Tatooine Ghost
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Hardcover |
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416 |
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Tatooine Ghost was written by Troy Denning. It was published by Del Rey in March 2003 in Hardcover and in December 2003 it was republished in Paperback. The novel's story takes place directly before the events of Heir to the Empire, and it was hailed as the first Expanded Universe novel to bridge the gap between the prequel trilogy and original trilogy characters.
The novel also includes as a supplement the eBook A Forest Apart and short story Corphelion Interlude, both written by Troy Denning. Narration for the audio version of Tatooine Ghost was performed by Jonathan Davis.
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[edit] Editions
[edit] American
- ISBN 0345456688; March 4, 2003, Del Rey, 416-page hardcover
- ISBN 055371368X; March 4, 2003, Random House Audio, Abridged CD
- ISBN 0345456696; December 30, 2003, Del Rey, 456-page paperback
[edit] Foreign
- ISBN 8324112693; August, 2003, Amber, Polish 384-page paperback
[edit] Publisher's summary
Han and Leia struggle to keep the Empire at bay as stunning revelations from the past threaten to eclipse the future of the New Republic…
The deaths of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine by no means spelled the end of the Empire. In the aftermath, the New Republic has faced a constant struggle to survive. Now a new threat looms: a masterpiece of Alderaanian art—lost after the planet's destruction—has resurfaced on the black market. It conceals a vital secret—the code used to communicate with New Republic agents undercover within the Empire. Discovery by Imperial forces would spell disaster. The only option is recovery—and Han, Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO have been dispatched to Tatooine to infiltrate the auction.
When a dispute at the auction erupts into violence, the painting vanishes in the chaos. Han and Leia are thrust into a desperate race to reclaim it. As they battle against marauding TIE fighters, encroaching stormtroopers, and Tatooine's savage Tusken Raiders, Leia's emotional struggle over the specter of her infamous father culminates in the discovery of an extraordinary link to the past. And as long-buried secrets at last emerge, she faces a moment of reckoning that will forever alter her destiny… and that of the New Republic.
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Characters
[edit] Droid models
- C-3PO
- cleaning droid
- interrogator droid (Mentioned only)
- maintenance droid
- military repair droid (Mentioned only)
- servo-droid
- translator droid
[edit] Locations
- Alderaan (Mentioned only)
- Aldera (Mentioned only)
- Aldera Royal Palace (Mentioned only)
- Askaj (Mentioned only)
- Bakura (Mentioned only)
- Bespin (Mentioned only)
- Coruscant
- Dantooine (Mentioned only)
- Hapes Cluster (Mentioned only)
- Kashyyyk (Mentioned only)
- New Republic museum (Mentioned only)
- Tatoo system
- Ohann (Mentioned only)
- Tatoo I
- Tatoo II
- Tatooine
- Beeda Basin
- Beggar's Canyon
- Great Chott Salt Flat
- Arch Canyon
- Bantha Burrows
- Ben Kenobi's hut
- Dorr farm (Mentioned only)
- Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only)
- Jundland Wastes (Mentioned only)
- Mos Eisley
- Lucky Despot (Mentioned only)
- Mos Espa
- Mospic High Range
- Motesta
- Old Mos Espa Arena Circuit
- Rodomon Family Farm
- Renadala Estate (Mentioned only)
- Sarlaac pit (Mentioned only)
- Three Moons Mansion
- Tusken's Escape
- Western Dune Sea (Mentioned only)
- Wayfar (Mentioned only)
- Unknown Regions (Mentioned only)
[edit] Organizations and titles
- Alderaan
- Galactic Empire
- Grand Moff (Mentioned only)
- Imperial Academy (Mentioned only)
- Imperial Navy
- Stormtrooper Corps
- Imperial Army
- General (Mentioned only)
- Warlord
- Hapes Consortium (Mentioned only)
- Queen Mother (Mentioned only)
- Prince (Mentioned only)
- Jedi Order
- Kuati
- New Republic
- Chief Councilor (Mentioned only)
- Provisional Council (Mentioned only)
- New Republic Navy (Mentioned only)
- Wraith Squadron (Mentioned only)
- Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- SoroSuub (Mentioned only)
