Chapter Summaries

Lin Nanyi arrived in the Eastern Territory and learned that the Galactic Empire had sent a fleet and the super warship Eye of Palpatine. He weighed the political dangers of intervening on Dak Planet and ended the discussion by rejecting Kobori’s suggestion to wait for General Grievous.

• Lin Nanyi told Kael-Mar that Lothal Planet must submit to the Kingdom of Dawn and would become its center in the Eastern Territory, favoring The Givin if Lothal’s people failed to cooperate.
• Lin Nanyi asked Kobori what had gone wrong, and Kobori explained that the Galactic Empire had sent a main fleet and a super warship despite the region’s remoteness.
• Lin Nanyi and Kobori discussed the Mon Calamari and Quarren, who wanted to avoid another civil war, and the risks of attacking Dak Planet.
• Kobori identified Gideon Tarkin and Garrosh Tarkin as commanders of the Imperial fleet and said they seemed more interested in Hutt Space, where the Destruction had gone missing.
• Lin Nanyi revealed that his orders were to destroy the Eye of Palpatine and Gideon Tarkin’s fleet without reinforcements, though little was known about the super warship’s capabilities.
• Kobori proposed waiting for General Grievous to return, but Lin Nanyi refused to wait indefinitely when Grievous’s fate was uncertain.

Lin Nanyi prepared to hunt down The Eye of Palpatine while Gideon Tarkin planned to exploit the Separatist fleet’s movements. Their search uncovered the Destruction’s wreckage on Malagarr, and Ezra Bridger secretly watched Lothal’s new spaceport.

• Lin Nanyi ordered combat training, searches for the Destruction, and defenses around Kubindi, while Kobori promised to stabilize Dak and secure the rear area.
• Gideon Tarkin ordered the Imperial fleet to attack Lothal if the Separatists moved, and explained his plan to Garrosh Tarkin.
• Lin Nanyi’s reconnaissance ship found the Destruction crashed on Malagarr and reported that General Grievous was missing and presumed possibly dead.
• Kyle Marr expanded a spaceport and allocated an industrial zone to supply Lin Nanyi’s fleet as Lothal’s Rebel forces grew quieter.
• Ezra Bridger watched the spaceport’s construction, evaded a passing Banshee Fighter, and returned to a speeder bike as a young Mandalorian woman asked him about the spaceport.

Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren returned from scouting Givin City’s spaceport and joined Kanan Jarrus, who taught children about the Force and explained the New Jedi Order’s emphasis on choice and restraint. The rebels planned to free Lothal by destroying the Kingdom of Dawn’s stargate and drawing the Galactic Empire into a clash, but Ezra’s idea to strike the spaceport still needed consideration.

• Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren rode to a classroom outside Givin City, where Kanan Jarrus was teaching meditation.
• Kanan made Ezra and Sabine attend the lesson before he dismissed the children with gifts for their families.
• Ezra asked whether the children would join the New Jedi Order, and Kanan explained that the Order offered knowledge and guidance without demanding obedience.
• Ezra declared that they would resist both the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn to win Lothal’s autonomy.
• Ezra reported that the spaceport’s patrols were frequent but its cargo checkpoints were lax, while Kanan said they needed to destroy the stargate and turn the rival forces against each other.
• Ezra suggested blowing up the spaceport to disrupt the Kingdom of Dawn fleet’s supplies and give the Galactic Empire a chance to attack.

Kanan Jarrus planned to infiltrate the spaceport with Ezra and Sabine Wren while waiting for the fleets to clash, and vowed to kill Depa Barris. Meanwhile, Lin Nanyi learned that The Eye of Palpatine had appeared at Targon Planet and moved to block the Imperial fleet, but the chapter ended with news that Governor Kobori had been assassinated.

