The Jedi dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the Order’s most gifted diplomatic minds, to investigate the crime and maintain the balance that has begun to dangerously shift. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers.Īfter an explosion devastates Cato Neimoidia, the jewel of the Trade Federation, the Republic is blamed and the fragile neutrality of the planet is threatened. Battle lines are being drawn throughout the galaxy. “ Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bond as Jedi Knights. Once again, Palpatine is playing his 4-D chess here, and basically fighting a fake war against himself, as he always does prior to his rise to power. Palpatine also really starts his campaign of coercion to Anakin in earnest, becoming someone that Anakin’s sees as a mentor and friend, when in reality a seed of doubt and lust for power are being drilled into his head. Anakin gathers up attachment after attachment here, reminiscing about his now deceased mother, both angering and saddening him, as well as his secret marriage to Padme that results in him sneaking around behind everyone’s back.

While the book does have a “main plot” involving the aftermath of a terrorist attack Cato Neimoidia, the meat and potatoes of the story involve Obi Wan letting go of his padawan and seeing him as an equal for once, and Anakin’s gradual slide to The Dark Side. Taking place soon after Star Wars: Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars – Brotherhood shows Anakin Skywalker at the absolute beginnings of his tenure as a Jedi Knight Just prior to the Clone Wars movie.

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