"Star Wars: Crucible" by Troy Denning Quiz

Answer: Omad Kaeg

Omad Kaeg was part of a mining cooperative in the Chiloon Rift who was scammed in a sabacc competition against a Mandalorian named Scarn. The reason for this scam was to coerce Kaeg out of his shares in the cooperative so that the shares can be given to the main antagonists of the novel, the Qreph brothers. As a result, he goes with Han and Leia to defeat the villains.

Answer: Columi

Columi are bulbous-headed aliens whose gigantic neural capacities make them one of the most intelligent species in the "Star Wars" galaxy. The Qreph brothers, Marvid and Craitheus, only seem to have this intellect as an informed ability, though, as their personalities do not match up with their intellect.

It is this lack of apparent intelligence that many critics of the novel pointed out as a severe flaw.

Answer: True

One of the two secondary antagonists of the novel, Savara Raine is a mercenary who works for the Qreph brothers. In reality, however, she is really Sith Lady Vestara Khai, who was a prominent character in the "Fate of the Jedi" series. Her experience with Luke Skywalker and the Solos from that series carry over into this novel as she helps the Qreph brothers counter the protagonists' every move.

Answer: Luewet Wuul

Sullustan Senator Luewet Wuul, who appeared as a supporting character in the "Fate of the Jedi" series, is killed off-page in this novel after giving important information to Luke Skywalker about the Qreph brothers. His death was at first questioned by the protagonists, but it was later confirmed through further secondhand evidence.

The fact that Wuul did not appear in the rest of the novel, nor was he ever mentioned again, only affirms that fact.

Answer: Dena Yus

Dena Yus was an agent of the Qreph brothers who infiltrated Lando Calrissian's mining company. She acted out her treachery to the protagonists only because of the fact that the Qrephs provide for her an enzyme that she could not live without. This enzyme was linked to her because she was an artificially-created being known as a biot, sworn to servitude to the brothers.

Answer: Ohali Soroc

Ohali Soroc is a female Duros Jedi Knight who was sent by Luke Skywalker, along with nine other Knights, to find the Mortis monolith at the end of "Apocalypse", the finale to the "Fate of the Jedi" series. A subplot in this novel regarded her disappearance, and by the climax of the book, it was revealed that she was captured and cloned by the Qreph brothers for experimentation. Ohali survives the events of the novel to join the Solos and their friends and family for a drink in the Red Ronto.

Answer: Leia Organa Solo

By the climax of the novel, Han encounters a clone of Leia, his wife, who he names "Creepy Leia" from his point of view in the book's narrative. It was established that she was created thanks to a strand of DNA that the Qreph brothers took from her earlier in the book. "Creepy Leia" is killed during the final battle of the novel.

Answer: False

During the climax of the novel, it is revealed that Marvid Qreph created a clone of Savara Raine that was melded with Columi DNA. He used this clone to enter the mysterious monolith so that he and Craitheus could gain Force-powers, while he left the real Savara to die in the battle because she incidentally rendered Craitheus half-dead from blasterfire.

The clone, who Marvid named "Savara Two", was created because of his lustful desire for the real Savara.

Answer: Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo

After the Qreph brothers gain Force-powers inside the mysterious monolith, Luke Skywalker, after he kills "Savara Two" using the Force, engages Marvid in combat while Leia Organa Solo fights Craitheus. In the end, Leia kills Craitheus while Luke kills Marvid, banishing the potential threat of the Force-powered Qreph brothers from the galaxy. Luke, Leia, and Han Solo emerge from this experience with the agreement that they will retire from the galaxy.

Answer: Jacen Solo

Of all the characters to appear in the final scene of the novel - Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, Jaina Solo Fel, Jagged Fel, Lando Calrissian, Omad Kaeg, Ohali Soroc, Ben Skywalker, and Tahiri Veila - only Jacen Solo does not appear. Jacen was the eldest son of Han and Leia Organa Solo who died as the Sith Lord Darth Caedus in the finale of the "Legacy of the Force" series, "Invincible". Jacen died at the hands of his twin sister, Jaina, who, along with the other protagonists of "Legacy of the Force," thought that he needed to be put down for his crimes.