Attack of the Clones


Book Data
Type	Novel
Series	Prequal Trilogy
Era	Rise of the Empire
	22 BBY
Publishing Data
Author(s)	R.A. Salvatore
Hardback	01-Apr-02
Paperback	01-Apr-03

Synopsis

Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadship of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to secede from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, 19-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her, while his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi is assigned to investigate the assassination attempt. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan are drawn into the heart of the Separatist territories, and the beginning of a new threat to the galaxy, the Clone Wars.