Chapter Summaries

Palpatine and the Jedi discussed opening a new front against Dawn Star Planet through the Unknown Regions, and Master Yoda agreed to lead the expedition. On Malastare, reinforcements arrived as the allied forces continued fighting the Republic, where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced the transformed Green Beatty.

• The Chief of Staff reported that Octavian Grant and Shaak Ti considered Yag'Dhul too difficult to overcome, while the Supreme Strategic Command proposed attacking Dawn Star Planet to divert its forces from Eriadu.
• Master Yoda proposed reaching the Kuna Cluster along the edge of the Unknown Regions, and he agreed to personally lead the expedition despite Master Windu's concerns.
• Ainlee Tim's return to Malastare lifted morale among the Gran and Dagg, and Count Dooku sent droid reinforcements to the planet.
• Xiao Guanghua led the allied forces in costly battles against Republic Clone Troopers around Pixel, while Justin Levis's Fourth Legion attacked from the flanks and Shi Aimin fought on the front line.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi battled Green Beatty, who roared and charged at him after he expressed shock at her transformation.

Obi-Wan Kenobi killed the reanimated Green Betty, then discovered the Separatists had used her as bait for a Black Legion ambush. With his troops trapped and Master Aiden Ward potentially being used against Luminara Unduli, Obi-Wan led a breakout and charged toward Justin Levis.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi lured Green Betty into an attack from high ground, severed her hand, and beheaded her.
• Clone Commander Cody warned Obi-Wan that the Separatists were overwhelming their position and urged him to retreat.
• Black Legion snipers ambushed Obi-Wan and the clones, killing several troopers and cutting off their retreat.
• Obi-Wan realized Green Betty had been used as bait and insisted they break out before the enemy could use Master Aiden Ward against Luminara Unduli.
• Obi-Wan charged into the gunfire to confront Justin Levis, dodging and deflecting shots as he closed the distance.

Clone Troopers and Jedi fought Gran forces at Pixel City, where Barriss Offee struggled with the moral cost of killing and destroyed a message requesting help. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi charged at Justin Levis alone and was shot in the chest.

• Luminara Unduli saved Barriss Offee from a rocket, and the two Jedi stormed a building full of Gran soldiers.
• Barriss tried to treat a wounded Gran soldier who claimed he had surrendered, but Luminara killed him when he raised his pistol.
• Barriss questioned the Jedi Order’s role in the war, then joined Luminara and the Clone Troopers in an assault on Gran tanks.
• Barriss received Obi-Wan Kenobi’s broken distress call but crushed her communicator and concealed what had happened from Luminara.
• Obi-Wan’s 212th Attack Battalion remained trapped by the Black Legion, so he charged toward Justin Levis and was struck in the chest by a bullet.

Obi-Wan Kenobi was captured, tortured during medical treatment, and brought before Tang Xiao, who revealed his overwhelming strength when Obi-Wan tried to attack him. Obi-Wan recognized Tang Xiao as the Archangel of Death.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi was dragged away after being wounded and endured painful surgery without anesthetic.
• Soldiers injected Obi-Wan with a muscle relaxant and took him to Tang Xiao's office.
• Tang Xiao told Obi-Wan he had ordered his captors to keep him alive so they could meet.
• Obi-Wan accused Tang Xiao of causing the war and billions of deaths, then broke free of his restraints and lunged at him.
• Tang Xiao vanished, seized Obi-Wan by the face, and slammed his head into the floor.
• Obi-Wan called Tang Xiao the Archangel of Death.

Tang Xiao revealed to Obi-Wan Kenobi that Chancellor Sheev Palpatine was Darth Sidious and released him to alert the Jedi Order. He planned to use the Jedi’s confrontation with Sidious to buy the Fourth Civilization time as the Republic prepared a major counteroffensive.

