Shatterpoint ( novel ) Shatterpoint is a novel written by Matthew Stover . The first novel in the Clone Wars novel series and the first released in the " Clone Wars multimedia project " , it was originally published as a hardcover by Del Rey in June 2003 . The paperback edition was published in April 2004 , with a prologue by George Lucas and the short story " Equipment " , also by Matthew Stover . The eBook of " Shatterpoint " was released in December 2005 . The story centers on Jedi Master Mace Windu as he attempts to rescue his former Padawan , Depa Billaba , from his homeworld of Haruun Kal . Caught up in the Summertime War , Mace found himself dealing with , among other things , the religious consequences of war and the toll it takes on people . However , he was too late to save the one person who was like a daughter to him . Lured to the dark side of the Force by Kar Vastor ( the last of Ghôsh Windu , aside from Mace ) , Depa attacked and was defeated by her former master . Upon being returned to Coruscant , Billaba remained floating in bacta in an insane status . Though her physical wounds would heal , she would remain comatose until her end . Publisher ' s summary . Hardcover . " Mace Windu is a living legend : Jedi Master , senior member of the Jedi Council , skilled diplomat , devastating fighter . Some say he is the deadliest man alive . But he is a man of peace — and for the first time in a thousand years , the galaxy is at war . " " Now , following the momentous events climaxing in the First Battle of Geonosis , Master Mace Windu must undertake a perilous homecoming to his native world — to defuse a potentially catastrophic crisis for the Republic … and to confront a terrifying mystery with dire personal consequences . " " The jungle planet of Haruun Kal , the homeworld Mace barely remembers , has become a battleground in the increasing hostilities between the Republic and the renegade Separatist movement . The Jedi Council has sent Depa Billaba — Mace ' s former Padawan and fellow Council member — to Haruun Kal to train the local tribesmen as a guerrilla resistance force , to fight against the Separatists who control the planet and its strategic star system with their droid armies . But now the Separatists have pulled back , and Depa has not returned . The only clue to her disappearance is a cryptic recording left at the scene of a brutal massacre : a recording that hints of madness and murder , and the darkness in the jungle … a recording in Depa ' s own voice . " " Mace Windu trained her . Only he can find her . Only he can learn what has changed her . Only he can stop her . " " Jedi were never intended to be soldiers . But now they have no choice . Mace must journey alone into the most treacherous jungle in the galaxy — and into his own heritage . He will leave behind the Republic he serves , the civilization he believes in , everything but his passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan . And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid , when keepers of the peace are forced to make war … . " Paperback . Mace Windu is a living legend : Jedi Master , skilled diplomat , and devastating fighter . But he is also a man of peace — and for the first time in a thousand years , the galaxy is at war . " The jungle planet of Haruun Kal , the homeworld Mace barely remembers , has become a battleground for the Republic and the renegade Separatist movement . The Jedi Council has sent Depa Billaba — Mace ' s former Padawan — to the planet to train the local tribesmen as a guerrilla resistance force to fight against the Separatists . But Depa has vanished . The only clue to her disappearance is a cryptic recording that hints of madness and murder … a recording in Depa ' s own voice . " " Mace Windu trained her . Only he can find her . Now Mace must journey alone into one of the most treacherous jungles in the galaxy — and into his own heritage . He will leave behind the Republic he serves , the civilization he believes in , everything but his passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan . And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid when keepers of the peace are forced to make war . " Plot summary . In 22 BBY Mace Windu ' s former Padawan and fellow Jedi Master Depa Billaba has been sent to Haruun Kal to start a revolution against the Separatist - allied government two months after the Battle of Geonosis , which started the Clone Wars ; however , all contact has been lost with her . Four months after Depa is shipped to Haruun Kal , a message is found on a voice chip that indicates Depa has fallen to the dark