Rebel Force: Target is the first installment of the Star Wars: Rebel Force series. It is a young-reader novel written by Alex Wheeler and released in December 2008.
Publisher's summary
The Death Star has been destroyed. But back at the Rebel base, the celebration is over. The Alliance has intercepted a coded transmission, indicating that the Empire is determined to discover which pilot was responsible for the destruction of the Death Star. New security protocol is in effect: The details of the Death Star mission are now top secret, and no one is to know that Luke fired the decisive shot.
But that's hardly the Alliance's only problem. Almost all their finances were lost with the destruction of Alderaan – and they are out of money. Their last hope is to access the secret accounts on Muunilinst, the former home of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, and the financial heart of the galaxy. So Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, and the droids head for Muunilinst.
The Empire's top assassin will be waiting for them.
Plot summary
In the weeks after the Battle of Yavin, the Emperor makes discovering the identity of the Rebel pilot who destroyed the Death Star of paramount importance. Imperial commander Rezi Soresh sends his secret agent X-7 to infiltrate the Rebel ranks. Posing as Tobin Elad, X-7 ingratiates himself with the Rebels during a mission to Muunilinst. Luke, Leia, and Han are there to secure funding for the Rebellion. To that end, Luke finds himself competing in a dangerous Podrace. He succeeds, and Tobin's continuing assistance throughout the mission earns the trust of the Rebels. X-7, having witnessed Luke's piloting skills, begins to suspects that Skywalker is the one the Emperor seeks.
Continuity
Target was the first in the Rebel Force series of stories set during the “classic Star Wars” period of 0-3 ABY. These tales were some of the few from this point in the timeline that benefited from the full knowledge of the events of Episodes I through III. Luke's podrace in Target is a deliberate nod to his father's podrace in The Phantom Menace.[2]
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Sources
Scholastic Introduces Rebel Force on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)- The Essential Reader's Companion
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Essential Reader's Companion
- ↑ On a few pages, the novel accidentally mistakes hyperspace for hyperdrive