• Tang Xiao told Obi-Wan that he was the Archangel of Death and that Sheev Palpatine was Darth Sidious, their fellow Sith and former master’s apprentice.
• Tang Xiao explained how he and Sidious could disrupt the Force, then admitted he expected the Confederacy to lose the war and had stayed because he believed the galaxy should be his.
• Tang Xiao asked Obi-Wan to return to the Jedi Order and help expose Sidious, then gave him his Lightsaber and arranged passage to Utapau.
• Obi-Wan left under escort while Tang Xiao considered the coming Republic counteroffensive and his plan to make the Jedi and Sidious fight, without mentioning Order 66.

Obi-Wan Kenobi learned that the Republic had withdrawn from Malastare and traveled toward Coruscant, while Tang Xiao met San Hill on Abola Island to discuss the threat Rush Clovis posed to his position in the InterGalactic Banking Clan. San Hill revealed that Clovis had Palpatine’s support and was attacking him as the Clan’s leadership election approached.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi contacted Commander Cody and learned that the Republic had retreated from Malastare after heavy losses.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi told Cody to return to base, then disguised himself and boarded a miner’s passenger ship to leave Utapau.
• Tang Xiao delayed his planned meeting with Zerakas to receive San Hill on Abola Island.
• San Hill told Darth Malthael that he expected to lose the InterGalactic Banking Clan leadership election by the following year.
• San Hill explained that Rush Clovis had blocked funding for the Endless-class Super Carrier and arranged a Geonosis super tank project with the Technological Alliance.
• Darth Malthael concluded that Clovis was forcing the Clan’s factions to choose sides and that Darth Sidious was supporting his attack on San Hill.

Darth Malthael learned that the DS-1 Project was a scheme to draw the InterGalactic Banking Clan, the Technological Alliance, and Geonosis into Darth Sidious’s control, and he gave San Hill a cryptic instruction before turning to the Book of Sith. Meanwhile, Master Yoda led thirty Republic battlecruisers into a hyperspace jump toward the Kuna Cluster.

• San Hill told Darth Malthael that human-backed forces were challenging the Muuns’ traditional control of the InterGalactic Banking Clan and revealed the trillion-credit DS-1 Project.
• Darth Malthael said he would deal with the Technological Alliance and Poggle the Lesser, then wrote the letter “g” on San Hill’s palm and expelled him from the laboratory.
• San Hill returned to his shuttle, stared at the letter, and shifted from fear to resolve before flying away.
• Darth Malthael studied the Book of Sith at his secret altar, sensed his current limit, and anticipated traveling to Korriban.
• Master Yoda directed thirty Hunter Class Battlecruisers to jump into hyperspace toward the Kuna Cluster.

Obi-Wan Kenobi reported to Mace Windu that Tang Xiao was the Archangel of Death and relayed the claim that Sheev Palpatine was Darth Sidious. The chapter ended with Windu demanding that Obi-Wan repeat the grave accusation.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi waited outside the council chamber until Sheev Palpatine left his meeting with Mace Windu.
• Obi-Wan told Mace Windu that Tang Xiao, Governor of Dawn Star Planet, was the Archangel of Death.
• Mace Windu said he would share the intelligence only with the Jedi High Council and that Yoda's fleet was already targeting Dawn Star Planet.
• Obi-Wan revealed that Tang Xiao had named Darth Plagueis, also known as Hego Damask II, as his master and Darth Sidious as another apprentice.
• Obi-Wan identified Darth Sidious as Sheev Palpatine, and Mace Windu demanded that he repeat the accusation.

Obi-Wan Kenobi told Mace Windu that Chancellor Palpatine was Darth Sidious, but Windu ordered a secret investigation rather than acting on the unconfirmed claim. The story then turned to Mon Calamari, where the history of conflict between the Mon Calamari and Quarren left tensions simmering as the Quarren sought greater rights.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi told Master Windu that Archangel of Death had identified Chancellor Palpatine as Darth Sidious and that Count Dooku was Sidious's nominal apprentice.
• Master Windu doubted the accusation but decided to investigate Palpatine secretly and told Obi-Wan to keep it from everyone else until he could speak with Master Yoda.
• Master Windu warned that power in the Galactic Republic was gathering around Palpatine and his allies, who might not return authority to the Senate after the war.
• The narrative shifted to Mon Calamari, describing its ocean world and the historical conflict between the Mon Calamari and Quarren.
• The Quarren, once enslaved after their defeat, gradually gained freedom and began seeking greater rights.

