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Well, that was a surprising end. Darth Maul does have a flair for the dramatic. Do all Sith have that?

Ha! The perfect secret rendezvous: below a meeting of senators. And Lorn Pavana will probably have a coincidental meeting with one Naboo senator that will save his butt from the pursuing Sith Lord.

Three stuns to the back and Maul was only out for a few seconds. Lol

The slimy mother$@%#&@^@%

Whaaaaaat? A piece of the Force-resistant creature? When did he have time to get this?

So, not a total loss. Lorn is lucky he has a droid with perfect recall after being frozen as well.

Short-term memory loss from the carbon freezing? Oh, that's convenient and a pity. All that character growth for nothing.

We're seeing hints of Maul's overconfidence and tunnel vision that he has in battle. He is not fully aware of his surroundings, which is what his opponents exploit. First, Darsha, then Obi-Wan on Naboo. I'm trying to recall if he had the same problem in TCW, Rebels, and the new show.

36 hours or more with Darsha was all Lorn needed to flip from hating the Jedi to caring about her. I love it.

I like how in this flashback to a lightsaber training session with Yoda, it still demonstrates Yoda as someone who uses slowness of speed and heightened reflexes to avoid lightsaber strikes from his fellow Council members rather than using the Force to propel him and enhance his speed. AOTC is still a year away.

Ha! Callback! A carbon-freezing chamber with a Sith Lord waiting for our Jedi-trainee. Nice.

"You will go get a haircut."
"I will go get a haircut."
Now that's an Obi-Wan-style of mind trick.

Ooooh, Sith lightsaber construction. The old-fashioned, pre-Disney way, which is philosophically superior to the new Disney way; Sith construct their lightsaber crystals through a furnace where they meditate and imbue crystal with the dark side, a demonstration of their power and self-reliance rather than depending on killing Jedi and corrupting their crystals, risking discovery and being hunted down.

This book is just drip-feeding us clues of Lorn's backstory.

"'Are Jedi that good?'
"'No, they're not. I'm only an apprentice. My master is far more skilled than I.'"
I see where Obi-Wan gets his cheek.

I see that psychokinesis has not been introduced into the Jedi array of powers yet. Unless Reeves hasn't read Dark Horse when he was writing this or the Del Rey editor to know of Quinlan Vos.

Imagine if any of the Terminators felt rage and frustration every time that John or Sarah Connor escaped from it by the thinnest of margins. This is Darth Maul rn.

Incredible that a Padawan of Darsha's age and caliber is able to connect to the Force in mid-combat and allow it to flow through her.

Whaaaaaaaaa! A creature whose body can diffuse a lightsaber blade?! I would've liked to have seen that depicted in some media. We've only ever seen creatures or armor that is lightsaber resistant or immune.

This insectoid monster cannot be sensed with the Force, which is really, really weird.

You know, I was starting to wonder if the kids had a babysitter since MJ and Peter were out on a dinner date with Harry and Gwen. Uncle Ben, I understand, but JJJ?

Say the phrase! "'I've got a bad feeling about this.'"
CLAMOROUS APPLAUSE!

A little bit more backstory and a name: Jax. Of course, it ends at a cliffhanger with that. Lol

The mental image of Maul and Sidious disguised as tourists in front of the Jedi Temple and pointing out the names and faces of various Jedi, and discussing their deaths and downfall, is hilarious! I want a fan-made picture of that with Sidious and Maul in Disney tourist get-up and flowery shirts in front of the Jedi Temple doing that.

"Maul was willing to die for [Sidious], without question and without hesitation. Lord Sidious's goals were the goals of the Sith, and they would be achieved, no matter what the cost." With this in mind, it would make sense for why Sidious would eventually abandon him, with or without Maul dying in TPM. Ambition is the way of the Sith, and Maul has no personal ambition to gain power to defeat his master as is the way.

I like how in this book we've got opposing perspectives on how one deals with pain and loss with differing philosophies.

"The more sensational news programs on the HoloNet were always full of stories about dangerous mutations being found in the sewers and drainage systems."
Chuds!

I like how we've been hinting the reason for why Lorn Pavan detests Jedi as a whole for half of this book, and we are still left for the reason why. This is a mystery I'm looking forward to seeing through.

"Master Bondara taught [Darsha] that this did not mean one should repress one's emotions. '...We are creatures of emotion, and to deny those is profoundly unhealthy. But one can feel anger, for example, without being controlled by it. One can grieve without being crippled by grief.'"
Thank! You! Fans are still having this argument TO-DAY!

"Jinn nodded. 'Anoon has always been one to chafe at rules and restrictions.'
"Mace Windu glanced at Jinn and raised an eyebrow. Jinn smiled slightly and shrugged."
Cheeky Qui-Gon.