Alien Exodus Alien Exodus was the proposed title for the first book in a trilogy of Expanded Universe novels by author . Unlike the Bantam Spectra novels that were being published at the time , these novels would have been published by . When the focus of the project shifted from a story set in the " Star Wars " galaxy to an original storyline using new alien designs , Sawyer dropped out of the project . In 2003 , he released the material he had completed — the first two chapters and an outline for the first novel — to his website as fan fiction . Sawyer ' s proposed storyline is divided into two parts , both of which focus on the history of Humans in the " Star Wars " galaxy . In the main storyline , the ancient history of the " Star Wars " galaxy is explored . The protagonist is Cosmo Hender , the leader of the Human slaves on the planet Forhilnor , part of the Varlian Empire . The story of his struggle to free his people , as well as the non - Human slaves on Forhilnor , also touches on the origins of the Force , the Hutt civilization , and the name " Skywalker . " The secondary storyline , told through excerpts from a document called " The Human Exodus " , traces the origins of the Human species to a lost expedition from 25th - century Earth . It also makes references to George Lucas ' s previous films , and . Though Sawyer ' s novel was never completed or published , it has been noticed by the online " Star Wars " fandom . The Ace Books project that used the all - new designs , " " trilogy , has also been referenced in some published " Star Wars " works . Background . In 1994 , Ace Books was negotiating with Lucasfilm Ltd . to publish a series of novels that would tell the backstories of the aliens found in " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " , a book of creature designs and concept art for the original trilogy , the Ewok TV movies ( " " and " " ) , and other Lucasfilm productions . When Ace Books approached Robert J . Sawyer , he wrote a 10 , 000 - word story outline and two sample chapters , using " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " and " " as additional sources . However , as negotiations went on , it was decided that the project would use entirely new alien designs , and be set in a new universe . According to Sawyer , this led him to bow out of the project , whereupon became the project ' s new author . In 1998 and 1999 , she published three novels in the " " series — " The Golden One " , " The Crimson Claw " , and " The Crystal Eye " . Robert J . Sawyer ' s storyline did not see publication in any form until he posted the outline and two sample chapters for the first novel on his website in 2003 . Plot outline . The " Alien Exodus " storyline is divided into two parts . The main storyline followed a Human slave named Cosmo Hender , and his struggle to free his people from their Varlian overlords . The second storyline consisted of excerpts from " The Human Exodus " , a chronicle of the origins of the first Humans to find their way to the " Star Wars " galaxy . Main storyline . The main story opens with Cosmo Hender , leader of the Human slaves on the Varlian planet Forhilnor . Forhilnor ' s slaves include Humans , Bith , Ithorians , Kubaz , Ortolans , Kitonaks , Twi ' leks , Mon Calamari , and Sullustans . The Varlians — giant insectoids who rule a large star empire — have Rodian and Gamorrean henchmen to oversee the slaves . The slaves are being forced to build a massive stone temple , which by this point has reached a height of one thousand meters . A secret council , consisting of the leaders of each slave species , plots to somehow gain freedom , though their people have been enslaved for at least five generations . The slave council note that all their people are weary , even more than can be explained by the hard work and short rations . When Hender is temporarily taken from his regular job in the quarries , and from his pregnant mate Sallee , to serve in the palace of the Varlian governor , Kaxa , he learns several important things . Firstly , he discovers that the Varlians have advanced technology and machinery that could easily complete the stone temple without the use of slave labor . Secondly , he hears about a plague called the Changa Bloodrot that nearly wiped out the Varlians centuries ago ( a disaster that they believed to be divine retribution for failing to enslave the primitive Wookiees ) . Most importantly , after the governor ' s daughter Delba teaches him to read , he comes across a book called " The Human Exodus " , which tells of the origin of Humanity in the galaxy . The story of Humankind ' s escape from a previous group of oppressors inspires him . When he rejoins his people , Hender