Cal Kestis and Cere have their hands (and lightsabers) full.
Battle Scarsprovides an entirely new adventure set in between the events ofFallen OrderandSurvivor.
Below, we’ve got a juicy exclusive excerpt to get you ready.
The Fifth Brother in ‘Star Wars Rebels’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
And even better, she can help them get to it.
“Can the Imperial deserter truly be trusted?
Reaching out through the Force was second nature to Cere at this point in her life.
‘Star Wars Jedi” Battle Scars’ by Sam Maggs cover.Random House Worlds
She knew what Cal would see, from where he was getting back on his feet.
Cere had faced down Darth Vader himself and lived.
She was possibly the most powerful remaining Jedi in existence.
Cere in ‘Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’.Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
And she wasn’t going to let this punk forget it.
It would be an assured victory.
Connecting to that energyto the dark sidethat was how she’d held out for so long against Vader.
Cal Kestis in ‘Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’.Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
She knew it, and Vader had, too.
She could feel that the Fifth Brother was getting ready to break.
But she would use the light to break him first.
“Want to finish this together?”
If they kept on like this, they could destroy him.
But Cere knew that wasn’t always the way.
She had to try.
Just as with Trilla, she had to try.
“you’re free to leave them.
Come back to the light.
It isn’t too late.”
The Fifth Brother paused, for just a moment.
Cere watched a shadow pass over his eyes, reflected in the red light of his blade.
With asnap,the Fifth Brother disconnected the two sides of his lightsaber, wielding one in each hand.
Cere focused on his right while Cal bore down on him from the left.
The question, the wondering, even for a split second, was a distraction Cere couldn’t afford.
It was the worst thing that could have happened in that moment.
And there would only be one way out.
For anyone who wasn’t Cere.
That’s what it felt like.
Had done so, first to save Trilla, then to save Cal from Vader.
But she knew better than to go there again.
Empathy for Cal, and for everything he’d lost.
For this poor Inquisitor, and for the Knight of Good he was supposed to be.
That seemed so very lonely.
Not like an explosion, nothing so uncontrolled.
She saw awe in his eyes, and in that momentall Cere wanted was to seemore.
She could help this man.
She could help them all.
Reprinted fromStar Wars Jedi: Battle Scarsby Sam Maggs.
Copyright 2023 by Lucasfilm Ltd.
Published by Random House Worlds, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
