Recaps

Luna-Dream and Luna-Phantom turned the medical space station’s plot against them into a nightmare for its conspirators. After claiming they had dealt with two Jedi Knights, the sisters prepared to keep using the station as their castle of dreams.

• The Commander and Chief Physician planned to drug and assault the Dream Sisters, while Luna-Dream and Luna-Phantom discussed the Jedi Order’s fall and their fear that the twisted Force was influencing them.
• Luna-Phantom revealed more than a hundred dead Clone Troopers in the cafeteria, and the station’s staff treated the bodies as ordinary rubbish.
• The Commander and Chief Physician led the sisters toward an empty room, believing they were carrying out their plan, while Luna-Phantom and Luna-Dream watched from the control room.
• Luna-Phantom and Luna-Dream ordered the gas released at dangerous levels, then left the conspirators to die.
• The next morning, Luna-Dream told a supply officer that the two female Jedi Knights had been dealt with and requested more wounded clone soldiers for the station.
• Luna-Phantom called the medical space station their castle of dreams as the supply transport departed.

Jing Fang lived on Tatooine with Aden-Lin, a hard-drinking former Jedi who pushed him to take a commission against a Tusken Raiders chief. As Jing Fang rode into the desert, he mourned the Jedi Order’s destruction by Anakin Skywalker and Order 66.

• Jing Fang practiced his fighting techniques at a moisture farm outside Mos Eisley.
• Aden-Lin arrived drunk, teased Jing Fang, and handed him a commission to kill a Tusken Raiders chief.
• Jing Fang refused to kill people, but Aden-Lin argued that the chief’s attacks on moisture farms made the job necessary.
• Aden-Lin vomited outside the house as Jing Fang prepared to leave on his speeder bike.
• Jing Fang rode across Tatooine toward the commission, troubled by the Jedi Order’s destruction under Order 66.

Jing Fang reflected on the Jedi Order’s destruction, his flight from Rendili with Arden Lyn, and the combat training that had brought them closer. As he rode his speeder bike, he dodged a sniper round fired from a Tusken Raider rifle.

• Jing Fang recalled how Plo Koon’s death and the Jedi Order’s teachings had shaped him before he fled Rendili with Arden Lyn.
• On Tatooine, Jing Fang asked Arden Lyn to train him, and she taught him Ters Ksi through punishing daily practice.
• Arden Lyn sent Jing Fang on combat commissions while drinking and claiming he was her godson, and the two grew closer through their bickering.
• Jing Fang sharply changed direction on his speeder bike and avoided a sniper round from a Tusken Raider rifle.

Jing Fang stormed a Tusken Raider settlement to find its leader, but after accidentally killing a warrior and being overwhelmed by the tribe, he was poisoned and left disoriented. The chapter ended with him fearing he might die at the Sand People’s hands.

• Jing Fang rode into Tusken Raider territory, evaded the sentries’ shots, and charged into their mountain settlement.
• Jing Fang fought the warriors barehanded with the Iron Hand Technique, knocking them unconscious as he searched for the tribe’s leader.
• A Tusken Raider’s poisoned Gaderffii stick struck Jing Fang, and he accidentally killed its wielder when his counterblow sent the warrior into a rock.
• Jing Fang hesitated after seeing a female Tusken Raider mourn the dead warrior, but the tribe attacked him more fiercely.
• Several Tusken Raiders pinned Jing Fang down, and one poisoned his ankle with a Gaderffii stick, leaving him dizzy and fearing for his life.

Jing Fang woke in a Tusken dwelling to find Arden Lyn had defeated the Rahr tribe and discovered its Force-sensitive young leader, KkH'Oar'Rrhr. Arden Lyn decided to stay on Tatooine, take KkH'Oar'Rrhr as her apprentice, and have Jing Fang teach him Galactic Basic.

• Jing Fang emerged from the dwelling and watched Arden Lyn overpower the Tusken who had helped defeat him, recognizing the Tusken as a powerful Force-sensitive.
• Arden Lyn scolded Jing Fang for losing to an untrained opponent and said she had spared the Tuskens but ordered them to leave.
• KkH'Oar'Rrhr knelt before Arden Lyn and offered the Rahr tribe in exchange for becoming her apprentice and gaining power to avenge his people.
• An elder explained that armed humans had killed members of the tribe, and Arden Lyn recognized KkH'Oar'Rrhr as the target of her commission.
• Arden Lyn chose to stay with the Rahr tribe, take KkH'Oar'Rrhr as her apprentice, and assign Jing Fang to teach him Galactic Basic.

