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barked a preflight checklist back and forth.

  Sirrakuk slipped back out of the sleek ship and stood watching as the

  craft prepared to depart. Within moments the Shadow Chaser rose up on

  its repulsorhfts, bearing its message of warning to Luke Skywalker and

  his Jedi academy.

  "We've just sent the alert to Yavin 4, but now we have to go," Jaina

  told her brother.

  'Uncle Luke is back from his scouting mission with Dad-but the Jedi

  academy is still in danger."

  "I've got a bad feeling about this," Jacen agreed.

  He held the small cage in his lap, still whispering soothing words.

  Tenel Ka sat beside Jacen, eager to go. She brushed her fingers over the

  weapons at her belt, anticipating the fight to come.

  Chewbacca yowled a brief order to prepare for acceleration, then the

  Shadow Chaser leaped skyward. A few minutes later, they catapulted into

  hyperspace and left Kashyyyk behind.

  They raced back to Yavin 4 at full speed, knowing they had to prepare

  for the greatest challenge of their lives.

  The Shadow Academy was coming.

  At last, the final confrontation with the Shadow Academy . . .

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  )iedi UNDER SilEqIE The day of reckoning is at hand for the young jedi

  Knights. The Shadow Academy-with its army of Dark Jedi and Imperial

  stormtroopers-has appeared in the sky over Yavin 4. And when a commando

  raid destroys the shield generator protecting the jedi academy, there is

  only one option: to fight.

  Now jacen and jaina, along with Luke Skywalker and their friends, must

  trust in the Force and do battle with their sworn enemies-the Dark jedi

  Zekk, his master Brakiss, and the loathsome Nightsister Tamith Kai.

  Victory means a new legacy of jedi coming of age.

  Defeat means a final cloak of darkness over the entire galaxy . . .