More than 130 years after its defeat, the resurgent Empire- manipulated by the Sith - has reclaimed control of thegalaxy, ending the Galactic Alliance and scattering the JediOrder.For the past sever years, former Jedi Padawan CadeSkywalker has been in hiding as a bounty hunter, alongsidehis companions Deliah Blue and Jariah Syn. Cade hasfinally decided to stop running from his past, reuniting withthe Jedi and working to complete his training - and accepthis legacy. Meanwhile, former Emperor Roan Fel hasassembled loyalist fighters to reclaim his throne. He nowoperates from Bastion, the galaxy's most heavily fortifiedmilitary base.After secretly imprisoning Cade in the Sith Temple onCoruscant, Darth Maladi has ordered Imperial Moff NynaCalixte to call off the search for Skywalker. However,"Nyna" is secretly Morrigan Corde, Cade's mother - andwhile Sith Emperor Darth Krayt schemed to turn Cade tothe dark side of the Force, Corde has engineered Cade'sescape.Elsewhere, Admiral Gar Stazi and his small fleet ofsurviving Alliance renegades carry out hit-and-run attackson the galaxy's oppressors. An attempt at allying with Fel'sImperial troops has ended in sabotage and disaster - andunless Stazi can bolster his forces, they will soon befighting for little more than survival....