Skip to content

starwars.run

 Ask

Book

Master of Evil

Canon Linked from 650 articles

Master of Evil is a Star Wars hardcover canon novel that was written by Adam Christopher and published by Random House Worlds on November 11, 2025 alongside an audiobook version. Prior to its title reveal, it was codenamed "Nauset Lighthouse" on Random House's website. The book was first teased as "Master of Evil" via a listing on Random House Worlds' website before receiving a formal reveal on April 10, 2025, via StarWars.com ahead of Celebration 2025.

The novel is focused upon the dark journey of the Sith Lord Darth Vader in the time between Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope. The story features Vader on the haunting quest to overcome death itself, a power first promised to him by his Sith Master Darth Sidious when he first fell to the dark side of the Force. The book is notable for being the first Vader-focused novel in ten years after 2015 saw the release of Lords of the Sith. Christopher described the novel as "a journey to the dark side" and a big deal for him personally. The novel's title has its roots in A New Hope, within which Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi rebuke's Vader's claim of having become a "master" by decrying him as having only become "a master of evil." Master of Evil connects with Charles Soule's series Star Wars: Darth Vader (2017), and fills in a gap in one of the series' timeline jumps, taking place during and between issues five and six.

Text and facts from the “Master of Evil” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Title
Master of Evil
Author
Adam Christopher
Cover artist
Simon Goinard
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Released
November 11, 2025
Media type
Hardcover
Pages
384
Isbn
9780593874738
Audiobook
Audiobook
Timeline
19 BBY

