With the March 24th release of Outcast, the first book in the nine-book Fate of the Jedi series, readers will have a new starting point to enter the expanded universe. To help get everyone up to speed on the book's time frame, about 40 years after Return Of The Jedi, Starwars.com has a downloadable PDF guide which includes a refresher, as well as an excerpt of Outcast. The author, Aaron Allston, will also embark on a book tour to discuss the book. Check out the above link for the PDF, as well as a list of book tour locations.

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Fate Of The Jedi: Omen