Set approximately 137 years after the Battle of Yavin. This series features a new Skywalker, Cade Skywalker. He has forsaken the Jedi Order to live among pirates. He does not differentiate between the light and dark side of the Force.

Other events are also taking place. A new Sith Order has emerged under the leadership of a Darth Krayt. The order has overthrown the Jedi and the Empire, establishing itself as the dominant ruler.

After the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Order became the agent of peace in the galaxy. The Remnant Empire made peace with the new Republic. But the peace was shattered with the invasion of the extra-galactic species: Yuuzhan Vong. The Republic fell, but was replaced by The Galactic Alliance, which allied itself with the Imperial Remnant and others to fight off the Yuuzhan Vong.

Peace was restored, and the Imperial Remnant once more proclaimed itself as the new Empire, but this time with a more benign Emperor on the throne. He was Roan Fel.

Meanwhile, a new Sith Order was secretly forming on the planet Korriban, infusing themselves with the dark knowledge found in the ancient Sith temples there, honing a plan to retake the galaxy. All that remained in their way was the Jedi, especially the one named Skywalker...