The chapter recounted the Quarren’s failed uprising and their later rise as Separatist shipbuilders, then described the renewed succession crisis on Mon Calamari after King Yos Kolina’s assassination. With Prince Lee-Char’s claim challenged by Sonori, both the Republic and Count Dooku sent mediators, including Edra Cadis.

• Senator Tikkes allied with Count Dooku and led the Quarren Isolation League in an uprising against Mon Calamari, but Kit Fisto and the Mon Calamari defeated them.
• Tikkes and the Quarren Isolation League fled to Parmant and Minntooine, where they built ships for the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
• After King Yos Kolina was assassinated in April 21 BBY, Prince Lee-Char was expected to inherit the throne, but Sonori offered to serve as regent and opposed his succession.
• Sonori and the Quarren took a hard line, bringing Mon Calamari to the brink of civil war and prompting a request for Galactic Republic mediation.
• Count Dooku rejected the Republic’s mediation as biased and sent a delegation that included Riff Tamson, Randon Winnarlden, and Edra Cadis.

Riff Tamson and the Confederacy of Independent Systems backed Nossori’s bid to make the Quarren rule Dak Planet as political tensions rose over Prince Lee-Char’s succession. At the Planet Council, Tamson disrupted Lee-Char’s speech, and Anakin Skywalker challenged the Separatist delegation and Edra Kestis.

• Riff Tamson, Edra Kestis, and Landon Winardun met Nossori, who offered Count Dooku his support if the Quarren could rule Dak Planet.
• Nossori and a Mon Calamari senator argued over whether Prince Lee-Char should succeed his father during wartime.
• Edra Kestis provoked Ahsoka Tano in the Planet Council gallery, and Anakin Skywalker stopped Ahsoka from reacting.
• Prince Lee-Char hesitated before speaking, but Captain Akbar encouraged him, and he pledged to lead the planet and treat both species equally.
• Riff Tamson mocked Lee-Char and interrupted his speech, prompting Quarren senators to jeer at the prince.
• Captain Akbar defended Lee-Char, and Anakin Skywalker challenged the Separatist delegation and accused Edra Kestis of being a Dark Side traitor.

At a Mon Calamari council meeting, Edra Kestis provoked the Republic envoys until Sonori silenced both sides and gained the council’s approval. Nossori then proposed becoming regent during the war, prompting a fierce objection from the Mon Calamari representative.

• Edra Kestis denounced the Jedi and provoked Ahsoka Tano into reaching for her Lightsaber, but Anakin Skywalker stopped her and Padmé Amidala calmed her down.
• Anakin Skywalker challenged Edra Kestis, who taunted him by naming planets where he had suffered setbacks.
• Sonori rebuked the Republic and Confederacy envoys, and Nossori won the council’s applause by insisting they stop interfering in Dak Planet’s internal affairs.
• Riff Tamson threatened Edra Kestis for disrupting his plan, while Gial Ackbar warned Prince Lee-Char to prepare for trouble.
• Nossori proposed serving as regent until the war ended, and the Mon Calamari representative declared that a Quarren could never rule as king or regent.

Mina Tills rejected Nossori’s bid to rule Mon Calamari, and Riff Tamson used the dispute to lead the Quarren senators out of the chamber. As both sides prepared for civil war, Mina demanded that Prince Lee-Char lead the Mon Calamari army despite Captain Akbar’s objections.

