The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (audiobook)

For other uses, see The Weapon of a Jedi.

The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure is the unabridged audio version of the canon young-readers novel of the same name, written by Jason Fry. The audiobook was performed by Jonathan Davis and released on September 4, 2015.

Publisher's summary

Luke Skywalker returns for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story finds Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2 stranded on a mysterious planet, and explores a dangerous duel between Luke and a strange new villain. Hidden in the story are also clues and hints about the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-listen for fans old and new!^[1]

Plot summary

This article's plot summary may be found on the article about the original work, The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure.

Development

The audiobook was performed by Jonathan Davis and was released by Random House Audio on September 4, 2015 as a digital audiobook.^[1] It was directed by Kevin Thomsen with Aaron Blank serving as executive producer.^[2]

Legacy

The story was adapted into a four issue German language comic miniseries that was published in Star Wars Universe magazine in 2017.^[5] An English language version was published in 2021 as a two issue comic miniseries.^[6]

Media

Editions

ISBN 9780147521866; September 4, 2015; Listening Library; Digital download^[1]

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Wedge Antilles
Ello Asty (First appearance) (Appears in illustration only)
Ponda Baba (Indirect mention only)
C-3PO
Chewbacca (Mentioned only)
Vober Dand (First appearance) (Appears in illustration only)
Cornelius Evazan (Indirect mention only)
Farnay (First appearance)
Farnay's mother (First mentioned)
Duna Hilaris (First appearance)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Voice only)
Kivas (First appearance)
Knox (Appears in dream)
Beru Whitesun Lars (Mentioned only)
Owen Lars (Mentioned only)
Mon Mothma (Mentioned only)
Arhul Narra (First appearance)
0-MR1 (First appearance) (Left arm only)
Opato (First appearance)
Leia Organa (Mentioned only)
Sheev Palpatine (Mentioned only)
Jessika Pava (First appearance)
Sarco Plank (First appearance)
Porst (First appearance)
Pyparr (First appearance) (Voice only)
R2-D2
Luke Skywalker (First appearance as Korl Marcus)
Han Solo (Mentioned only)
Darth Vader (Mentioned only)

Organisms

Ape (Mentioned only)
- Ferijian ape (First mentioned)
Bantha (Mentioned only)
Bird
Chuba (Mentioned only)
Dewback (Mentioned only)
Eel (Mentioned only)
- Purcassian river eel (First mentioned)
Happabore (First appearance)
Insect
- Sap drinker (First appearance)
Krayt dragon (Mentioned only)
Pikhron (First appearance)

Droid models

Astromech droid
- R-series
  - R2 series astromech droid
  - R4 astromech droid
Battle droid (Head only)
Protocol droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- RA-7 protocol droid (Arm only)
Supervisor droid
Training droid
- Marksman-H training remote

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only)
- Devaron massacre (Indirect mention only)
First Coruscani Migration (First mentioned)
Imperial Era
- Galactic Civil War
  - Battle of Endor (Indirect mention only)
  - Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only)
  - Destruction of Alderaan (Mentioned only)
  - Mission to Circarpous (First mentioned)
  - Mission to Giju (First appearance)
  - Mission to recover Imperial communication logs (First appearance)
  - Rescue of Princess Leia (Mentioned only)
  - Secret mission to Tatooine (Mentioned only)
  - Skirmish in the Temple of Eedit (First appearance)

Locations

Alderaan (Mentioned only)
Circarpous (First mentioned)
Colonies
- Duluur sector
  - Devaron system
    - Devaron
      - Assarda (First mentioned)
      - Montellian Serat (First mentioned)
        Devaron capital city Imperial garrison (First mentioned)
      - Temple of Eedit
      - Tikaroo (First appearance)
        Unidentified depot (First appearance)
      - Ton-biri (First mentioned)
    - Devaron refueling station (First appearance)
- Giju (First appearance)
Lower Flora Cloud (First mentioned)
Outer Rim Territories
- Sanbra sector (First appearance, simultaneous with Lost Stars and Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure)
  - Ileenium system (First appearance, simultaneous with Lost Stars and Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure)
    - D'Qar (First appearance, simultaneous with Lost Stars and Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure)
      - Resistance base (First appearance, simultaneous with Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure)
- Tatooine (Mentioned only)
  - Ben Kenobi's home (Mentioned only)
  - Dune Sea (Mentioned only)
  - Mos Eisley (Mentioned only)
    - Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina (Mentioned only)
- Yavin 4 (Mentioned only)
  - Great Temple (Mentioned only)
Shipwrights' Trace (First mentioned)
Tertiary Usaita system (First appearance)
- Unidentified red dwarf (First appearance)
Western Reaches (Mentioned only)
Whiforla II (First mentioned)
Wild Space (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
  - Rebel Alliance Navy
    - Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps
      - Rebel pilot
      - Red Squadron
        Red Leader
        
        Red Three
        
        Red Five
  - Alliance officer
- Alliance High Command (Mentioned only) (First identified as Alliance High Command)
- Diplomatic corps (First mentioned)
Antilles family
Chief (Appears in illustration only)
Collector (Mentioned only)
Controller (Appears in illustration only)
Galactic Empire
- Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only)
- Imperial Military
  - Imperial Army
    - Stormtrooper Corps
      - Stormtrooper
  - Imperial Navy
- Imperial Officer Corps
  - Imperial officer
Governor (Mentioned only)
Jedi
- Jedi Order (Mentioned only)
  - Jedi Knight (Mentioned only)
  - Jedi Master (Voice only)
  - Padawan
Lars family (Mentioned only)
Mercenary (Mentioned only)
Officer
- Commander
- Lieutenant
Navigator (Mentioned only)
Old Republic (Mentioned only)
Pirate (Mentioned only)
Princess (Mentioned only)
Resistance (First appearance, simultaneous with Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure)
- Resistance ground crew (First appearance) (Appears in illustration only)
  - Ground Logistics Division (First appearance) (Appears in illustration only)
- Resistance navy (First appearance)
  - Blue Squadron (First appearance)
    - Blue Three (First appearance)
  - Resistance pilot (First appearance)
Scavenger
Scout (Mentioned only)
Sith (Mentioned only)
- Darth (Mentioned only)
- Sith Lord (Mentioned only)
Skywalker family
Slicer (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Abednedo (First appearance, simultaneous with Lost Stars, Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure, and Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure) (Appears in illustration only)
Aleena (Mentioned only)
Aqualish (Indirect mention only)
Devaronian
Duros
Herglic
Human
- Corellian
Hutt (Mentioned only)
Melitto (First appearance)
Nautolan (Appears in dream)
Rodian
Sikurdian (First mentioned)
Tarsunt (First appearance, simultaneous with Lost Stars and Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure) (First pictured, simultaneous with Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure) (Appears in illustration only)
Tusken Raider (Mentioned only)
Whiforlan (First mentioned)
Wookiee (Mentioned only)