A Forest Apart

A Forest Apart was originally a 2003 eBook written by Troy Denning as a supplement to his novel Tatooine Ghost and was later included in the paperback version of Tatooine Ghost published by Del Rey. The novel is set before Tatooine Ghost in the Star Wars timeline.

In the novel, Lumpawarrump heads to Coruscant to spend time with his father, Chewbacca. The story revolves around the Wookiee's adventures there and Chewbacca dealing with Lumpawarrump's disobedience. Lumpy is caught up in the theft of a datapad containing important information to the New Republic. The story also deals with Chewbacca's belief that his son is becoming the Wookiee equivalent of a teenager. However, Lumpy is trying to impress his father more than anything else.

Publisher's summary

Like father, like son . . .

Growing up in the shadow of his heroic father, Lumpawarrump, son of Chewbacca, feels tremendous pressure to match his father’s daring exploits. Chewie’s life-debt to Han Solo keeps him from returning home, and without the steadying influence of his father, Lumpy is unfocused and out of control. So Chewie’s wife decides that a visit to Coruscant is in order. It’s the perfect opportunity for the family to bond—and for Chewbacca to teach his son some much-needed life-lessons.

But when Lumpy’s eagerness to impress his father leads to direct disobedience, Chewie is forced into an extreme pursuit that will lead him into Coruscant’s dangerous underlevels–and to a secret as shocking as it is deadly. . . .

Plot summary

While on Coruscant, Lumpawarrump catches a burglar stealing a datapad from Han and Leia Solo. Lumpawarrump then pursues the burglar into Coruscant's dangerous underlevels. Chewbacca and his wife, Mallatobuck, follow their son and find him fighting the burglars and eventually getting kidnapped. The burglar and the thieves flee when they arrive. Chewbacca notices that Leia's datapad was stolen by the group. Before they can stop him, Lumpawarrump runs off to recover the datapad. When Chewbacca and Mallatobuck found him again they find the burglars carrying him into one of the secret detention centers Palpatine kept in the undercity. Chewbacca saves Lumpawarrump, but Mallatobuck is taken in his stead and dragged away. Chewbacca and Lumpawarrump learn that the burglars were attempting to assassinate the New Republic's leaders so Chewbacca comms Han to inform him of the plot. Chewbacca and Lumpawarrump invade the enemies' base to find an advanced IT-3 interrogation droid behind the plot. Chewbacca learns that this was a plot by the presumed deceased Ysanne Isard to seek the destruction of the New Republic's government after the Krytos virus failed to destroy Coruscant, and he attacks and destroys the droid and frees Mallatobuck. In the end, he decides to return to Kashyyyk for several weeks' bonding with his son.

Continuity

In this short story, Lumpawaroo is 11 years old, but that's a mistake confirmed by Leland Chee.^[3] In order for the timeline to work, he must be about 9 years old.

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Sources

• First Look: A Forest Apart on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
• Star Wars: A Forest Apart on Sale on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)

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