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''Allegiance'' is a ''
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'' novel released in January 2007 by Del Rey. The book was written by
Timothy Zahn Timothy Zahn (born 1951) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known best for his prolific collection of ''Star Wars'' List of Star Wars books, books, chiefly the Thrawn trilogy, ''Thrawn'' trilogy, and has published several ...
, and was followed in 2011 with ''Choices of One''.


Story

The story is set just after '' Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope''. The book's subject is, according to Zahn, "...three different people and groups with allegiance issues."


Synopsis

The story was told in three parallel threads which eventually intertwined in the later part of the book. Five members of the
Imperial Stormtroopers Stormtroopers are fictional soldiers in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. Introduced in the original ''Star Wars'' film trilogy (1977–1983), the Stormtroopers are the shock troops/ space marines of the autocratic Gal ...
attached to the
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''Reprisal'' began to have doubt about their work after being made to participate in massacre of innocents on planet Teardrop. The planet had a rebel base, but evacuated just moments before the ''Reprisal'' arrived. The Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) officers in charge of the operations had the innocent people killed anyway. Back on board the Star Destroyer, the ISB Major Dreflin made a mistake of pushing the stormtrooper too far and ended up killed by his own weapon. The five stormtroopers aboard realized official channels would get them nowhere, and managed to escape on board the ship ''Suwantek''. While on the run, their sense of honor and duty led them to seemingly unrelated incidents where they rescued local populace, and subsequently pursued a link to a pirate group named the Bloodscars operating in the Shelsha Sector. Leia was dispatched to the Shelsha Sector to meet three local representatives of the Rebellion. Luke, Han and Chewbacca went along as her escorts. They separated to pursue different leads, the men to investigate pirate attacks on the Rebel supply line, and Leia to a negotiation that the governor of Shelsha sector was going to declare independence and join the Rebellion.
Mara Jade Mara Jade Skywalker is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. She appears in the '' Legends'' continuity as the wife of Luke Skywalker and mother of Ben Skywalker. She has been voiced by Heidi Shannon, Edie Mirman and Kath Souc ...
was investigating corrupt Imperial moffs, and clues from stolen valuable artworks led her to the Shelsha Sector. It was indicated in the original ''Thrawn'' trilogy novels that Rebels (
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,
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,
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, and
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) met Mara Jade for the first time during the events of that same trilogy. As such, despite being in the same place at the same time on more than one occasion, the Rebels and Mara Jade did not actually see each other.


Continuity

* The book includes a cameo appearance of a character based on Stacey, the heroine of the '' Pink Five'' series of fanfilms, marking the first time a fan-created ''Star Wars'' character has ever crossed into the
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. * The first hardcover printing has the time period mislabeled as taking place during the '' Rise of the Empire/Prequel Trilogy'' period instead of the correct time period, '' Rebellion Era/Classic Trilogy''.


Reception

David Maddox on
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wrote that "although the pirates and corrupt royalty of the story do seem rather flat, fans will get a smile seeing the classic characters as when they were first introduced 30 years ago". A review on ''
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'' mentioned that "this episode will please fans wondering about events between the first and second movies in the original Star Wars trilogy". ''
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'' said the book is " ghtly plotted and fast paced".


Sequel

''Choices of One'' is a ''Star Wars'' novel written by Zahn, released by Del Rey on July 19, 2011. The sequel to Zahn's 2007 novel ''Allegiance'', it is set between the events of the films ''Star Wars: A New Hope'' and ''
The Empire Strikes Back ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'') is a 1980 American epic film, epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based o ...
'' and features Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Mara Jade, and the villain Nuso Esva.


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