- Renata Racing Systems (Mentioned only)
[edit] Sentient species
[edit] Creatures
- anooba
- bantha
- dewback
- gundark (Mentioned only)
- fleeg
- gorg (Mentioned only)
- katarn (Mentioned only)
- nerf (Mentioned only)
- nerf pen (Mentioned only)
- rancor (Mentioned only)
- rancor drool (Mentioned only)
- sketto (Mentioned only)
- tomuon
- urusai
- vornskr (Mentioned only)
- wampa (Mentioned only)
- worrt (Mentioned only)
[edit] Weapons and technology
[edit] Vehicles and vessels
- AT-AT
- assault shuttle
- cargo skiff
- Chu'unthor (Mentioned only)
- escape pod
- hovercar (Mentioned only)
- hoverscout
- hoversled
- Imperial II Star Destroyer
- landspeeder
- Needle ship
- Podracer
- Anakin Skywalker's podracer (Mentioned only)
- IPG-X1131 Longtail
- repulsor chair
- sandcrawler
- Sentinel-class landing craft
- speeder bike
- swoop
- TIE/ln starfighter
- YT-1300 light freighter
- V-24 landspeeder (Mentioned only)
[edit] Events
- Boonta Eve Classic (Mentioned only)
- Battle of Naboo (Mentioned only)
- Blockade of Naboo (Mentioned only)
- Destruction of Alderaan (Mentioned only)
- Duel on Cloud City (Mentioned only)
- Subjugation of Bespin (Mentioned only)
[edit] Miscellanea
- alasl
- bactade
- boneglass
- contact lenses
- Corusca gem
- crash webbing
- Credit
- crystalplas
- Dune Sea Cyclone
- durasilk
- false prints
- the Force
- gold (Mentioned only)
- herding spear
- Killik Twilight (First appearance)
- The Last Lake (First appearance)
- Moisture Farm
- monograph
- Moss painting (First appearance)
- nectarot
- Par Ontham's Guide to Etiquette
- Peggat
- Podracing (Mentioned only)
- recycling bin
- Sabacc (Mentioned only)
- sand cloak
- Seclusion Braids
- shimmersilk
- shovelvac
- Signal Interceptor
- signscreen
- Song of the Dongtha Slayer
- Stuffed bantha
- syren plant (Mentioned only)
- tapcaf
- thaq
- Trillium soap (Mentioned only)
- trugut
[edit] Words and Phrases
[edit] Food and Beverages
- Bloddle (First appearance)
- Bristlemelon
- Chandrilan brandy
- Endorian port
- Gizer ale
- Eyeblaster
- Hubba gourd
- Huba rind tea
- Mushroom
- Nerfburger
- pallie tart
- pallie wine (Mentioned only)
- Ruby bliel (Mentioned only)
- tangaroot
- Tatooine flatbread
- yardle
[edit] Languages
[edit] Occupations
- bounty hunter (Mentioned only)
- majordomo (Mentioned only)
- steward (Mentioned only)
[edit] Trivia
- Survivor's Quest was written to be a counterpart to Tatooine Ghost. Their covers, both created by Steven D. Anderson, share similar layouts. Tatooine Ghost's cover features Han and Leia, while Survivor's Quest's shows Luke and Mara
- The Killiks, who first appear in this novel, would later be fully delved into in the Dark Nest Trilogy.
- Grand Admiral Thrawn, Gilad Pellaeon, and the Chimaera all appear in this book.
- There is a scene (one chapter ends with the build-up and the next chapter begins immediately after) which strongly implies that Han and Leia have slept together. As this book is set not that long before Heir to the Empire (in which Leia already knows she is pregnant), this could well be when Jacen and Jaina were conceived.
- This is the first New Republic Era novel to feature Luke Skywalker as a minor character.
- On the dust jacket of the hardcover and the paperback editions, the era sticker is set to be in the Rebellion era, when it should be in the New Republic era.
[edit] Continuity Errors
- At one point in the story, Chewbacca uses his Wookiee claws in front of Leia. In Heir to the Empire, Leia states she never knew Wookiees had claws (though she may of course have forgotten).
- The novel refers to Wedge Antilles leading Wraith Squadron on a mission. However, by the end of X-Wing: Solo Command, set before this book, the Wraiths are recommissioned as an intelligence unit and command passed to Garik Loran, with Antilles reassuming command of Rogue Squadron.
[edit] Cover gallery
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Tatooine Ghost.
[edit] External links
First Look: Tatooine Ghost on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Shatterpoint Covered, Tatooine Ghost Updated on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Troy Denning: Ghost Stories on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
