Fate of the Jedi : Backlash Fate of the Jedi : Backlash , by Aaron Allston , is the fourth novel in the " " series and was released on March 9 , 2010 . At the end of the book , it has an introduction to " " . The audio version is narrated by Marc Thompson . The paperback was released on February 22 , 2011 . Publisher ' s summary . Hardcover . Back cover . Locked in a war of wills and weapons , the Jedi Order and the Galactic Alliance must come to terms — before the Sith ' s army of darkness enacts revenge . Internal flap . " Repercussions from the dark side ' s fatal seduction of Jacen Solo and the mysterious plague of madness afflicting young Jedi continue to wreak havoc galaxy - wide . Having narrowly escaped the deranged Force worshippers known as the Mind Walkers , and a deadly Sith hit squad , Luke and Ben Skywalker are in pursuit of the now Masterless Sith apprentice . It is a chase that leads to the forbidding planet Dathomir , where an enclave of powerful dark - side Force - wielders will give Vestara the edge she needs to escape — and where the Skywalkers will be forced into combat for their quarry and their lives . " " Meanwhile , Han and Leia Solo have completed their own desperate mission , shuttling madness - stricken Jedi from Coruscant to safe haven in the Transitory Mists and beyond the grasp of Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala . But the bold maneuver has intensified Daala ' s fury , and she is determined to shatter Jedi Order resistance once and for all . " " Yet no greater threat exists than that which still waits in the depths of the distant Maw Cluster : A being of pure , ravenous dark - side energy named Abeloth calls out across the stars to Jedi and Sith alike . For some , it may be the ultimate source of answers crucial to their survival . For others , it could be the ultimate weapon of conquest . But for all , it is a game - changing — and life - altering — encounter of untold magnitude , and a tactical gambit with unimaginable consequences . " Plot summary . The novel begins shortly after the ending of the , with Luke and Ben Skywalker narrowly surviving an attack by a Sith assassination squad while exploring Sinkhole Station . The lone survivor of the Sith squad , Vestara Khai , escapes to the planet Dathomir to send a message to the rest of the Lost Tribe of Sith back at their home world of Kesh , all the while intentionally leading Luke and Ben to her location ( Luke having used a Dathomiri blood trail technique on her when she wounded him at Sinkhole Station ) . Luke and Ben soon receive help from Dathomiri individuals such as Dyon Stadd into finding Vestara while Han and Leia Organa Solo , with their daughter and granddaughter , Jaina and Allana respectively , and the latter ' s nexu cub Anji , C - 3PO , and R2 - D2 , also come to heed the Skywalkers ' call . The group soon encounter two tribes ; one , a company of Force - sensitive Witches called the Raining Leaves , and the other , a group of freed male slaves called the Broken Columns . These two clans are scheduled to be united after a marathon of physical trials that will last for several days . However , the unification summit is repeatedly attacked by the machinations of the infamous Nightsisters . In order to combat these attacks , Luke and Ben gather up both clans into a singular unit to repel the dangers that the Nightsisters bring . Meanwhile , during the unification summit , R2 - D2 goes missing in the docking bay . Allana , left alone with C - 3PO , escapes his presence aboard the " Millennium Falcon " and decides to investigate Artoo ' s disappearance . She soon finds out that the astromech droid is being held by the local docking bay worker , Monarg . Allana is caught by Monarg when she tries to free Artoo , but C - 3PO arrives and distracts Monarg by letting him beat him while Allana gets the restraining bolt off of Artoo . The little girl and the two droids escape Monarg ' s shop , but the docking bay worker and his friends try to capture them when the trio escape back aboard the " Millennium Falcon " . Fortunately , Allana manages to pilot the legendary YT - 1300 light freighter away and into the forests of Dathomir without destroying the " Falcon " . Meanwhile , Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala is encountering more and more public resistance regarding her treatment of the Jedi . This has been occurring after she sent in a Mandalorian attack squad to try to capture recently stricken Jedi who the Order took before the military could . With public and military dissension growing and increasing comparisons to Palpatine cropping up , she reaches out to Han and Leia , who she gets off of Dathomir with Jaina after Allana is recovered , in hopes of repairing the relationship between the Galactic Alliance and the New Jedi Order . Daala ' s problems are further exacerbated by an assassination attempt on Imperial Head of State Jagged Fel , conducted thanks to a secret political faction hoping to depose Fel and replace him with Moff Drikl Lecersen . Then there is criticism to her attention to get Tahiri Veila imprisoned for killing Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon two years earlier , which is backed by the fact that Admiral Cha Niathal , who assisted Darth Caedus during the Second Galactic Civil War like Tahiri , hasn ' t been arrested . This point draws conclusions with Daala being especially biased against the Jedi while letting those like her — those in the military — go free . To counteract this criticism , she asks Niathal to come over to Coruscant in order to face trial and be freed in the end by Daala ' s hand . But Niathal believes that , even if she is found innocent , no one will ever respect or forgive her for what she did for aiding Caedus , nor can she ever respect or forgive herself , since she doesn ' t consider helping him to be a mistake . So the Mon Calamari douses her water tank with carbon monoxide and kills herself . Daala grieves for Niathal ' s loss as she is given a funeral on Coruscant , though the Chief of State is unable to attend the retired Admiral ' s funeral due to the fact that Daala is facing so much public resistance . Back on Dathomir , the combined forces of the Raining Leaves and Broken Columns manage to counteract the Nightsisters ' constant rancor attacks . The increased morale in staving off these assaults causes the two clans to marry automatically and become the Bright Sun Clan . Eventually , the attacks gradually die off and the Nightsisters are defeated . The Bright Suns Clan are able to live in peace on Dathomir . Later , Lecersen attempts to break the cementing peace between Daala and the New Jedi Order by having terrorist Kester Tolann attack the Solos and Jag Fel at dinner in a local restaurant . Tolann is killed , alongside the YVH droids at his side . However , despite the implications from the attack that can point to Daala being the culprit in provoking the assault , Jag is looking for other potential suspects in the Empire who would want to usurp and replace him , with Lecersen being on this list . The Sith eventually arrive and abduct the remaining Nightsisters so that they may join the Lost Tribe , whether they want to or not , despite the attempts of Ben and Luke to stop them . Even as Vestara is caught , so , too , is Halliava Vurse , the traitor to the Raining Leaves who was really a Nightsister ; Vurse is left to the justice system of the Bright Suns Clan to determine her fate . With Vestara in custody , as she had always been working for her Sith masters , Luke and Ben return to the spaceport but before leaving , Luke confronts Monarg with the accusation that Vestara ' s ship didn ' t crash , but was given to him in exchange for credits to make a hyperspace transmission to the Sith fleet . Vestara acknowledges this , and Monarg is blackmailed into helping the Skywalkers and Dyon Stadd leave Dathomir . Upon leaving the planet , the " Jade Shadow " is stopped by a fleet of Sith warships . Having no choice , Luke and Ben kill the engines and prepare to be contacted by the Sith . Behind the scenes . The locals who helped Luke and Ben find Vestara resemble the who helped in his quest to find the . Allana must defeat Monarg a dockworker that resembles . Continuity . On page 188 , Galactic Alliance Defense Force is erroneously spelled " Galactic Alliance Defense Forcce " . There is a hole in the plot as Ben Skywalker remembers a statement by Tribeless Sha from " when they first met " . However , that statement was made to Han and Leia before they reached Luke and Ben . This is the first " Star Wars " novel not written by Troy Denning to feature Nek Bwua ' tu . This is the first novel in the series to kill off a character preexisting to " " , as it marks the death of Cha Niathal , a major character in " Legacy of the Force " .