Planet of Twilight

Planet of Twilight is a Star Wars Legends novel written by Barbara Hambly and published by Bantam Spectra in April 1997. It is the final volume of an informal trilogy involving ex–Jedi Knight Callista Ming. The previous books in the cycle are Children of the Jedi (1995), also by Hambly and Darksaber (1995) by Kevin J. Anderson.
An audio version narrated by Anthony Heald was released in 2007.
==Publisher's summary==
Nam Chorios is a barren backwater world—once a dreaded prison colony, now home to a fanatic religious cult. It is here that Princess Leia has been taken captive by a ruthless and charismatic warlord bent on destroying the New Republic. Meanwhile, Luke lands on a mysterious planet in search of his lost love, Callista, only to discover the Force is his own worst enemy. But worst of all, as Han, Chewie, and Lando leave Coruscant on a desperate rescue mission, a strange life-form, unlike any the galaxy has ever seen, awakens...a life-form so malevolent it will destroy everything—both Empire and New Republic—on its path to domination.
==Plot summary==
The story takes place on Nam Chorios, a backwater world in the Outer Rim which infamously was the center of the Death Seed plague centuries ago. It is now home to a fanatic religious cult which is plotting to use a new weapon system of quasi-intelligent crystals as unstoppable, unmanned starfighters to attack the New Republic. Leia Organa Solo unofficially goes on a trip to meet with Seti Ashgad, the leader of the Rationalist Party.
Luke Skywalker is there after receiving a message from Callista Ming, an old flame. The worst happens for both — Luke's ship is shot down and Leia is kidnapped by the ancient and corrupt Beldorion the Hutt.
Solo realizes the plot of Seti Ashgad and Dzym, who is actually an evolved droch, and plans to run away. Skywalker meanwhile is looking for Ming under the name of Owen Lars, when he realizes that the messages that the Rationalists have been hearing are elaborate fakes setup by an intelligent hacker named Liegeus Vorn. He rushes to save Solo from what must be her captors in the temple of Ashgad.
After a series of adventures, in which Solo kills Beldorion and Skywalker is imbued with the raw power of the Force, the two escape and end the political conspiracy between the Rationalists and the New Republic.
== Editions ==
*; May 1997, Bantam Spectra, 320-page hardcover
*; May 1997, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Audio cassette
*; May 1998, Bantam Spectra, 389-page paperback
*; May 4, 1998, Bantam Spectra, 416-page paperback
*; October 1998, Presses de la Cité, 444-page French hardcover (La planète du crépuscule)
*; 1998, Amber, 416-page Polish paperback (Planeta Zmierzchu)
*; Heyne-Verlag, 1999, 526-page German hardcover (Planet des Zwielichts)
*; Heyne-Verlag, 1999, 398-page German paperback
==Appearances==
==Cover gallery==
File:PlanetOfTwilight HC.jpg|Hardcover
File:PlanetOfTwilight.jpg|Paperback
File:PlanetofTwilight Fr HC.jpg|French hardcover - La Planète du Crépuscule
File:PlanetOfTwilight De HC.jpg|German hardcover - Planet des Zwielichts
File:PlanetOfTwilight De.jpg|German paperback - Planet des Zwielichts
File:PlanetOfTwilight Pl.jpg|Polish - Planeta Zmierzchu
File:Planet of Twilight Rus.jpg|Russian Hardcover - Сумрачная Планета
==Sources==
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*The Essential Reader's Companion
==Notes and references==
Category:Legends novels