November 20, 2009

LEGACY

OBI-WAN KENOBI ONCE CALLED THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE RISE OF THE GALACTIC EMPIRE THE “ DARK TIMES.“ HAD HE FORSEEN THE ERA TO COME, HE MIGHT HAVE CALLED THE PERIOD DEFINED BY PALPATINE’S RISE TO POWER SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU, OBI-WAN HAS LONG SINCE GONE, AS HAVE HIS PUPILS, AND THEIR PUPILS, AND THOSE WHOM CAME TO FOLLOW. THEIR TIME HAS PAST AND A NEW ERA OF THE GALAXY HAS DAWNED, ONE THAT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE NAME SKYWALKER. INDEED, THIS ERA IS RIFE WITH THE SAME TYRANNY, OPPRESSION, VIOLENCE, AND DANGER THAT FLOURISHED UNDER PALPATINE’S RULE. HOWEVER, IN THIS TIME’S EXISTENCE THE EMPIRE HAS AN OPEN RULE, THE JEDI HAVE ONCE AGAIN FALLEN AND BEEN HUNTED NEARLY TO EXTINCTION. TIMES HAVE NEVER BEEN GRIMMER THAN THEY ARE UNDER THE DARK EMPIRE, AND YET THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEROES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE PREVALENT.

THIS ERA BEGINS OVER 130 YEARS AFTER THE BATTLE OF YAVIN. THE GALAXY IS RULED OVER BY A TOUGH BUT FAIR DICTATOR, ROAN FEL. HE IS BOTH HATED AND REVERED IN THE CURRENT GALACTIC EMPIRE. THE JEDI ARE SCATTERED TO THE DISTANT CORNERS OF THE GALAXY, AND THE ONLY HOPE FOR DEMOCRACY LIES WITH THE FLEEING EXILES OF THE ONCE STRONG GALACTIC ALLIANCE. MEANWHILE, INDIVIDUALS LURKING ON THE FRINGES OF SOCIETY PROFIT BY TURNING JEDI OVER TO THE EMPIRE FOR HANDSOME REWARDS. YET THE EMPIRE IS DIVIDED

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