Star Wars: Aftermath
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| Author | Chuck Wendig |
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| Audio read by | Marc Thompson |
| Cover artist | Christopher M. Zucker |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
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Publication date
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September 4, 2015 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 379 (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | (first edition, hardback) |
| Followed by | Aftermath: Life Debt |
Star Wars: Aftermath is a Star Wars novel by Chuck Wendig, published on September 4, 2015 by Del Rey Books. Set soon after the events of the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, Aftermath is the first of a planned trilogy that will explore the time period between that film and 2015's The Force Awakens.
The novel is one of 20 projects in "Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens", a 2015 Star Wars publishing initiative to connect The Force Awakens with previous film installments. The Aftermath series features the characters Wedge Antilles, an X-wing fighter pilot from the original Star Wars film trilogy, and Imperial Admiral Rae Sloane, introduced as a captain in John Jackson Miller's 2014 novel A New Dawn. Wendig also introduces several new characters, including ex-Rebel pilot Norra Wexley, her teenage son Temmin "Snap" Wexley, Temmin's rebuilt B1 battle droid Mister Bones, the Zabrak bounty hunter Jas Emari, and the Imperial turncoat Sinjir Rath Velus, one of the first gay characters in Star Wars canon.
A sequel, Aftermath: Life Debt was published in 2016, and the third and final book in the series, Aftermath: Empire's End, is due in 2017.
Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine have fallen and the second Death Star has been destroyed, but the Rebel Alliance—now calling itself the New Republic—has yet to fully subdue the scattered forces of the Empire that remain. Stumbling upon a hub of Imperial activity on the Outer Rim planet Akiva, Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles is captured by Admiral Rae Sloane. Meanwhile, his wartime comrade Norra Wexley has also arrived on the planet to reunite with her teenage son Temmin. Former Imperial officer Sinjir Rath Velus, living quietly on Akiva following the disastrous Battle of Endor, is unhappy to find the Empire at his door, and Zabrak bounty hunter Jas Emari's latest contract leads her to a wealth of valuable targets.
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