Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel (Star Wars)

by James Luceno

The crystals turned out not to be kybers or even a class of kyber, but they bore enough similarity to the living crystal to interest the small community of scientists who had devoted themselves to their study.

Had the war affected the Jedi’s ability to feel the Force on Coruscant, despite the world’s superabundance of sentient life? Were the battles on remote worlds somehow disrupting the Force?

he had science on his side, and powerful machines that would address it atom-to-atom and compel the crystal to perform as demanded.

It was one thing to have said yes to bleeding the kyber crystals of all their inherent power. Now he would be held accountable for doing so.