Shatterpoint
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Shatterpoint is a science fiction novel by Matthew Stover set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe during the Clone Wars. Its main character is Jedi Master Mace Windu.
Mace Windu is sent by the Jedi Council to his birth world Haruun Kal. His former Padawan and fellow Jedi Master Depa Billaba has been sent to Haruun Kal to start a revolution; however, all contact has been lost with her. A message is found on a voice chip inside a dead woman's mouth that implies Depa has fallen to the dark side of the Force or gone insane. Since Mace taught her Vaapad, he knows he is the only one who can stop her. Upon his arrival on Haruun Kal, Mace meets such personages as Planetary Security Chief Lorz Geptun, Nick Rostu, and untrained Force master Kar Vastor.
Kar uses dual edged vibroshields made of superconductive material harvested from Jedi spaceships that crashed centuries before. The vibroshields so fashioned are resistant to lightsabers but not to each other. If held in contact with a lightsaber for a long time, the blade will melt. Kar has trained several soldiers, known as the Akk guards, and Mace himself states that Kar has power on the level of Yoda or Anakin Skywalker. During the course of the book, Mace manages to end the Summertime War, a war that has raged between the immigrant Balwai and the native Korunnai for centuries, in a matter of hours. Mace also nearly falls to the dark side in order to defeat Depa, who is stated as being possibly vegetative, at the end of the book.
The natives of Haruun Kal, the Korun, including Nick, Kar, and Mace himself, are all able to touch The Force, some more than others. This is also one of the few Star Wars publications to offer much philosophy on the nature of the Jedi.
