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"There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet."

―Aaron Allston in an interview^[src]

Legacy of the Force, also known as LOTF, is a nine-book series contained in the Legacy era, set five years after the events of the Dark Nest Crisis. It deals with the fall of Jacen Solo to the dark side of the Force, mentored by the returning villain Lumiya. The backdrop to this story arc is the conflict between Corellia and the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, which later erupts into a full-scale war. The books are written in a cycle of Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, Troy Denning repeated three times, with Denning finishing the series with the ninth novel, Invincible. Also, books one, five, and nine are hardcovers, giving each author the opportunity to write a hard-bound book.

Legacy of the Force also saw the return of Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian, Thrackan Sal-Solo, and Natasi Daala, amongst other characters. The new generation was being primed, which in turn led to speculation that one of the major movie characters (Luke, Leia, Han) would die. Ultimately, however, all three survived to the end of the series.

The novels Crosscurrent, Riptide, Millennium Falcon, and the 9-book hardcover series Fate of the Jedi are follow ups to the Legacy of the Force series, further expanding the Legacy era.

NovelsEdit

Betrayal by Aaron Allston—May 30, 2006
Bloodlines by Karen Traviss—August 29, 2006
Tempest by Troy Denning—November 28, 2006
Exile by Aaron Allston—February 27, 2007
Sacrifice by Karen Traviss—May 29, 2007
Inferno by Troy Denning—August 28, 2007
Fury by Aaron Allston—November 27, 2007
Revelation by Karen Traviss—February 26, 2008
Invincible by Troy Denning—May 13, 2008

Returning charactersEdit

Legacy of the Force has seen the re-emergence of several characters, both from the EU and from the films, who had until the series been untouched by EU literature for some time. Most notably the Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya made her first appearance in a novel in Betrayal, and Boba Fett, last seen in a cameo role in The Unifying Force, re-entered the galactic scene in Bloodlines. Other characters, such as Thrackan Sal-Solo, Gilad Pellaeon, and Ailyn Vel, as well as Lumiya, had their story-arcs brought to a conclusion.

Character	Reappears
Syal Antilles	Betrayal
Shalla Nelprin	Betrayal
Lumiya	Betrayal
Thrackan Sal-Solo	Betrayal
Tahiri Veila	Betrayal
Boba Fett	Bloodlines
Ailyn Vel	Bloodlines
Taun We	Bloodlines
Jagged Fel	Tempest
Alema Rar	Tempest
Aurra Sing	Tempest
Myri Antilles	Exile
Lando Calrissian	Exile
Turr Phennir	Exile
Booster Terrik	Exile
Mirax Terrik Horn	Exile
Jaing Skirata	Sacrifice
Venku Skirata	Sacrifice
Bardan Jusik	Sacrifice
Jae Juun	Inferno
Lowbacca	Inferno
Lumpawaroo	Inferno
Tarfang	Inferno
Gavin Darklighter	Inferno
Cheriss ke Hanadi	Fury
Valin Horn	Fury
Jaden Korr	Fury
Wes Janson	Fury
Lensi	Fury
Kral Nevil	Fury
Volu Nyth	Fury
Tyria Sarkin Tainer	Fury
Twool	Fury
Natasi Daala	Revelation
Sintas Vel	Revelation

Character deathsEdit

The series saw a number of major character deaths, more than even the New Jedi Order series, which was longer and itself controversial for the number of deaths in it.

Deaths of major characters introduced in the seriesEdit

Character	Introduction	Death
Aidel Saxan	Betrayal	Betrayal
Nelani Dinn	Betrayal	Betrayal
Dur Gejjen	Bloodlines	Sacrifice
Jori Lekauf	Bloodlines	Sacrifice
Twizzl	Tempest	Inferno
Thann Mithric	Betrayal	Fury
Tarla Limpan	Betrayal	Fury
Sadras Koyan	Exile	Fury
Patra Tebut	Sacrifice	Fury
Lon Shevu	Bloodlines	Invincible

Deaths of pre-existing charactersEdit

As in The New Jedi Order, there were several characters whose deaths were mentioned but not depicted, including Lensi, Twool, Liegeus Vorn, the World Brain, which was wounded in Tempest and who is mentioned as dead, and Reh'mwa, who never made an appearance in a novel but is mentioned previously and is mentioned as dying in the series.

Character	Introduction	Death
Ailyn Vel	Outbid But Never Outgunned	Bloodlines
Thrackan Sal-Solo	Ambush at Corellia	Bloodlines
World Brain	Traitor	Tempest
Reh'mwa	Dark Nest I: The Joiner King	Tempest
Tresina Lobi	Balance Point	Tempest
Cakhmaim	The Last Command	Tempest
Meewalh	Edge of Victory II: Rebirth	Tempest
Mara Jade Skywalker	Heir to the Empire	Sacrifice
Lumiya	Star Wars 56: Coffin in the Clouds	Sacrifice
Cal Omas	Vector Prime	Inferno
Alema Rar	Star by Star	Fury
Twool	Dark Nest I: The Joiner King	Fury
Lensi	Edge of Victory II: Rebirth	Fury
Liegeus Vorn	Planet of Twilight	Revelation
Gilad Pellaeon	Heir to the Empire	Revelation
Isolder	The Courtship of Princess Leia	Invincible
Jacen Solo	The Last Command	Invincible

Unresolved issuesEdit

As the series concluded many issues were yet to be resolved, and many questions unanswered.

The transition from the current government to that found in Star Wars: Legacy.
Vergere's true plans for Jacen have still not been brought into the light. In what may be a retcon, Vergere was indeed a Sith trained under Palpatine.

CoversEdit

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PolishEdit

GermanEdit

JapaneseEdit

Legacy of the Force was not released in Japan due to a declining fanbase after the release of Revenge of the Sith. As of December 2007, the series was not planned to be released in the next six months.

Behind the scenesEdit

When a nine-book series was first proposed in 2004, it was originally slated to be set in the Sith Era.^[1] It is unknown when in the era the series would have taken place, but Sue Rostoni said the following on the forums at starwars.com:

"Shelly and I, and the authors, will be reading through all the comics and other material to decide where in time to set the series and what, if any, existing characters we want to use."

―Eeusu Estornii^[src]

About a month later, Rostoni posted the following information in the thread:

"Hi -- I haven't read all the pages of posts, but there's been a change.... We've reconsidered where to set this 9-book series and have decided that the old Old Republic era may not be the best place. We're now seriously considering post-NJO, something like 35 years after A New Hope. The thinking is that there is more opportunity here for substantial storylines using characters that people already have feelings about, and the outcome wouldn't be known at the start of things. We still want to play in the Old Old Republic time frame, and will try to get a trilogy there. I hope you all aren't disappointed - I'm trying to gauge whether it's best to give you NO information at all, or information (like this) that's subject to change."