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Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel

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Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel is the prequel novel to the Anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It was written by James Luceno and first published by Del Rey in the United States on November 15, 2016, in hardcover and eBook format. The novel was released in paperback on May 2, 2017, in an edition that includes the short story "The Voice of the Empire" by Mur Lafferty, originally published in Star Wars Insider 170.

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Title: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
Author: James Luceno
Cover artist: Scott Biel (Cover design); Elizabeth A. D. Eno (Book design); Karen-Ann Lichtenstein (Author photograph)
Illustrator: Chris Reiff; Chris Trevas
Publisher: Del Rey
Released: November 15, 2016
Media type: Hardcover; Paperback; eBook
Pages: 330
Isbn: 9780345511492
Audiobook: Audiobook
Timeline: 21 BBY to 17 BBY

Who turns up here

Characters: 84

Mas Amedda
Assis (first appearance)
Dagio Belcoze (first appearance)
Brin (first appearance, pictured only)
Chai (first mentioned)
Cuata (first mentioned)
Ars Dangor
Reeva Demesne (first appearance)
Ima-Gun Di (indirect mention)
Dooku (mentioned only)
Lok Durd (mentioned only)
Easel (first appearance)
Galen Walton Erso (first appearance)
Galen Walton Erso's father (first mentioned)
Galen Walton Erso's mother (first mentioned)
Jyn Erso (first appearance)
Lyra Erso (first appearance)
Lyra Erso's mother (first mentioned)
Frist (first mentioned)
Saw Gerrera
Steela Gerrera (indirect mention)
Janus Greejatus
Gruppe (first appearance)
Gubacher
Roman Herbane (first appearance)
Xosad Hozem (first appearance)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (indirect mention)
Dajo Koda (first appearance)
Orson Callan Krennic (first appearance)
Li-Tan (first appearance)
Arsha Lome (first appearance, as a hologram)
Mac-Vee (first appearance)
Marsabi (first mentioned)
Matese (first appearance)
Molo (first appearance)
Sly Moore
Sistros Nevet
Nurboo (first appearance)
Has Obitt (first appearance)
Oyanta (first appearance)
Nan Pakota (first appearance)
Sheev Palpatine (mentioned only)
Sate Pestage
Phara (first mentioned)
Chasen Piian (first mentioned)
Poggle the Lesser
Prakas (first appearance, voice only)
Ribert (first appearance)
Ribert's shipmate (first appearance)
Rooni (first appearance)
Nari Sable (first appearance)
Sahali (first appearance)
Cham Syndulla (mentioned only)
Tambo (first appearance)
Wat Tambor (mentioned only)
Wilhuff Tarkin
Urshe Torr (first appearance)
Unidentified admiral (first mentioned)
Unidentified chief of naval intelligence (first appearance)
Unidentified director of COMPOR (first appearance)
Unidentified Geonosian archduke (first mentioned)
Unidentified Geonosian queen (first mentioned)
Unidentified Gotal researcher (first appearance)
Unidentified Helical HyperCom president (first mentioned)
Unidentified Hiitian general (first appearance)
Unidentified Hutt (Has Obitt) (first mentioned)
Unidentified Koorivar commander (first appearance)
Unidentified lead rider (first appearance)
Unidentified Morseerian scientist (first appearance)
Unidentified Wadi Raffa crew chief (first appearance)
Unidentified Zerpen Industries representative (first appearance)
Utu (first mentioned)
Darth Vader (mentioned only)
Feyn Vann (first mentioned, indirect mention)
Nuvo Vindi (mentioned only)
Weng (first mentioned)
Mace Windu (indirect mention)
Woana (first appearance)
Ranos Yalli (first appearance)
Istan Zaly (first mentioned)
Erso family (first appearance)
House Serenno (mentioned only)
Tarkin family
The Force

Species: 49

Planets: 59

Aria Prime (first mentioned)
B'ankora homeworld (first mentioned)
Cato Neimoidia (mentioned only)
Champala (mentioned only)
Alderaan (mentioned only)
Brentaal IV (mentioned only)
Chandrila (mentioned only)
Coruscant
Espinar (first mentioned)
Ralltiir (mentioned only)
Rajtiri (first appearance)
Umbara (mentioned only)
Hellenah (first mentioned)
Kanzi (first appearance)
Bothawui (mentioned only)
Dressel (mentioned only)
Grange (first appearance)
Kartoosh (first appearance)
Malastare (mentioned only)
Naboo (mentioned only)
Parau VI (first mentioned, indirect mention)
Roche (mentioned only)
Onderon (mentioned only)
Alpinn (first appearance)
Geonosis
Rings of Geonosis
Sentinel moon
Tatooine (mentioned only)
Celanon (mentioned only)
Christophsis (mentioned only)
Epiphany (first appearance)
Epiphany moon (first appearance)
Salient I (first appearance)
Salient II (first appearance)
Salient's red dwarf (first mentioned)
Eriadu (mentioned only)
Ryloth
Hypori (first appearance)
Vallt (first appearance)
Vallt's moon (first mentioned)
Lokori (first appearance)
Merj (first appearance)
Mon Cala (mentioned only)
Mygeeto (mentioned only)
Lah'mu (first appearance, as a hologram)
Raxus Secundus (mentioned only)
Saleucami (mentioned only)
Samovar (first appearance)
Scipio (mentioned only)
Serenno (mentioned only)
Telos (first mentioned)
Wadi Raffa (first appearance)
Malpaz (first appearance)
Suba (first mentioned)
Ilum (mentioned only)
Hero Twins (first appearance)
Kamino (indirect mention)
Black hole (first appearance)
Red dwarf

