Star Wars Review: Dawn of the Jedi: Prisoner of Bogan

This starts in the prelude novella, Dawn of the Jedi: Eruption . Originally featured in Star Wars: Insider Eruption was included in Into the Void as a crossover between Hawk Ryo from the comics and Lanoree Brock of Into the Void . While Force Storm treated Hawk as a generic Jedi without having much to say about him, Eruption mentions the fact that he has a history with the Dark Side and is a bit more comfortable giving into his anger than the average Jedi. Into the Void by comparison, features Lanoree Brock traveling from planet to planet within the Tython system, including spending a good amount of time on Nox.

Nox, along with several other planets, is featured in Prisoner of Bogan although not in as great detail. Perhaps more importantly, the general opinion of the Je’dai throughout the system is equal between the two: generally, they’re feared, but not very well liked. Not much different than the Jedi around the time of the Clone Wars, actually.

In Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm a Rakata starship in search of territory to invade crash-lands on Tython. The one survivor is Xesh, a human slave of the Rakata and a powerful Force-sensitive who the Rakata trained in the use of the Dark Side. After being defeated by the Je’dai – largely because he chooses to save their lives against a Tythan monster – Xesh is then sent to dwell on his predilection toward the Dark Side on the moon Bogan, from whence this story begins.

Prisoner of Bogan is, like Into the Void a chase across the Tython system. Unlike Into the Void there are two different hunting parties chasing the query. The titular Prisoner of Bogan, Daegan Lok, is a madman who has seen visions of an army of Force-saber (or possibly lightsaber, which is a similar technology) wielding soldiers advancing. His goal is to raise such an army, take over the Je’dai by Force, and lead the Jedi in the defense of the Tython system. Once he discovers Xesh’s knowledge, he takes him with him and begins to act on this. The Je’dai are hunting them, for obvious reasons, but so are the Rakata, trailing Xesh.