Vector Prime
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| Author | R. A. Salvatore |
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| Cover artist | Cliff Nielsen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The New Jedi Order Canon C |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
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Publication date
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Hardcover: October 5, 1999 Paperback: July 5, 2000 |
| Media type | Hardcover & Paperback |
| Pages |
Hardcover: 400 Paperback: 398 |
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| Preceded by | Crisis at Crystal Reef |
| Followed by | Dark Tide: Onslaught |
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - Vector Prime is a science fiction novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore and published in 1999. It is the first installment of the New Jedi Order series set in the Star Wars universe. The book has received much controversy for the death of a prominent character from the films (the first and only time a major film character has been killed off in the Star Wars expanded universe), despite George Lucas's approval. On its release, the book was featured on the New York Times Hardcover Bestseller List.
The alien race known as the Yuuzhan Vong are preparing for their invasion on the Star Wars galaxy by covertly disrupting the peace established by that of the New Republic ever since the fall of the Galactic Empire years previously. These distractions allow for the specialist warrior caste, the Praetorite Vong, to establish a base on the frozen backwater world of Helska IV. But though they settle on Helska IV as secretly as possible, it is noticed nevertheless by the members of the ExGal-4 base on the nearby world of Belkaden, which is also infiltrated by a Yuuzhan Vong agent named Yomin Carr. Three ExGal-4 members go to Helska IV to investigate, and two are killed by the Praetorite Vong, while the remaining one, Danni Quee, is captured and tortured for experimentation. Back on Belkaden, Yomin Carr readies the planet for Vong habitation by poisoning the world as the initial step in terraforming, and he kills the remaining Ex-Gal-4 scientists personally.
Meanwhile, the Skywalker-Solo family, who, like the New Republic, are unaware of the Yuuzhan Vong threat, decide to take a vacation from the bureaucratic troubles of the Republic and visit Lando Calrissian at his industrious planet of Dubrillion. There, they see the liftoff of Jedi Master Kyp Durron's Dozen-and-Two Avengers X-wing squadron, whose purpose is to protect the galaxy from criminals and pirates. Lando, meanwhile, asks Luke Skywalker and his wife Mara Jade to investigate what is happening on the world of Belkaden with R2-D2. They go, and Mara gets into a fight with Yomin Carr that she wins by killing him. This is despite her sickness that the Yuuzhan Vong had given her through their agent, Nom Anor.
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