Children of the Jedi

Children of the Jedi

Author	Barbara Hambly
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Callista Trilogy Canon C
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science Fiction
Publisher	Bantam Spectra
Publication date	Hardcover: May 1, 1995 Paperback: July 1, 1996
Media type	Hardcover & Paperback
Pages	Hardcover: 345 Paperback: 409
ISBN	0-553-08930-7
Preceded by	Champions of the Force
Followed by	Darksaber

Children of the Jedi is a 1995 Star Wars novel by American writer Barbara Hambly. The novel is set several months after the Jedi Academy Trilogy in the Star Wars expanded universe timeline. Moreover, it serves as book one in a three book cycle involving Callista, an ex-Jedi Knight. The next book in the cycle is Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson. Hambly also wrote the final novel in the cycle, Planet of Twilight.

Plot

Characters

Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Callista

Summary

Han Solo and Princess Leia learn of the now-abandoned Jedi stronghold on the planet of Belsavis from Drub McKumb and travel there, only to discover a chilling conspiracy involving a Force-adept, members of the Ancient Houses and the Emperor's Hand who is able to change the programming of droids and mechanicals. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, two Jedi students (Nichos and Cray), and a myriad selection of alien life-forms along with a former stormtrooper are abducted aboard the sinister Eye of Palpatine, impossibly reactivated after thirty years. Fighting the effects of massive indoctrination, injury, and the cold manipulation by the ship's artificial intelligence and its horrific security measures, Luke discovers the Eye is bound for the destruction of Belsavis. Racing against time and exhaustion he struggles to rescue his companions; who are being held hostage as the Will has decided they are Rebel Saboteurs, find a way to transport all the ship's prisoners back to their home-worlds, and find a way to destroy the super-weapon. He makes an unexpected ally in the form of Callista, the brave Jedi who sacrificed her life to stop the ship thirty years before, and now exists as a fading spirit in the gunnery computers. Tenderness grows between them, but time is running out, and the destruction of the Eye will mean the final loss of Callista forever.

Beyond all hope, Callista is revived as a human when Cray chooses to die and be reunited with her dead lover Nichos and offers her body to the former Jedi. But everything has to be paid for, Callista loses her Jedi powers. Their love and trials continue in Darksaber and The Planet of Twilight.

Reception

As with all of Bantam Spectra's Star Wars releases from the mid-1990s, Children of the Jedi is a bestseller.

Notes

^ Blindreaders: Star Wars. URL accessed on January 4, 2006.

References

Children of the Jedi, 1st edition paperback, 1995. Barbara Hambly. ISBN 0-553-57293-8

External links

GFA Books: Children of the Jedi
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Children of the Jedi on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
Eye of Palpatine on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki

Star Wars Legends novels (1976–2014)

Film novelizations

Original trilogy	Episode IV: A New Hope (1976) Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Prequel trilogy	Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Early trilogies

The Han Solo Adventures (1979–1980)
The Adventures of Lando Calrissian (1983)

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Callista trilogy

X-wing

Rogue Squadron (1996)
Wedge's Gamble (1996)
The Krytos Trap (1996)
The Bacta War (1997)
Wraith Squadron (1998)
Iron Fist (1998)
Solo Command (1999)
Isard's Revenge (1999)
Starfighters of Adumar (1999)
Mercy Kill (2012)

The Hand of Thrawn

Specter of the Past (1997)
Vision of the Future (1998)

Galaxy of Fear

Eaten Alive (1997)
City of the Dead (1997)
Planet Plague (1997)
The Nightmare Machine (1997)
Ghost of the Jedi (1997)
Army of Terror (1997)
The Brain Spiders (1997)
The Swarm (1998)
Spore (1998)
The Doomsday Ship (1998)
Clones (1998)
The Hunger (1998)

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Jedi Apprentice

The Rising Force (1999)
The Dark Rival (1999)
The Hidden Past (1999)
The Mark of the Crown (1999)
The Defenders of the Dead (1999)
The Uncertain Path (2000)
The Captive Temple (2000)
The Day of Reckoning (2000)
The Fight for Truth (2000)
The Shattered Peace (2000)
The Deadly Hunter (2000)
The Evil Experiment (2001)
The Dangerous Rescue (2001)
The Ties That Bind (2001)
The Death of Hope (2001)
The Call to Vengeance (2001)
The Only Witness (2002)
The Threat Within (2002)
Special Edition #1: Deceptions (2001)
Special Edition #2: The Followers (2002)

The New Jedi Order

Vector Prime (1999)
Dark Tide I: Onslaught (2000)
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Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (2000)
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Balance Point (2000)
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Edge of Victory I: Conquest (2001)
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Star by Star (2001)
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Traitor (2002)
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Ylesia (2002)
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The Final Prophecy (2003)
The Unifying Force (2003)

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True Colors (2007)
Order 66 (2008)
501st (2009)

The Last of the Jedi

The Desperate Mission (2005)
Dark Warning (2005)
Underworld (2005)
Death on Naboo (2006)
A Tangled Web (2006)
Return of the Dark Side (2006)
Secret Weapon (2007)
Against The Empire (2007)
Master of Deception (2008)
Reckoning (2008)

Darth Bane series

Path of Destruction (2006)
Rule of Two (2007)
Dynasty of Evil (2009)

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The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (2010)
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The Joiner King (2005)
The Unseen Queen (2005)
The Swarm War (2005)

Legacy of the Force

Betrayal (2006)
Bloodlines (2006)
Tempest (2006)
Exile (2007)
Sacrifice (2007)
Inferno (2007)
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Revelation (2008)
Invincible (2008)

Fate of the Jedi

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Abyss (2009)
Backlash (2010)
Allies (2010)
Vortex (2010)
Conviction (2011)
Ascension (2011)
Apocalypse (2012)

Other trilogies
and series

Young Jedi Knights (1995–1998)
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Standalone

Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978)
The Truce at Bakura (1993)
The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994)
The Crystal Star (1994)
The New Rebellion (1996)
Shadows of the Empire (1996)
I, Jedi (1998)
Rogue Planet (2000)
Cloak of Deception (2001)
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (2001)
"Darth Maul: Saboteur" (2001)
The Approaching Storm (2002)
Legacy of the Jedi (2003)
Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine (2003)
A Forest Apart (2003)
Tatooine Ghost (2003)
Fool's Bargain (2004)
Survivor's Quest (2004)
Secrets of the Jedi (2005)
Labyrinth of Evil (2005)
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (2005)
Outbound Flight (2006)
Boba Fett: A Practical Man (2006)
Allegiance (2007)
Death Star (2007)
Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (2008)
Millennium Falcon (2008)
The Clone Wars (2008)
Death Troopers (2009)
Gambit: Stealth (2010)
Crosscurrent (2010)
Knight Errant (2011)
Choices of One (2011)
Darth Plagueis (2012)
Scoundrels (2013)
Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void (2013)
Crucible (2013)
Maul: Lockdown (2014)

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