Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance

Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance is a Star Wars Legends young-adult novel written by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. It is the eighth volume of the Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights series, and it was first published by Berkley Boulevard on April 1, 1997. The novel was reprinted in Young Jedi Knights: The Fall of the Diversity Alliance (1998).

Publisher's summary

Everyone is searching for Bornan Thul. Not only is he father to one of Jacen's and Jaina's fellow students, he holds the key to a secret coalition gaining power in the New Republic. The young Jedi Knights race across the galaxy to find him—but they may be too late. For their true enemy is about to show its treacherous face. And it will be shockingly familiar…

Continuity

"Tell me, Boba Fett: under that helmet, and behind your voice synthesizer, are you perhaps…a female yourself?"
"I remove my helmet for no one."

―Nolaa Tarkona and "Boba Fett," in Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance

In 2005, Boba Fett's appearances in Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights were retconned to be those of Ailyn Vel, Fett's daughter who masqueraded as him. The retcon was first established the Star Wars Insider 80 article "The History of the Mandalorians," by Abel G. Peña, and it came in part from a line in Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance, in which the character Nolaa Tarkona suggests that Fett could be female.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9781572972346; April 1, 1997; Berkley Boulevard; US paperback
• ISBN 9780425169056; March 15, 1999; Berkley Jam; US paperback

Cover gallery

• 
  Boulevard edition
• 
  Berkley Jam edition
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  German-language edition

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Boushh (Mentioned only) C-3PO (Mentioned only) Tenel Ka Djo "Tenel Ka" Droq'l (First appearance) Boba Fett (Mentioned only) Fonterrat (First appearance) (Appears as a corpse) Bib Fortuna (Mentioned only) Hovrak (First appearance) IG-88 Jabba's rancor (Mentioned only) Kusk (First appearance) Lowbacca "Lowie" M-TD "Em Teedee" Myrrack (First mentioned) Oola (Mentioned only) Peckhum "Old Peckhum" (Mentioned only) R2-D2 "Artoo-Detoo" Raabakyysh "Raaba" (First appearance) Shanko (Mentioned only) Sirrakuk "Sirra" (Mentioned only) Palpatine (Mentioned only) Dro Prack (First appearance) Shanko (Mentioned only) Luke Skywalker Han Solo (Mentioned only) Jacen Solo Jaina Solo Leia Organa Solo (Mentioned only) Tionne Solusar (Mentioned only) Nolaa Tarkona Aryn Dro Thul (First appearance) Bornan Thul (Mentioned only) Raynar Thul Tyko Thul (First appearance) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Unidentified Human prisoner (First appearance) (Voice only) Ailyn Vel (Retcon) Zekk (Mentioned only)

Creatures

Button beetle (First mentioned) Polished button beetle (First mentioned) Centipede (Mentioned only) Combat arachnid Glimmerfish (Mentioned only) Gort (egg only) (Mentioned only) Katarn (Mentioned only) Rancor (Mentioned only) Ronik (First mentioned) Sidrek megapede (First mentioned) Unidentified yellow six-legged reptile (First appearance)

Droid models

Assassin droid IG-series M-TD miniaturized translator droid R2-series astromech droid

Events

Battle of Endor (Indirect mention only) Third Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only) Ceremony of Waters (First appearance) Destruction of Alderaan (Mentioned only) Skirmish on Kuar (First appearance)

Locations

Alderaan system (Mentioned only) Alderaan (Mentioned only) Alderaan University (Mentioned only) Terrarium City (Mentioned only) The Graveyard (Mentioned only) Borgo Prime Shanko's Hive Calamari (Mentioned only) Chroma Zed (First appearance) Concord Dawn (Mentioned only) Coruscant (Mentioned only) Coruscant underworld (Mentioned only) Dathomir (Mentioned only) Debray system (First mentioned) Gammalin (First appearance) Gammalin Colony (First appearance) Gammalin (star) (First appearance) Hapes (Mentioned only) Honoghr (Indirect mention only) Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only) Kashyyyk (Mentioned only) Shadowlands (Indirect mention only) Kath II (First mentioned) Kessel (Mentioned only) Spice Mines of Kessel (Mentioned only) Kuar system Kuar Kuar (star) Kashyyyk (Mentioned only) Mechis III (Mentioned only) Ryloth Ryloth (star) Shumavar (Mentioned only) Unidentified Bartokk planet (Indirect mention only) Yavin 4 Great Temple Jedi academy

