Luke Skywalker has a mysterious new Sith foe in the upcoming Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith, a new canon Star Wars novel taking place 20 years after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Shadow of the Sith will detail that mission that Luke and Lando Calrissian embarked on, as mentioned in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Luke and Lando are on the hunt for Ochi of Bestoon. But Luke and Lando don’t realize that another Sith agent is on their tail. This masked, lightsaber-wielding enemy appears on the Barnes and Noble exclusive cover of the novel, seen below and first revealed via io9, which also has an exclusive excerpt from the story that you can check out.
The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of peace.
Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable . . . and Luke’s worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace.
After Lando’s daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading hopes—until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl.
Ochi’s true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith’s glorious rebirth—Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself.
As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith’s lingering shadow and aid a young family running for their lives.
