The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny – The Way of the Jedi
Author: Ladybird
Released: 2 July 2009

Have you ever wanted to become a Jedi Knight? Well, now you can! From the chambers of the Jedi Temple you can travel to the forests of Kashyyyk and fight alongside the mighty Wookiees, or fly through space and battle bounty hunters in your starfighter.

With dozens of paths to choose from and codes to crack that link you to online games and dramatic animation – there’s a whole new adventure waiting for you with every read. Look inside and decide your destiny.

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Star Wars: The Complete Vader
Author: Ryder Windham and Peter Vilmur
Released: 1 Oct 2009

Ever since the first Star Wars film was screened in 1977, fans have been drawn to Darth Vader, the only character who links all six Star Wars films. Many books, both fiction and non fiction, have been written about the Dark Lord but only this one tells the complete story of the galaxy’s consummate villain.

From his early development by George Lucas, to the new legends created in comics and novels, The Complete Vader provides an overview of the character in all his incarnations. Going beyond the films to cover his further adventures in the Expanded Universe and beyond, the text combines new insight with collected interviews from pivotal behind-the-scenes figures, while more than 170 images illustrate our endless fascination with the Darth Vader and his story.

Combining the epic sweep of the myths surrounding the character with his powerful visual impact, this is a must-have for fans and collectors everywhere.

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Star Wars: The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Author: Stephen J. Sansweet
Released: 24 April 2009

The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia is a comprehensive boxed set of 3 volumes covering everything from Anakin to Zuckuss (the bounty hunter) in the Star Wars galaxy.

Packed with full-colour artwork and photos, this imposing tome takes in every incarnation of Star Wars, from the movies, including The Clone Wars, to radio dramas, comics, novels, cartoons, short stories, and video games, and covers every aspect: the galaxy s renowned, infamous and obscure inhabitants, the science and technology, history and geography, culture and biography, ecology and cosmology.

With a treasure-trove of information on over 30 years of Star Wars and a millennia in the galaxy far, far away this is the must-have centrepiece for every Star Wars library.

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Star Wars: Darth Bane – Dynasty of Evil
Author: Drew Karpyshyn
Released: 24/12/2009

Following on from Star Wars Darth Bane – Rule of Two the Sith are gone all except Darth Bane, creator of the Rule of Two, which states that the new Sith Order will consist of only two: a Master and an apprentice. But how does one train an apprentice whose ultimate goal and proof of success must be to kill the Master?

Darth Bane is beginning to suffer the effects of drawing heavily on the dark side of the Force for so many years. At the same time, he’s beginning to doubt his apprentice, Zannah, because she hasn’t yet tried to kill him and take his power. Is she weak? Unworthy of being his apprentice?

When he learns of an ancient Sith holocron that holds the secret to immortal life, he sends Zannah off on a mission and heads out to search for the holocron on his own. But Zannah is anything but weak, and now that she guesses his doubts, she decides the time is right to take him on.

The Forces of evil will clash in spectacular battle, with the future of the Sith hanging in the balance!

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Star Wars: Darth Bane – Rule of Two
Author: Drew Karpyshyn
Released: 26/12/2007

In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping portrait of a young man’s journey from innocence to evil. That man was Darth Bane, a twisted genius whose iron will, fierce ambition, and strength in the dark side of the Force made him a natural leader among the Sith – until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his own order and create it anew from the ashes. As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two.

Two there should be; no more, no less.
One to embody the power, the other to crave it.

Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.

But there is one who is determined to stop Darth Bane: Johun Othone, Padawan to Jedi Master Lord Hoth, who died at Bane’s hands in the last great Sith War. Though the rest of the Jedi scoff at him, Joshua’s belief that there are surviving Sith on the loose is unshakeable.

As Johun continues his dogged pursuit of the man who killed his master, Zannah, faced unexpectedly with a figure from her past, begins to question her embrace of the dark side. And Darth Bane is led by Force-induced visions to a moon where he will acquire astonishing new knowledge and power – power that will alter him in ways he could never have imagined.

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