Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:54:22 EST
From: <DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Splinter of a Mind's Eye
 <BzGEJp.FLt@dcs.ed.ac.uk>

In article <BzGEJp.FLt@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, smp@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Samuel Penn) says:
>
>In article <1992Dec16.110915.2216@nuscc.nus.sg> law30056@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN
>KEN HWEE) writes:
>>Wasn't Vader killed or thrown into a bottomless pit or something in
>>Splinter of the Mind's Eye?
>>
>>I read it when I was 10-12 as well.  Can't say I remember much of it
>>except Leia tried fighting with a l/s (against the big guy in black?)
>>
>>There was also a scene where they tried firing a blaster at D/Vader.
>
>After crash landing on Mimban (I think that was the planets name), Luke
>and Leia meet up with some old woman (I can't remember her name), who
>is force sensitive, and has a small splinter of some crystal which has
>the ability to amplify force powers (hence The Splinter of the Minds
>Eye).
>
>To cut a long story short, they get captured by imperials, escape, get
>captured by ewok-type creatures, escape and finally find the crystal as

  I think the creatures on Mimban were called "Yuzzum", a name that
 was later used peripherally in ROTJ.  In fact, the Yuzzum were
 at one point intended to be another species inhabiting Endor with
 the Ewoks, but ended up being "included" only as "extras" in
 Jabba's palace.

>Vader turns up. This is in an old temple in the middle of the jungle.
>For some reason, the roof collapses, trapping Luke, so Leia grabs his
>l/s and fights Vader, and doesn't do TOO badly, but Vader eventually
>cuts her up (not fatally of course), then Luke frees himself, and
>starts fighting Vader himself. It ends with Vader loosing his arm, and
>then falling down some bottomless pit. Luke grabs the crystal, heals
>Leia and himself, then end of story.
>
>Okay, that's about ruined it for anyone planning to read it some
>time, though as far as I'm aware the book is no longer available in
>print (well, I haven't been able to find any of the Han Solo or Lando
>one's, so I presume the same goes for SOFME as well).
>
>The woman's name started with a B (I'm sure). Damn! I hate it when

  Offhand, I think it was "Halla".

>I forget a name like that... Oh well, I'll look it up tommorrow when
>I go home (yes I've got SOFME, but not with me at uni, and I did have
>all the Han Solo books as well, but I sold them all (something I
>regret to this day)).
>
>Oh well. Happy Xmas everyone!
>
>--
>
>Sam (aka The Eternal Halfling).  | "Ilharessen zhaunhil alurl"
>smp@uk.ac.ed.dcs                 | ---------------------------
>samuelp@uk.ac.ed.castle          |   STMFD junk,{intel,unix}
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