Tempest Breaker (Star Wars: The High Republic) - Hardcover

Scott, Cavan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593723414 ISBN 13: 9780593723418

Verlag: Random House US, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

The Jedi reluctantly team up with the nefarious Lourna Dee in this full script for the Star Wars the High Republic audiobook original, Tempest Breaker.

Lourna Dee is not a villain. She’s not a hero. She’s a survivor. The former Tempest Runner, wanted by both her Nihil allies and the Republic, has evaded imprisonment and death from both groups more times than she can count. But even Lourna cannot outrun the mysterious blight that devours everything wherever it appears. And Marchion Ro, the Eye of the Nihil, has announced that only he knows the secret to stopping it.

Desperate, the Republic and Jedi turn to Lourna with an offer: help the Jedi stop the blight, and in return, Lourna will have a clean slate and the chance to decide her own future.

Teamed with Avar Kriss and Keeve Trennis, the same Jedi who once hunted her, Lourna leads the search for the Nihil’s chief scientist, Baron Boolan, the only being who may have answers to the mystery of the blight, as well as Marchion Ro’s true plans.

Lourna weighs the Republic’s offer of true freedom against her own instincts for survival as her team heads deeper into Nihil territory, straight toward the very dangers Lourna has worked for so long to elude. And when the opportunity arises to face off against Marchion Ro himself, even Lourna Dee may be willing to sacrifice everything to fulfill a quest for revenge.

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Cavan Scott is a UK number one bestselling author who has written for such popular worlds as Star Wars, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Assassin’s Creed, Transformers, Pacific Rim, and Sherlock Holmes. He is the writer of Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost, The Patchwork Devil, and Shadow Service, and is one of the story architects for Lucasfilm’s epic multimedia initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic. He has written comics for Marvel, DC, IDW, Dark Horse, Vertigo, 2000 AD, and The Beano. A former magazine editor, Cavan Scott lives in Bristol with his wife and daughters. His lifelong passions include classic scary movies, folklore, audio drama, the music of David Bowie, and walking. He owns far too much LEGO.

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SCENE 1. INT. THE BLUE RANGE.

FX: The background thrum of a ship. Beeps and bloops of computer systems. The high-pitched buzz of Rhil’s cam droid, T-9, hovering nearby.

RHIL DAIRO:
(TAKES A DEEP BREATH, STEADYING HERSELF AND HER NERVES)

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
How are you doing down there, Rhil?

RHIL:
How do you think?

T-9:
(DROID WHISTLES)

RHIL:
(TO THE DROID, A LITTLE ANNOYED) Yes, yes. I know.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
What was that?

RHIL:
Just Tee-Nine reminding me that I was the one who set this up.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
Well, that’s true enough.

RHIL:
Back in front of the cam droid . . .

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
As much part of the war effort as secret broadcasts behind the Stormwall.

RHIL:
Is it? Really? That felt important. This interview . . . this person . . .

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
The chancellor wants the galaxy to know that the Nihil haven’t already won.

RHIL:
That people can change. Yes, yes. I remember the meeting. Chancellor Soh was very persuasive. And here we are.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
So . . . we can proceed?

RHIL:
Take us in, Belin.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
You have spoken.

RHIL:
(SPOKEN, BUT WITH AFFECTION) Ha ha.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
Stand by.

FX: A sudden burst of maneuvering thrusters. The creak of the ship’s superstructure as it moves into position.

BELIN: (CONT, DISTORT/COMMS)
Bringing us alongside. (BEAT) Holding position.

FX: The beep of Belin opening a channel over the comm.

BELIN: (CONT, DISTORT/COMMS)
(TO THE OTHER SHIP) This is the Blue Range, awaiting docking sequence.

FX: The clang of the boarding tube connecting to the ship, followed by the hiss of hydraulics and various clunks as it attaches.

BELIN: (CONT, DISTORT/COMMS)
(TO RHIL) And we’re locked in.

RHIL:
(SOTTO) Ain’t that the truth? (STEADIES HERSELF) Okay. Let’s go.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
Opening air lock.

FX: Another clunk and a hiss of rushing air as the hatch slides slowly aside.

RHIL:
No going back now.

FX: Footsteps clang, boots on metal, as Rhil steps into the boarding tube and walks between the ships. T-9’s buzz pitches up as the droid hovers with her.

RHIL: (CONT)
Okay, I’m in the docking tube. Let’s make some final checks. Tee-Nine? Data connection secure?

T-9:
(DROID BLEEPS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE)

RHIL:
Excellent. Belin? You still there?

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
With you every step of the way.

RHIL:
Good to know.

FX: Her footsteps stop.

RHIL: (CONT)
Okay, I’m at their air lock. (BEAT, THEN TO HERSELF) Knock, knock. Let me—[in].

FX: The air lock opens, cutting her off. There is the hum of another droid hovering on the other side, its repulsorlift louder than T-9’s constant buzz.

RHIL: (CONT)
Ah. Hello.

BELIN: (DISTORT/COMMS)
Rhil?

RHIL:
Welcoming party. Well, welcoming scout droid. (TO THE DROID) Hello there. Rhil Dairo, with GoNet News. I believe your . . . commander is expecting me.

SCOUT DROID:
Zet-zet-zet!

FX: The droid hovers off abruptly.

RHIL:
And I guess that’s our cue to follow.

FX: Footsteps on deck plates as she follows the scout droid hovering just ahead. T-9 buzzes nearby.

BELIN: (COMMS, STATIC, BREAKING UP)
Rhil . . . Rhil, the signal’s— (STATIC)

RHIL:
Belin?

BELIN: (COMMS, STATIC, WORSE THAN EVER)
(STATIC) losing the feed . . . (STATIC) data stream . . . (STATIC)

FX: Rhil stops walking. Ahead, the scout droid halts, too.

SCOUT DROID:
(IMPATIENT) Zet-zet-zutt?

RHIL:
I’ve lost comms with my technician. Some kind of interference.

SCOUT DROID:
Zut-zet-zut.

RHIL:
(RESIGNED, IF A LITTLE ANNOYED) Your captain has installed signal inhibitors. Of course she has. Guess we’re on our own, Tee-Nine.

T-9:
(EVER SO SLIGHTLY WORRIED BLEEP)

SCOUT DROID:
(IMPATIENT) Zet-zet!

T-9:
(AFFRONTED BEEP)

FX: The scout droid continues.

T-9: (CONT)
(DROID EQUIVALENT OF BLOWING A RASPBERRY)

FX: Rhil starts following again.

RHIL:
(VOICE LOW) Keep it professional, Tee. We’re the guests, remember.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Random House US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0593723414
• ISBN 13: 9780593723418
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 506
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Harder; https://www.edel.com; ; Neum�hlen 17; Hamburg; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland