DARTH MAUL DUOLOGY

BSW 32.5

小説ダース・モール・シリーズのうち、『"SHADOW HUNTER" 闇の狩人』は、日本でもハードカバー版として、お馴染みの富永和子女史の手により翻訳、出版されたので読まれた方はかなりの数に上ると思われる。エピソード1前史として描かれたこの物語には、日本では殆ど知られていない、更に遡る物語が用意されている。『"SABOTEUR" 破壊工作員(仮)』と名付けられたそのショート・ストーリーは、e-Bookとして出版されており、ダーク・ホース・コミックの『"DARTH MAUL" ダース・モール』シリーズとの間を埋める未訳の物語である。最近、ニュー・ジェダイ・オーダー・シリーズの『"EDGE OF VICTORY II: REBIRTH" バランス・ポイント』と『"EDGE OF VICTORY I: CONQUEST" 征服』の間を繋ぐ物語として『"RECOVERY" 復旧(仮)』が、こちらもe-Bookとしてリリースされたばかり。スピンアウトのすべてを語るには、もはやインターネット無しでは語れない時代に突入してしまった。

STAR WARS
DARTH MAUL: SABOTEUR

by JAMES LUCENO / e-Book
Del Ray Books / Feb-2001
ASIN B-00005-AAMX
[BOOK DESCRIPTION]
When The Phantom Menace debuted in May 2000, its most popular character was the double-lightsaber-wielding Darth Maul, the centerpiece of Darth Maul: Saboteur and the newly written full-length hardcover novel Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, by Michael Reaves. Darth Maul: Saboteur introduces characters featured in Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, where Darth Sidious meets secretly with his Neimoidian contacts in the Trade Federation to plan the blockade of the planet Naboo. But Hath Monchar, a member of the delegation, is missing. Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal and orders his apprentice Darth Maul to hunt the traitor down.
 

 

 
 

STAR WARS
DARTH MAUL: SHADOW HUNTER

MICHAEL REAVES / HARDCOVER
Ballantine Books / Jan-2001
ISBN 0-345-43539-7
[BOOK DESCRIPTION]
Darth Maul, merciless apprentice of evil and one of the legendary Sith, a twisted order given over to the dark side of the Force...Darth Maul, champion of the nefarious Sith Lord, Darth Sidious...Darth Maul, a legend sprung to life from the nightmares of history, about to be unleashed ... in an all-new tale of intrigue and mystery set just before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. He meets secretly with his Neimoidian contacts in the Trade Federation to plan the blockade of the planet Naboo. But one member of the delegation is missing, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.
 
On Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, the Neimoidian moves quickly to sell what he knows to the highest bidder. For Lorn Pavan, an information broker, the deal is too good to pass up. He grabs it, unaware that he has now earned a place on Darth Maul's hit list, right behind the Neimoidian defector himself.
 
Meanwhile, a young Jedi padawan by the name of Darsha Assant stands on the verge of ascension to Jedi knighthood. A single mission will be her test. But a greater test awaits her. For in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant's own dark side, she will cross paths with Lorn, who is fleeing from the Sith stalker, carrying with him crucial information that must reach the Jedi Council at all costs.
 
The future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?
 
 

STAR WARS
DARTH MAUL: SHADOW HUNTER

by MICHAEL REAVES / PAPERBACK
Del Rey Books / Nov-2001 / ISBN 0-345-43541-9
[BOOK DESCRIPTION]
After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.
But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right on the top of Darth Maul's hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood. Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?
 
 

スター・ウォーズ
ダース・モール - 闇の狩人

MICHAEL REAVES 著 / 富永 和子 訳 / ハードカバー
ソニー・マガジンズ刊 / 2001.04.20 / ISBN 4-7897-1679-1 / \1,600
[BOOK DESCRIPTION]
シス卿、ダース・シディアスはトレード・フェデレーションを陰で操り、銀河の全権をその手に握ろうと画策していた。 しかし、その企みを記したホロクロンが盗まれた。 ジェダイ評議会に事が露見するのを防ぐため、シディアスは弟子のダース・モールに指令を出した。 「裏切り者に制裁を加え、真実を知る者すべてを抹殺せよ」 コルサントのアンダーグラウンド、光も射さぬ迷路で繰り広げられる追跡劇。 商人たちは、ダース・モールの必殺の刃から逃れることが出来るのか……。