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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Reaves received an Emmy Award for his work on the Batman television animated series. He has worked for DreamWorks, among other studios, and has written fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers. Reaves is the New York Times bestselling author of the Star Wars: Coruscant Nights novels Jedi Twilight and Street of Shadows, and Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, as well as the co-writer (with Steve Perry) of Star Wars: Death Star and two Star Wars: MedStar novels: Battle Surgeons and Jedi Healer. He lives in the Los Angeles area.

By Michael Reaves

THE SHATTERED WORLD

THE BURNING REALM

DARKWORLD DETECTIVE

I—ALIEN

STREET MAGIC

NIGHT HUNTER

VOODOO CHILD

DRAGONWORLD (with Byron Preiss)

SWORD OF THE SAMURAI (with Steve Perry)

HELLSTAR (with Steve Perry)

DOME (with Steve Perry)

THE OMEGA CAGE (with Steve Perry)

THONG THE BARBARIAN MEETS THE CYCLE SLUTS OF SATURN (with Steve Perry)

HELL ON EARTH

MR. TWILIGHT (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff)

BATMAN: FEAR, ITSELF (with Steven-Elliot Altman)

STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL: SHADOW HUNTER

STAR WARS: MEDSTAR I: BATTLE SURGEONS (with Steve Perry)

STAR WARS: MEDSTAR II: JEDI HEALER (with Steve Perry)

STAR WARS: DEATH STAR (with Steve Perry)

STAR WARS: CORUSCANT NIGHTS I: JEDI TWILIGHT

STAR WARS: CORUSCANT NIGHTS II: STREET OF SHADOWS

STAR WARS: CORUSCANT NIGHTS III: PATTERNS OF FORCE

Anthologies

SHADOWS OVER BAKER STREET (co-edited with John Pelan)

Story Collection

THE NIGHT PEOPLE

STAR WARS—The Expanded Universe

You saw the movies. You watched the cartoon series, or maybe played some of the video games. But did you know …

In The Empire Strikes Back, Princess Leia Organa said to Han Solo, “I love you.” Han said, “I know.” But did you know that they actually got married? And had three Jedi children: the twins, Jacen and Jaina, and a younger son, Anakin?

Luke Skywalker was trained as a Jedi by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. But did you know that, years later, he went on to revive the Jedi Order and its commitment to defending the galaxy from evil and injustice?

Obi-Wan said to Luke, “For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times. Before the Empire.” Did you know that over those millennia, legendary Jedi and infamous Sith Lords were adding their names to the annals of Republic history?

Yoda explained that the dreaded Sith tend to come in twos: “Always two, there are. No more, no less. A Master, and an apprentice.” But did you know that the Sith didn’t always exist in pairs? That at one time in the ancient Republic there were as many Sith as Jedi, until a Sith Lord named Darth Bane was the lone survivor of a great Sith war and created the “Rule of Two”?

All this and much, much more is brought to life in the many novels and comics of the Star Wars expanded universe. You’ve seen the movies and watched the cartoon. Now venture out into the wider worlds of Star Wars!

Turn the page or jump to the timeline of Star Wars novels to learn more.

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Dessel was lost in the suffering of his job, barely even aware of his surroundings. His arms ached from the endless pounding of the hydraulic jack. Small bits of rock skipped off the cavern wall as he bored through, ricocheting off his protective goggles and stinging his exposed face and hands. Clouds of atomized dust filled the air, obscuring his vision, and the screeching whine of the jack filled the cavern, drowning out all other sounds as it burrowed centimeter by agonizing centimeter into the thick vein of cortosis woven into the rock before him.

Impervious to both heat and energy, cortosis was prized in the construction of armor and shielding by both commercial and military interests, especially with the galaxy at war. Highly resistant to blaster bolts, cortosis alloys supposedly could withstand even the blade of a lightsaber. Unfortunately, the very properties that made it so valuable