In the final battles against the Yuuzhan Vong, a surprising figure came swooping in to the rescue in the pages of The Unifying Force. Boba Fett and the Mandalorians had thrown their considerable power against the might of the alien invaders...but what had they been up to before that? What paved the way to that eventual decision?

Find out in A Practical Man, a Boba Fett e-novella by Karen Traviss, to be published online in August 2006 by Del Rey Books.

In related news, here's a look at Jason Felix's updated cover art for Bloodlines, the second book of the Legacy of the Force series. Although the cover art debuted back in March, this version represents the finished look of the book.