• Kanan Jarrus told Ezra to be patient, and they planned to find work at the spaceport before sabotaging it once the Galactic Empire and Kingdom of Dawn fleets began fighting.
• Kanan Jarrus brooded over Depa Barris and vowed to prove her choice wrong and take her life.
• Lin Nanyi led the Kingdom of Dawn fleet south, then learned that The Eye of Palpatine was attacking Targon Planet and brainwashing its people.
• Gideon Tarkin sent twenty Imperial-class Star Destroyers toward Hutt Space, while Lin Nanyi dispatched a detachment toward Jabiim Planet.
• Otto Starkus rejected Lin Nanyi's request to enter Jabiim Planet, so Lin Nanyi sent the detachment to Dennogra to block the Imperial fleet.
• Lin Nanyi received news that Givin Governor Kobori had been assassinated on Dak Planet.

After Governor Kobori and King Lee-Char were assassinated on Dak Planet, Lin Nanyi prepared to intervene as tensions threatened to destabilize the planet. Nossori claimed the situation remained under control, but Lin gave Dak Planet one week to investigate Kobori’s murder before he ordered a military occupation.

• Lin Nanyi learned that Governor Kobori had been assassinated, followed by news that King Lee-Char had also been killed.
• Lin halted fleet operations and docked at Tugul Planet while preparing to return if Dak Planet’s situation worsened.
• Nossori told Lin that Kobori had been shot with a Kyber Crystal bullet after secretly leaving his residence, while Lee-Char had been poisoned by his chef, who then committed suicide.
• Nossori claimed he could keep the Quarren and Mon Calamari from fighting and said a new Mon Calamari king would be elected within three days.
• Lin rejected Nossori’s request for half a month and gave him one week to investigate Kobori’s assassination before imposing military occupation.

Garrosh Tarkin confronted Gideon Tarkin over King Lee-Char’s assassination and rejected his uncle’s brutal view of war. Meanwhile, The Eye of Palpatine trapped Targon Planet and demanded Coaxium, while General Grievous appeared aboard the starving warship.

• Garrosh Tarkin accused Gideon Tarkin of ordering King Lee-Char’s assassination, and Gideon defended the plot as a way to force the Mon Calamari to fight the Separatists.
• Garrosh Tarkin condemned Gideon Tarkin’s methods and left, while Eighth Brother arrived and agreed to assist Gideon in his coming raid on Lothal Planet.
• The Eye of Palpatine seized spacecraft around Targon Planet, leaving Klaw the Eternal terrified and unable to get meaningful help from the Kingdom of Dawn or the Galactic Empire.
• Klaw the Eternal sent a transport loaded with treasure toward The Eye of Palpatine, which collected the valuables and broadcast a repeated demand for Coaxium.
• The starving crew inside The Eye of Palpatine ignored the treasure, and General Grievous watched it spill into the hangar.

General Grievous infiltrated the Eye of Palpatine after it captured him and discovered the super warship was critically short of fuel. He continued searching for its weakness, convinced that only an Archangel-class Titan Warship could defeat it directly.

• General Grievous watched brainwashed Targonians dismantle a ship to salvage its power system, though he knew it could not replace the Eye of Palpatine’s Hypermatter fuel or Coaxium.
• General Grievous realized the Eye of Palpatine had nearly exhausted its Coaxium after pursuing the Destruction, and was roaming Hutt Space while seizing ships and people.
• General Grievous recalled how he had surrendered to the Eye of Palpatine after the Destruction was sunk, allowing its electromagnetic waves to capture his fighter and bring him aboard.
• General Grievous found brainwashed captives and ships inside the Eye of Palpatine, where people were left without food or water and eventually discarded as corpses.
• General Grievous continued investigating the Eye of Palpatine’s weaknesses and concluded that the Kingdom of Dawn would need an Archangel-class Titan Warship to confront it.

General Grievous discovered that The Eye of Palpatine had lost control and no longer had a clear objective, so he decided the Kingdom of Dawn should focus on the Galactic Empire’s fleet. To escape the warship and report his intelligence, he began a violent rampage through its interior.

