(pb; 2011)
From
the back cover
“The
Clone Wars have yet to erupt when the Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the
Senate for support of an ambitious mission: to contact intelligent life and
colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. But government
bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start─until
Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political
capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.
“Or so
it would seem. The evil Sith Lord Darth Sidious has his own interests in the
Outbound Flight. Yet even he is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge.
Once under way, the starship crosses paths with the forces of the alien Chiss
Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind known as ‘Thrawn.’ Thus what begins as
a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for
survival.”
Review
Outbound is good, fun read. It has solid,
steady character and plot build-up, lots of starship battles, and personal and
political scheming, elements that flavor, structure and set up future Star Wars tales. Of course, there’s Jedi
action as well. This is worth reading, maybe worth owning for a few bucks.
Side-note: Outbound
is set five years after the 2001 film Star Wars: Episode I ─The Phantom Menace.
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