Legacy of the Force : Bloodlines Legacy of the Force : Bloodlines is the second novel in the " Legacy of the Force " series . Written by Karen Traviss , it was released in the by Del Rey on August 29 and in the , , and by Arrow Publishing on September 7 , 2006 . " Bloodlines " contains a 20 - page excerpt of the next book in the series , " " , by Troy Denning . The was narrated by Marc Thompson . The cover features Boba Fett . Publisher ' s summary . A new era of exciting adventures and shocking revelations continues to unfold , as the legendary " Star Wars " saga sweeps forward into astonishing new territory . " Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds - and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart . Han and Leia return to Han ' s homeworld , Corellia , the heart of the resistance . Their children , Jacen and Jaina , are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance ' s campaign to crush the insurgents . " " Jacen , now a complete master of the Force , has his own plans to bring order to the galaxy . Guided by his Sith mentor , Lumiya , and with Luke ' s young son Ben at his side , Jacen embarks on the same path that his grandfather Darth Vader once did . And while Han and Leia watch their only son become a stranger , a secret assassin entangles the couple with a dreaded name from Han ' s past : Boba Fett . In the new galactic order , friends and enemies are no longer what they seem . … " LFL timeline of book . " Bloodlines " begins the day after " " ends . The days count from the beginning of " Betrayal " , roughly 122 days into 40 ABY . BLOODLINES begins Day 25 : Boba Fett captures H ' buk . Day 26 : Han and Leia Organa Solo learn that Thrackan Sal - Solo has a contract out on Han . Fett ' s doctor tells him he is dying from a viral infection in his cloning genes that will give him a year to live if he is lucky enough . This prompts Fett to find the Kaminoan scientist Taun We and her data to help cure him . Day 27 : An explosion on Coruscant prompts Galactic Alliance action to search for Corellian terrorists on the GA capital planet . This action is meant to discourage local Corellians from escalating the growing conflict between the Alliance and Corellia . Day 28 : At Coronet , Dur Gejjen , Leia , and Han meet in a café and discuss deposing Thrackan . Leia kills an assassin on the " Millennium Falcon . " Jacen Solo visits the rebuilt Jedi Temple and flow - walks back in time to explore Darth Vader ' s emotions at the time when he was slaughtering Jedi in the Temple during Order 66 . He then summons Lumiya to Coruscant and tests her by bringing her in the presence of Luke Skywalker . The Corellian Sanctuary has been desecrated . Fett meets Mirta Gev and hires her to take him to Ailyn Vel , Fett ' s daughter . Day 29 : Luke Skywalker senses that Lumiya has returned . Han and Leia return to Coruscant — the " Falcon " is in bad shape . The water supply in parts of Coruscant is contaminated thanks to Corellian terrorists . Day 30 : Jacen is appointed Colonel and heads the secret police to intern Corellians suspected of harboring illegal weaponry . Day 31 : Gilad Pellaeon resigns as Supreme Commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force - Cha Niathal is appointed as his replacement . Day 32 : Han and Leia buy a shuttle and head back to Corellia . Jacen raids Jabi Town . Day 33 : Fett finds Taun We and takes her data without further incident to the Kaminoan scientist . Day 34 : Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas puts new emergency measures into effect on Coruscant against the Corellian threat . Day 36 : Ben Skywalker finds three Corellian agents and a bounty hunter . Jacen arrests Ailyn Vel , who goes under the assumed name of Ailyn Habuur . Day 39 : Omas announces the Blockade of Corellia . Day 42 : Senate Building protest . Day 43 : Jacen interrogates Ailyn as to who she was planning to assassinate , considering that the weaponry that the GA raiding company found is proof that an assassination was meant to take place . When she does not answer , Jacen repeatedly bashes her head against the interrogation table to get some answers out of her , and Ailyn dies of head trauma when she still does not answer . Jacen would later figure out that Ailyn didn ' t intend to kill Cal Omas , but was hired to kill Han and Leia . Fett meets with Sal - Solo with the latter wanting to discuss details of a contract that can have Fett and some Mandalorian bounty hunters protect Centerpoint Station from the GA while it is being reactivated . Fett does not outright accept , and agrees to kill Sal - Solo under a deal with Gejjen . Day 44 : Han and Fett meet . Han agrees to get Jacen to release Ailyn , both unaware that she is dead ; Fett agrees to kill Sal - Solo . Jacen flow - walks back to Anakin Skywalker ' s era and believes that Anakin ' s downfall was a result of faulty training from the Jedi Order . Day 45 : Mirta kills Sal - Solo by shooting him in the head after Han and Fett have him cornered in his office , and both characters hesitate to end him . Jacen suspends Jaina from duty when she refuses to fire on retreating Atzerri freighter . Day 46 : Leia learns that Jacen killed Ailyn and tells him that she was Fett ' s daughter . In her grief over Ailyn , Mirta reveals that she was Ailyn ' s daughter sent to lure Fett to Coruscant so that Aiyln could kill him in vengeance for leaving her and her mother . On Coruscant , Ben kills two men harboring missile launchers , which makes him feel guilty , seeing as how one of them was unarmed when he killed them in self - defense . Day 48 : Jacen delivers Ailyn ' s body for his parents to transfer to Fett . Learning what Jacen did to Ailyn , Han disowns him , and Leia does not see Jacen as her son anymore . Fett learns via Goran Beviin that it was Jacen who killed Ailyn , but rather than kill him in vengeance , he takes note of the strife between him and his family , as well as his increasing attitude against Corellians on Coruscant . Fett figures that in time , thanks to this increasing attitude , Jacen will become like his grandfather , Darth Vader , breaking his family ' s hearts , and he will take vengeance by seeing and allowing that to happen , assuming that it will take place whether he ' s still alive , or whether or not it happens after Fett probably gets the cure to his disease . He takes Ailyn ' s body and leaves for Mandalore , with a brief stop at Geonosis , where his father died at the hands of Mace Windu . Day 49 : Jacen thinks he may have to kill his secret lover , Tenel Ka Djo , and his daughter , Allana , as sacrifices in order to further his destiny as a Sith . " " begins on day 56 .