Master Windu traced the Destruction’s attacks to Akiva and moved the Second Systems Army toward Planet Fandal to threaten it. Meanwhile, Pre Vizsla kept Mandalore’s supplies from Windu while following Shen-Jon’s orders, and Windu’s fleet began its deployment.

• An intelligence officer reported that hyperspace disturbances linked the Destruction’s attacks pointed to Akiva, and Master Windu decided to threaten the system from the Findar route.
• Ki-Adi-Mundi agreed that the Second Systems Army should gather at Findar, while Master Windu ordered continued pressure on the Neutral Alliance and Mandalore.
• Pre Vizsla and Bo-Katan Kryze discussed withholding supplies from Windu, and Pre Vizsla revealed that Mandalore’s food facilities had been rigged with bombs.
• Shen-Jon told Pre Vizsla to keep Windu’s fleet hungry, defeat Almec’s remaining forces, install Bo-Katan as Duchess, and later rejoin the Galactic Republic.
• After extracting more supplies, Master Windu split his fleet between Planet Garros IV, Mandalore, and Planet Fandal, leading the strongest force toward Fandal.

Mace Windu brought the Second Systems Army’s main fleet to Planet Fandal, alarming both the Neutral Alliance and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. General Grievous learned that Sefrans Tann had deliberately lured Windu toward Akiva and agreed to consider deploying the Dark Titan Warship against the Second Systems Army.

• Mace Windu moved the largest part of his fleet to Planet Fandal, worsening unrest in the Neutral Alliance, which could not afford to sustain his forces.
• General Grievous learned that the Second Systems Army had moved to Fandal and worried that Mace Windu had discovered the secret droid factory on Akiva.
• The T-series tactical robot reported no unusual cargo traffic and warned that splitting the Saleucami forces could invite a Republic offensive.
• Sefrans Tann admitted to General Grievous that she had leaked Akiva’s hyperspace signals to lure Mace Windu into a trap.
• Sefrans Tann asked General Grievous to deploy the Dark Titan Warship, and he questioned whether the battle would truly be low-intensity.

Mace Windu’s fleet discovered the Destruction at Antewei Planet and launched an operation to trap it. The Second Systems Army raced to block the hyperspace routes, setting up a decisive confrontation.

• Mace Windu ordered reconnaissance of Akiva and continued pressure on Mandalore while his fleet waited at Planet Fandal.
• Reconnaissance craft detected signs of a concealed spaceport on Akiva but found no trace of the Destruction.
• An intelligence officer reported that the Destruction had been found at Antewei Planet.
• Mace Windu ordered the fleet to deploy Interdictors and advance immediately, while reconnaissance craft and escort frigates tracked the battleship.
• The Second Systems Army split its main fleet into three formations to seal the hyperspace routes around Antewei Planet.

Palpatine learned that a Separatist Titan warship was heading toward the Yavin System and chose to watch events unfold while preparing supplies for Mace Windu’s fleet. Mace Windu’s three fleets moved to attack the Destruction at Planet Antewei, where the chapter left them beginning their assault.

• Mas Amedda reported that a sister ship of the Plague had been spotted near Port Pament and was likely heading for the Yavin System.
• Palpatine declined to interfere in the Separatists’ apparent move against Mace Windu, ordering Intelligence to keep watch and supplies prepared for the Second Systems Army.
• Mace Windu divided his fleet into three forces and sent them toward Planet Antewei to destroy the Destruction.
• The three fleets arrived at Planet Antewei and deployed fleet-scale Interdictors after reconnaissance confirmed that the Destruction remained beside a moon with a small escort.
• Mace Windu ordered all three fleets to activate their hyperspace engines and attack the Destruction.
• The chapter described Planet Antewei’s harsh environment and its later-discovered deposits of rare elements used to make Frik alloy.

