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Splinter of the Mind's Eye
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Splinter of the Mind's Eye, formerly subtitled From the Further Adventures of Luke Skywalker, is a Star Wars Legends novel written by Alan Dean Foster. It acts as a sequel to Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which Foster wrote the novelization of, and it was the first installment of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The novel was first published by Del Rey on February 12, 1978.
Set in 2 ABY, Splinter of the Mind's Eye follows Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa to the planet Mimban, where they seek out the powerful Kaiburr crystal and encounter Darth Vader.
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Facts
- Title
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye
- Author
- Alan Dean Foster
- Cover artist
- Ralph McQuarrie (Cover painting)
- Don Smith (Jacket design)
- Jim Ramage (Jacket design)
- Publisher
- Sphere Books (UK)
- Del Rey (US)
- Released
- February 12, 1978 (US)
- Media type
- Hardcover
- Paperback
- eBook
- Pages
- 224
- Isbn
- 9780345275660
- Timeline
- 2 ABY
Who turns up here
Characters: 27
- Padmé Amidala (first mentioned, indirect mention)
- Bot (henchman) (first appearance)
- Canu (first mentioned)
- C-3PO
- Elarles (first appearance)
- Bin Essada (first appearance)
- Grammel (first appearance)
- Halla (first appearance)
- Hin (first appearance)
- Jake (first appearance)
- Kee (first appearance)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Beru Lars (mentioned only)
- Owen Lars (mentioned only)
- Leia Organa
- Sena Pakkallo (first appearance)
- Palpatine (mentioned only)
- Pok (first mentioned)
- Pomojema (first appearance)
- Puddra (first appearance)
- R2-D2
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo (mentioned only)
- Darth Vader
- Wilhuff Tarkin (mentioned only)
- IT-O interrogation droid (indirect mention)
- Royal House of Alderaan (mentioned only)
Species: 12
- Bantha (mentioned only)
- Falcon (mentioned only)
- Hssiss (first appearance, retconned)
- Lake Spirit of Mimban (first appearance)
- Mimbanite (first appearance)
- Wandrella (first appearance)
- Water bug (first appearance)
- Bin Essada's species (first appearance)
- Coway (first appearance)
- Human
- Mimbanite (first appearance)
- Yuzzem (first appearance)
Planets: 10
- Alderaan (mentioned only)
- Circarpous IV (first mentioned)
- Mimban (first appearance)
- Circarpous X (first mentioned)
- Circarpous XII (first mentioned)
- Circarpous XIV (first mentioned)
- Circarpous Major (first appearance)
- Gyndine (first appearance)
- Tatooine (mentioned only)
- Yavin 4 (mentioned only)
Places: 8
- Royal Palace of Alderaan (first mentioned)
- Coway shaft (first appearance)
- Imperial headquarters (first appearance)
- Mine towns (first appearance)
- Temple of Pomojema (first appearance)
- Thrella well (first appearance)
- Rebel base (Circarpous XIV) (first mentioned)
- Imperial Palace (first mentioned)
Galaxy: 1
Starships: 6
- BTL Y-wing starfighter
- Death Star I (mentioned only)
- Life ship (mentioned only)
- T-65 X-wing starfighter
- TIE Advanced x1 (mentioned only)
- Darth Vader's TIE Advanced (mentioned only)
Vehicles: 1
- T-16 skyhopper (mentioned only)
Organizations: 13
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Advisory Council (first mentioned)
- Botanist (first mentioned)
- Circarpous resistance (first mentioned)
- Coway triumvirate (first appearance)
- Galactic Empire
- Emperor's Royal Guard (first mentioned)
- Imperial Department of Resources (first mentioned)
- Imperial Senate (mentioned only)
- Stormtrooper
- Galactic Senate (mentioned only)
- Jedi Order (mentioned only)
- Order of the Sith Lords
Events: 6
- Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Conference with the Circarpousian underground (first mentioned)
- Destruction of Alderaan (mentioned only)
- Duel on Mimban (first appearance)
- Rescue of Princess Leia (mentioned only)
Technology: 32
- R2-series astromech droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- Darth Vader's armor
- Stormtrooper armor
- Axe
- Blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- E-11 blaster rifle (first identified)
- Heavy blaster rifle
- Bone-knitter (first appearance)
- Computer
- Double-bladed boot (first appearance)
- Double-bladed stiletto (first appearance)
- Infrared receptor (first appearance)
- Lightsaber
- Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber
- Darth Vader's lightsaber
- Missile launcher (mentioned only)
- Net
- Photoplate (first appearance)
- Power cell
- Spear (first appearance)
- Survival pack (first appearance)
- Clothing
- Cloak of office (first mentioned)
- Flight suit
- Mining suit (first appearance)
- Thermal suit (first appearance)
- Credit
- Emergency rations (first appearance)
- Kaiburr crystal (first appearance)
- Light-year (mentioned only)
Lore: 32
- Captain-Supervisor (first appearance)
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Grand Moff (mentioned only)
- Jedi Knight (mentioned only)
