Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter

Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is a novel that takes place shortly before Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Narration for the audio version was performed by Michael Cumpsty. The story Darth Maul: Saboteur by James Luceno is published as a 54-page insert in the paperback version of Shadow Hunter. Before, Saboteur was only available in eBook form.

Back cover
For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again&hellip;

Inside flap
Darth Maul, merciless apprentice of evil and one of the legendary Sith, a twisted order given over to the dark side of the Force&hellip;Darth Maul, champion of the nefarious Sith Lord, Darth Sidious&hellip;Darth Maul, a legend sprung to life from the nightmares of history, about to be unleashed&hellip;In an all-new tale of intrigue and mystery set just before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

''After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. He meets secretly with his Neimoidian contacts in the Trade Federation to plan the blockade of the planet Naboo. But one member of the delegation is missing, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.''

''On Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, the Neimoidian moves quickly to sell what he knows to the highest bidder. For Lorn Pavan, an information broker, the deal is too good to pass up. He grabs it, unaware that he has now earned a place on Darth Maul's hit list, right behind the Neimoidian defector himself.''

''Meanwhile, a young Jedi Padawan by the name of Darsha Assant stands on the verge of ascension to Jedi Knighthood. A single mission will be her test. But a greater test awaits her. For in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant's own dark side, she will cross paths with Lorn, who is fleeing from the Sith stalker, carrying with him crucial information that must reach the Jedi Council at all costs.''

''The future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?''

Paperback
''After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.''

''But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right at the top of Darth Maul's hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood. Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadlist killers in the galaxy?''

Plot summary
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is told in two parts: "Mean Streets" and "Labyrinth".


 * For a detailed summary of "Mean Streets", see subpage: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter/Mean Streets
 * For a detailed summary of "Labyrinth", see subpage: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter/Labyrinth

Excerpt

 * Del Rey - Excerpt from Chapter 1

Characters

 * Darsha Assant; Jedi Padawan (female Human)
 * Bilk; bodyguard (male Gamorrean)
 * Anoon Bondara; Jedi Master (male Twi'lek)
 * Chain; Duelist Elite
 * Cudgel; Duelist Elite
 * Daultay Dofine; Trade Federation (male Neimoidian)
 * Adi Gallia; Jedi Master (female Human)
 * Gorth; bodyguard (male Trandoshan)
 * Nute Gunray; Trade Federation Viceroy (male Neimoidian)
 * Rune Haako; Settlement Officer, Trade Federation (male Neimoidian)
 * Hachete; Duelist Elite
 * I-5YQ; protocol droid (Masculine programming)
 * Qui-Gon Jinn; Jedi Master (male Human)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi; Jedi Padawan (male Human)
 * Plo Koon; Jedi Master (male Kel Dor)
 * Eeth Koth; Jedi Master (male Zabrak)
 * Mahwi Lihnn; bounty hunter (female Human)
 * Darth Maul; Dark Lord of the Sith (male Zabrak)
 * Hath Monchar; Deputy Viceroy, Trade Federation (male Neimoidian)
 * Nig; member of the Raptors (male Gotal)
 * Oolth; secretary, Black Sun (male Fondorian)
 * Lorn Pavan; information broker (male Human)
 * Dal Perhi; Black Sun (male Human)
 * Rapier; Duelist Elite
 * Tuden Sal; restaurant owner (male Sakiyan)
 * Darth Sidious; Sith Master (male Human)
 * Mace Windu; Jedi Master (male Korun)
 * Yanth; Black Sun Vigo (male Hutt)
 * Yoda; Jedi Master (male Yoda's species)
 * Zippa; merchant (male Toydarian)
 * "Green Hair"; Raptor gang leader (male Human)

Mentions

 * Depa Billaba; Jedi Master (female Chalactan)
 * Bant Eerin; Jedi Padawan (female Mon Calamari)
 * Exar Kun; Sith Lord (male Human)
 * Jax Pavan; Jedi Padawan (male Human)
 * Siena Pavan; Lorn Pavan's wife (female Human)
 * Saesee Tiin; Jedi Master (male Iktotchi)

Creatures

 * armored rat
 * bantha
 * blight beetle
 * Corellian banshee bird
 * crystal snake
 * dewback
 * dragon snake
 * granite slug
 * green flea
 * hawk-bat
 * Krayt dragon
 * mynock
 * rancor
 * rankweed sucker
 * ronto
 * Sarlacc
 * spider-roach
 * taozin

Droid models

 * auditor droid
 * battle droid
 * Duelist Elite
 * forensics droid
 * MD-5 medical droid
 * police droid
 * protocol droid

Locations

 * Black Hole of Nakat
 * Coruscant
 * Eastport
 * Galactic Museum
 * Jedi Temple
 * Jedi Council
 * Kaldani Spires Residential Apartments
 * Manarai Mountains
 * Trantor Center
 * Zi-Kree Sector
 * Third Quadrant
 * Crimson Corridor
 * Barsoom Boulevard
 * Dewback Inn
 * Green Glowstone Tavern
 * Tusken Oasis
 * Galactic Core
 * Alderaan
 * Magataran Maelstrom
 * Neimoidia
 * fungus farm
 * Ord Mantell
 * Outer Rim Territories
 * Adega System
 * Roon
 * Tatooine
 * Dune Sea
 * Jundland Wastes
 * Mos Eisley
 * Yavin
 * Sarconia
 * Wild Space

