Big news for Star Wars book fans and prequel lovers! This morning Random House Worlds, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House, announced a brand new Mace Windu novel by author Steven Barnes!
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I am always down for more Mace content. And our boy is shining on this cover…
Star Wars: Mace Windu – The Glass Abyss is current scheduled to come out on August 06, 2024 and takes place immediately after the Phantom Menace in the wake of Qui-Gon Jinn’s death.
Here’s the publisher description provided by Random House Worlds,
Jedi Master Mace Windu travels to a dangerous, remote planet on a mission that challenges even his deadly prowess-all to fulfill Qui-Gon’s last request.
The Jedi are reeling from Qui-Gon Jinn’s sudden death at the hands of a Sith. Jedi Master Mace Windu’s feelings about Qui-Gon have always been complicated, and have not been made any simpler in death. While they often disagreed, Mace valued Qui-Gon’s unique perspective, and their shared dedication to the Force made them allies. Without Qui-Gon and his unorthodox views, Mace feels out of balance.
While considering his fallen friend’s legacy, Mace is surprised to receive a final message from Qui-Gon, marked to be delivered to Mace on the event of Qui-Gon’s death. The message contains a last request: a plea to help the Outer Rim planet of Metagos.
Many years ago, a violent solar flare transformed the surface of the desert planet into a landscape of irradiated glass-as beautiful as it is dangerous. Now most of the surviving inhabitants live underground, where rival clans fight to control the planet’s limited resources. As a young Jedi, Qui-Gon protected the Sa’ad farming clan from the planet’s less scrupulous factions. The Sa’ad practice the art of dream-weaving, retaining their waking minds upon sleep in order to communicate and coexist with the wild creatures around them. Qui-Gon vowed to return if they ever required his aid, but now it falls to Mace to fulfill that promise. The Sa’ad’s leader, KinShan Nightbird, has begged for the Jedi’s help in freeing Megatos from the crime lords who threaten to eradicate her people’s way of life.
Intent on fulfilling Qui-Gon’s final wishes, Mace travels to Megatos and infiltrates the enemies of the Sa’ad. But as the Jedi Master investigates the intricate web of adversaries and allies, Mace finds himself pushed to the boundaries of the Jedi code, challenging his beliefs and his relationship to the Force itself.
Mace Windu – The Glass Abyss
StarWars.com caught up with author Steven Barnes and asked him why he wanted to make this book. Here’s what he had to say:
“I was thrilled to be asked to write The Glass Abyss, with an opportunity to explore Mace Windu,” Barnes tells StarWars.com. “I was busy with television work…but how could I pass THIS up? A chance to wield the purple lightsaber? Hah! So, with the support of a great team, I crafted a story of mystery, adventure, betrayal, and romance on a new planet, Metagos, a seething criminal cess-pool that was once a thriving and beautiful world, a place where a single supreme warrior, willing to risk all, can make the ultimate difference. At all times I remembered there is only one goal in writing such a book: to be true to the mythos, and thrill the fans. To give them the fun, suspense, and heart-stopping action they’ve come to expect from one of our greatest mythologies, and create more of an inner world for one of the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy. I can’t wait to share The Glass Abyss with the fans. Heck…I can’t wait to read it myself.“
With the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace coming next year (exactly one year from today!), it’s no surprise that we’re getting an influx of prequel-era content to celebrate the occasion.
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This announcement comes as we await the first issue of the recently announced, Star Wars: Mace Windu mini-series that kicks off in February 2024 from author Marc Berdadin and has teased a new important character for Mace’s character development, Anita Cruuz.
Plus Dark Horse Comics announced a series of nine different original graphic novels with four focusing on prequel-era characters; Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, and General Grievous.
So, if you’re a fan of the prequel-era Star Wars movies and Mace Windu you’ll be eating good in 2024.
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