![]() ![]() Jacen’s original conceit was that he would succeed in creating a stable and peaceful galaxy where his Sith predecessors failed because 1) he does not desire power for personal gain, like Sidious did, and 2) he is willing to sacrifice his emotional attachments, whereas Vader wasn’t.Ĭaedus has followed those tenets so far. Now that Jacen is definitively Darth Caedus, it seems like a good time to reflect on how his path has mirrored that of Darths Sidious and Vader. ![]() (As it turns out, Luke is “dead.” But of course he was just faking his death in the Force I bet this fooled exactly zero readers.) The storyline, which saw Jacen kill Mara in the previous book, has gotten so grim that I almost laughed out loud during a rather clichéd sequence where Leia goes still with a feeling in the Force and Han assumes Jaina is dead. It’s an appropriate time for that transition, because the new Dark Lord of the Sith significantly adds to his evil tally here – tricking Ben into killing former Chief of State Omas, threatening the Jedi Academy at Ossus, and burning the trees and cities of Kashyyyk to the ground.Īn unusually tight 289-page offering from Troy Denning, “Inferno” is an enjoyable enough read, but sometimes it skirts the edge of parody. “Inferno” (2007), the sixth book of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, is the one where Jacen begins referring to himself as Darth Caedus in the scenes told from his perspective. ![]()
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