Organizations and titles

Assassin (Mentioned only) Backup Navigator Bounty hunter Captain Dark Jedi Diversity Alliance Adjutant Advisor (First appearance) First mate Galactic Empire (Mentioned only) Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Galactic Republic "Republic" (Mentioned only) Helmsman House of Thul Bornaryn Trading (First appearance) New Jedi Order Jedi Knight Jedi Master Jedi Trainee Mandalorian (Mentioned only) Miner (Mentioned only) Nerf herder (Mentioned only) New Republic Chief of State (Mentioned only) Combined Defense Forces of the New Republic Engineer New Republic Security Force (Mentioned only) Officer Pilot Pirate (Mentioned only) Princess Scavenger (Mentioned only) Second Imperium (Mentioned only) Shadow Academy (Mentioned only) Dark Jedi (Mentioned only) The Rebellion (Mentioned only) United Council of Bith Musicians (First mentioned)

Sentient species

Abyssin (Appears in hologram) Bartokk (Mentioned only) Bith (Mentioned only) Bothan (Mentioned only) Calamarian (Mentioned only) Cha'a (Appears in hologram) Chevin (Appears in hologram) Chroman (First appearance) Devaronian (Mentioned only) Gamorrean Gran (Appears in hologram) Human Hutt (Mentioned only) Ishi Tib (Mentioned only) Ithorian (Mentioned only) Kuaran (Indirect mention only) Noghri (Mentioned only) Ranat Rodian (Mentioned only) Shistavanen "Wolfman" Talz (Mentioned only) Twi'lek Ugnaught (Mentioned only) Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

All Terrain Scout Transport "Imperial scout walker" (Mentioned only) Death Star I (Mentioned only) Freighter (Mentioned only) High Roller (First appearance) Landspeeder (Mentioned only) Lightning Rod Millennium Falcon Rock Dragon Shadow Chaser Skimmer Rising Star (First appearance) Slave IV Starfighter Tradewyn (First appearance) Tryst (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster pistol Blaster rifle Chronometer Comlink Comm system Computer Concussion missile (Mentioned only) Crash webbing Datapad Durasteel Electrobinoculars Environment suit Escape pod (Mentioned only) Food-prep unit Glowrod Holocube Hologram Hyperdrive Ion cannon (Mentioned only) Lightsaber Mandalorian armor Medikit Message cube Navicomputer (Mentioned only) Optical sensor Quad laser cannon Repulsorjet Servomotor Sonic grenade Thermal detonator Turbolaser (Mentioned only) Turbolift Viewscreen

Miscellanea

Airlock Asteroid Bounty Bounty Hunters' Creed (Mentioned only) Cantina Credit (Mentioned only) Credit chip (Mentioned only) Death Seed (Mentioned only) Dro ceremonial fountain (First mentioned) The Force Dark side of the Force (Mentioned only) Force sense Telekinesis Fungus Head-tail Hyperspace Jedi training (Mentioned only) Marble Meteor storm (First mentioned) Music machine Ossberry ale (First appearance) Plague Emperor's Plague (First appearance) Quantum armor (Mentioned only) Refresher Rite of passage (Mentioned only) Ronik shells (First appearance) Shyriiwook "Wookiee language" Slavery (Mentioned only) Spaceport Syren plant (Mentioned only) Tattoo Torture (Mentioned only) Vacuum (Mentioned only) Viewport water Windowport Wroshyr tree (Mentioned only)

Sources

• "The Anatomy of a Retcon 2: or, "Boba Fett? Where?"" – Only Sith Deal In Absolutes!, Abel G. Peña's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; archived from the original)
• The Essential Reader's Companion

External links

• Diversity Alliance (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights, Book 8) on Amazon.com (backup link) (Boulevard edition)
• Diversity Alliance (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights, Book 8) on Amazon.com (backup link) (Berkley Jam edition)

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