The New Jedi Order : Dark Journey The New Jedi Order : Dark Journey , the tenth book in the " " series , is a novel by Elaine Cunningham , published on January 29 , 2002 . It contained an excerpt of " The Approaching Storm " . Publisher ' s summary . The New Jedi Order continues as Jaina Solo struggles with anger and despair after the Jedi Knights ' harrowing adventure behind enemy lines . " Though the Jedi strike force completed its deadly mission into Yuuzhan Vong territory , the price of success was tragedy : not everyone made it out alive . In a daring getaway , hotshot pilot Jaina Solo stole an enemy ship , taking along her fellow survivors — and leaving behind a huge piece of her heart . " " With the enemy in hot pursuit , Jaina is forced to seek haven in the unprotected , unfriendly Hapes Cluster , where the Jedi are held responsible for a past tragedy — and where the royal family has grim plans for their famous Jedi guest . Even more sinister are the intentions of the Yuuzhan Vong , desperate to capture Jaina for a hideous sacrifice . " " Grief - stricken and obsessed with revenge , Jaina is blind to these threats — and to the overpowering evil dangerously close to consuming her . In the coming conflagration , Jaina will be fighting not for victory or vengeance , but for her very being … " Plot summary . Taking place just after " " , Jaina Solo and the rest of the survivors from the Jedi Myrkr strike team , including Lowbacca , Zekk , Ganner Rhysode , Tenel Ka Djo , Tahiri Veila , Tekli , Alema Rar , and Tesar Sebatyne , escape the Yuuzhan Vong worldship they were sent to in order to destroy the voxyn , Jedi hunters created by the Vong , by escaping in Executor Nom Anor ' s ship , the " Ksstarr " . Along the way , Jaina ' s oldest brother , Jacen , was captured by the Vong and his execution is delayed until Jaina could be kidnapped , due to how much the Vong take it seriously for twins to fight to the death in their culture . The survivors take the body of Jaina ' s youngest brother , Anakin , so he can have a proper funeral . Meanwhile , back at Coruscant , the New Republic and the Yuuzhan Vong are still fighting , and during the battle , Kyp Durron ' s X - wing squadron and the " Ksstarr " join the fray . When the battle is lost to the Republic , the survivors of that battle , including Kyp , Han Solo , Leia Organa Solo , Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker , along with the " Ksstarr " , all escape the captured New Republic capital planet . The survivors from the battle escape to the Hapes Cluster , which had lost its major Fleet in the Battle of Fondor nearly two years before in the war against the Yuuzhan Vong and is still recovering . The Cluster is now opening itself to refugees in the Yuuzhan Vong War , and on Hapes itself , Prince Isolder has had several assassination attempts on him due to his leading of their loss at Fondor . Queen Teneniel Djo of Hapes is losing her will to live because of the loss of her unborn child during the Battle of Fondor , and former queen mother Ta ' a Chume is seeking a replacement for Djo . As for the survivors of the strike team , they all feel through the Force that Jacen Solo is now dead from the Yuuzhan Vong , except for Leia , who is certain that Jacen is still alive , and Jaina , who also strangely did not feel her twin ' s death . Jaina suspects that her anger and rage over Anakin ' s death had distracted her sense of Jacen , though she now cares very little of the dark side of the Force . Her reasoning is that because the Jedi and the New Republic dithered during the war , she finds that this has caused very little action in comparison to what all of the Jedi and Republic could have done had they not had , in Jaina ' s opinion , nonsense arguments over the matters of the war . Jaina finally begins to understand the " Ksstarr " with Lowbacca and contacts Warmaster Tsavong Lah of the Yuuzhan Vong . She discovers the frigate ' s nature , she realizes it is in tribute to Yun - Harla , the Trickster goddess of the Vong , since Nom Anor worships Yun - Harla . In an attempt to mock the Vong , Jaina renames the " Ksstarr " the " Trickster " after Yun - Harla ' s nature and how Eminence Harrar and Khalee Lah relates her deceptive talents to Yun - Harla . This would be considered blasphemy among the Yuuzhan Vong ' s culture if Harrar took this consideration seriously , and may even lead to his dishonorable execution . When the " Trickster " finally arrives on Hapes , Anakin is cremated and Jaina and Lowbacca begin to find ways to scramble the " Trickster " ' s location . Ta ' a Chume , seeing how much of a warrior Jaina is , plans to have Jaina marry Isolder so she can lead Hapes to war against the Yuuzhan Vong . Since Tenenial Djo is too weak to lead Hapes into war against the Yuuzhan Vong and Chume ' s own granddaughter , Tenel Ka , pledges her allegiance more to the Jedi than to Hapes , Jaina seems to be the proper candidate for queen mother of Hapes . During all this , Jagged Fel of the Chiss Fleet arrives to Hapes to support the New Republic after his failure at the Battle of Ithor early in the war . Kyp Durron becomes a member of Jag ' s fleet and in order to understand the more , Jaina becomes Kyp ' s apprentice , despite her disregard for him . In the end , Tenenial Djo dies from poisoning thanks to Ta ' a Chume ' s machinations , and despite the former Queen Mother ' s attempts , Jaina refuses to become the next queen mother of Hapes . Ta ' a Chume ' s granddaughter , Tenel Ka , becomes the new queen . Jaina ' s attempts at scrambling the " Trickster " ' s location succeeds in defeating the Vong twice when Hapes is pitted against them , and even results in Khalee Lah committing suicide out of humiliation . Behind the scenes . There are several continuity errors in the book : Aside from the cancelled Blood Oath novel that was supposed to have been written by Elaine Cunningham , taking place around the end of " Legacy of the Force " , this is the only " Star Wars " novel written by Cunningham . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " Dark Journey " .