Outbound Flight
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| Author | Timothy Zahn |
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| Cover Artist | Dave Seeley |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Era | Prequel |
| Galactic Year | 27 BBY |
| Canon | C |
| Subject(s) | Star Wars |
| Genre(s) | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
| Released | 25 October 2005 |
| Media Type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 464 |
| Size and Weight | 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches 1.6 pounds |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-45683-1 |
| Preceded by | The Final Showdown |
| Followed by | The Approaching Storm |
- This article is about the novel. For the event in Star Wars history, see Outbound Flight Project
Outbound Flight is a novel set in the Star Wars galaxy that was released on October 25, 2005. It is written by Timothy Zahn, bestselling author of the popular Thrawn Trilogy, to which this novel is a prequel. The book was released by Del Rey, first in hardcover, then in paperback in January 2007. The cover art is by Dave Seeley.
[edit] Story
The book, which is set five years after Star Wars—Episode I: The Phantom Menace, tells the story of the mysterious Outbound Flight Project mentioned in Heir to the Empire and Survivor's Quest.
The book's jacket describes the novel:
- " The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel, on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. Unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the successful launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward... and, ultimately, to fail.
- Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission's most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind best known as "Thrawn." Even Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student, Anakin Skywalker, cannot help avert disaster. Thus what begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds and the most diabolical of adversaries."
[edit] Characters
Characters featured in the novel include:
- Palpatine
- Kinman Doriana
- Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Thrawn
- Admiral Ar'alani
- Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano
- Syndic Mitth'ras'safis
- Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth
- Jedi Knight Lorana Jinzler
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Anakin Skywalker
- Jorj Car'das
- Dubrak "Rak" Qennto
- Maris Ferasi
[edit] External links
- The official Star Wars site's "First Look"
- Podcast - TFN podcast including Timothy Zahn talking about his upcoming Outbound Flight novel
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