Cover Artist: Jason Felix

Han and Leia Solo are at Kashyyyk, helping in the effort to stop the fires that are out of control in the forests. As they finish setting markers for a firebreak, they are assaulted by Alema Rar aboard the Millennium Falcon. Mysteriously, Alema Rar has a completely working body with no sign of the damage she suffered during the Killik crisis, and when it looks like she is starting to tire, she runs around a corner and disappears. On the moon of Endor, Luke Skywalker is approached with a plan to capture Jacen Solo. The young Jedi Knight Seha will guide a Jedi team through the Coruscant underground in order to surprise and hopefully capture Jacen, or kill him if capture proves impossible. Luke agrees to this mission and appoints Kyle Katarn to lead it. After the betrayal he faced from Tenel Ka at the battle of Kashyyyk, Darth Caedus feels that his only option is to kidnap his daughter Allana. He does so and then sends a message to Tenel Ka demanding that she return the Hapan fleets to his control or he will kill her daughter. The Jedi capture mission proceeds successfully, but as the Jedi are fighting Caedus, Kyle is nearly killed and the Jedi retreat, but not before Seha completes her part of the mission and attaches a tracking beacon to Caedus' cloak. On Kashyyyk, Jagged Fel demands a chance to duel with Jaina Solo who is pushing herself beyond endurance. He eventually defeats her using unusual tactics and convinces her that she needs to take a break and rest a little. As the war grinds on, the Corellians offer to negotiate for peace but only if Caedus is there to negotiate with them. He agrees to meet with them in the hope that he can bring more of the galaxy under his control. Luke decides to use this as an excuse to attack Caedus' ship and leads a squadron of Jedi against him at the meeting. Meanwhile, Leia has a plan to infiltrate Caedus' Star Destroyer and plant a holocomm tracer and steal the information on Lumiya's asteroid from his records. Boarding the Destroyer, Leia distracts him while the rest of her team completes their objectives. While observing Caedus negotiate with the Corellians, Leia becomes aware that the opposing ships are crewed by a skeleton crew and warns Caedus before fleeing herself. Paranoid, Caedus takes Allana and flees to outside the engagement in a stealth vehicle. The Jedi attack him and while he is hiding the Corellians spring their trap, firing Centerpoint station with the hope of killing him. In the battle, Luke becomes aware that Caedus has a little girl with him and calls off the attack because he can't condone killing an innocent just to kill Caedus. With the battle over, the survivors limp home and Caedus begins plotting to capture Centerpoint Station for himself. While the Jedi reevaluate their plans, Jag and his team travel to Lumiya's asteroid to put a stop to Alema Rar once and for all. Jagged, Jaina and Zekk infiltrate the asteroid while Leia and Han try to distract Alema from the Falcon. During the fight, Zekk gives in to the dark side and uses it to free the Sith meditation sphere from Alema's control. The loss of the ship causes Alema to lose concentration and she faces the team on her own. As the asteroid falls apart around them, Jag manages to defeat Alema and kill her, ending her threat. They then travel to Endor where they organize a plan to rescue Allana and destroy Centerpoint Station at the same time. While Caedus launches his attack to steal Centerpoint, Luke leads a team of Jedi to distract Caedus so he doesn't notice Leia rescuing Allana and Kyp Durron leads a team to sabotage the station. Both plans succeed spectaculary and Leia learns that Allana is her granddaughter. Back on Endor, Jaina comes to the realization that she needs to kill her brother herself and she will need help from Boba Fett to do it.