sets in motion a plan to free the slaves . Hender makes it appear that several slaves who died of overwork really died of Changa Bloodrot . Of all the species on Forhilnor , only the Rodians would be immune to this plague — a fact that inspires the Rodians to put their own plan in motion to find a sample of the Bloodrot and spread it amongst the Varlians . Meanwhile , Hender and three other slave leaders ( Ridbrek the Mon Calamari , Ugerat the Kubaz , and Galarax the Bith ) put their own plan into motion , and poison the water supply in the palace . Governor Kaxa realizes that a plague outbreak could ruin his plan to seize control of the Imperial throne . He orders that his plan be put into effect quickly . It turns out that the temple was merely a means to keep the slaves occupied , while a crystal in the palace drained their Force energy . Kaxa is using this energy to physically move the Forhilnor system towards the center of the Empire , where he plans to seize power using his slaves as a ready - made army . The movement of the planet causes earthquakes on Forhilnor . When Hender rescues another slave from the rubble , it turns out that Hender has somehow developed the ability to tap into the Force , giving him telekinetic powers . The other slaves nickname him " Skywalker " for his ability to levitate . Eventually , a disease appears to spread to the Varlians in the palace , causing the Varlian larvae to continue to grow without entering the pupal stage of their life cycle . Astute readers would recognize these giant Varlian larvae , who are petulant and selfish as only an overgrown child could be , as Hutts . The Varlians think this is a mutation of Changa Bloodrot . Believing the slaves to be infected , a panicked Governor Kaxa sends them on board a fleet of ships to leave the planet . The Rodians turn on their Varlian masters and attack the palace with what they think is Changa Bloodrot serum . When the Rodian serum is ineffective , Kaxa discovers that he has been tricked , and that the slaves themselves were never infected . As well , Hender and the other slaves managed to steal the Force crystal from the palace . Kaxa sends a fleet of Gamorrean warships against the escaping slave fleet . However , the slaves escape by flying their ships into the Bloodstars , a nearby star cluster . In order to make a path for their escape , Hender uses the Force to move the Bloodstars aside . Though the strain of using the Force to move the Bloodstars mortally wounds Hender , ages forty years , the former slaves continue to their destination — the garden world of Corellia . On his deathbed , Hender names Ridbrek as his successor . The story closes with Sallee holding her infant son Freedom , promising to write down the tale of the Skywalker for future generations . Flashback storyline . " The Human Exodus " begins on Earth , in the 25th century . The three main characters — computer hacker Dale Hender , space pilot Antonia Corelli , and her lover Paxton Solo — are leaders of an underground movement resisting the computers who have taken control of Earth ' s society . Hender discovers that the computers intend to force - feed the people of Earth drugs to control their emotions . They also learn that the computers intend to strip away the identities and family ties of the Humans under their control by replacing their names with serial numbers ( Hender is to become the first of the THX series , THX - 0001 ) . Powerless to stop the computers , the underground decides to secretly convert a comet - mining ship called the " Oort Raider " to a colony ship , carrying five thousand Humans on a multigenerational journey to . After a narrow escape from the computers ' forces on Earth , the " Oort Raider " escapes the solar system . Their long journey is interrupted when they fall through a " cosmic whirlpool " leading to another solar system in another galaxy . To their great surprise , the wormhole is not only a bridge to another galaxy , but to another time , billions of years in the past . The Humans discover a habitable planet , and land . On this new world , they encounter another ship that had arrived in order to investigate the wormhole . This ship turns out to be a Rodian - crewed slave transport , carrying a cargo of Biths . The Rodians intend to enslave the Humans as well . When the Humans discover this , they try to free the Biths , only to be interrupted by a group of Gamorrean slavers , followed by a group of Varlians . The militarily superior Varlians take control of the situation , taking all of the Humans and Bith as slaves to Forhilnor , and hiring the Rodians and Gamorreans to oversee the slaves . As the slaves are taken away , Paxton Solo and Dale Hender look