• Mina Tills opposed Nossori becoming king or regent, while Nossori argued that emergency rule was needed to protect Dak Planet from the wider war.
• Mina accused the Quarren of murdering King Yos Kolina, and Nossori condemned the unsupported accusation.
• Riff Tamson denounced Mon Calamari discrimination, urged the Quarren to fight for their rights, and led the Quarren senators out of the chamber with Nossori.
• Anakin Skywalker warned Padmé Amidala that civil war was unavoidable, and the Mon Calamari began mobilizing their forces.
• Captain Akbar promised to protect Prince Lee-Char and reassured him that the failed negotiations were not his fault.
• Mina Tills insisted that Lee-Char lead the army to prove his worth as king, dismissing Akbar’s objections and claiming the Quarren could be slaughtered again.

The Quarren launched a Separatist-backed assault across Dak Planet, overwhelming Mon Calamari defenses as Anakin and his allies prepared to help. By the end, the Quarren had breached Coral Depths City and Prince Lee-Char believed the war was lost.

• Master Kit Fisto arrived with one Acclamator-class assault ship and the SCUBA troops led by Monnk.
• Anakin brought Padmé to safety, agreed she could help stabilize the Senate, and returned underwater with Ahsoka and Rock Johnson.
• Nossori issued an ultimatum demanding Mina Tills's execution and Prince Lee-Char's abdication, and the Mon Calamari rejected it.
• The Quarren launched coordinated attacks on Dak Planet's undersea cities using Trident-class ships and A-Q series battle droids.
• Riff Tamson and his Kolkroden guards led the assault into Coral Depths City as Mon Calamari defenses collapsed.
• Prince Lee-Char heard reports of breached defenses, mutiny, and droids entering the capital, and believed everything was over.

As the Quarren and Separatist forces overwhelmed Mon Calamari resistance, Jarl Ackbar led Prince Lee-Char toward the front lines to rally the defenders. A flashback revealed Tang Xiao’s suspicion that Count Dooku’s plan was meant to weaken Dak Planet and ultimately bring the Kolkroden there.

• Mina Tills berated the defeated commanders while Jarl Ackbar encouraged Prince Lee-Char to keep fighting and took him toward the front lines.
• Riff Tamson ordered Nossori to mobilize Quarren troops and imprison Mon Calamari, while Nossori worried that the war had gone beyond their aims.
• Edra Kestis told Nossori that Riff Tamson had selfish motives, and Randon Vennar said the plan could make Nossori king of Dak Planet.
• In a flashback, Tang Xiao challenged Count Dooku’s plan to divide Dak Planet and suggested he intended to relocate the Kolkroden there.
• Tang Xiao connected the plan to Darth Sidious’s hostility toward the Mon Calamari and Quarren and their eventual oppression under the Galactic Empire.

Tang Xiao rejected Count Dooku’s plan to exploit Mon Calamari and warned him about the meaning of a single spark. On Mon Calamari, the Republic’s defenders preserved their leaders but were overwhelmed when Riff Tamson unleashed enormous electric jellyfish, leaving Kit Fisto doubtful they could stop the invasion.

• Count Dooku told Tang Xiao that a multi-species regime could not achieve equality, while Tang Xiao admitted he planned to exploit Mon Calamari’s shipbuilding industry but opposed letting the Kolkroden rule it.
• Tang Xiao warned Count Dooku that he had misunderstood the meaning of a single spark, leaving Dooku wondering how Tang Xiao knew the phrase.
• Kit Fisto, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, and their forces fought to defend Coral Depths City as Anakin found Prince Lee-Char and Padmé reunited with Senator Mina Tills.
• Captain Akbar protected Prince Lee-Char during the collapse of the Republic’s defensive line, and Anakin helped the prince rally Mon Calamari resistance.
• Riff Tamson sent enormous jellyfish into the battle, and their electric attacks killed many Republic and Mon Calamari troops and broke through the defense.
• Kit Fisto told Anakin Skywalker that they could no longer stop the invasion, while Mina Tills insisted they could not surrender Mon Calamari.

Padmé Amidala and Mina Tills returned to Coruscant after the Republic’s retreat from Mon Calamari, where they planned a counteroffensive with help from the Gungans. Riff Tamson occupied much of Mon Calamari and rejected Nossori’s proposed settlement, declaring that he intended to rule as king.

