In the Joiner King, the jedi who matured in the NJO are receiving a strange call from the unknown regions, a call for help. They go and are followed by Han and Leia Solo and Luke Skywalker. Upon investigation, they find out that the call is oringinating from a former jedi who has partially becoem a bug. A former jedi has led them into a new lifestlye and they are attacking the chiss people. As Luke and his friends try to figure out why they are being attacked by the bugs, who apparently have short memories, Jaina Solo and Zekk fall closer to being lost forever. They also find signs of a other, secert Dark Nest that is causing harm to the bugs. In the climax, the jedi must use their powers to surivive long enoug to report it back to known space! | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book - very upbeat FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Spying & Investigations Yes What is main char. doing? - unraveling a conspiracy Kind of series - Star Wars Descript. of chases or violence - 50 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 % If enemy is a group... - foreign govt Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's If magical mental powers: - telekinesis Main Adversary Identity: - bug Age: - long-lived adults Has magical powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Spaceship setting: - one or two man fighter/scoutship A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society Planet outside solar system? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |