’s Secret police. Something like that.