- Allegiance (novel)
Infobox SW Books
name = Allegiance
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author =Timothy Zahn
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country = USA
language = English
era = Rebellion
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galactic_year = 0 ABY
canon = C
subject =Star Wars
genre =Science Fiction
publisher = Del Rey
release_date = January 2007
media_type =Hardcover
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followed_by =Splinter of the Mind's Eye "Allegiance" is a novel set in the "
Star Wars " galaxy released in January 2007 by Del Rey. The book was written byTimothy Zahn .tory
The story is set just after "". The book's subject is, according to Zahn, "...three different people and groups with allegiance issues."
ynopsis
The story was told in three parallel threads which eventually intertwined in the later part of the book.
Five members of the Imperial Stormtroopers attached to the Imperial Star Destroyer "Reprisal" began to have doubt about their work after being made to participate in massacre of innocents on planet Teardrop. The planet had a rebel base, but evacuated just moments before the "Reprisal" arrived. The Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) officers in charge of the operations had the innocent people killed anyway. Back on board the Star Destroyer, the ISB Major Dreflin made a mistake of pushing the stormtrooper too far and ended up killed by his own weapon. The five stormtroopers aboard realized official channels would get them nowhere, and managed to escape on board the ship "Suwantek". While on the run, their sense of honour and duty led them to seemingly unrelated incidents where they rescued local populace, and subsequently pursued a link to a pirate group named the Bloodscars operating in the Shelsha sector.
Leia was despatched to the Shelsha sector to meet three local representatives of the Rebellion. Luke, Han and Chewbacca went along as her escorts. They separated to pursue different leads, the men to investigate pirate attacks on the Rebel supply line, and Leia to a negotiation that the governor of Shelsea sector was going to declare independence and join the Rebellion.
Mara Jade was investigating corrupt Imperial moffs, and clues from stolen valuable artworks led her to Shelsha sector.
It was indicated in the original
Thrawn trilogy novels that Rebels (Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Leia Organa) met Mara Jade for the first time during the events of that same trilogy. As such, despite being in the same place at the same time on more than one occasion, the Rebels and Mara Jade did not actually see each other.Continuity
* The book includes a cameo appearance of a character based on Stacey, the heroine of the "
Pink Five " series of fanfilms, marking the first time a fan-created "Star Wars" character has ever crossed into the official canon.* The first hardcover printing has the time period mislabeled as taking place during the "Rise of the Empire/Prequel Trilogy" period instead of the correct time period, "Rebellion Era/Classic Trilogy."
External links
* [http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20060614.html StarWars.com First Look]
* [http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20040901.html Official Announcement]
* [http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=191426&start=0 Star Wars Message Board Topic]
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