Organizations

 * Black Sun
 * BlasTech
 * Coruscant Customs Bureau
 * Galactic Republic
 * Galactic Senate
 * Jedi
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan
 * Raptors
 * Sith
 * Dark Lord of the Sith
 * Sith Master
 * Trade Federation
 * Trang Robotics

Races and species

 * Arcona
 * Baragwin
 * Bith
 * Bothan
 * Chevin
 * Corellian
 * Coruscanti
 * Cthon
 * Devaronian
 * Duros
 * Fondorian
 * Gamorrean
 * Givin
 * Gotal
 * Gran
 * H'nemthe
 * Human
 * Hutt
 * Kubaz
 * Mrlssi
 * Neimoidian
 * Nikto
 * Quarren
 * Rodian
 * Saurin
 * Sakiyan
 * Snivvian
 * Sullustan
 * Toydarian
 * Trandoshan
 * Twi'lek
 * lekku
 * Yoda's species
 * Wookiee
 * Zabrak

Food and beverages

 * agaric ale
 * Alderaan stew
 * chakroot
 * Johrian whiskey
 * mulch mold
 * spice
 * glitterstim

Materials

 * Adegan crystal
 * carbonite
 * durasteel
 * ferrocrete
 * fleekskin
 * plaeklite
 * plasteel
 * pleekwood
 * shell spider silk
 * synthflesh
 * transparisteel

Tools and weapons

 * aquata breather
 * ascension gun
 * blast shield
 * blaster
 * DH-17 blaster pistol
 * DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
 * V-90
 * comlink
 * comm station
 * wrist comm
 * electroshock net
 * force pike
 * glop grenade
 * laser
 * laser cannon
 * lightsaber
 * double-bladed lightsaber
 * liquid-cable launcher
 * MM9 mini concussion rocket
 * palm flechette shooter
 * plasma grenade
 * plasma torch
 * power wrench
 * spider silk armor
 * Stalker armor
 * stun baton
 * stun cuffs
 * stun grenade
 * stygium crystal cloaking device
 * teräs käsi
 * Charging Wampa
 * Dancing Dragonsnake
 * Death Weave
 * förräderi
 * Rancor Rising
 * Riding Bantha
 * Striking Sarlacc
 * turbolaser
 * vibroblade
 * vibroknife

Other

 * activation reader (p. 274-75)
 * airlock
 * antistress capsule
 * carbon freezing
 * carbon-freezing chamber
 * chrono
 * CO2 reactive damper
 * credit
 * Cybot G7 powerbus cable
 * dataport
 * decicred
 * dejarik
 * field energizer
 * flux aperture
 * hi-lo ball
 * holocron
 * Sith Holocron
 * hologram
 * holograph
 * holomap
 * HoloNet
 * holoprojector
 * holoscreen monitor
 * hookah
 * hyperdrive
 * Mark Ten sensor suite
 * Neimoidian headgear
 * omni box
 * photoreceptor
 * power cell
 * refresher
 * repulsor
 * sabacc
 * slidewalk
 * stabilizing ring
 * turbolift
 * ultrasound cleaner
 * vocabulator

Vehicles and vessels

 * airspeeder
 * ARE Thixian 7
 * Dreadnought
 * gyrocraft
 * hoverbus
 * N-1 starfighter
 * police cruiser backup unit
 * Saak'ak
 * Sith Infiltrator
 * Sith speeder
 * Skycar
 * skyhook
 * skyhopper
 * speeder bike

Miscellanea

 * 1138
 * Blockade of Naboo
 * Chut-chut!, Nifft!, Pfah! - phrases (p. 20-1)
 * Galactic Basic Standard
 * Gimer stick
 * Great Sith War
 * Midi-chlorian
 * The Force
 * Force Push
 * Mind Trick
 * Saber throw
 * Jakka
 * Jedi Code
 * Scientific Galactica
 * Tyrusian mangler

New characters

 * Darsha Assant
 * Bilk
 * Anoon Bondara
 * Gorth
 * I-5YQ
 * Mahwi Lihnn
 * Jax Pavan
 * Lorn Pavan
 * Siena Pavan
 * Dal Perhi
 * Tuden Sal
 * Yanth
 * Zippa

New creatures

 * blight beetle
 * Corellian banshee bird
 * green flea
 * rankweed sucker
 * taozin

New locations

 * Black Hole of Nakat
 * fungus farm
 * Kaldani Spires Residential Apartments
 * Magataran Maelstrom
 * Sarconia
 * Trantor Center
 * Zi-Kree Sector
 * Third Quadrant
 * Crimson Corridor
 * Barsoom Boulevard
 * Green Glowstone Tavern
 * Tusken Oasis

New organizations

 * Coruscant Customs Bureau
 * Raptors

New vehicles and vessels

 * ARE Thixian 7
 * police cruiser backup unit

New weapons and technology

 * CO2 reactive damper
 * plaeklite
 * shell spider silk
 * spider silk armor
 * V-90

New miscellanea

 * agaric ale
 * Charging Wampa
 * Dancing Dragonsnake
 * Death Weave
 * fleekskin
 * förräderi
 * hi-lo ball
 * jakka
 * Johrian whiskey
 * mulch mold
 * pleekwood
 * Rancor Rising
 * Riding Bantha
 * Scientific Galactica
 * Striking Sarlacc
 * Tyrusian mangler

Behind the scenes

 * Just before Lorn Pavan is killed by Darth Maul, he considers his experience over the last 48 hours to be a Pyrrhic victory. This term, however, has no apparent place in-universe; in fact, it is derived from a battle involving "King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the Romans during the Pyrrhic War at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC."
 * The term 'Phyrric victory' was also used in the audio book of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.

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