Places: 62

Coruscant Underworld
Level 5 (first mentioned)
Unidentified Level 5 cantina (first mentioned)
Galactic City
B'ankor Refuge (first appearance)
Project Celestial Power complex (first appearance)
Ersos' apartment (first appearance)
Central District (first appearance)
Central District spaceport (first appearance)
Imperial Energy Division headquarters (first appearance)
Institute of Applied Science (first appearance)
Institute of Applied Science astrophysics building (first appearance)
Llanter Plaza (first appearance)
Corps of Engineers headquarters (first appearance)
The Cupola (first mentioned)
Federal District
500 Republica
Chancellor's office (mentioned only)
Jedi Temple
Jedi Archives (mentioned only)
Temple Spire
Republic Center for Military Operations (first identified)
Strategic Planning Amphitheater (first appearance)
Republic Plaza
Senate Dome (first identified)
Salss skyway terminal (first mentioned)
Warsi Tower (first mentioned)
Jibuto (first appearance)
Wanton Wellspring (first appearance)
Orona Hotel (first appearance)
Alpinn archaeology camp (first appearance)
Stalgasin hive spires
Geonosian droid factories (mentioned only)
Geonosian War Room (mentioned only)
Petranaki Arena
Sentinel Base
Contented Krayt (first mentioned)
Citadel (mentioned only)
Zerpen Industries headquarters (first appearance)
Salient rebel encampment (first appearance)
Lessu
Hypori Imperial research station (first appearance)
Keep (first appearance)
Tambolor (first appearance)
Tambolor prison (first appearance)
Vallt Experimental Fusion Facility (first appearance)
Vallt's northern continent (first mentioned)
Fucallpa (first appearance)
Amboo Square (first mentioned)
Helical HyperCom's headquarters (first appearance)
Helical HyperCom production facility (first appearance)
Merj spaceport (first appearance)
Morseerian laboratory complex (first appearance)
Wadi Raffa Turlin/Benthic Extraction settlement (first appearance)
Malpaz capital city (first appearance)
Malicious Moondog (first mentioned)
Project Celestial Power facility (first appearance)
Stalgasin hive
Equatorial trench
Krennic's Geonosis quarters (first appearance)
Automated battlemoon asteroid (first mentioned)
Cantina

Galaxy: 27

The galaxy
Core Worlds
Corusca sector
Coruscant subsector
Expansion Region
Hutt Space (mentioned only)
Mid Rim Territories
Grange's sector (first appearance)
Outer Rim Territories
Arkanis sector
Geonosis system
Sentinel Base system
Corporate Sector (first appearance)
Salient system (first appearance)
Gaulus sector
Ryloth system
Juris sector
Vallt system (first appearance)
Karthakk sector
Lokori system (first appearance)
Raioballo sector (as a hologram)
Lah'mu system (first appearance, as a hologram)
Sluis sector (mentioned only)
Wazta sector
Malpaz system (first appearance)
Unknown Regions (mentioned only)
Western Reaches

Starships: 35

Droid tri-fighter
Vulture-class starfighter
Salient sentry station (first mentioned)
Tarkin's task force (first appearance)
Telos battle group (first appearance)
Bright Nebula Fleet (first appearance)
Geonosis Republic flotilla (first appearance)
Salient Battle Group (first appearance)
Death Star
DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station
Torpedo siege platform (first mentioned)
ICM-092792 (first identified)
Orbital Foundry 7 (first appearance)
Regalia Station (first mentioned)
Unidentified new dreadnought (first appearance)
Imperial-class Star Destroyer
Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
Executrix
Wilhuff Tarkin's Imperial-class Star Destroyer (first appearance)
qaz-class Star Destroyer (first mentioned)
Venator-class Star Destroyer
Admiral Utu's ship (first appearance)
Unidentified Venator-class Star Destroyer (Death Star)
IPV-2C Stealth Corvette
Carrion Spike
Acclamator-class transgalactic military assault ship
Separatist drop ship (first mentioned)
Settie-class drop ship (first appearance)
Good Tidings V (first appearance)
Good Tidings (first appearance)
Saw's shuttle (first appearance)
Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter
TIE fighter series
TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
Lucrehulk-class transport (mentioned only, first identified)

