Thirty years have passed since the end of the Clone Wars.
Thirty years of hutning down rebellions, thirty years of assasination attempts, thirty years of sorrow for some and power for others. Emporer Palpatine's creation of the Death Star and simaltanious destruction of the moon base Mustafar have scared the galaxy straight. The five years since have been almost peaceful on Coruscant, with the Death Star doing random searches of systems. The weak points upon the structure, which might have once brought it down, have since been built upon, and sabotage attempts have lead to the destruction of three more planets, Mustafar, Aldaraan, and Dantooine.
But the grip on the galaxy was sure to slip away eventually, and the mysterious death of the Imperial Enforcer and right hand of the Emporer, Darth Vader, have opened new possibilites. Surviving rebel leaders take hope that the schism in Imperial control may give them a chance to rebuild and regroup, while those walking a darker path see fit too use the schism to grow more powerful within the Empire. Perhaps a figurehead, or a new hope, can take down the Empire, or maybe the shadow of the Imperial fleet will rise from these hard tmes and retake their grip on the Galaxy as a whole.
But perhaps none of this matters, as an even darker threat may lay on the horizon, just outside the known galaxy...