Mace Windu led the Second Systems Army to Antewei and bombarded the satellite where the Destruction battleship was hiding, forcing Sai Franas Tann’s fleet into battle. The Destruction fired its directional EMP cannon at the Republic formation, crippling fighters and striking Hunter Class Battlecruisers.

• On June 28, 20 BBY, Mace Windu divided the Second Systems Army into three groups and approached the Antewei System with its fleet of capital ships and smaller warships.
• Mace Windu ordered the fleet to bombard Antewei’s barren satellite, where reconnaissance had found the Destruction battleship and its escorts hiding.
• The bombardment triggered massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, forcing the Destruction to emerge and its accompanying Behemoth-class battlecruisers to fire their Yamato Cannons.
• The Fleet Commander ordered Republic ships to disperse, prepare for the Destruction’s EMP, and launch fighters; 1,000 fighters began attacking the battleship.
• Sai Franas Tann ordered her ships to tighten their formation, focus on the Republic fighters, and charge the Destruction’s starboard directional high-energy EMP cannon.
• Sai Franas Tann ordered the EMP cannon to fire, and its expanding blast crippled Republic fighters and struck Hunter Class Battlecruisers.

Sefrans Tann used the Destruction’s EMP cannons and heavy firepower to drive into Mace Windu’s fleet and head for the Antewei asteroid belt, preventing the Republic from bringing its numerical advantage to bear. Mace Windu pursued and prepared to lead a sortie, while General Sophronos remained wary of facing Sefrans Tann.

• The Destruction’s improved EMP cannon disabled many Republic ships, though three Hunter Class Battlecruisers retained enough power and communications to withdraw.
• Sefrans Tann charged the Destruction into the Republic formation, where its turbolasers shot down fighters and its EMP attacks disrupted the fleet.
• The Destruction led its small fleet toward the asteroid belt beyond Antewei Planet as the Republic’s other two fleets pursued from behind.
• Mace Windu ordered the fleet to chase the Destruction and prepared to lead a fighter sortie with Y-wing bombers.
• General Sophronos told a staff officer that the Republic had overwhelming military superiority but that Sefrans Tann made the outcome uncertain.

Mace Windu led a bomber formation against the Destruction, but its defenses kept the Republic attackers at bay. As Sefrans Tann refused to fire the ship’s EMP cannon, Windu began to suspect she had a plan to defeat the Republic fleet.

• Mace Windu led Republic fighters and bombers in an attack on the Destruction, whose escorts and formidable defenses shot down attackers in waves.
• Unable to find a gap in the Destruction’s fire, Windu ordered the Republic fleet to concentrate its formation and provoke the battleship into firing its EMP cannon.
• Admiral Sopronos repositioned more than thirty Hunter Class Battlecruisers to block the Destruction while keeping two arriving squadrons in loose formation.
• The Destruction did not fire its EMP cannon, and Republic point-defense fire destroyed most of Windu’s Y-wing bombers.
• Windu wondered why Sefrans Tann was ignoring the threat of his bombers and considered that she might believe she could defeat the Republic fleet.

Mace Windu struggled to understand why Sefrans Tann’s Destruction ignored its EMP cannon and charged toward an asteroid belt while fighting off the Republic fleet. The Republic discovered Separatist warships emerging from over 200 Neutral Alliance systems, but Windu still doubted that the reinforcements could overcome his fleet’s numerical advantage.

• Sefrans Tann’s Destruction charged toward the asteroid belt without firing its EMP cannon, while its turbolasers battered the Republic fleet and destroyed another Y-wing bomber.
• Mace Windu ordered Admiral Sophronos to prepare another bomber squadron as his pilots struggled to evade the Destruction’s dense anti-air fire.
• A radar operator reported hyperspace jumps across more than 200 Neutral Alliance systems, with Separatist warships detected in 43 systems.
• The radar operator identified numerous Separatist frigates and destroyers, along with a Behemoth-class battlecruiser in the Tatakko System.
• Mace Windu concluded that the warships had been hidden in Neutral Alliance systems and estimated that 170 to 240 ships were joining the battle.
• Admiral Sophronos questioned whether Sefrans Tann’s formation tactics could overcome the Republic’s superior numbers, while Windu dismissed the new reinforcements as insufficient.

