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 [[sw|Ben Skywalker}} attempting to find the two Marine officers, long since presumed dead.

Appearances
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 * characters=*Silas Dan'kre
 * Kedlis Hetton {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Corran Horn}} {{Mo}}
 * Ibratu'na {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Darth Malak}} {{Mo}}
 * Georg Oakes {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Revan}}
 * Laera Reyolé
 * Dr. Shak {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Bastila Shan}}
 * {{sw|Ben Skywalker}}
 * {{sw|Luke Skywalker}}
 * {{sw|Tionne Solusar}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Vima Sunrider}} {{C|as {{sw|Jedi Exile}}}}
 * Rickard Whipstaff {{Mo}
 * creatures=*{{sw|Gundark}} {{Mo}}
 * T'lessian dragonfly
 * Fuz'ta beetle {{Mo}}
 * Lokta bird
 * Plek'kak
 * {{sw|Taopari}} {{Mo}}
 * droids=*{{sw|Assassin droid}}
 * {{sw|Battle droid}}
 * {{sw|Sentinel droid}}
 * {{sw|Protocol droid}} {{Mo}}
 * events=*{{sw|Jedi Civil War}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Battle of Foerost (Jedi Civil War)|Battle of Foerost}} {{Mo}}
 * Iridonia-Lannik Campaign {{Mo}}
 * Second Battle of Iridonia {{Mo}}
 * Capture of Darth Revan {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Battle of Rakata Prime}} {{Imo}}
 * {{sw|Mandalorian Wars}} {{Imo}}
 * {{sw|Second Battle of Onderon (Mandalorian Wars)|Liberation of Onderon}} {{Imo}}
 * locations=*{{sw|Core Worlds}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Coruscant}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Deep Core}}
 * {{sw|Tython}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Outer Rim Territories}}
 * {{sw|Agamar}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Dantooine}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Iridonia}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Malachor V}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Onderon}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Ord Mantell}}
 * {{sw|Tatooine}} {{Imo}}
 * organizations=*{{sw|Fel Empire}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Galactic Republic}}
 * {{sw|Republic Army}}
 * Republic Marines
 * Lieutenant
 * {{sw|Republic Intelligence}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Jedi Order}}
 * {{sw|Jedi Knight}}
 * {{sw|Jedi Master}}
 * {{sw|Jedi archivist}} {{Imo}}
 * {{sw|Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders}} {{Mo}}
 * Order of the Blue Light
 * Eldarch
 * Illuminated learner
 * Lighter
 * Youngarch
 * {{sw|Sith Empire (Jedi Civil War)|Sith Empire}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Dark Jedi}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Sith Lord}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Dark Lord of the Sith}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Sith Officer}} {{Mo}}
 * species=*{{sw|Bothan}}
 * Human
 * Sa'ari
 * vehicles=*{{sw|Centurion-class battlecruiser|Centurion-class battlecruiser}}
 * Stalwart Defender
 * Ellipse-class aerospace interceptor {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Herald-class shuttle|Herald-class shuttle}}
 * {{sw|Horizon-class star yacht|Horizon-class star yacht}}
 * {{sw|Jade Shadow}}
 * {{sw|Interdictor-class cruiser|Interdictor-class cruiser}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Darth Revan's flagship}} {{Imo}}
 * Leeward-class passenger helicopter
 * Monitor-class helicopter gunship
 * technology=*{{sw|Blaster}}
 * {{sw|Blaster pistol}}
 * DL-3 blaster pistol
 * {{sw|Blaster carbine}}
 * {{sw|Comlink}}
 * Sat-phone
 * {{sw|Grenade}}
 * {{sw|Thermal detonator}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|HoloNet}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Holoprojector}}
 * {{sw|Hyperdrive}}
 * {{sw|Ion drive|Ion engine}}
 * {{sw|Lightsaber}}
 * Marine assault armor
 * {{sw|Slave circuit}}
 * {{sw|Turbolaser}} {{Mo}}
 * miscellanea=*{{sw|Durasteel}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|The Force}}
 * {{sw|Dark side of the Force}}
 * {{sw|Force power}}
 * {{sw|Force healing}}
 * {{sw|Force Sight}}
 * Sense Aura
 * {{sw|Telekinesis}}
 * {{sw|Force vision}}
 * {{sw|Lightsaber combat}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Holocron}}
 * Revan's holocron
 * Holoplay {{Mo}}
 * Nellus V {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Permacrete}} {{Mo}}
 * {{sw|Slicer}} {{Mo}}

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 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.