The Force Unleashed (novel)

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The Force Unleashed is the hardcover novel version of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed multimedia project, announced in the March 2007 issue of Game Informer. Along with the novel there is also a graphic novel and a webstrip. All these feature Darth Vader and his secret apprentice in events between Episodes III and IV.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Publisher's summary 2.1 Hardcover 2.1.1 Back cover 2.1.2 Internal flap 3 Excerpt 4 Appearances 4.1 Characters 4.2 Creatures 4.3 Droid models 4.4 Events 4.5 Locations 4.6 Organizations and titles 4.7 Sentient species 4.8 Vehicles and vessels 4.9 Weapons and technology 4.10 Miscellanea 5 Cover gallery 6 Notes and references 7 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Along with the comic, it features the storyline of the game and the fate of Darth Vader's apprentice at the end of the book. Although the game has multiple endings, the book and comic follow the sole canonical ending. Along with the comic, the book's release was timed around the release of the game.

There are differences between the novel and the game. For instance, during Starkiller's mission to Imperialized Raxus Prime, the plot of the novel diverges from the plot of the video game, in that a giant computer, known only as "The Core", gains control over PROXY, and uses PROXY to attack Starkiller, making PROXY assume the form of Darth Maul. In the game, PROXY attacks Starkiller, sensing the best oppurtunity to fulfill his primary programming.

[edit] Publisher's summary

[edit] Hardcover

[edit] Back cover

The Republic has fallen.

The Empire is ascendant.

Palpatine and Darth Vader hold sway.

Jedi beware: The dark side's merciless

assassin is at large in the galaxy....

[edit] Internal flap

"The Sith always betray one another. . . . I'm sure you'll learn that soon enough."

The overthrow of the Republic is complete. The Separatist forces have been smashed, the Jedi Council nearly decimated, and the rest of the Order all but destroyed. Now absolute power rests in the iron fist of Darth Sidious–the cunning Sith Lord better known as the former Senator, now Emperor, Palpatine. But more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance in the galaxy must still be defeated and missing Jedi accounted for . . . and dealt with. These crucial tasks fall to the Emperor’s ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader. In turn, the Dark Lord has groomed a lethal apprentice entrusted with a top-secret mission: to comb the galaxy and dispatch the last of his masters’ enemies, thereby punctuating the dark side’s victory with the Jedi’s doom.

Since childhood, Vader's nameless agent has known only the cold, mercenary creed of the Sith. His past is a void; his present, the carrying out of his deadly orders. But his future beckons like a glistening black jewel with the ultimate promise: to stand beside the only father he has ever known, with the galaxy at their feet. It is a destiny he can realize only by rising to the greatest challenge of his discipleship: destroying Emperor Palpatine.

The apprentice’s journeys will take him across the far reaches of the galaxy, from the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk to the junkyard planet of Raxus Prime. On these missions, the young Sith acolyte will forge an unlikely alliance with a ruined Jedi Master seeking redemption and wrestle with forbidden feelings for his beautiful comrade, Juno Eclipse. And he will be tested as never before–by shattering revelations that strike at the very heart of all he believes and stir within him long-forgotten hopes of reclaiming his name . . . and changing his destiny.

[edit] Excerpt

•  Chapter 1 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Characters

[edit] Creatures

[edit] Droid models

[edit] Events

• Bombing of Callos (First mentioned)
• Cantham House Meetings (Mentioned only)
• Clone Wars (Mentioned only)
• Corellian Treaty (First appearance)
• Great Jedi Purge
  • Battle of the TIE Fighter Construction Facility (First appearance)
  • Duel on Death Star I (First appearance)
  • Duel on Felucia (First appearance)
  • Duel on Raxus Prime (First appearance)
  • First Mission to Corellia (First appearance)
  • Mission to Kashyyyk (First appearance)
  • Mission to Raxus Prime (First appearance)
  • Second Duel on Felucia (First appearance)
  • Second Battle of Kashyyyk (Vision to Galen Marek)
  • Skirmish on Cloud City (First appearance)
• Order 66 (Mentioned only)

[edit] Locations

[edit] Organizations and titles

[edit] Sentient species

[edit] Vehicles and vessels

[edit] Weapons and technology

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Cover gallery

The Force Unleashed preliminary cover.

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[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

•  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Continues the Star Wars Adventure This November on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Novel on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

The Force Unleashed series
Books: Novel | Art of the Game Campaign Guide | Game Guide Comics: Graphic Novel | Webstrip Other: Game | Soundtrack Toy Line | Miniatures