Bloodlines

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Bloodlines is the second novel in the Legacy of the Force series. Written by Karen Traviss, it was released in the United States by Del Rey on August 29 and in the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand by Arrow Publishing on September 7, 2006. Bloodlines contains a 20-page excerpt of the next book in the series, Tempest, by Troy Denning. The audio version was narrated by Marc Thompson.

Contents 1 Editions 2 Publisher's summary 3 Excerpt 4 LFL timeline of book 5 Appearances 6 Dramatis personae 6.1 Individuals 6.2 Creatures 6.3 Events 6.4 Locations 6.5 Organizations and titles 6.6 Plants 6.7 Sentient species 6.8 Vehicles and vessels 6.9 Miscellaneous 7 Behind the scenes 8 Cover gallery 9 External links

[edit] Editions

• ISBN 0345477510; August 29, 2006, Del Rey, 400-page paperback
• ISBN 9788324129430; Amber, 376-page Polish paperback

[edit] Publisher's summary

A new era of exciting adventures and shocking revelations continues to unfold, as the legendary Star Wars saga sweeps forward into astonishing new territory.

Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds-and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han and Leia return to Han's homeworld, Corellia, the heart of the resistance. Their children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance's campaign to crush the insurgents.

Jacen, now a complete master of the Force, has his own plans to bring order to the galaxy. Guided by his Sith mentor, Lumiya, and with Luke's young son Ben at his side, Jacen embarks on the same path that his grandfather Darth Vader once did. And while Han and Leia watch their only son become a stranger, a secret assassin entangles the couple with a dreaded name from Han's past: Boba Fett. In the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem.…

[edit] Excerpt

• Excerpt from the audio-book, from Random House (mp3)
• Excerpt from StarWars.com

[edit] LFL timeline of book

Bloodlines begins the day after Betrayal ends. The days count from the beginning of Betrayal, roughly 122 days into 40 ABY.

BLOODLINES begins

Day 25: Fett captures H'buk.

Day 26: Leia and Han learn that Thrackan has a contract out on Han. Fett's doctor tells him he is dying.

Day 27: The explosion on Coruscant.

Day 28: On Coronet, Gejjen, Leia, and Han meet in a café and discuss deposing Thrackan. Leia kills an assassin on the Falcon. Jacen visits the rebuilt Jedi Temple and walks back in time exploring Anakin Skywalker's emotions. The Corellian Sanctuary has been desecrated. Fett meets Mirta Gev and hires her to take him to Ailyn.

Day 29: Luke senses that Lumiya has returned. Han and Leia return to Coruscant - the Falcon is in bad shape. The water supply in parts of Coruscant is contaminated.

Day 30: Jacen is appointed Colonel and heads the secret police to intern Corellians.

Day 31: Pellaeon resigns as Supreme Commander of the GA Defense Force - Niathal is appointed as his replacement.

Day 32: Han and Leia buy a shuttle and head back to Corellia. Jacen raids Jabi Town.

Day 33: Fett finds Taun We.

Day 34: Omas puts new emergency measures into effect.

Day 36: Ben finds three Corellian agents and a bounty hunter. Jacen arrests Habuur.

Day 39: Omas announces the blockade of Corellia.

Day 42: Senate Building protest.

Day 43: Jacen kills Habuur. Fett meets with Thrackan.

Day 44: Han and Fett meet. Han agrees to get Jacen to release Habuur; Fett agrees to kill Thrackan. Jacen flow-walks back to Anakin Skywalker's era and believes Anakin's downfall was a result of faulty training.

Day 45: Mirta kills Thrackan. Jacen suspends Jaina from duty.

Day 46: Leia learns that Jacen killed Habuur while under interrogation and tells Jacen that Habuur is Fett's daughter. Ben kills two men harboring missile launchers.

Day 48: Jacen delivers Habuur's body. Fett takes Habuur's body and leaves for Mandalore.

Day 49: Jacen thinks he may have to kill Tenel Ka and Allana.

Tempest begins on day 56.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Dramatis personae

• Barit Saiy; (Corellian male)
• Ben Skywalker; (Human male)
• Boba Fett; Mandalore and semi-retired bounty hunter (Human male)
• Cal Omas; Chief of State, Galactic Alliance (Human male)
• Cha Niathal; Admiral, Galactic Alliance (Mon Calamari female)
• Goran Beviin; Mandalorian soldier (Human male)
• G'vli G'Sil; Coruscanti Senator, head of the Galactic Alliance Security Council (Human male)
• Han Solo; captain, Millennium Falcon (Human male)
• Heol Girdun; captain, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)
• Jacen Solo; Jedi Knight (Human male)
• Jaina Solo; Jedi Knight (Human female)
• Jori Lekauf; corporal, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)
• Leia Organa Solo; Jedi Knight, copilot, Millennium Falcon (Human female)
• Lon Shevu; captain, Galactic Alliance Guard (Human male)
• Luke Skywalker; Jedi Grand Master (Human male)
• Lumiya, Dark Jedi (Human female)
• Mara Jade Skywalker; Jedi Master (Human female)
• Mirta Gev, bounty hunter (Human female)
• Taun We, scientist (Kaminoan female)
• Thrackan Sal-Solo; Corellian Head of State (Human male)

