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Plot Summary of Star Wars: Dark Journey
"The children of Han Solo and Princess Leia have escaped from the seemingly invincible Yuuzhan Vong, a race of warriors from outside the known galaxy. But Anakin Solo, the youngest of the family, was killed in the process and Jacen, twin brother to Jaina, was captured and possibly killed.
Now Jaina, hotshot pilot and young Jedi wavering on the edge of the Dark Side, must face a series of impossible challenges: stop the destruction of Hapes, a world full of refugees from the now-destroyed Coruscant; rescue her brother, and fight off political attempts to force her into the throne of the Hapan royalty.
Enlisting the help of several other young Jedi as well as Kyp Durron, a disreputable war criminal, Jaina turns her captured Vong frigate into a weapon of surprise. She learns how to jam the transmissions of the biotechnology used to control Vong warships, and leads the WarMaster to destroy some of his own forces by projecting her ID code onto their ships.
Jaina is obsessed with getting Jacen back alive, even when others believe he is dead.
The Vong religion venerates twins, however, and they are just as anxious to have Jaina returned to their custody for sacrifice.
Jaina's techniques work to save Hapes..for the moment..but she fails to rescue Jacen."

tiepilot912, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Star Wars: Dark Journey
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - Jedi powers
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - coping with mental/magical powers
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Escaping from behind enemy lines? Yes
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - can read emotions
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Age: - long-lived adults
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Terrain - Space, need spacesuit
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship - alien spaceship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - very controlled society
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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