Sefrans Tann’s hidden fleet advanced toward the Antewei System while the Second Systems Army found itself surrounded by hostile systems and feared it had been trapped. As the Destruction neared an Electromagnetic Nebula, Admiral Sopronos learned it might use its EMP cannons to detonate it.

• Mace Windu ordered the Second Systems Army to intercept enemy ships, while Admiral Sopronos saw hundreds of hostile systems on the star map and realized their peaceful strategy had failed.
• Sopronos regretted leaving the Galactic Republic and feared the Second Systems Army could not withstand Sefrans Tann and the Conqueror-class.
• Sefrans Tann learned that all but five of his hidden ships had activated and were heading toward the Antewei System, expected to arrive within six hours.
• Tann explained how his ships had evaded detection by hiding under the Sentry-class Electronic Warfare Frigates’ cover and using droid crews and timed activation.
• An engineer warned Sopronos that the Destruction might detonate the Electromagnetic Nebula with its EMP cannons.

Mace Windu’s fleet struggled to contain the Destruction in the Antewei System as Sefrans Tann’s reinforcements arrived. The arrival of the Tenebrous and Count Dooku’s broadcast left the Republic fleet facing a new threat and a direct challenge to Windu.

• Mace Windu learned that the Destruction’s EMP burst could disrupt systems but would not render the fleet unable to fight, and he ordered the fleet to attack from a distance.
• The Destruction and its Behemoth-class escorts fought off the Republic fleet while Windu waited nearby in a fighter and the captains delayed their assault.
• More than 230 Duchy of Dawn warships, including 80 Sentry-class Electronic Warfare Frigates, arrived in the Antewei System.
• Mace Windu received intelligence that a 14,100-meter Titan warship, the Tenebrous, was likely heading toward the Findar System, and he ordered the information concealed.
• Count Dooku broadcast across the Antewei System, announced that he was aboard the Tenebrous, and declared that he would end Mace Windu’s life.

Mace Windu tried to stop the Destruction from firing its EMP cannon after Count Dooku’s transmission threatened the Second Systems Army’s morale. Sefrans Tann’s electronic warfare plan cut off Republic communications, leaving Windu racing back to the Endurance as her fleet prepared to hunt.

• Mace Windu ordered communications jamming after Count Dooku’s transmission appeared, then learned that the Destruction’s EMP cannon was charging.
• Mace Windu led the bomber squadrons toward the Destruction, but Sefrans Tann’s counter-jamming cut communications and left the bombers behind.
• Mace Windu used the Force to locate the Endurance and flew back through anti-air fire to find out what had happened.
• Sefrans Tann positioned eighty Sentinel-class Electronic Warfare Frigates, ordered the EMP cannon fired at partial charge, and used the resulting magnetic-field burst to counter-jam the Republic fleet.
• Count Dooku told Sefrans Tann that he was coming to confront Mace Windu, while she ordered her warships to reform and prepare to hunt.

Sefrans Tann exploited the Second Systems Army’s communications blackout to lead the Separatist fleet in a coordinated assault, turning its numerical advantage into chaos. Her forces destroyed several ships and isolated others as the battle continued to swing in her favor.

• Admiral Sophronos struggled to coordinate the Second Systems Army after communications failed, while Sefrans Tann prepared to attack with the Destruction.
• Sefrans Tann fired the Directional High-Energy EMP Cannon and ordered the Separatist fleet to strike the Second Systems Army’s exposed flank.
• The Second Systems Army’s ships initially held position, allowing Sefrans Tann’s forces to destroy three Hunter Class Battlecruisers and scatter the fleet.
• Sefrans Tann used precise droid-controlled maneuvers to exploit the fleet’s chaotic attempts to reinforce threatened ships.
• Separatist ships overwhelmed a Victory-class Star Destroyer, and an EMP strike paralyzed nearby Hunter Class Battlecruisers and fighters.
• The Separatist warships withdrew and moved to attack an isolated Hunter Class Battlecruiser.

Mace Windu returned to the Endurance during the Second Systems Army’s catastrophic defeat and killed Admiral Sopronos for giving up. Abandoning the Light Side, Windu took command of the bridge and ordered the fleet to fight to the last man.