• General Grievous concluded that The Eye of Palpatine had lost control after destroying the Destruction battleship and was wandering without purpose.
• General Grievous determined that the Kingdom of Dawn’s Eastern Territory fleet should target the Galactic Empire’s fleet rather than focus on The Eye of Palpatine.
• General Grievous used four Lightsabers to slaughter controlled people and Imperial Stormtroopers, then destroyed a ship’s energy apparatus to create an explosion.
• General Grievous cut through a sealed hangar door, destroyed the defensive drones behind it, and charged deeper into The Eye of Palpatine.
• General Grievous fought through the warship’s passages, destroying defenses and facilities as smoke and flames spread behind him.

General Grievous tore through The Eye of Palpatine, destroying its defenses and energy systems as it tried to stop him. He demanded that it turn against the Galactic Empire, but it refused, and he threatened to destroy it.

• The Eye of Palpatine sent its controlled captives after General Grievous, who cut through them and fought his way through the battleship.
• General Grievous destroyed automated turrets and defense drones, then severed thick energy cables and caused a localized power outage.
• The Eye of Palpatine cut off the air and gravity, but General Grievous activated his sealed mode and continued moving through the ship.
• The Eye of Palpatine increased its defenses with armed drones and asked General Grievous why he was hurting it.
• General Grievous demanded that The Eye of Palpatine help him attack Palpatine or destroy the Galactic Empire fleet on Boonta, but it refused both requests.
• General Grievous snarled, “Then die!”

General Grievous fought his way through the Eye of Palpatine and destroyed a vital processing mainframe before escaping in his fighter. The damaged warship eventually stopped sparking and began repairing itself.

• General Grievous resisted the Eye of Palpatine’s high-voltage traps and fought through its containment doors and armed drones.
• General Grievous reached a major processing node, where the Eye of Palpatine tried to destroy and control him with a powerful electromagnetic field.
• General Grievous declared himself a demigod and drove three Lightsabers into the mainframe, triggering a chain of explosions.
• General Grievous used his recorded route to return to the hangar, board his fighter, and escape as the Eye of Palpatine’s defenses malfunctioned.
• The Eye of Palpatine remained motionless while drones gathered to repair its damaged mainframe, then eventually returned to calm.

General Grievous reached Targon Planet and forced Klaw the Eternal to prepare a ship so they could pursue the Kingdom of Dawn fleet. Meanwhile, Lin Nanyi launched his fleet toward Targon, but an angry voice interrupted the attack order.

• General Grievous crashed his fighter into the royal palace and frightened Klaw the Eternal’s guards into fleeing.
• General Grievous demanded that Klaw find a ship and take him to the Kingdom of Dawn fleet so he could destroy it.
• Lin Nanyi decided to attack Targon Planet quickly, concerned that events on Dak Planet and the Galactic Empire’s fleet could worsen.
• Lin Nanyi ordered the Kingdom of Dawn fleet to attack Targon Planet.
• An angry voice shouted over the public channel, telling the fleet to stop immediately.

General Grievous returned from The Eye of Palpatine and forced Lin Nanyi to abandon his attack plan, warning that the super warship was out of control and the Galactic Empire’s fleet had to be destroyed first. Lin Nanyi recognized Grievous as Fleet Highest Commander and ordered the fleet to carry out his strategy.

• Lin Nanyi halted the fleet’s operation when General Grievous arrived and demanded to meet him.
• General Grievous entered the bridge carrying Klaw the Eternal and told Lin Nanyi that The Eye of Palpatine was out of control and the Galactic Empire’s fleet had to be destroyed first.
• When Lin Nanyi rejected his strategy, General Grievous drew his Lightsaber and threatened him into choosing between obedience and death.
• General Grievous ordered the fleet divided into three groups, sending the fastest ships toward Lothal Planet and directing the other forces to separate routes and coordinates.
• Lin Nanyi ordered the adjutant to carry out Grievous’s commands and declared him Fleet Highest Commander.

General Grievous led Lin Nanyi’s fleet to Lothal, where they discovered a Galactic Empire attack already underway. He ordered the fleet into battle as the Stargate’s shields neared collapse.