Who turns up here

Characters: 58
Species: 7
Planets: 17
Places: 25
Galaxy: 17
Starships: 11
Vehicles: 2
Organizations: 37
Events: 10
Technology: 85
Lore: 76
Media: 4
Everything else: 297
Not in the archive: 147
  • Bee-Ex-Three-Ar (first appearance)
  • Enoosha (first appearance)
  • Ensoor-Koda-Za (first appearance)
  • Esselem-Seventy-Three (first mentioned)
  • Halland Goth's father (first mentioned)
  • Jarvic Keel's assistant (first appearance, voice only)
  • M3 (first appearance)
  • PR-3PO (first appearance)
  • RX-78-ZZ (first appearance)
  • Seventh Patriarch of Reston Seven (first mentioned)
  • Breyik Tey-Lir (first appearance)
  • Tiller (first appearance)
  • Unidentified Arcoplex Flight Control controller (first appearance, voice only)
  • Unidentified B1-series battle droid (first appearance)
  • Unidentified blue protocol droid (first appearance)
  • Unidentified comm officer (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified Commission for the Preservation of the New Order member (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified droidsmith 1 (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified droidsmith 2 (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified droidsmith 3 (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified electrical engineering droid (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified FA-4 pilot droid (first appearance)
  • Unidentified female ISB Supervisor (first appearance)
  • Unidentified Imperial junior officer (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified Imperial shuttle pilot (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified ISB security trooper 1 (first appearance)
  • Unidentified ISB security trooper 2 (first appearance)
  • Unidentified JN-66 analysis droid (first appearance)
  • Unidentified man (first appearance)
  • Unidentified navidroid (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified OOM command battle droid (first appearance)
  • Varoon-Koda-Za (first mentioned)
  • Cybot Galactica security droid (first appearance)
  • Affa conference (first mentioned)
  • Mission to Diso (first appearance)
  • Mission to Etti IV (first appearance)
  • Mission to the Techno Union transporter (first appearance)
  • Skirmish on Etti IV (first appearance)
  • Expedition to Diso (first appearance)
  • Level 1978 (first appearance)
  • Tykyl's workshop (first appearance)
  • Level 5067 (first mentioned)
  • Imperial Archive Data Center (first appearance)
  • Desler's office (first appearance)
  • Halland Goth's quarters (first appearance)
  • Officers' mess (first mentioned)
  • Royal Guard's barracks (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified hangar (first appearance)
  • Vader's hideout (first appearance)
  • Unidentified hovertrain station (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified maintenance shipyard (first appearance)
  • Imperial Service Hangar 1817-alpha (first appearance)
  • Diso (first appearance)
  • Adera (first appearance)
  • Adera's spaceport (first appearance)
  • Main market square (first appearance)
  • Shaman's cave (first appearance)
  • Temple of Diso (first appearance)
  • Ithull 6 (first mentioned)
  • Arcoplex (first appearance)
  • Boardroom tower (first appearance)
  • Cybot Galactica boardroom (first appearance)
  • Lab seven (first mentioned)
  • Pad one-beta (first appearance)
  • Therezar ring system
  • Unidentified star system (first appearance)
  • Unidentified moon (first appearance)
  • Unidentified ruined city (first appearance)
  • Unidentified building (first appearance)
  • Arrowjack (first mentioned)
  • Crailo (first mentioned)
  • Reston Seven (first mentioned)
  • Sticead-Ackar (first mentioned)
  • Ukasakuf (first mentioned)
  • Arcoplex Flight Control (first appearance, voice only)
  • Unidentified B1-series battle droid squadron (first appearance)
  • Unidentified B1-series battle droid phalanx (first appearance)
  • Cybot Galactica board (first appearance)
  • Setag Developmental Engineering (first appearance)
  • X7-tier executive engineer (first appearance)
  • Diso religion (first appearance)
  • ISB security trooper (first appearance)
  • Unidentified Royal Guard squad (first appearance)
  • Squad one (first appearance)
  • Squad two (first appearance)
  • Force shaman (first appearance)
  • Shaman of Diso (first appearance)
  • Sticead-Ackar council (first mentioned)
  • Advanced Systems Research Group (first mentioned)
  • Teio (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified scouting party (first mentioned)
  • Unidentified trading guild (first mentioned)
  • Warrior lord (first mentioned)
  • Ziroon-Koda-Za's family (first appearance)
  • Unidentified quadjumper (first appearance)
  • Dooku's shuttle (first appearance)
  • Unidentified Nu-class transport (first appearance)
  • Unidentified Omicron-class shuttle (first appearance)
  • Theta-class T-4a shuttle (first appearance)
  • ST-295 (first appearance)
  • Unidentified experimental Techno Union transporter (first appearance)
  • Unidentified transport barge (first appearance)
  • SDE corporate yacht (first appearance)
  • Battle armor
  • Cartridge reader (first appearance)
  • Computer terminal
  • Data cartridge (first appearance)
  • Data relay (first mentioned)
  • Datareader (first appearance)
  • Gravity lasso (first appearance)
  • Input panel (first appearance)
  • Laser probe (first appearance)
  • Electropike
  • Memory module (first appearance)
  • Microswitch (first mentioned)
  • Microswitch array (first mentioned)
  • Motor circuit (first appearance)
  • FX-series medical droid matrix (first appearance)
  • ST-series matrix (first appearance)
  • Positronic processor (first mentioned)
  • Power driver (first appearance)
  • Reflector
  • Electroscanner (first appearance)
  • Frequency scanner (first appearance)
  • Stabilizer coil (mentioned only)
  • Tool wrap (first appearance)
  • Tractor field (first mentioned)
  • Operations manual (first mentioned)
  • Royal Guard jacket (first appearance)
  • Royal Guard uniform (first identified)
  • Shaman's headdress (first appearance)
  • Command code eleven epsilon eleven delta plus (first appearance)
  • Epsilon sigma sigma (first appearance)
  • Galactic Republic archives (first mentioned)
  • Kiloeter
  • Old High Disan (first appearance)
  • Unidentified forgotten language
  • Shata leather
  • Override protocol delta delta (first appearance)
  • Plastiform (first appearance)
  • Plastiform folding (first mentioned)
  • Re-becoming (first appearance)
  • Re-education camp (first mentioned)
  • COMPNOR signet ring (first appearance)
  • Symbol of the Techno Union (first identified)
  • Tornado (mentioned only)
  • Triged's Eve (first appearance)

Linked from

The best-known articles that mention Master of Evil.