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The New Jedi Order, also known as New Jedi Order, or by its acronym, NJO, is a series of 27 science fiction stories set in the Star Wars universe 25-30 years ABY. Its primary plotline involves an invasion of the Star Wars galaxy by the Yuuzhan Vong and the after effects, but over the series a great many changes occur in the lives of characters on both sides of the conflict.

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The Series

The series, published from 1999-2003, is a collaboration by the following authors: R. A. Salvatore, Michael A. Stackpole, James Luceno, Kathy Tyers, Troy Denning, Greg Keyes, Elaine Cunningham, Aaron Allston, Matthew Stover, Walter Jon Williams, Shane Dix, and Sean Williams. Various parts of the series have been published in novel, magazine, and e-book format. However, the series is mainly made up of 19 novels. Also, there were four cancelled novels in the series. The series was continued in 2005 with The Dark Nest Trilogy by Troy Denning, who has written several novels for the original series.

The New Jedi Order entries

Notes

  • All entries are in novel form unless stated otherwise with a special letter.
  • (E) stands for an ebook novella which is found only online or combined with other books.
  • (S) stands for a short story usually found in Star Wars Insider

The New Jedi Order

The Dark Nest Trilogy

Character deaths

Many major characters die within the New Jedi Order, distinctly setting it apart from typical Star Wars stories. In most New Jedi Order books a major character dies, and several of those who die are of key importance to the series. It should also be noted that this is the one of the few Star Wars series in which characters not introduced in that series are killed off. What follows is only a partial list.

Deaths of major characters introduced in the series

Characters not introduced in the series who are killed in the war

Characters not introduced in the series who die of natural causes

The New Order vs. The Old Order

The Order itself is philosophically distinct from the Jedi Order of the Old Republic by a new Jedi Code and broadened view of the Force. The Order's titular head is Luke Skywalker, but other senior Jedi such as Kyle Katarn, Mara Jade and Kyp Durron have significant say in the Order's activities. The Order during the Yuuzhan Vong incursion polarizes into two major factions: that of Luke Skywalker, who feels that the Force should be used peacefully, like the Old Republic-era Jedi; and the faction of Kyp Durron, who holds that the Jedi should take a proactive, aggressive stance against enemies, hoping that in that way to live up to the Jedi's roles as "protectors" of the galaxy.

Video

Official Video

In 1999, Mark Hamill reprised his role as Luke Skywalker in a brief speaking role for the series. Hamill spoke as Luke in a TV commercial for the first novel in the series, Vector Prime. In the commercial, Luke recalls the state that the galaxy is in at the present, compared to the times of the Empire.

The animated project

A project by a group of fans is underway to create an animated show based on the series. The link to this project can be found here.

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