And there are some people in the galaxy who truly see what's going on, and they can't just lie down and take it like 'good citizens.' This book takes place some 6 years before the events of the upcoming Star Wars: Rebels animated series, which itself will take place 5 years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope. The management style of the day is subjugation, murder, and wanton destruction. The surviving Jedi are in hiding, hunted by Darth Vader and his minions. Featuring a foreword by Dave Filoni.įollowing on the success of his previous Star Wars offering, Kenobi, and in conjunction with the newly-formed Lucasfilm Story Group, John Jackson Miller throttles us forward from the end of the prequel era and into the Dark Times, the largely uncharted territory between trilogies. The first Star Wars novel created in collaboration with the Lucasfilm Story Group, Star Wars: A New Dawn is set during the legendary 'Dark Times' between Episodes III and IV and tells the story of how two of the lead characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths. And still others, whose lives were destroyed by Palpatine’s machinations, lay scattered about the galaxy like unexploded bombs, waiting to go off. Peace through brutal repression, and order through increasing control of his subjects’ lives.īut even as the Emperor tightens his iron grip, others have begun to question his means and motives. Now Emperor Palpatine, once Chancellor of the Republic and secretly a Sith follower of the dark side of the Force, has brought his own peace and order to the galaxy.

But they were betrayed - and the entire galaxy has paid the price. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning.' (Emperor Palpatine)įor a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights brought peace and order to the Galactic Republic, aided by their connection to the mystical energy field known as the Force.

The Separatists have been defeated, and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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