[edit] Individuals

• Abadaner (First appearance)
• Ailyn Vel/Ailyn Habuur
• Allana (Mentioned only)
• Anakin Skywalker (Appears in flashback(s))
• Aurra Sing (Mentioned only)
• Beluine (First appearance)
• Bolf (First appearance)
• Briike (First appearance)
• Buroy (First appearance)
• C-3PO
• Charr (First appearance)
• Cheb (First appearance)
• Cilghal
• Corran Horn
• Cotin (First appearance)
• Count Dooku (Mentioned only)
• Dur Gejjen (First appearance)
• Fenn Shysa (Mentioned only)
• Forre Musa (First appearance)
• Gilad Pellaeon (Mentioned only)
• H'buk (First appearance)
• Jaing Skirata (Indirect mention only)
• Jango Fett (Corpse)
• Jaster Mereel (Mentioned only)
• Kad'ika (First appearance) (Mentioned only)
• Kal Skirata (Mentioned only)
• Koa Ne (First appearance)
• Ko Sai (Mentioned only)
• Kyle Katarn
• Kyp Durron
• Mace Windu (Appears in flashback(s))
• Makin (First appearance)
• Makin Marec (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
• Nelani Dinn (Mentioned only)
• Nov Gejjen (First appearance) (Mentioned only)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only)
• Orade (First appearance)
• Padmé Amidala (Mentioned only)
• Palpatine (Mentioned only)
• Puth (First appearance) (Mentioned only)
• Qui-Gon Jinn (Mentioned only)
• R2-D2
• Ram Zerimar (First appearance)
• Sintas Vel (Mentioned only)
• Talgal (First appearance)
• Tenel Ka Djo (Mentioned only)
• Vevut (First appearance)
• Vio (First appearance)
• Vol Barad (First appearance)
• Wirut (First appearance)
• World Brain (Mentioned only)
• Yoda (Appears in flashback(s))
• Zekk

[edit] Creatures

• Coin-crab (First appearance)
• Rakghoul (Mentioned only)
• Well-spider (First appearance)

[edit] Events

• Jedi Civil War (Mentioned only)
• Second Galactic Civil War
  • Blockade of Corellia (First appearance)
  • Duel at The Home (Mentioned only)

[edit] Locations

• Altyr V (Mentioned only)
• Centax-2
• Centerpoint Station (Mentioned only)
• Chasin (First mentioned)
• Corellia
  • Corellian Exclusion Zone (First appearance)
  • Coronet
    • Blue Sky Boulevard (First appearance)
      • Card's Tapcaf (First appearance)
    • Coronet City Spaceport
    • Keben Park (First appearance)
• Coruscant
  • Cayan Club (First appearance)
  • Corellian Sanctuary (First appearance)
  • Galactic City
    • Elite Hotel (First appearance)
    • GAG HQ (First appearance)
  • Jabi Town (First appearance)
  • New Jedi Temple
    • High Council Chamber
  • Rotunda Zone (First appearance)
  • Senate Building
    • Office of the Chief of State
    • Senate Chamber
  • Senate District
• Drall
  • Halin's (First mentioned)
  • Zerria's Bar (First appearance)
• Kamino
  • Tipoca City
    • Cloning facility
• Katraasii (Mentioned only)
• Obreedan (First mentioned)
• Parmel sector
  • Vohai
• Roonadan
  • Varlo
    • Waterfront District
• Taris
  • [[Lower City}}
  • Upper City
    • Horizon Hotel (First appearance)

[edit] Organizations and titles

• Arkanian Microtechnologies
• AruMed (First appearance)
• ConCare (First appearance)
• Democratic Alliance (First appearance)
• Galactic Federation of Free Alliances
  • Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet
    • Galactic Alliance Third Fleet
    • Galactic Alliance Fifth Fleet
    • Galactic Alliance Fleet Intelligence (First appearance)
    • Rogue Squadron
  • Galactic Alliance Guard (First appearance)
    • 967 Commandos (First appearance)
• Joiner (Mentioned only)
• Mandalorians
  • Mandalorian Protectors
• New Jedi Order
• New Sith Order
• SteriPac (First appearance)

[edit] Plants

• Assari (First appearance)
• Bhansgrek
• Misura vine (First appearance)
• Tassel

[edit] Sentient species

• Atzerri
• Dabi (First appearance)
• Human
• Kaminoan
• Mon Calamari

[edit] Vehicles and vessels

• Bloodstripe (First appearance)
• Millennium Falcon
• Ocean (First appearance)
• Resolute (First appearance)
• Revival (First appearance)
• Slave I

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Heart of Fire

[edit] Behind the scenes

• Similarly to Betrayal, Bloodlines also contains an "inside joke" referring to Han and Greedo. Han is cursing out of being cheated out of a kill, when Boba Fett says "You should learn to shoot first Solo" by comparison to Betrayal, which makes a reference to the idea that Han shot first, this book refers to Solo as being someone who did not shoot first.

• Boba says "my dad was killed in front of me when I was thirteen" though in truth he is ten at the time. This is an error.

• On page 276 of the original paperback release, "Fett" is misspelled "Felt".

• Bloodline has the only cover in the entire series lacking an ignited lightsaber.

• At one point, "Mirta" is misspelled "Mira", who, oddly enough, is also a Mandalorian bounty hunter.

• The Science Fiction Book Club released a special hardback version of this novel. At the time, this was the only way to get a hardback version of the novel.

[edit] Cover gallery

Polish - Braterstwo krwi

German - Blutlinien

[edit] External links

•  An Early Look at Bloodlines on StarWars.com
•  Boba Fett E-novella Coming Soon on StarWars.com
•  Bloodlines Bookstore Events on StarWars.com
•  Karen Traviss: Tracing Bloodlines on StarWars.com
•  "Don't Read This!!!!!!" - "Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.", Sue Rostoni's StarWars.com Blog
• Excerpt from the audio-book
• Source for alternate publisher's summary at Chapters.indigo.ca
• Bloodlines at RandomHouse.com
• Amazon page

Legacy of the Force Series

Betrayal Bloodlines Tempest Exile Sacrifice Inferno Fury Revelation Invincible