Legacy of the Force

"There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet."

- Aaron Allston in an interview



Legacy of the Force, also known as LOTF, is a 9-book series contained in the Legacy era, set five years after the events of the Dark Nest Crisis. It deals with the fall of Jacen Solo to the dark side of the Force, mentored by the returning villain Lumiya. The backdrop to this story arc is the conflict between Corellia and the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, which later erupts into a full-scale war. The books are written in a cycle of Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, Troy Denning repeated three times, with Denning finishing the series with the ninth novel, Invincible. Also, books one, five, and nine are hardcovers, giving each author the opportunity to write a hard-bound book.

Legacy of the Force also saw the return of Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian, Thrackan Sal-Solo, and Natasi Daala, amongst other characters. The new generation was being primed, which in turn lead to speculation that one of the major movie characters (Luke, Leia, Han) would die. Ultimately, however, all three survived to the end of the series.

The novels Crosscurrent, Millennium Falcon, and the 9-book hardcover series Fate of the Jedi will be a follow up to the series, further expanding the Legacy era.

Novels

 * Betrayal by Aaron Allston&mdash;May 30, 2006
 * Bloodlines by Karen Traviss&mdash;August 29, 2006
 * Tempest by Troy Denning&mdash;November 28, 2006
 * Exile by Aaron Allston&mdash;February 27, 2007
 * Sacrifice by Karen Traviss&mdash;May 29, 2007
 * Inferno by Troy Denning&mdash;August 28, 2007
 * Fury by Aaron Allston&mdash;November 27, 2007
 * Revelation by Karen Traviss&mdash;February 26, 2008
 * Invincible by Troy Denning&mdash;May 13, 2008

Returning characters
Legacy of the Force has seen the re-emergence of several characters, both from the EU and from the films, who had until the series been untouched by EU literature for some time. Most notably the Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya made her first appearance in a novel in Betrayal, and Boba Fett, last seen in a cameo role in The Unifying Force, re-entered the galactic scene in Bloodlines. Other characters, such as Thrackan Sal-Solo, Gilad Pellaeon, and Ailyn Vel, as well as Lumiya, had their story-arcs brought to a conclusion.

Character deaths
The series saw a number of major character deaths, more than even the New Jedi Order series, which was longer and itself controversial for the number of deaths in it.

Deaths of pre-existing characters
As in The New Jedi Order, there were several characters whose deaths were mentioned but not depicted, including Lensi, Twool, Liegeus Vorn, the World Brain, which was wounded in Tempest and who is mentioned as dead, and Reh'mwa, who never made an appearance in a novel but is mentioned previously and is mentioned as dying in the series.

Unresolved issues
As the series concluded many issues were yet to be resolved, and many questions unanswered although it is likely that these issues will be resolved in the Fate of the Jedi series.
 * The transition from the current government to that found in Star Wars: Legacy.
 * Vergere's true plans for Jacen have still not been brought into the light. But what may be a retcon, Vergere was indeed a Sith trained under Palpatine.

Behind the scenes
When a nine-book series was first proposed in 2004, it was originally slated to be set in the Sith Era. It is unknown when in the era the series would have taken place, but Sue Rostoni said the following on the forums at starwars.com:

About a month later, Rostoni posted the following information in the thread: