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Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

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Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Attribution
Author(s)

James Luceno

Cover artist

David Stevenson

Publication information
Publisher

Del Rey

Release date

November 22, 2005

Media type

Hardcover

Pages

336

ISBN

0345477324

Chronology
Canon

C

Era

Rise of the Empire era

Timeline

19 BBY

Series

None (standalone novel)

Preceded by

Revenge of the Sith

Followed by

Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight

[Source]
"The old system is dead, senator. You would be wise to subscribe to the new one."
―Darth Vader[src]

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader is a novel written by James Luceno and published by Del Rey. Dark Lord takes place in the immediate aftermath of the events in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and focuses on Darth Vader and his rise to prominence in the newly-inaugurated Galactic Empire.

Author Luceno devotes much of Dark Lord to the internal conflict that Darth Vader undergoes as he tries to slough off his former identity of Anakin Skywalker. Palpatine intends for these early missions that he sends Vader on to be as much about learning what it means to be a Sith as they are about consolidating the rule of the nascent Empire.

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Throughout the galaxy, it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker—the Chosen One—had died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to some extent, that was true. Anakin was dead.

From the site of Anakin Skywalker's last stand—on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi—a fearsome specter in black has risen. Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi Order, he is now a disciple of the dark side, a lord of the dreaded Sith, and the avenging right hand of the galaxy’s ruthless new Emperor. Seduced, deranged, and destroyed by the machinations of the Dark Lord Sidious, Anakin Skywalker is dead… and Darth Vader lives.

Word of the events that created him—the Jedi Council's failed mutiny against Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the self-crowned Emperor's retaliatory command to exterminate the Jedi Order, and Anakin's massacre of his comrades and Masters in the Jedi Temple—yet to reach all quarters. On the Outer Rim world of Murkhana, Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak and Padawan Olee Starstone are leading a charge on a Separatist stronghold, unaware that the tide, red with Jedi blood, has turned suddenly against them.

When the three narrowly elude execution—and become the desperate prey in a hunt across space—it's neither clone soldiers, nor the newly deployed stormtroopers, nor even the wrath of the power-hungry Emperor himself they must fear most. The deadliest threat rests in the hideously swift and lethal crimson lightsaber of Darth Vader—behind whose brooding mask lies a shattered heart, a poisoned soul, and a cunning, twisted mind hell-bent on vengeance.

For the handful of scattered Jedi, survival is imperative if the light side of the Force is to be protected and the galaxy somehow, someday reclaimed. Yet more important still is the well-being of the twin infants, Leia and Luke Skywalker, the children of Anakin and his doomed bride, Padmé Amidala. Separated after Padmé's death, they must be made safe at all costs, lest the hope they represent for the future be turned to horror by the new Sith regime—and the unspeakable power of the dark side.

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Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader begins in the final hours of the Clone Wars, just prior to the implementation of Order 66. When a contingent of Republic clone troopers on the planet Murkhana refuses to open fire on Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak, along with Padawan Olee Starstone, the Jedi with whom it has fought alongside during the war, Emperor Palpatine orders Darth Vader to investigate the matter. Vader's query soon becomes a hunt for the fugitive Jedi, and takes him back to Coruscant, then on to Alderaan and Kashyyyk. During the course of Vader's search, we discover the whereabouts of several other characters from Revenge of the Sith, including Bail Organa, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. We also see the beginning of Vader's partnership with Moff Tarkin.

The final chapters of the novel depict the beginning of the Imperial enslavement of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk, an act that will eventually lead to the partnership that develops between Han Solo and Chewbacca.

The novel ends with Obi-Wan Kenobi watching the infant Luke Skywalker as Qui-Gon Jinn's spirit tells Kenobi why it is that Darth Vader will never return to Tatooine, thus ensuring Luke's safety.

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Luceno told the magazine Star Wars Insider about a discussion he had with Ryan Kaufman, formerly of LucasArts, who had worn a Darth Vader costume during the production of a number of LucasArts Star Wars video games. Kaufman's description of what it was like to wear the suit led Luceno to dedicate a substantial amount of the novel toward Vader's struggling with the discomfort of his new prosthetics and armor.

According to Luceno, the book was not supposed to be primarily about Vader whilst he was writing it; the title was applied to the book only after he had finished the manuscript.

An error at the beginning of Chapter 9 states that the Venator-class Star Destroyers were not made by Kuat Drive Yards, when in fact they were.

An error in Chapter 37 of the novel places Vader aboard the Executor rather than the Exactor.

An error in the novel is that Appo and his troops are incorrectly described as red-armored Coruscant shock troopers, not blue-armored 501st troopers.

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This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader.

Early cover rendition

Hardcover

Abridged CD

German - Dunkler Lord - Der Aufstieg des Darth Vader

Japanese - Cover 1

Japanese - Cover 2

Polish - Czarny Lord: Narodziny Dartha Vadera

Polish paperback

Spanish - Darth Vader: El Señor Oscuro

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The Dark Lord Trilogy
Labyrinth of Evil | Revenge of the Sith | Dark Lord
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