Leia comes to terms with her fatherвЂ™s legacy and sets it right with the downtrodden Noghri people, gaining important allies in the process. Luke learns more about settling disputes among citizens from CвЂ™boath, who metes out his own harsh brand of justice. With more of a focal point to most of the proceedings and adventures with their own lessons for Luke and Leia, Dark Force Rising is a big improvement over Heir to the Empire. Dark Force Rising was the second in the trilogy, following Heir to the Empire. Review: In LucasfilmвЂ™s first attempt at reviving the Star Wars franchise in the early 90вЂ™s, they released a trilogy of sequel books penned by author Timothy Zahn depicting the further adventures of Luke and the gang after Return of the Jedi. Luke and Mara join Han and Lando to thwart the EmpireвЂ™s attempt to take the Katana fleet in a huge space battle, but Thrawn succeeds in taking all but 15 of the Dreadnaughts and Mara Jade is knocked unconscious in a crash during battle. After Leia realizes that Vader tricked the Noghri people into being indebted to the Empire whereby the Empire enslaved the Noghri people, Leia helps the Noghri by freeing them and rebuilding their world. As well, Leia, Chewie and C3PO are summoned by the Noghri to their homeworld of Honoghr after they discover that Leia is a daughter of Vader whom they worship. When Mara Jade also appears, Juke and Mara fight CвЂ™boath and escape. Meanwhile, Luke is summoned by Jorus CвЂ™boath to the planet Jomark where Luke trains under CвЂ™boath until Luke realizes that CвЂ™boath is dangerously mad. When Thrawn captures an associate of KarrdeвЂ™s who also knows where the fleet is, Thrawn uses the EmperorвЂ™s storehouse at Mount Tantiss to clone fresh new troopers to staff the fleet and sets out to find it. Talon Karrde happens upon the fleet in a lucky accident. The fleet suffered a disease that drove the crew mad who вЂњslavedвЂќ the controls of all ships in the fleet to the Katana and sent them into hyperspace, never to be heard from again. Plot: Before the Clone Wars, The Old Republic constructed a fleet of 200 вЂњDreadnaughtвЂќ class ships (forerunners to the Destroyers) with the flagship being called the Katana, causing the fleet to be called the Katana Fleet. More quickly paced than its predecessor, but heavy on the political negotiations with a distinct lack of creatures and boisterous adventure that makes Star Wars what it is.

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