Jedi Apprentice : The Death of Hope Jedi Apprentice : The Death of Hope is the fifteenth in a series of young reader novels that chronicle the adventures of Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi prior to . Publisher ' s summary . " " I pledge myself to you , Tahl . " " " " I pledge myself to you , Qui - Gon . " " " With these words , two Jedi Knights acknowledged that their bond had grown beyond friendship and into love . " " Now Tahl has been abducted in a trap that Qui - Gon feels he should have foreseen . Consumed by dark visions , Qui - Gon and Obi - Wan Kenobi must do everything in their power to get her back before it ' s too late . But that won ' t be easy in a land where nobody can be trusted … and everyone has something to hide . " Plot summary . Blinded from injuries sustained at Melida / Daan , Tahl is nonetheless a great Jedi renowned for her diplomatic skills . She shares a powerful friendship with Qui - Gon Jinn ; the two are connected through the Force in a way that ' s stronger than friendship , deeper than love . Now , Qui - Gon experiences great loss as Tahl is kidnapped in a trap he should have foreseen . He and his young apprentice , Obi - Wan Kenobi , set out to rescue her . They set out on the trail of Balog , Tahl ' s kidnapper , with a probe droid tracking him they got from Mota . While pursuing Balog , they encounter Eritha , who reveals to them her sister Alani ' s plot to take over the government . She joins them on their mission . Soon after she joins them , they are attacked by the Rock workers , a group of miners whose lives are endangered by the Absolutes . When the Rock Workers attack , Obi - Wan is injured . They take him back to the Workers ' settlement for medical treatment . While Obi - Wan is healing , Qui - Gon questions the workers about the Absolutes , hoping to get some leads on Balog and Tahl ' s whereabouts , but finds out nothing that could help them . As soon as Obi - Wan is fit to travel , they set off again , only to be delayed once more when Yanci , the Rock Worker medic who treated Obi - Wan , begs them to come back because the Absolutes are attacking their settlement . Qui - Gon sends Obi - Wan and Eritha to go help , but decides to pursue Balog himself . However , he follows the Jedi Code and decides to go help the Rock Workers instead . By the time help got there , everybody had already been killed . However , it did give them a lead on where the Absolutes were from the type of soil carried in from their boots . The Jedi and Eritha were able to locate the Absolute hideout . They infiltrated it and found Balog with Tahl in a sensory deprivation device . Balog realized the Absolute hideout would no longer be hidden so he ordered an evacuation and destroyed it . They got Tahl out and swam in a lake where the hideout was hidden away form it . Qui - Gon took Eritha ' s speeder and took Tahl to the city of New Apsolon to be received by medics . While Qui - Gon is waiting for word from the doctor , Obi - Wan and Eritha arrive . They think about Tahl ' s kidnapping and if anyone else was behind it . Then the doctor comes and tells Qui - Gon that Tahl ' s damage is severe , but Qui - Gon is confident she will recover . He goes into the room where Tahl is , and she promises that wherever she is headed she will wait for him . Then she dies . Obi - Wan feels a disturbance in the force , and rushes into the room where Tahl lay . Qui - Gon ' s grief for her shocks him , and Qui - Gon tells his Padawan that their was no help for him now , only revenge . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " Jedi Apprentice : The Death of Hope " .