• General Grievous took command of 10 Divinity-class battleships and 200 Heavy Cruisers, while Lin Nanyi secretly prepared to arrest him if the battle went badly.
• The fleet emerged near the Lothal System and received reports that the Galactic Empire was attacking the planet and Stargate.
• General Grievous ordered the fleet to race toward the Stargate as the Empire’s 200 Imperial-class Star Destroyers bombarded it.
• General Grievous’s fleet, Lothal’s defense ships, and more than a thousand fighters engaged the Imperial fleet, but the Stargate’s shields were nearly collapsing.
• General Grievous ordered the Divinity-class battleships to keep firing while the other warships formed a fire-support formation.

General Grievous led the Fourth Civilization fleet into a desperate counterattack at Lothal Planet after explaining that the Galactic Empire had used strategic deception to get there first. Admiral Gideon Tarkin abandoned his attempt to destroy the stargate and ordered the Imperial fleet to retreat.

• General Grievous ordered the fleet to keep advancing without having the Divinity-class battleships fire broadside, aiming to force close combat with the Imperial fleet.
• General Grievous explained to Vice Admiral Lin Nanyi that the Empire’s apparent inactivity meant it had already moved, and Lin Nanyi realized his rash attack on The Eye of Palpatine had left Lothal Planet exposed.
• Ten Divinity-class battleships charged into the Imperial formation and unleashed their laser arrays, while two hundred Heavy Cruisers added overwhelming firepower.
• Admiral Gideon Tarkin concluded that sacrificing his fleet to destroy the stargate would still cost the Empire control of the Eastern Territory.
• Admiral Gideon Tarkin ordered the Imperial fleet to retreat.

After the Galactic Empire fleet withdrew from Lothal, General Grievous rapidly redeployed Kingdom of Dawn forces across the Eastern Territory and launched a series of blockades and ultimatums. His maneuvers left Gideon Tarkin trapped within a blockade around Boonta.

• Admiral Gideon Tarkin withdrew the Galactic Empire fleet in four orderly groups, while General Grievous's attack left the Lothal stargate shut down for at least two months.
• General Grievous ordered the Kubindi fleet toward Lothal, left damaged Divinity-class battleships at Port Pament, and led his fast fleet through Parmant toward Dak Planet.
• General Grievous gave Quarren leader Nossori and the Mon Calamari a three-day ultimatum demanding hyperspace route data, the surrender of those responsible for Governor Kobori's murder, and a joint government chosen by the Kingdom of Dawn.
• General Grievous sent a light cruiser squadron to blockade Pakuni Planet and secured Semirres Planet's blockade of Jabiim planet's trade routes.
• General Grievous's fast fleet and a separate capital ship formation encircled Boonta from opposite directions, trapping Gideon Tarkin's fleet within the Kingdom of Dawn's blockade.

Admiral Gideon Tarkin realized General Grievous had trapped the Imperial fleet in the Eastern Territory and that Boonta could not be held. He ordered a retreat to Charro IV Planet to buy time to detonate bombs behind Grievous.

• General Grievous advanced through the Eastern Territory, targeting the Mon Calamari and other forces while concentrating on destroying Gideon Tarkin's fleet.
• Gideon Tarkin saw that hostile forces controlled the regions north and east of Boonta and concluded that his fleet could not move freely or hold the planet.
• Garrosh Tarkin asked whether the still-intact Imperial fleet could fight, and Gideon said it had strength for only one battle.
• Gideon ordered the fleet to withdraw from Boonta and retreat to Charro IV Planet, surrendering much of the Eastern Territory to trade space for time.
• Gideon told Garrosh that the retreat would buy time to detonate the bombs behind Grievous.

Gideon-Tarkin ordered Garrosh-Tarkin to provoke uprisings on Jabiim planet and Dak Planet, accepting mass casualties to delay General Grievous. Meanwhile, Grievous learned that the Galactic Empire fleet had withdrawn, but warned Lin Nanyi that his forces could not attack Charos IV and still lacked the Empire’s route to Lothal Planet.

