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Tatooine Ghost

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Tatooine Ghost
Attribution
Author(s)

Troy Denning

Cover artist

Steven D. Anderson

Publication information
Publisher

Del Rey

Release date

March 4, 2003

Media type

Hardcover

Pages

416

ISBN

0345456688

Chronology
Era

New Republic era

Timeline

8 ABY

Series

None (standalone novel)

Preceded by

A Forest Apart

Followed by

Heir to the Empire

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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.

Contents

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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.

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  • 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.

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This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Tatooine Ghost.

Early cover rendition

Hardcover

Abridged CD

Paperback

French hardcover - Le fantôme de Tatooine

Japanese - Cover 1

Japanese - Cover 2

Polish - Zjawa z Tatooine

Russian Hardcover - Дух Татуина

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