The Last of the Jedi : Death on Naboo The Last of the Jedi : Death on Naboo is the fourth book in " The Last of the Jedi " series of young reader novels . It was published in April 2006 by Scholastic . Publisher ' s summary . Who Are the Last of the Jedi ? " Ex - Jedi Ferus Olin has been imprisoned by the Empire . His crime ? Trying to save the Jedi Order . " " The sinister Empire won ' t be able to hold Ferus for long — not when he has a friend on the inside . But escaping is only part of the problem . Ferus ' s quest is going to take him to the planet of Naboo , where a secret vital to the survival of the Jedi and the entire galaxy is being kept … and is in danger of being revealed . " " In order to keep this secret , Ferus will have to face the ruthless Inquisitor Malorum . A battle will be fought — and lives will be lost . " " Who will die on Naboo ? " The thrilling new series from of Jedi Apprentice and Jedi Quest . Plot summary . From the moment he was thrown in Dontamo Prison , Ferus Olin looked for an escape . After a few run - ins with Prisoner 677780 he met his old friend , Clive Flax , who had already formulated an escape plan . On the day they were to escape , Ferus was taken by Stormtroopers to the execution chamber . He was able to tamper with a droid there to administer the lethal injection . While the Stormtroopers were distracted he used the force to subdue them all . He ran out of the building to find Clive Flax already in the midst of an escape attempt . They jumped on a supply freighter and fought off several guards and Stormtroopers . They were able to take off but were pursued by several imperial fighters . Meanwhile , the Jedi Fy - Tor - Ana , known at the time as Solace , was returning from a mission with Trever Flume . They came upon their base in the underground seas of Coruscant to find her people and the Erased fighting with imperials . Although they fought bravely , most of her allies died and their base was destroyed . Solace escaped with Trever and a few other survivors . They went to Dexter Jettster secret hide - out where they discovered Ferus Olin ' s location . Knowing that he was slated for execution , they hurried to the prison in an ARC - 77 and a two - seated Jedi starfighter . When the entered the system , they saw a freighter about to be shot down by the Imperials . Through the force , Solace knew that it was Ferus ' and they were able to defend him and make their escape . Afterwards , Ferus found out that Inquisitor Malorum was on Naboo . Having been tasked by Obi - Wan Kenobi to prevent anyone from finding out a secret about the late Padmé Amidala , Ferus quickly went to Naboo and his friends came with him . On Naboo , they talked to Queen Apailana who assisted them in tracking down Malorum . Malorum , after much frustration had tracked down Amidala ' s maternal grandmother , Ryoo Thule . From her reaction to his questions he was able to deduce that she believed Amidala ' s child was alive . With that secret he left her for dead . Ferus reached her house just before she died . With her dying breath she told him that Malorum knew a secret about Amidala . After a brief fight with Malorum and some other Imperials , Ferus enlisted the help of Boss Rugor Nass and Queen Apailana . Ferus , Solace and their friends joined Gungan warriors in a surprise attack on the imperial barracks attached to the Theed Hangar . While Solace lead the forces , Ferus broke off and found Malorum . They proceeded to have a lightsaber duel and Ferus realized that they were dueling in the exact location Obi - Wan Kenobi and Qui - Gon Jinn dueled with Darth Maul . After a furious battle that lead to the catwalks in the power core , Ferus saw an opening in his opponent . He elbowed Malorum in the face and knocked his lightsaber out of his hands . Malorum jumped of a catwalk and attempted to call the lightsaber back to him and land on another catwalk using the force . But , because he only had basic Force training , he strained too hard and lost control of the Force . He and his lightsaber fell into the abyss . Solace and the Gungans joined up with Captain Gregar Typho ' s forces and routed the imperial battalion . In order to prevent Imperial retaliation , Ferus and Clive detonated an illegal imperial explosives cache ( which included Baradium ) . The explosion took out the Imperial headquarters , the Theed hanger . When the Imperial military came to investigate , they engineered a coverup so that the Senate would not know that they were keeping explosive stores on a world illegally . After regrouping in the Rainbow Nebulae , Ferus , Trever , Solace , Clive , Oryon , Keets Freely , and Curran Caladian all agreed to come back to Ferus ' s jedi asteroid . But just before they left , Ferus received a message on his comlink from Emperor Palpatine himself . He offered Ferus amnesty and safe passage to meet with him on Coruscant . Behind the scenes . " Death on Naboo " reveals the forename of a character originally seen in the prequel trilogy , Gregar Typho ( formerly only known as Captain Typho ) . It is also a possibility that the maiden name of Jobal Naberrie ( Padmé Amidala ' s mother ) is revealed , as " her " mother , Ryoo Thule is featured in the book . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " The Last of the Jedi : Death on Naboo " .