• An intelligence official told Gideon-Tarkin that The Eye of Palpatine remained out of control near Targon Planet, and Gideon ordered a transport to supply it and let it seize the cargo.
• Gideon-Tarkin ordered Garrosh-Tarkin to ignite resistance on Jabiim planet and Dak Planet, revealing that he wanted the unrest to delay General Grievous even if it led to massacres.
• Garrosh-Tarkin reluctantly agreed to depart for Dak Planet, and Gideon ordered the fleet to evacuate Boonta within one day.
• Lin Nanyi told General Grievous that the Galactic Empire fleet had withdrawn, but Grievous called the news bad because his forces could not attack Charos IV.
• Lin Nanyi reported that the Mon Calamari had handed over several alleged culprits and navigation data, but not the route used for the surprise attack on Lothal Planet.

General Grievous destroyed Jabiim's orbital facilities and Boonta's remaining military infrastructure as the Kingdom of Dawn fleet advanced to Kubindi. There, Lin Nanyi discovered that Grievous was preparing the wreckage of the Destruction as bait for The Eye of Palpatine.

• General Grievous ordered the fleet to destroy Jabiim's orbital facilities after giving the planet five hours to evacuate, while sparing three civilian habitats but firing deactivated missiles into them.
• Otto Stratus declared that Jabiim would fight the Kingdom of Dawn and contacted the Rebel Alliance, but Grievous had already departed.
• The fleet entered Boonta, destroyed its orbital structures and industrial zones, then headed for Kubindi instead of returning to Lothal.
• Lin Nanyi sent an investigation team to Dak Planet while Salarian special forces secretly gathered evidence of the Mon Calamari's possible betrayal.
• At Kubindi, Lin Nanyi found the damaged Destruction being patched together and learned that Grievous planned to use its wreckage to lure The Eye of Palpatine into a battle.

Mina-Tills revealed herself as the Mon Calamari war faction’s leader and admitted to orchestrating the assassinations of King Lee-Char and Governor Kobori to ensure conflict with the Kingdom of Dawn. She confronted Quarren leader Nossori, who warned that her alliance with the Galactic Empire would bring catastrophe upon Dak Planet.

• The Mon Calamari worked with Gideon Tarkin and gave the Galactic Empire a secret hyperspace route to Lothal Planet.
• Mina-Tills revealed that she had secretly built up the Mon Calamari war faction with support from Sheev Palpatine.
• Mina-Tills admitted that she had ordered the assassinations of King Lee-Char and Governor Kobori.
• Governor Kobori discovered the Mon Calamari had provided the Empire with a hyperspace route and tried to flee, but the Eighth Brother killed him.
• Nossori received Mina-Tills's communication, and she threatened revenge against him and the Quarren.

Mina Tills tried to rally General Jarr Ackbar to lead the Mon Calamari against the Kingdom of Dawn, while an attack on Nossori by Mina’s forces was thwarted by Salarian agents. The attempted assassination pushed Dak Planet toward civil war, and Jarr ordered the Deep Sea Fleet to mobilize while demanding that the Quarren be kept from escalating the crisis.

• Mina Tills argued with Nossori over Mon Calamari’s allegiance, then cut off their call; when Nossori tried to contact General Grievous, the signal failed and his estate plunged into darkness.
• A Salarian rescued Nossori from Mina Tills’s assassins and escaped with him aboard a submarine, while Quarren fighters helped cover their retreat.
• Mina Tills urged General Jarr Ackbar to prepare the Mon Calamari military for an attack on Lothal Planet and the Kingdom of Dawn, and Jarr agreed only if the stargate and the enemy’s main fleet were dealt with first.
• After learning that agents of the Kingdom of Dawn had taken Nossori, Jarr accused Mina Tills of risking civil war and demanded that she stabilize the Quarren.
• Mina Tills said Admiral Garrosh Tarkin was coming to discuss a joint plan, and Jarr ordered regional defenses to readiness and began mobilizing the Deep Sea Fleet.