Allegiance (novel): Difference between revisions

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As the title suggests, this book features people and groups who are having allegiance issues. Han Solo is resentful about how it seems like everyone is assuming that he's committed himself to the Rebellion, although he hasn't left yet, and while Luke Skywalker is utterly committed, he worries about Han and is very green. The five stormtroopers who form the Hand of Judgment desert and form a sort of vigilante group believing that the Empire has abandoned the ideals that they signed up for. Consciously, Mara Jade is absolutely certain of the rightness of the Empire, but she is on the hunt for traitors and there are numerous tiny hints that she's against various aspects. Meanwhile, Leia is sent to negotiate between various Rebel leaders who are threatening to leave, and speaks with a district head who claims to want to secede, but is really doing all of this to gain power.

A direct sequel, ''[[Star Wars/Choices of One|Choices of One]]'', was released later, right on the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy|Heir to the Empire]]''.

 

 

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* [[Awesome By Analysis]]: The Commodore tries this, enduring mild sensory deprivation in order to concentrate on voices. Doesn't work on Mara.

* [[Body Motifs]]: Mara Jade: the Emperor's Hand. The [[Badass Army|501st Legion]]: Vader's Fist. Five idealistic stormtrooper deserters: the Hand of Judgment.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: While in his presence Mara Jade thinks of the Emperor as "a good and wise man". Of course, she ''is'' his agent, connected to him by the Force, and there are a lot of subtle cues that she subconsciously knows how evil he is. Plus, her snap judgments of everyone else are pretty sound.

* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe/Ho Yay|Ho Yay]]: LaRone catches Luke Skywalker looking at him in a bar. "There had been something in the kid's look that had set his skin tingling."

* [[Human Shield]]: Attempted, but Grave just shot past the hostage.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: When Leia sees burglars breaking into a house that has a child in it, she barely thinks about the fact that she's hiding out and firing shots will probably call official attention to her. She's seen what burglars can do when they run into someone.

 

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