side of the Force or even lost her mind . Since Windu taught her , he knows he is the only one who can intervene , and is sent by the Jedi Council by himself to his birth world . Mace lands onplanet , and is apprehended by Lorz Geptun , Security Chief for Haruun Kal and leader of its offworlder militia faction . After negotiating with the Chief , Mace is let free into the planetary capital of Pelek Baw . He duly meets up with his supposed contact , Phloremirrla Tenk , who is shot and killed in a subsequent incident . Mace is rendered unconscious , and is acquainted with Nick Rostu , a young Korun and his associates , Besh , Lesh and Liane Trevval , who also goes by the name Chalk . Rostu reveals that Tenk was a Separatist agent , and that he and his cohorts saved Master Windu from detention . Nick leads Mace into the harsh jungles of Haruun Kal on grasser - back , where Depa is apparently at large . Nick tells Mace of the Summertime War , a seasonal conflict between the natives of Haruun Kal — Korunnai — and the offworlders — Balawai — over materials and ways of life . The Balawai are also now affiliated with the Confederacy of Independent Systems . A Balawai gunship attack menaces the party , and soon after , Lesh is killed by wasp - larvae from contaminated thyssel bark and the young Korun is euthanized by Mace . Besh is also lost a short time later . Further on , Mace and the party encounter Kar Vastor , a dangerous lor pelek ( lord of the jungle ) and volatile Force - user who leads a cadre of elite men known as Akk Guards . After a conflict , Vastor allies with Mace , and the Master rendezvouses with Depa Billaba , who has fallen to the dark side of the Force . He arrests her after learning that she has been responsible for several atrocities . The assault ship " Halleck " , which Mace has standing off near Haruun Kal , is summoned to the planet to extract Mace and Depa , but comes under attack from droid starfighters . Mace orders the ship to jump outsystem and deploy its landers . The acting commanding officer of the ship complies with doubt . Soon after , Mace and Kar Vastor defeat a Balawai militia attack using grassers and akk dogs , and Mace manages to defeat the droid starfighters using a militia gunship and some clever sensor modifications . The landers from the " Halleck " land at Pelek Baw Spaceport , and the clone forces take the facility . However , Mace is forced to surrender to Geptun , whom he later enlists to help him stop the battle , which is reignited by turncoats Depa and Vastor . Mace defeats them both , sustaining serious injury , and Nick is critically wounded by an Akk Guard . Mace stands triumphant , despite the campaign ' s many downfalls . After the affair , Master Billaba is taken to the Jedi Temple , where she is detained . Kar Vastor is tried for war crimes . Nick , having been awarded the brevet rank of major during the fight , convalesces in a medical center in the capital . Throughout the mission , Mace keeps a journal , which he finishes by hoping that Anakin Skywalker , as the " Chosen One , " will bring balance to the Force . Development . The plot of " Shatterpoint " was highly influenced by both book " " and the movie based on it , " " . This was chosen to give the story a gritty feel , and Matthew Stover describes the concept as arising in a brainstorming session , encapsulated in a single sentence : " " Apocalypse Now " with Jedi . " Continuity . The events of and the events of the series book " " are foreshadowed in this book . After defeating Depa Billaba and Kar Vastor , Mace experiences a moment of disorientation , where he does not remember where he is . He thinks " He could have even been in the Jedi Temple . But the Temple would never smell like this . Would it ? " This moment foreshadows the execution of Order 66 and the subsequent slaughter in the Temple halls . Earlier in the novel , Mace has a nightmare , where he envisions " Coruscant shattered by immense ships of impossible design … the center of galactic civilization has become a jungle more alien than Haruun Kal ' s , " foreshadowing the bombardment and Vongforming of Coruscant . On one page , " akk " is misspelled as " aak . " Stover heavily references " Shatterpoint " , along with " Labyrinth of Evil " and numerous graphic novels , in his . In the back of many New Jedi Order books released around the time , " Shatterpoint " and " Rogue Planet " is wrongly listed as " The New Jedi Order : Shatterpoint " , but still has a blurb describing it as a Clone Wars novel . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the cover variations of " Shatterpoint " .