• Padmé Amidala decided that she, Mina Tills, and Prince Lee-Char had to withdraw to Coruscant, and the Clone SCUBA troops escaped aboard an Acclamator-class assault ship.
• At an emergency meeting, Padmé Amidala proposed recruiting the Gungans to fight underwater, and she agreed to visit Naboo with Jar Jar Binks.
• Prince Lee-Char insisted on returning to Mon Calamari to stand with his people, while Captain Akbar promised to protect him.
• After the Republic leadership fled, Mon Calamari’s resistance collapsed, and Riff Tamson’s forces occupied Coral Depths City and more than half the planet’s cities within three days.
• Riff Tamson ordered the Mon Calamari sent to concentration camps and demanded that Nossori send the Quarren to capture the remaining cities.
• Nossori refused to continue the slaughter and proposed negotiations, but Riff Tamson claimed the crown for himself and threatened to imprison Nossori.

Riff Tamson tightened his grip on Dak Planet by imprisoning Mon Calamari and forcing Quarren into battle, but his advance stalled at fortified surface cities. As Prince Lee-Char reignited resistance and the Republic returned with Gungan reinforcements, the battle shifted toward the prison cities.

• Riff Tamson imprisoned Mon Calamari, declared Dak Planet’s allegiance to the Confederacy, and issued a warrant for Prince Lee-Char.
• Quarren forces captured several Mon Calamari surface cities after Riff Tamson forced them into combat, but they could not overcome the cities’ defenses everywhere.
• Anakin Skywalker, Rock Johnson, and Gial Akbar brought Prince Lee-Char back to Mon Calamari, where he sounded the Horn in a concentration camp to revive the prisoners’ resistance.
• Riff Tamson led troops to capture Prince Lee-Char as Master Kit Fisto arrived with Clone SCUBA troops and more than 30,000 Gungan warriors.
• The Quarren surrendered in large numbers, while the Gungan fought the droid forces and the Republic troops advanced toward the prison cities on Captain Akbar’s advice.

The Gungan-clone force’s counterattack was disrupted by Reef Tamson’s vortex-producing assault ships, while Edra Kestis captured Prince Lee-Char. At the public execution, Reef Tamson began to declare himself king before a slender blue hand pierced his chest.

• Gungan warriors used Booma to destroy underwater droids and disable Medusa-cyborg jellyfish, but Reef Tamson’s Trident-class ships scattered the joint force with a massive vortex.
• Anakin Skywalker held off Reef Tamson while Jar Akbar fled with Prince Lee-Char, but Edra Kestis captured the prince and escaped after A-Q droids blocked Anakin’s group.
• Edra delivered Prince Lee-Char to Reef Tamson, who announced plans to execute him publicly and claim the throne.
• Reef Tamson staged the execution in Coral Depths City and proclaimed the Kolkroden rulers of Dak Planet before a blue hand pierced his chest.

Edra Kestis revealed herself as Darth Lilim and turned the tables on Riff Tamson, whose forces were defeated and whose life ended when he attacked Nossori. Nossori demanded that both galactic powers leave Dak Planet, and Edra agreed to withdraw the Confederacy of Independent Systems forces while helping remove the Republic troops.

• Edra Kestis revealed that she was Darth Lilim, and Salarian special forces killed the Kolkroden guards and captured the square.
• Edra declared Riff Tamson stripped of his envoy position and ordered his execution, while the A-Q underwater combat droids remained inactive.
• Nossori denounced the Kolkroden’s attempt to provoke civil war and demanded that the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems leave Dak Planet.
• Riff Tamson lunged at Nossori, and an unseen crimson blade cut off Riff Tamson’s head.
• Nossori helped Prince Lee-Char up and told him to delay any decision to abdicate until the planetary crisis was resolved.
• Edra agreed to withdraw the Confederacy forces and help drive the Republic troops from Dak Planet.