From: sarnath@nando.net (mdb) Date: 1996/05/08 DARKSABER Crow: As opposed to "light"saber. Get it? Tom: Shouldn't that be 'sabre'? by Kevin J. Anderson All: Boooo! Crow:Hisss! To Lillie E. Mitchell Joel Mitchel ! who does so much of the invisible work Crow:Oh, she's in charge of plot and character development. on these books, allowing me the freedom and the energy to tell my stories as fast as they want to come out of my head. Tom:Well I can understand their desire for a quick get away. The time is eight years after the battle of Endor. Grand Admiral Thrawn and the resurrected Emperor have been defeated and their forces scattered, Tom:But don't worry. They be back again before long. leaving only the bickering warlords to fight over the scraps of Imperial war machinery Joel The Battling Bickersons? deep in the Core Systems, far behind enemy lines. The renegade Admiral Daala is believed dead, Crow:So now her clone will have to take over for her. but with her lone remaining Star Destroyer Joel:Macaulay Culkin's dad? Tom:You say that as though it were a bad thing. she has limped back to the shelter of the tattered Empire, where she hopes one day to return to the fight for lost Imperial territory.... Tom: Originally she wanted revenge, but Lucas thought it was wrong for Imperial Admirals to seek revenge so now she just hopes to return. On Yavin 4 Joel: Citizens on Patrol... Luke Skywalker has formed an academy to reestablish the Jedi Knights, former guardians of the Old Republic. Crow:After all, they did such a good job of protecting everyone from the Empire last time. He has already taught many students how to use their powers with the Force; Tom:While his own sister struggles with basic Jedi card tricks. more canidates come, Joel:Muskee, Tsongas, Forbes,... While others decide to go forth and help safegaurd the fragile alliance of the New Republic. Crow:Like Bob Dornan and Alan Keyes! In recent months Luke has destroyed the automated Dreadnaught, Tom:I dread naught but the coming of more Star Wars novels. the Eye of Palpatine, and rescued the spirit of the Jedi woman Callista, who was trapped in the Dreadnaught's computer for decades. Joel: Don't make it sound harder than it really was. All Luke had to do was hit the Escape key. Luke has fallen Tom: Haven't they all... deeply in love with her, even as she inhabits the body of one of his lost students. Crow:Has she tried hitting the Home key? Though Callista is now alive again and free to love Luke Skywalker, Joel: While in another person's body? Isn't that just a *little* weird? she has inexplicably Tom: Inexplicably? Come on, Anderson, fess up. It's just a plot contrivence. lost all of her Jedi powers Crow: And her juggling ability... in the ordeal. Joel: You're going to tell *us* about ordeals? Luke is desperate Tom: He's not the only one. to find some way for Callista to get her abilities back. No matter where the search may lead him.... Joel: Has he tried the Genesis Planet?