Star Wars: Sword Of the Jedi - Episode 1: Dark Forces Rising

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

It's been eighteen years since the defeat of THE GALACTIC EMPIRE at the hands of LUKE SKYWALKER and THE NEW REPUBLIC. In the peaceful time that's come as a result of balance being brought back to the Force, SKYWALKER and his allies have made serious efforts to maintain the order that's fallen over the galaxy.

Shortly after their initial victory, SKYWALKER began to work alongside fellow Force user, KYLE KATARN, and other Force Sensitive beings to rebuild the once forgotten JEDI ORDER under the guidance of the NEW REPUBLIC. With the temple reopening on CORUSCANT, SKYWALKER and KATARN began to accept students to train in the ways of the Force in order to preserve the legacy of the masters who came before them.

Four years after the destruction of the second DEATH STAR, Senator LEIA ORGANA and General HAN SOLO welcomed two fraternal twins -- a boy named JACEN and a girl named JAINA. After it was discovered early on that both of them were sensitive in the ways of the Force like their mother, their parents had them both enrolled in their uncle's academy with JAINA becoming the Padawan of their aunt, MARA JADE SKYWALKER, while JACEN began training directly under their uncle.

All seems right in the galaxy, as the NEW REPUBLIC and the JEDI ORDER slowly begin to move their forces back into the OUTER RIM in an effort of to establish those worlds as a part of the new government. However, unknown to even LUKE SKYWALKER himself, new SITH WARRIORS train and grow stronger every day under the guidance of a mysterious being known only as THE DARKMOTHER. And as this secret conflict grows, the IMPERIAL REMNANTS that have gone into hiding in the OUTER RIM strategically plotting a full scale attack on the homeworld of the NEW REPUBLIC...