Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter

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Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is a novel that takes place shortly before Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Narration for the audio version was performed by Michael Cumpsty. The story Darth Maul: Saboteur by James Luceno is published as a 54-page insert in the paperback version of Shadow Hunter. Before, Saboteur was only available in eBook form.

Contents 1 Editions 2 Publisher's summary 2.1 Hardcover 2.1.1 Back cover 2.1.2 Inside flap 2.2 Paperback 3 Plot summary 4 Excerpt 5 Appearances 6 Behind the scenes 7 Cover gallery 8 Notes and references 9 External links

[edit] Editions

ISBN	Release date	Publisher	Pages	Format	Language	Title
ISBN 0345435397	January 30, 2001	Del Rey	320	Hardcover	English	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
ISBN 0375416749	January 30, 2001	Random House Audio		Cassette	English	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
ISBN 037541679X	January 30, 2001	Random House Audio		CD	English	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
ISBN 0345435419	November 27, 2001	Del Rey	332	Paperback	English	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
ISBN 9029070056	September 2001	Uitgeverij M		Paperback	Dutch	Darth Maul: De Schaduwjager
ISBN 2258053374	September 20, 2001	Presses de la Cité		Hardcover	French	Dark Maul: L'Ombre du Chasseur
ISBN 2265069280	September 26, 2002	Fleuve Noir	352	Paperback	French	Dark Maul: L'Ombre du Chasseur
ISBN 2265083232	August 24, 2006	Fleuve Noir	352	Paperback	French	Dark Maul: L'Ombre du Chasseur
ISBN 3442355923	May 2002	Blanvalet	288	Paperback	German	Darth Maul: Der Schattenjäger
ISBN 3442243157	March 2005	Blanvalet	288	Pocket book	German	Darth Maul: Der Schattenjäger
					Japanese
ISBN 8372457409	2001	Amber	232	Paperback	Polish	Darth Maul. Łowca z mroku
ISBN 9737780000	2004	Amaltea	240	Paperback	Romanian	Darth Maul: Vânătorul din umbră
ISBN 579210574X	2002	Eksmo	384	Hardcover	Russian	Дарт Мол: Тёмный мститель
	February 2002	Alberto Santos Editor	256	Hardcover	Spanish	Darth Maul: El Cazador en las Tinieblas
ISBN 0712684174	January 30, 2001	Century		Paperback	English (UK)	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter

[edit] Publisher's summary

[edit] Hardcover

[edit] Back cover

For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again…

[edit] Inside flap

Darth Maul, merciless apprentice of evil and one of the legendary Sith, a twisted order given over to the dark side of the Force…Darth Maul, champion of the nefarious Sith Lord, Darth Sidious…Darth Maul, a legend sprung to life from the nightmares of history, about to be unleashed…In an all-new tale of intrigue and mystery set just before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. He meets secretly with his Neimoidian contacts in the Trade Federation to plan the blockade of the planet Naboo. But one member of the delegation is missing, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.

On Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, the Neimoidian moves quickly to sell what he knows to the highest bidder. For Lorn Pavan, an information broker, the deal is too good to pass up. He grabs it, unaware that he has now earned a place on Darth Maul's hit list, right behind the Neimoidian defector himself.

Meanwhile, a young Jedi Padawan by the name of Darsha Assant stands on the verge of ascension to Jedi Knighthood. A single mission will be her test. But a greater test awaits her. For in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant's own dark side, she will cross paths with Lorn, who is fleeing from the Sith stalker, carrying with him crucial information that must reach the Jedi Council at all costs.

The future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?

[edit] Paperback

After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.

But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right at the top of Darth Maul's hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood. Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadlist killers in the galaxy?

[edit] Plot summary

Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is told in two parts: "Mean Streets" and "Labyrinth".

Aboard the Trade Federation freighter Saak'ak, Nute Gunray finds that his second-in-command Hath Monchar, the Deputy Viceroy of the Federation, has gone missing. Unfortunately, it is too late to do anything about it, because at that moment, Darth Sidious contacts Gunray. The Dark Lord of the Sith questions Gunray about the missing Neimoidian. Gunray panics and tells the Dark Lord that Monchar is sick. However, Darth Sidious sees through the lie, and when the conversation ends, he sends his apprentice Darth Maul after the missing Deputy Viceroy.

On Coruscant, Lorn Pavan and his protocol droid I-5YQ meet with Zippa the Toydarian, a merchant desiring to sell the two companions a Jedi holocron.

Meanwhile, Padawan Darsha Assant prepares for her final mission before becoming a Jedi Knight. She will be sent to the Crimson Corridor in the Zi-Kree Sector of Coruscant. There, she must pick up a former Black Sun employee named Oolth the Fondorian who is willing to trade information about the recent reorganization in the upper ranks of the criminal syndicate in exchange for protection by the Jedi Order.

Darth Maul learns that Hath Monchar plans to sell the information to Lorn Pavan and hunts them both down.

Darsha Assant and her master Bondara run into Pavan and I-five. Bondara gives loses his life fighting Maul while the rest escape.

After a long chase through the bowels of Coruscant, battling Cthons, a taozin, and other dangers, the group is once again tracked down by Darth Maul. Assant does battle with Maul while I-five carbon freezes Pavan in an attempt to hide and protect him. After a large explosion, Darth Maul can sense no life in the warehouse and believes all his targets are dead. He heads back to his master with news of success.

Pavan is thawed out and this time, he starts hunting Maul. Although he was able to get the drop on Maul using a taozin limb, a series of unfortunate events lead him to his end at the hands of Darth Maul.

[edit] Excerpt

• Del Rey - Excerpt from Chapter 1
•  "Dark Knights and Sith Lords - An Interview with Michael Reaves" - Chapter 2 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Behind the scenes

• Just before Lorn Pavan is killed by Darth Maul, he considers his experience over the last 48 hours to be a Pyrrhic victory. This term, however, has no apparent place in-universe; in fact, it is derived from a battle involving "King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the Romans during the Pyrrhic War at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC."^[1]
  • The term 'Pyrrhic victory' was also used in the audio book of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.
• "Tyrusian mangler" is presumably a reference to the TV series Invasion America that Reaves previously wrote for. References to Tyrus also appear in Medstar I: Battle Surgeons.

[edit] Cover gallery

This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.

Hardcover	Paperback	Audio cassette	Audio CD
Dutch - Darth Maul: De Schaduwjager	French hardcover - Dark Maul: L'Ombre du Chasseur	French paperback	German paperback - Darth Maul: Der Schattenjäger
German pocket book	Japanese	Polish - Darth Maul: Łowca z mroku	Russian hardcover – Дарт Мол: Тёмный мститель
Spanish - Darth Maul: El Cazador en las Tinieblas	United Kingdom

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

•  "Dark Knights and Sith Lords - An Interview with Michael Reaves" on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Darth Maul Novel on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  TV commercial on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
• TheForce.Net Book Review
• Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter on Wikipedia