A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

25 years after A New Hope…

The new republic is in place, although a small faction of the empire remains control of the galaxy. The Jedi, on the rise once again thanks to Luke Skywalker, are at a crossroads. Some members of the Order, which numbers about 100, want to take a more direct part in galactic affairs. Skywalker, meanwhile, is struggling with whether or not he wants to reestablish the Jedi Council. Rash Jedi have led new Republic officials to be wary of the Knights and suspicious of their true motives. This leads to varying degrees of mistrust and even fear in the general populace who still remember anti-Jedi rhetoric from years before.

Meanwhile elsewhere in the galaxy, the Yuuzhan Vong has continued to become a greater and greater threat. Conquering planet after planet, they spread their anti-technology religion. Their invasion began on far-flung worlds such as Belkad and Helska, but they quickly widened their hold to key sectors of the Outer and Mid rim, terraforming worlds to produce the yorik coral and other living materials that serve as their ships and weapons. The Jedi learn, to their horror, that the intractable new enemy cannot be sensed through the Force.