Jedi Search: Star Wars Legends (The Jedi Academy): Volume 1 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (Star Wars: The Jedi Academy)

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children—the Jedi twins—will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins.... While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Hans and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret imperial research laboratory surrounded by a cluster of black holes—and go from one danger to a far greater one.... On Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, only to come face to face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han himself... Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years! As the war between the Republic and the scattered#160;#160;remnants of the Empire continues, two#160;#160;children--the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a#160;#160;universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges.#160;#160;In this time of turmoil and discovery, an#160;#160;extraordinary new Star Wars saga#160;#160;begins.... While Luke Skywalker takes the first#160;#160;step toward setting up an academy to train a new#160;#160;order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are#160;#160;taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to#160;#160;work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But#160;#160;when Hans and Chewie break away, they flee#160;#160;desperately to a secret imperial research laboratory#160;#160;surrounded by a cluster of black holes--and go from#160;#160;one danger to a far greater one.... On#160;#160;Kessel, Luke picks up the trail of his two friends,#160;#160;only to come face to face with a weapon so awesome,#160;#160;it can wipe out an entire solar system. It is a#160;#160;death ship called the Sun Crusher, invented by a#160;#160;reclusive genius and piloted by none other than Han#160;himself... Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years! Overview: Star Wars Legends, formerly known as Expanded Universe (or abbreviated as EU), encompasses every one of the officially licensed, fictional background stories of the Star Wars universe, outside of the original six Star Wars films produced by George Lucas and certain other material such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars, created before April 25, 2014. It is derived from and includes most official Star Wars–related books, comic books, video games, spin-off films, television series, toys, and other media created before the date. This material expands and continues the stories told in the films, taking place anywhere from over 36,000 years before The Phantom Menace to 136 years after Return of the Jedi. The issue of which aspects are canon was one of the most hotly debated topics among fans. As Luke Skywalker establishes a training program for Jedi Knights, he learns that Han Solo and Chewbacca have been taken prisoner on another planet