Dark Force Rising | Chapter 1 | The Lost Holocron

The Lost Holocron

Chapter 1 of Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (1992) (EU: 9 ABY) by Timothy Zahn.

The Story So Far

Enigmatic Grand Admiral Thrawn has taken control of the Imperial Remnants after the Empire’s defeat over Endor five years prior. He has established a base on the obscure world of Wayland, taking possession of technology locked away in the late Emperor’s storehouse and negotiating the allegiance of clone Dark Jedi Joruus C’Baoth in exchange for the capture of Luke Skywalker, and Leia Organa Solo and her unborn twins.

Chapter 1

Grand Admiral Thrawn holds a blockade over Myrkr, while General Covell co-ordinates an instructive assault on smuggling Lord Talon Karrde's already-evacuated base. Having seen the kind of art Karrde collects, Thrawn correctly induces that Karrde is surveilling the operation for information.
Aboard the Wild Karrde, Mara Jade senses danger and errantly prepares the ship for departure, vindicated moments later as an Interdictor drops out of hyperspace. They escape before the gravity well generator powers up, but Mara feels uneasy about her premonition, fearing another imminent cycle of self-destructivism.
Thrawn is intrigued by the implications of the escape, noting it for later. He leaves orders for Covell to commend troopers for reassignment to Mount Tantis on Wayland. Captain Pellaeon reports on Joruus C'Baoth's impetuously frequent contact; he is impatient for the delivery of the promised Skywalkers to Jormark. He smoulders over his unremembered past; all that matters to him is his connection to and dominion over the Force.

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