back on what could have been their new home . To honor Antonia Corelli , who was killed by the Rodians , they agree that the planet should be named Corellia . They also vow that one day Humanity will return to Corellia , and build a free society there . References to other works . Robert J . Sawyer ' s outline for " Alien Exodus " referenced existing " Star Wars " continuity : It also made several references to other George Lucas films : In addition , several elements of the story ( such as the plagues , the escape of a slave people from bondage , the parting of the Bloodstars , and the liberator who does not live to see the promised land ) are reminiscent of the Biblical . Legacy . Comparison with " Star Wars " continuity . " Alien Exodus " identifies Corellia as the first home of Humanity in the " Star Wars " galaxy , while " The New Essential Chronology " identifies the Zhell of Coruscant as the source of Humanity . On the other hand , the " New Essential Chronology " description of the Humans of Coruscant as enslaved by the Rakata n Infinite Empire parallels " Alien Exodus " , as both stories depict Humans as being enslaved early in their history by an empire that later falls due to a plague . The ancient history of the Hutts , first given in " Galaxy Guide 4 : Alien Races " , would have been explored in " Alien Exodus " . However , this exploration of ancient galactic history obviously does not include the Infinite Empire of the Rakata or the Killik s , since " " and " The Dark Nest Trilogy " had not yet been produced . Likewise , during the scenes on Corellia , no mention could have been made of Centerpoint Station or other peculiarities of the Corellian system , since " The Corellian Trilogy " had not yet been written . The origins and behavior of the Varlian allies and slave species would also have been discussed in " Alien Exodus " . In several cases , providing this ancient history to these species would have contradicted published works — including " Galaxy Guide 4 : Alien Races " , one of the sources Sawyer used — establishing that species such as the Mon Calamari and the Rodians were not early spacefarers . Of course , many plot elements may have been changed had the novel been completed , and later Expanded Universe material would have been written with information from " Alien Exodus " taken into consideration . The " Alien Chronicles " trilogy and " Star Wars " . The " Alien Exodus " project eventually became " Alien Chronicles " , a trilogy of novels written by set in an original universe . The titles of the three novels are " The Golden One " ( 1998 ) , " The Crimson Claw " ( 1998 ) , and " The Crystal Eye " ( 1999 ) . Though " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " served as an inspiration for the project , none of the aliens appearing in that book , and no existing " Star Wars " designs , were used in Chester ' s trilogy . While the trilogy takes place outside the " Star Wars " universe , a few references to " Alien Chronicles " have appeared in official " Star Wars " sources . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " includes an entry for the Aaroun , one of the main alien species in " Alien Chronicles " . The " Encyclopedia " entry also references the Viis Empire , the main antagonist organization in the trilogy . The Viis Empire was mentioned again in " The Unknown Regions " , where it is said to have been devastated by the Mnggal - Mnggal plague . A picture of a group of New Republic senators which appears in " " includes one senator who resembles the Viis as depicted in " Alien Chronicles " . Later Robert J . Sawyer projects . Sawyer reused the term " Forhilnor " as the name of an alien species in his novel " " . Reception . As an unfinished and unpublished work , " Alien Exodus " is obviously non - canon , even within the continuity of " Star Wars " Legends . However , some fans , notably Nathan Butler in his " Star Wars Timeline Gold " , have incorporated the story as part of the origins of Humanity in the " Star Wars " galaxy . Butler , however , has only included this information as a " historical curiosity " for fans , not to be mistaken for canonical information . " Alien Exodus " has also been mentioned on " Star Wars " fan blogs such as Club Jade and Eleven - ThirtyEight . In October 2013 , Rich Handley mentioned " Alien Exodus " in " Stan Lee and Artoo ’ s Astonishing Adventures , " a post on the Star Wars Blog . Handley noted that " Alien Exodus " , along with Earth - centric references in officially published " Star Wars " material , could be taken to mean the stories in " R2 - D2 ' s tales from the Data Banks " could be wedged into " Star Wars " continuity despite being set primarily on Earth .