History Literature / StarWarsTatooineGhost

** Han encounters a former Weequay slave named Grunts whom he won in a card game many years ago. Hans freed Grunts and offered him a job as a cargo hauler, but Chewbacca and Grunts didn't get along, so they went their separate ways.

''Tatooine Ghost'' is a Creator/TroyDenning ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' book published in 2003 that works to bridge the original and prequel trilogy eras together. Leia, Han, and Chewbacca try to keep the ''Killik Twilight'', a priceless piece of Alderaanian art, out of the Empire's hands, both for sentimental reasons and because the code for a Rebel Alliance/New Republic communications network is hidden in the painting. This quest takes them to Tatooine, where the painting ends up in the hands of Anakin Skywalker's childhood friend Kitster. Their attempts to track him down also lead to Leia discovering new things about her father and his past.

!!Tropes:

** Lambsited by Han
->''"Think about it. If he’d have been a nice guy, do you think he’d have ever gotten that close to Palpatine? Maybe that was your father’s destiny all along, to save the galaxy just like his mother thought he would - well, maybe not just like she thought. But he did save it.”''
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** Kitster justifies why Anakin could of become Darth Vader, due to having a rough childhood as a slave and often seeing injustices.
** Han about Anakin killing the Tuskin Raiders.
->''“He was a kid with a dead mother.” Han raised the electro-binoculars, but he seemed to be looking more toward the banthas than the bones. “He vented his anger on the ones who killed her. I might have done the same thing.”''
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** Han encounters a former weequay slave named Grunts who he won in a card game many years ago. Hans freed Grunts and offered him a job as a cargo hauler, but Chewbacca and Grunts didn't get along, so they went their separate ways.

** An incognito Grand Admiral Thrawn criticizes a stormtrooper commander for torturing civilians for information. When the stormie talks back, Thrawn punches him in the face and then asks him if that made him like him any better. The Empire's new doctrine, according to Thrawn, isn't brutality, it's ''efficiency''.

* SympathyfortheDevil: Possibly the novel's main theme, specifically for Anakin.
* TrueCompanions: Kitster not only understands why Anakin became Darth Vader but he also believed that there was good in Anakin. Kitster also helps Leia to understand her father in many ways that she didn’t know how.

* VillainsOutShopping: The Empire only gets involved in the plot because the largely offscreen Grand Admiral Thrawn is an art lover who is interested in buying the ''Killik Twilight'' for his collection. Once it's removed from auction, though, his men try to take it by force.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Leia wonders what might have been if Anakin found his mother's holojournal.

->''"Think about it. If he’d have been a nice guy, do you think he’d have ever gotten that close to Palpatine? Maybe that was your father’s destiny all along, to save the galaxy just like his mother thought he would - well, maybe not just like she thought. But he did save it.”'"''

->''“He was a kid with a dead mother.” Han raised the electro-binoculars, but he seemed to be looking more toward the banthas than the bones. “He vented his anger on the ones who killed her. I might have done the same thing.”'"''

* SympathyfortheDevil: Possibly the main theme of the novel, specifically for Anakin.
* TrueCompanions: Kitster not only understands why Anakin became Darth Vader but he also believed that there was good in Anakin. Kitster also help Leia to understand her father in many ways that she didn’t know how.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Leia wonders what might have been if Anakin found his mither's holojournal.

** Han says that Anakin killed the Tuskin Raiders is justified as he would of done the same thing. Despite being a Jedi, Anakin was an emotional teenager at the time.

* DramaticIrony: Kitster steals the painting from the auction [[spoiler:to return it to Leia, his best friend's daughter, not realizing that Leia was also at the auction and he inadvertently kept her from getting the painting sooner.]]

