The Great Leap Forward

"Dad, please. I've seen a lot of unbelievable stuff in this galaxy, but it's been four thousand years. Surely she's become one with the Force by now."

- Ben Skywalker, about Laera Reyolé

The Great Leap Forward is the fifth completed fan fiction work, and the second novel, to be published on the Star Wars Fanon Wiki by Sean "Goodwood" Nash. It is also the first story that is not a part of his Tales from the Corps series. Taking place during the Legacy era, the work switches between multiple viewpoints, including a third-person perspective and several first-person narratives.

Following the adventures of Laera Reyolé and Silas Dan'kre in the wake of their attempted escape from their mission to capture, the story begins with and  attempting to find the two Marine officers, long since presumed dead.

Behind the scenes
The Great Leap Forward is the fifth completed fan fiction work by Sean "Goodwood" Nash and his second full novel. A departure from his Tales from the Corps series, the narrative continues to follow the adventures of Laera Reyolé and Silas Dan'kre. It also includes Nash's first attempt to write for an original film character, in the form of Luke Skywalker who, along with his son Ben, is a central character to the overall plot. Though the story takes place during the  series, it aims to clash as little as possible with established, a task made difficult due to Nash's inability to access the more recent novels.

Though the work's title has literal connotations within the story itself, it is also very loosely based on the period. Originally conceived as a way to get two of Nash's original characters into the Legacy era from the Knights of the Old Republic time period, the novel developed into an experimental piece that explores the concepts of multiple points of view. Though major portions of some chapters use a third-person perspective, large first-person narratives take place from within the minds of several characters.