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Plot Summary of Tatooine Ghost
"Lea Organa Solo had thought the beloved moss painting Killik Twilight had been lost in the destruction of her home planet Alderaan. When she learns that it is going to be auctioned off on the desert planet Tatooine she must try to recover it in order to get the Key Code that was hidden inside and save the Rebel telecommunications system Shadow Comm.

Once on Tatooine she starts to have force visions and feelings of familiarity. When the paniting is stolen from the auction to save it from the Imperials who are trying to purchase it for their new Admiral, she finds herself at the moisture farm that Luke Skywalker had grown up on. She learns that her grandmother, Shmi Skywalker, and her father, Anakin Skywalker, had been slaves.

This starts to change her feelings about the man that she only knew as Darth Vader. Before she leaves Sylva Darklighter gives her a journal they had found that belonged to her grandmother. During the race to recover the painting and the man, Kitster Banai, who had stolen it she listens to the journal and learns more about her past. She has trouble concentrating on fighting against the Imperials and Tusken Raiders when her feelings are so confused. Can she get herself and her husband and all those helping her off of Tatooine safely and figure out her true past at the same time?"

Somer Robb, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Tatooine Ghost
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - art
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - diplomat
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Desert
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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