The past is never finished as a completed war continues to unfold in secret. Having just barelyescaped from an Imperial trap near the orbit of TRIALIS, Lieutenant Commander LUKE SKYWALKER finds himself shipwrecked on the planets storied surface. But as the young rebel sets out to explore the facts behind such myth and legend, Dark Lord of the Sith DARTH VADERmaintains dogged pursuit, in direct defiance of the EMPEROR.