![]() ![]() Malakili readily agrees to the proposition.Īnother interesting detail about life on Tatooine revealed by the Interlude is that Malakili’s possessions include shiny chits and droid gears to “pay off” Tuskens. Vanth tells Malakili that he needs someone to help them train a pair of rontos – and to help teach a baby Hutt that has become one of the residents of Freetown. He says that he is the Sheriff of Freetown, the new name for Mos Pelgo. Soon, Malakili is attacked by a pair of agents representing the Red Key Company, but just before he is dispatched, he is rescued by Vanth. As a result, some of the Sarlacc’s body had been unburied, and Jawas had seized the opportunity to cut open its stoma-tubes and pilfer armor, droids, and weapons from its digestive tract. When he arrives, he discovers that the Sarlacc was injured by some of the burning wreckage that fell from the crashing barge. Eventually forced to admit that living at the late Hutt’s Palace is no longer tenable after Jabba’s sail barge is destroyed by Luke Skywalker during the events of The Return of the Jedi, Malakili visits the Great Pit of Carkoon. The Interlude featuring Vanth in Aftermath: Life Debt is told from the perspective of Malakili, Jabba the Hutt’s beastmaster (who memorably wept over the body of his dead pet Rancor, who was named Pateesa). While Charu attempts to lay claim to the armor, Vanth quick-draws, shooting the agent of the Red Mining Company in the shoulder and claiming the armor for himself, declaring himself “Sheriff Vance” (most likely a typo).īefore Vanth leaves with the armor, he tells Charu to tell his boss, Lorgan Movellan, to pack up and take the hyperspace lanes out of the sector. ![]() The two men follow the Jawas into a backroom, where they have their finest wares, including wreckage from the late Jabba’s sail barge.Īmong the artifacts is a box with a complete set of Mandalorian battle armor, presumably the property of Boba Fett, who was last seen falling into the Sarlaac in The Return of the Jedi. Vanth explains that the Jawas work on rapport, which can only be established over time, but invites Charu to benefit from the relationship Vanth has already established with them. Charu is negotiating with some Jawas in their sandcrawler (with little success) when a man arrives and introduces himself as “Cobb Vanth.” He’s an agent of the Red Key Company, a mining company that has set its sights on Tatooine in light of the power vacuum created by the fall of both the Empire and Jabba the Hutt. The first Interlude is largely told from the perspective of a character named Adwin Charu. One new character was given Interludes in all three of the books in the Aftermath trilogy, a self-appointed lawman on the backwater planet of Tatooine: Cobb Vanth. Some of these Interludes feature characters with whom Star Wars fans will already be familiar, but others introduce new characters, such as Eleodie Maracavanya, the Pirate Ruler of Wild Space, who captures an Imperial dreadnaught and makes it into zher capital ship. In some instances, the characters featured in the Interlude for one book return for an additional Interlude in a subsequent book – providing multiple windows into a character’s story over the course of the trilogy. These Interludes provide a glimpse of the stories taking place all over the Galaxy during this time period. ![]() In addition to the main storyline, which follows an ensemble of interesting characters (including Wedge Antilles and a young Temmin “Snap” Wexley – played on the big screen by Greg Grunberg), each book in the Aftermath trilogy also includes a handful of “Interludes.” Taking place shortly after the critical defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the trilogy reveals a galaxy in the throes of dramatic change, with the burgeoning New Republic struggling against the remaining Imperial forces who refuse to admit that their hateful machinations have been thwarted. The Aftermath trilogy by Chuck Wendig were some of the first books of the current canon published by Lucasfilm after it was acquired by Disney, with the first volume in the trilogy being released on September 4 th, 2015 – one of the books in the “Journey to The Force Awakens” cycle, leading up to the release of Episode VII in December 2015. ![]()
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