![]() We get just the bare minimum of some personality and no background. First, the story barely scratches the surface of exploring Darth Maul as a character. Saboteur suffers from a couple of flaws that aren't really Luceno's fault. Luceno isn't my favorite Star Wars author, but I don't tend to actively dislike his books, I just find them a bit bland at times. As it was, I just suddenly began realizing some of the connections partway through when Tarkin makes a brief appearance, and I remembered that Luceno wrote that other novel as well. I feel like maybe I'll appreciate this story a bit more once I've re-read the novel it's supposed to tie-in with. Honestly, I'm not sure it isn't longer than some of the slimmer Jedi Apprentice volumes. I believe that makes it a "novelette," which is a term I don't hear very often. Review: As I hinted in my initial description of the publication history, this is a fairly short work, but too long to be a short story and too short to be a novella. The trick will be getting in and out with no one the wiser to his dark presence. Maul's skill at destruction are sure to serve him well here. Enter Darth Maul, who has been dispatched on his first solo mission to manipulate the situation to the advantage of the Trade Federation, thus securing his master the loyalty of a certain Nute Gunray. Summary: Two rival mining companies on the planet Dorvalla, InterGalactic Ore and Lommite Limited, are locked in a mutually-destructive struggle for control rife with sabotage and intrigue, but neither is quite devious enough to finish the other off. As a prequel to Cloak of Deception, it features (in addition to Darth Maul) many of the same characters and locations as the novel, including the planets Dorvalla and Eriadu, local governor Tarkin and various members of the Trade Federation, etc. Saboteur is set 33 years before the Battle of Yavin, 1 year before The Phantom Menace. ![]() He also collaborated on the 21-book Robotech series with his closer friend (and fellow Star Wars author) Brian Daley. Outside of Star Wars, Luceno has written several stand-alone novels and a few film adaptations. He has gone on to write several more Star Wars novels, including one of the first to be included in the new expanded universe continuity. Originally hired to help oversee the development of the New Jedi Order series, Luceno ended up writing three of the novels himself, including the final book. It was written by James Luceno as a prequel to his novel Cloak of Deception. ![]() It was later republished in the paperback of a novel released at the end of the year. Background: Darth Maul: Saboteur was published in early 2001 as the first Star Wars eBook. ![]()
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