?Very little, except for the fact that he was born into slavery nine years ago and was, until recently, along with his mother, the property of Gardulla the Hutt, then a Toydarian junk dealer.? Dooku smirked. ?Also that he won the Boonta Eve Classic Podrace.?
Palpatine had stopped listening. Nine years old . . . Conceived by the Force . . . Is it possible . . .
Del Rey's Star Wars team will continue posting mini-excerpts from upcoming novels on their Facebook page every Thursday. Darth Plagueis will be released on January 10th, 2012 from Del Rey Books.