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Sith Lord
- Corundum (first mentioned)
- Emergency cube concentrate (first appearance)
- Kommerken steak (first appearance)
- Ootoowerg (first appearance)
- Soup (first mentioned)
- Force deflection (first appearance)
- Force ghost (indirect mention)
- Force healing
- Force jump
- Kinetite (first appearance)
- Telekinesis
- Gypsum (first appearance)
- Helicite (first appearance)
- Galactic Basic Standard
- Mimbanite (first appearance)
- Cho mai
- Form I
- Form III
- Form V
- Form VI
- Limestone (first appearance)
- Lily pad (first appearance)
- Pseudo-cypress (first appearance)
- Selenite (first appearance)
- Town decrees (first mentioned)
- Vanadinite (first mentioned)
Everything else: 172
- Arthropod
- Camel (first mentioned)
- Cat (mentioned only)
- Chou-shou (first mentioned)
- Demon (mentioned only)
- Insect
- Monkey (first appearance)
- Mudhen (first mentioned)
- Snake
- Astromech droid
- R-series
- Interrogation droid (indirect mention)
- Protocol droid
- General (mentioned only)
- Pilot
- Princess
- Anthropologist (first mentioned)
- Archeologist (first mentioned)
- Chemist (first mentioned)
- Chief
- Doctor
- Colonel-Supervisor (first mentioned)
- Governor
- Senator
- Sergeant
- Gemologist (first mentioned)
- Mechanic
- Miner (first appearance)
- Philosopher (mentioned only)
- Pirate (mentioned only)
- Queen (mentioned only)
- Scout
- Seismologist (mentioned only)
- Smuggler (mentioned only)
- Top tracker (first mentioned)
- Cyborg
- Thrella (first mentioned)
- Landspeeder (mentioned only)
- Supply ship (mentioned only)
- Swamp crawler (first appearance)
- Troop carrier (first appearance)
- Anti-personnel charge (first appearance)
- Armor
- Breath mask
- Atmospheric controls (first appearance)
- Blaster
- Booktape (first mentioned)
- Braking rocket (first appearance)
- Chronometer
- Communicator monitor (first appearance)
- Data-tape (mentioned only)
- Directional landing beacon (first appearance)
- Drill (first mentioned)
- Emergency shelter (first mentioned)
- Emergency standby station (first mentioned)
- Emergency stud (first appearance)
- Energy drill (first appearance)
- Energy mining (first appearance)
- Engine
- Epidermal flush (first appearance)
- Excavator (first mentioned)
- Flex lamp (first appearance)
- Fusioncutter (first appearance)
- G-lock (first appearance)
- Gyro-balance circuitry (first mentioned)
- Heat-seal (first appearance)
- Homing beacon (first appearance)
- Lateral control
- Lubricant (mentioned only)
- Luma (first appearance)
- Medical cocoon (first mentioned)
- Photoreceptor
- Phototropic shielding (first appearance)
- Pitter (first mentioned)
- Power generator
- Proton torpedo (mentioned only)
- Recorder rod (first appearance)
- Repair Station (first mentioned)
- Restraint harness (first appearance)
- Retinal print (first mentioned)
- S-foils
- Scomp link (indirect mention)
- Subspace planetary relay (first mentioned)
- Target tracker (first appearance)
- Tracomp (first appearance)
- Ventral manipulator (mentioned only)
- Viewport
- Vis pickup (first appearance)
- Vo pickup (first appearance)
- Bas-relief sculpture (first appearance)
- Bootop (first appearance)
- Bulk-boys (first mentioned)
- Chaos (mentioned only)
- Boot
- Coveralls
- Imperial uniform
- Robe
- Thermal cape (first appearance)
- Death
- Desert (mentioned only)
- Double moons (first mentioned)
- Emperor's Dualities (first mentioned)
- Flowstone (first appearance)
- Foodstuff
- Dipill (first mentioned)
- Egg (first mentioned)
- Fruit
- Liquor
- Honey (first mentioned)
- Narcotic incense (first appearance)
- The Force
- Dark side of the Force
- Disturbance in the Force
- Force-sensitive
- Gas giant (mentioned only)
- Glass (first mentioned)
- Glory (first mentioned)
- Granite (first mentioned)
- Groundquake (mentioned only)
- Hangover (first mentioned)
- Imperial Charter (first mentioned)
- Iron (first mentioned)
- Jail
- Jungle
- Language
- Binary
- Coway (first appearance)
- Yuzz (first appearance)
- Lightsaber combat
- Cho mok
- Cho sun
- Lightsaber duel
- Shiak
- Shiim
- Meter
- Kilometer
- Methanol (first mentioned)
- Mind-ugly-ug (first mentioned)
- Mountain (mentioned only)
- Name tag (first mentioned)
- Ocean (mentioned only)
- Oxygen
- Peat (first appearance)
- Plant
- Bamboo (first mentioned)
- Fungus
- Liana (first appearance)
- Lichen (first appearance)
- Mushroom (first appearance)
- Tree
- Plasma
- Plastic (first appearance)
- Plastoid
- Quartz (first mentioned)
- Quickclay (first appearance)
- Sandstorm (mentioned only)
- Silicate (first mentioned)
- Sinkhole (mentioned only)
- Slavery (mentioned only)
- Spacesickness (first mentioned)
- St. Elmo's fire (first mentioned)
- Stang (first appearance)
- Steel (first mentioned)
- Sulfur (first mentioned)
- Swaddle-clothes (first mentioned)
- Swamp
- Tavern
- Tipples (first mentioned)
- Vickerman (first appearance)
- Volcano (first mentioned)
- Water
- Xenoarchaeology (first mentioned)
Not in the archive: 1
- Unidentified stormtrooper sergeant (Mimban) (first appearance)
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