Coruscant Nights I : Jedi Twilight Coruscant Nights I : Jedi Twilight is the first installment of the by Michael Reaves . It starts three months after the events of " " , and was released June 24 , 2008 . " Jedi Twilight " has some crossovers and references to " " by Paul Ens , as the two were developed at the same time . The novel was completed and edited as of April 2007 , but was not released for another year . Publisher ' s summary . With the dark ascension of the Empire , and the Jedi Knights virtually wiped out , one Jedi who escaped the massacre is slated for a date with destiny — and a confrontation with Darth Vader . " Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who miraculously survived the slaughter that followed Palpatine ' s ruthless Order 66 . Now , deep in Coruscant ' s Blackpit Slums , Jax ekes out a living as a private investigator , trying to help people in need while concealing his Jedi identity and staying one step ahead of the killers out for Jedi blood . Others search for the elusive Jax too . Hard - boiled reporter Den Dhur and his buddy , the highly unorthodox droid I - 5YQ , have shocking news to bring Jax — about the father he never knew . " " But when Jax learns that his old Jedi Master has been killed , leaving behind the request that Jax finish a mission critical to the resistance , Jax has no choice but to emerge from hiding — and risk detection by Darth Vader to fulfill his Master ' s dying wish . " Plot . The novel starts with former Jedi Master Even Piell running through the Coruscant underworld , chased by stormtroopers . Piell is cornered in an old abandoned building and is forced to confront the stormtroopers in a violent battle . He is killed , but the building is then raided by members of the rebel team Whiplash , led by Nick Rostu . The Whiplash members defeat the stormtroopers , and in his dying words , Piell tells Rostu about a droid dubbed " Bug - Eyes " that contains information vital to helping the Whiplash underground in its battle against the Galactic Empire . Before he dies , Piell also tells Rostu to contact his former apprentice , Jax Pavan , and inform him about Bug - Eyes . Jax Pavan is living in the underbelly of what was once Coruscant , and is now dubbed Imperial Center by rule of Emperor Palpatine ' s Empire . Jax , in disguise as a regular citizen , acts a freelancer , accomplishing various jobs so he can go on living through the days while he is also secretly working for the Whiplash . One of his most notable contacts within the Whiplash is the unorthodox Twi ' lek Jedi , Laranth Tarak . The sentient protocol droid I - 5YQ and his Sullustan partner and friend , Den Dhur , travel through the Coruscant underworld in search of Jax . This is to fulfill I - Five ' s duty to his late partner Lorn Pavan , Jax ' s father , to find and look after Jax . I - Five and Den eventually locate Jax , as well as Laranth , and they escape the clutches of a Hutt crime lord named Rokko , while subsequently leading to a double - chase with Imperial forces . Jax , Laranth , I - Five and Den lose the Imperials , and when Jax learns about I - Five ' s nature concerning his father , he is distraught and disbelieving . Nevertheless , he allows I - Five and Den to be in his company . Meanwhile , Black Sun crime leader Dal Perhi holds a contest for a replacement in his position as Black Sun leader , between the Falleen Prince Xizor and the professional assassin , Kaird of the Nedij . However , in reality , Perhi tends to keep his position as Black Sun leader longer than he says he does , and he tells Kaird that if he assassinates Xizor , then Kaird will be allowed to go back to his home world , and Black Sun will never bother him again . Kaird is to track down and kill Xizor on Imperial Center . Thanks to the machinations of the Elomin dispatcher , Haninum Tyk Rhinann , who is a direct employee of Darth Vader , Nick Rostu is captured and brought to Vader . The Sith Lord reveals that he is aware of Rostu ' s Whiplash connection , and threatens that if he does not get Jax Pavan into Vader ' s hands , then he will see to it that Rostu ' s Ghôsh on his home planet , Haruun Kal , will be destroyed by orbital bombardment . Rostu does meet with Jax and tries to lead him into an Imperial trap for Vader to grab him during Jax ' s mission to locate Bug - Eyes . Eventually , Jax ' s mission and Kaird ' s attempt at assassinating Xizor , which goes horribly awry for the latter , both lead to an abandoned nuclear factory at a far , abandoned side of Imperial Center . There , at the factory , where Bug - Eyes is , and where Xizor is hiding , and also where Rostu has set the trap for Vader to capture Jax , the group is attacked by rogue factory worker droids . Nevertheless , Jax ' s company finds Bug - Eyes and retrieves the information for the Whiplash . In the process , Jax gets into a fight with Xizor , where the latter uses Jax ' s lightsaber , and Jax uses a lightwhip . At the end of the fight , Xizor flees as the Imperial forces arrive for Jax . Though Jax has figured out that Rostu betrayed him , he lets him go of any punishment or consequence . Jax then tries to lose Vader by dropping his own lightsaber into the factory ' s nuclear core , which will cause a chain reaction that will lead to the factory ' s destruction and make Vader believe , at least temporarily , that Jax died in the explosion . Haninum Tyk Rhinann sees that the failure for Jax ' s capture will lead to his own demise at Vader ' s hands , so he departs Vader ' s service for Jax . Jax , Laranth , I - Five , Den , Kaird , Rhinann and Rostu all flee the factory before it explodes . Continuity . In the " " episode " Citadel Rescue , " Even Piell was killed on Lola Sayu , before his appearance in " Jedi Twilight " . This novel also contains several erroneous references to Even Piell having more than one eye ( or retina , or eyelid ) affected by extremely bright light . Piell lost one of his two eyes years previously , and this is mentioned in the novel , only pages prior to the aforementioned mistakes . I - Five has appeared in all of Michael Reaves ' s novels except " Death Star " . The character is used to link the author ' s stories together , as the droid often relates his previous adventures to his current companions . Cover gallery . 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