''Tatooine Ghost'' is a Creator/TroyDenning book published in 2003 that works to bridge ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' and the prequel trilogy. Leia, Han, and Chewbacca try to keep the ''Killik Twilight'', a priceless piece of Alderaanian art, out of the Empire's hands, both for sentimental reasons and because the code for a Rebel Alliance/New Republic communications network is hidden in the painting. This quest takes them to Tatooine, where the painting ends up in the hands of Anakin Skywalker's childhood friend Kitster. Their attempts to track him down also lead to Leia discovering new things about her father and his past.

''Tatooine Ghost'' is a Creator/TroyDenning book published in 2003 that works to bridge ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' and the prequel trilogy. Leia, Han, and Chewbacca try to keep the Killik Twilight, a priceless piece of Alderaanian art, out of the Empire's hands, both for sentimental reasons and because the code for a Rebel Alliance/New Republic communications network is hidden in the painting. This quest takes them to Tatooine, where the painting ends up in the hands of Anakin Skywalker's childhood friend Kitser. Their attempts to track him down also lead to Leia discovering new things about her father and his past.

* DramaticIrony: Kitser steals the painting from the auction [[spoiler:to return it to Leia, his best friend's daughter, not realizing that Leia was also at the auction and he inadvertently kept her from getting the painting sooner.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Downplayed. CorruptPolitician Threkin Horm is selling the Killik Twilight painting rather than returning it to his people, but he admits that the idea of the Empire having it rubs him the wrong way. Of course, he's still willing to sell it to them until Leia blackmails him.
* EyeScream: A recording Leia finds reveals that Watto was temporarily blinded by a bright flash during a fight with Cliegg Lars over buying Shimi's freedom.

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Kitser's wife Tamora helps Han and Leia in their quest and is chagrined when she has to meet with Kitser's ex-wife Ulda in the process. Tamora met Kitser while working for Ulda as a waitress, and there's no lost love between them.

** A video recording of Cliegg Lars freeing his future wife Shimi from slavery is shown.

* VillainsOutShopping: The Empire only gets involved in the plot because the largely offscreen Grand Admiral Thrawn is an art lover who is interested in buying the Killik Twilight for his collection. Once it's removed from auction, though, his men try to take it by force.

* TortureIsIneffective: An incognito Grand Admiral Thrawn criticizes a stormtrooper commander for torturing civilians for information. When the stormie talks back, Thrawn punches him in the face and then asks him if that made him like him any better. The Empire's new doctrine, according to Thrawn, isn't brutality, it's ''efficiency''.

''Tatooine Ghost'' is a Creator/TroyDenning book that works to bridge ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' and the prequel trilogy. Leia, Han, and Chewbacca try to keep the Killik Twilight, a priceless piece of Alderaanian art, out of the Empire's hands, both for sentimental reasons and because the code for a Rebel Alliance/New Republic communications network is hidden in the painting. This quest takes them to Tatooine, where the painting ends up in the hands of Anakin Skywalker's childhood friend Kitser. Their attempts to track him down also lead to Leia discovering new things about her father and his past.

* InternalReveal: Leia finds out lots of information about Anakin's childhood that the readers are likely to know but that she's absolutely floored by.

* VillainsOutShopping: The Empire only gets involved in the plot because the largely offscreen Grand Admiral Thrawn is an art lover who is interested in buying the Killik Twilight for his collection. Once it's removed from auction, though, his men try to take it by force.

''Tatooine Ghost'' is a Creator/TroyDenning book that works to bridge Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' and the prequel trilogy. Leia, Han, and Chewbacca try to keep the Killik Twilight, a priceless piece of Alderaanian art, out of the Empire's hands, both for sentimental reasons and because the code for a Rebel Alliance/New Republic communications network is hidden in the painting. This quest takes them to Tatooine, where the painting ends up in the hands of Anakin Skywalker's childhood friend Kitser. Their attempts to track him down also lead to Leia discovering new things about her father and his past.

** Han encounters a former wee quay slave named Grunts who he won in a card game many years ago. Hans freed Grunts and offered him a job as a cargo hauler, but Chewbacca and Grunts didn't get along, so they went their separate ways.