Jedi Search

Jedi Search is Volume 1 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson.

Publisher's summary
'As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children&mdash;the Jedi twins&mdash;will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins&hellip;'

While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine.

But when Han and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret Imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes&mdash;and go from one danger to a far greater one&hellip;

''On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face-to-face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself&hellip;''