A long time ago within a galaxy much, far away . .

“The war has ended. The Separatists have been defeated, as well as the Jedi rebellion continues to be foiled. We stand over the threshold of a new beginning.”-Emperor Palpatine

For one thousand generations, the Jedi Knights brought peacefulness and order to the Galactic Republic, aided by their connection to the mystical energy field known as the Force. However they were betrayed-and the entire galaxy offers paid the purchase price. It’s the Age of the Empire.

Now about A Fresh Dawn: Star Wars Emperor Palpatine, once Chancellor of the Republic and secretly a Sith follower of the dark aspect of the Power, has taken his own serenity and order towards the galaxy. Peacefulness through brutal repression, and purchase through raising control of his topics’ lives.

But even while the Emperor tightens his iron grip, others have begun to issue his means and motives. And still others, whose lives were demolished by Palpatine’s machinations, lay spread about the galaxy like unexploded bombs, waiting around to go off. . . .

The first Star Wars novel created in collaboration with the Lucasfilm Tale Group, Star Wars: A FRESH Dawn is defined through the legendary “Dark Times” between Episodes III and IV and tells the storyplot of how two of the lead characters in the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths. Featuring a foreword by Dave Filoni.