Legacy of the Force



Legacy of the Force 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 Alliance, 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 sees the return of Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian and Thrackan Sal-Solo, amongst other characters. The new generation is almost being primed, leading to speculation that one of the major movie characters (Luke, Leia, Han) will die; something that eventually did not happen.

When asked about a post-LOTF series possibly dealing with an adult Ben Skywalker confronting Jacen Solo as a Sith Lord at the CIV LOTF panel Sue Rostini said that although they are still working on LOTF there will definitely be books set after LOTF. Recently Sue Rostoni at the TOS VIP message boards has said they have discussed plans with a yet to be named publisher and has said there are plans for a series set after Legacy of the Force as well as a series set in the Old Republic.

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

LFL timeline of series
"BETRAYAL begins approximately 4 months into year 40 ABY (based on a 12-month/368-day calendar)...something like 122 days into year 40 ABY."

- Sue Rostoni


 * Day 1: Jacen and Ben inspect the Dammant Killers company on Adumar.
 * Day 7: Wedge is kidnapped and taken to Coruscant.
 * Day 9: Han and Leia meet Prime Minister Aidel Saxan on Corellia. Ben and Jacen disable Centerpoint.
 * Day 11: Luke meets with Pellaeon to discuss the situation at Corellia.
 * Day 17: The attack in Toryaz Station. Saxan is killed.
 * Day 21: Jacen and Ben meet Nelani.
 * Day 23: Jacen questions Brie and decides to go to her asteroid home.
 * Day 24: The ghost battles. Jacen kills Nelani. Han and Wedge's successful mission at Tralus.
 * Day 25: Bloodlines begins. Fett captures H'buk.
 * Day 26: Leia and Han learn that Thrackan has a contract out on Han. Fett's doctor tells him he is dying.
 * Day 27: The explosion on Coruscant.
 * Day 28: On Coronet, Gejjen, Leia, and Han meet in a café and discuss deposing Thrackan. Leia kills an assassin on the Falcon. Jacen visits the rebuilt Jedi Temple and walks back in time exploring Anakin Skywalker's emotions. The Corellian Sanctuary has been desecrated. Fett meets Mirta Gev and hires her to take him to Ailyn.
 * Day 29: Luke senses that Lumiya has returned. Han and Leia return to Coruscant - the Falcon is in bad shape. The water supply in parts of Coruscant is contaminated.
 * Day 30: Jacen is appointed Colonel and heads the secret police to intern Corellians.
 * Day 31: Pellaeon resigns as Supreme Commander of the GA Defense Force - Niathal is appointed as his replacement.
 * Day 32: Han and Leia buy a shuttle and head back to Corellia. Jacen raids Jabi Town.
 * Day 33: Fett finds Taun We.
 * Day 34: Omas puts new emergency measures into effect.
 * Day 36: Ben finds three Corellian agents and a bounty hunter. Jacen arrests Habuur.
 * Day 39: Omas announces the Blockade of Corellia.
 * Day 42: Senate Building protest.
 * Day 43: Jacen kills Habuur. Fett meets with Thrackan.
 * Day 44: Han and Fett meet. Han agrees to get Jacen to release Habuur; Fett agrees to kill Thrackan. Jacen flow-walks back to Anakin Skywalker's era and believes Anakin's downfall was a result of faulty training.
 * Day 45: Mirta kills Thrackan. Jacen suspends Jaina from duty.
 * Day 46: Leia learns that Jacen killed Habuur while under interrogation and tells Jacen that Habuur is Fett's daughter. Ben kills two men harboring missile launchers.
 * Day 48: Jacen delivers Habuur's body. Fett takes Habuur's body and leaves for Mandalore.
 * Day 49: Jacen thinks he may have to kill Tenel Ka and Allana.
 * Day 51 Jaina and Zekk begin their duty at the Kiris Observation point.
 * Day 56: Tempest begins.
 * Day 59: Alema ambushes Tresina Lobi and, joined by Lumiya, kills Lobi. Han and Leia interrupt the assassination attempt on Tenel Ka and escape, taking Nashtah with them.
 * Day 62: Jacen puts out a search and detain warrant on his parents.
 * Day 69: Luke battles Lumiya; Mara battles Alema; space battle over Hapes; Meewalh and Cakhmaim are blown out of the Falcon when Jacen orders that it be fired upon.
 * Day 71: Exile begins
 * Day 97: Ben and Shaker arrive at Ziost in the Y-wing and begin their search for Faskus.
 * Day 98: Ben attacks Faskus and takes the Amulet. He tells Ben about Dyur, and succumbs to his wounds. Ben initially leaves Kiara behind, but after hearing a message from his parents about his 14th birthday,he returns to help her bury her father.
 * Day 106: Exile ends.
 * Day 108: Sacrifice begins. Ben and the Sith Meditation Sphere arrive in the Contruum system and board the Anakin Solo. He gives the Amulet of Kalara to Jacen.The Meditation Sphere is given to Lumiya.
 * Day 143: Sacrifice ends
 * Day 148: Inferno begins
 * Day 170: Inferno ends
 * Day 175: Fury begins
 * Day 198: Fury ends
 * Day 203: Revelation begins

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 has so far seen a number of major character deaths, nearly as many as in the New Jedi Order series, which was longer and itself controversial for the number of deaths in it.

Unresolved Issues
As the series concluded many issues were yet to be resolved, and many questions unanswered.
 * Zekk's fate has yet to be determined. Some speculate that he is dead, but Jaina clearly stated that she had not felt his death in the force.
 * Jaina has yet to decide between Zekk or Jagged Fel
 * 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:

"Shelly and I, and the authors, will be reading through all the comics and other material to decide where in time to set the series and what, if any, existing characters we want to use."

- Eeusu Estornii

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

"Hi -- I haven't read all the pages of posts, but there's been a change.... We've reconsidered where to set this 9-book series and have decided that the old Old Republic era may not be the best place. We're now seriously considering post-NJO, something like 35 years after A New Hope. The thinking is that there is more opportunity here for substantial storylines using characters that people already have feelings about, and the outcome wouldn't be known at the start of things. We still want to play in the Old Old Republic time frame, and will try to get a trilogy there. I hope you all aren't disappointed - I'm trying to gauge whether it's best to give you NO information at all, or information (like this) that's subject to change."

- Eeusu Estornii