Vehicles: 2

Organizations: 91

Baktoid Armor Workshop (mentioned only)
BlasTech Industries (mentioned only)
Brentaal Futures Program (first mentioned)
Confederacy of Independent Systems
Confederacy military
Coruscant Separatist cell (first mentioned)
Separatist Droid Army
Army infantry corps
Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy
Executive Separatist Council (mentioned only)
Corporate Sector Authority (indirect mention)
Corellian Engineering Corporation (mentioned only)
Crymorah Syndicate (mentioned only)
Four Sages of Dwartii
Free Ryloth Movement
Galactic Empire
Commission for the Preservation of the New Order
Project Celestial Power (first appearance)
B'ankora division (first appearance)
Imperial Energy Division (first appearance)
Pax Aurora (first mentioned)
Stellar Sphere (first mentioned)
Emperor's advisory committee (first mentioned)
Oversight board (first mentioned)
Imperial Academy (mentioned only)
Imperial cadet (mentioned only)
Imperial Court (mentioned only, first identified)
Imperial Military
Imperial Army
Stormtrooper Corps
Stormtrooper
Imperial Navy
Imperial Navy's officer corps
Imperial weapons technician
Imperial Officer Corps
Imperial Senate (mentioned only)
Veteran Services (first mentioned)
Galactic Republic
Commission for the Protection of the Republic (first appearance)
Galactic Senate (mentioned only)
Office of the Chancellor
Emperor's Royal Guard
Republic Futures Program (first mentioned)
Republic Military
Grand Army of the Republic
Clone trooper
Coruscant Guard
Clone shock trooper
Judicial Department (mentioned only)
Judicial
Judicial Forces
Republic Corps of Engineers (first appearance)
Design regiment (first mentioned)
Republic Intelligence (first appearance)
Direct action operative (first appearance)
Republic Naval Intelligence (first appearance)
Galactic Republic Navy
Strategic Advisory Cell (first appearance)
Republic Special Weapons Group (first appearance)
War Production Board (first appearance)
Galen Erso's field team (first mentioned)
Warrior caste
Has's crew (first mentioned)
Helical HyperCom (first appearance)
Hoersch-Kessel Drive Inc. (mentioned only)
Iron Gauntlet Legion (first appearance)
Jedi (mentioned only)
Jedi Order (mentioned only)
Jedi assault team (indirect mention)
Kuat Drive Yards (mentioned only)
Coruscant Security Force
Rajtiri police (first mentioned)
Merj spaceport control (first mentioned)
Onderon rebels (mentioned only)
Partisans (first appearance)
Rothana Heavy Engineering (mentioned only)
Rendili StarDrive (first appearance)
Salient Strategic Command (first appearance)
Epiphany moon's militia (first appearance)
Salient II's militias (first appearance)
Separatist holdouts (mentioned only)
Picador (first identified)
Taim & Bak (first appearance)
Techno Union (mentioned only)
Trade Federation (mentioned only)
Turlin/Benthic Extraction (first mentioned)
Umbara resistance (first mentioned)
Vallt's government (first appearance)
Phara's faction (first appearance)
Zerpen Industries (first appearance)
Project Stardust

Events: 38

Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans (first appearance)
Campaign at Salient (first appearance)
Malpaz incident (first appearance)
Proclamation of the New Order (indirect mention)
Rebellion on Umbara (first mentioned)
Relocation of the B'ankora (first mentioned)
Ryloth Insurgency
Western Reaches pacification operations (mentioned only)
Attack on the Coruscant Separatist cell (first mentioned)
B'ankora homeworld cataclysm (first mentioned)
Capture of Galen Erso (first appearance)
Clone Wars
Battle of Hypori (first mentioned)
Battle of Lola Sayu (indirect mention)
Battle of Mon Cala (indirect mention)
Battle of Ryloth (indirect mention)
Escape from Geonosis (first appearance)
First Battle of Geonosis (mentioned only)
Mission to Merj (first appearance)
Mission to Mustafar (indirect mention)
Onderonian Civil War (indirect mention)
Outer Rim Sieges
Battle on Lokori (first appearance)
Rescue of Galen Erso (first appearance)
Second Battle of Geonosis (mentioned only)
Second occupation of Geonosis
Siege of Grange (first appearance)
Coup on Vallt (first mentioned)
Duel in Palpatine's office (mentioned only)
Invasion of Saleucami (first mentioned)
Naboo Crisis (mentioned only)
Battle of Naboo (mentioned only)
Operation: Knightfall (mentioned only)
Sneak attack on Roche (first mentioned)
Wedding of Lyra and Galen Erso (first mentioned)
Meckgin (first mentioned)
Eve of Meckgin Festival (first appearance)
All-Species Week (first appearance)

Technology: 53

Lore: 79

Media: 2

Death Star plans (mentioned only)
The Octave Stairway (first appearance)

Everything else: 298

Not in the archive: 8

Erso household (first appearance)
Krennic's communications hub (first mentioned)
Valltii soldier (first appearance)
Valltii rider (first appearance)
Operative
Republic lander (first appearance)
Intranet server (first mentioned)
Nuclear power plant

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