• Mace Windu nearly came under friendly fire as he flew back to the Endurance amid the communications blackout and the destruction of most of the fleet’s fighters.
• Mace Windu found Admiral Sopronos and the bridge crew dispirited, then used the Force to throw the officers aside and confront Sopronos.
• Sopronos declared the battle hopeless and warned that Plague’s second ship was approaching, so Mace Windu lifted him by the throat and killed him.
• Mace Windu gave in to the Dark Side after years of growing disillusionment, culminating in the Jedi Order’s destruction and the fleet’s defeat.
• Mace Windu kicked Sopronos’s corpse aside, ordered the officers back to their posts, and commanded them to fight until the last man.

Mace Windu’s Second Systems Army collapsed under Sefrans Tann’s encirclement, and Windu’s attempt to order a retreat failed as Separatist fighters intercepted his messengers. Count Dooku arrived aboard the Destruction as Republic warships began surrendering.

• Sefrans Tann’s smaller Separatist fleet divided, surrounded, and destroyed the Second Systems Army’s isolated warships while communications remained jammed.
• Mace Windu ordered the fleet to abandon combat and retreat, but Sefrans Tann sent fighters to intercept the shuttles carrying his orders.
• A Hunter Class Battlecruiser surrendered, triggering the Second Systems Army’s morale collapse and further surrenders.
• Count Dooku arrived at the Destruction with two cloaked figures and praised Sefrans Tann for her victory.
• Sefrans Tann dismissed the battle as an easy defeat of a pack of homeless dogs.

Count Dooku and Sefrans Tann launched an attack on Mace Windu’s flagship, the Endurance, intending to kill Windu and destroy the Second Systems Army’s resistance. After an EMP disabled most of the Endurance’s electronics, Windu rallied the crew, then killed a staff officer who questioned their cause.

• Count Dooku said he had come to kill Mace Windu, and Sefrans Tann explained her plan to isolate and attack the Endurance.
• Sefrans Tann ordered the Destruction and its accompanying ships into a Claw Formation around Windu’s flagship.
• The Destruction fired an EMP that knocked out most of the Endurance’s lights and electronics.
• Mace Windu ignited his purple Lightsaber and told the crew to fight to the death in service to their nation.
• After a staff officer questioned what nation they still had, Windu cut off his head.

Count Dooku sent Savage Opress to attack the damaged Endurance while the Destruction bombarded it, then Savage slaughtered the ship’s defenders and reached the bridge where Mace Windu was waiting. The chapter ended as an unseen voice stopped a door hurled at Windu and turned the bridge crew’s weapons into lethal spikes.

• Count Dooku ordered his black-robed attendants to prepare their secret weapon and promised Sefrans Tann the Supreme Military Commander position if he joined him on Raxus.
• The Destruction bombarded the Endurance, and Count Dooku’s solar sailer carried Savage Opress through a blasted opening in its hangar.
• Savage Opress used his armor, Lightsaber, and the Force to kill the Endurance’s Marines, while Count Dooku praised him as his weapon.
• Savage Opress cut through the sealed bridge doors as Mace Windu meditated among the corpses of officers he had killed.
• An unseen speaker stopped the doors from striking Mace Windu and used the Force to turn the bridge crew’s blasters into spikes that killed them.

Mace Windu confronted Count Dooku on the bridge of a Hunter Class Battlecruiser, killing two former Jedi bodyguards before battling Savage Opress. Windu spotted Savage’s weakness with Shatterpoint, but Dooku intervened with his crimson Lightsaber.

• Count Dooku entered the bridge and mocked Mace Windu over the dead soldiers and the defeat of the Second Systems Army.
• Mace Windu launched a severed metal door at Count Dooku, but Savage Opress cut it apart as Windu moved behind Dooku and killed Master Valorum and Master Cattis.
• Count Dooku urged Savage Opress to kill Windu and promised to teach him the Dark path, and Savage charged into battle.
• Mace Windu and Savage Opress fought across the bridge, wrecking the consoles and twisting a metal door into scrap as they wielded the Force.
• Savage Opress sent a tornado of molten metal toward Windu, who used Shatterpoint to find Savage’s weakness, but Count Dooku struck Windu’s purple Lightsaber with his own.

Count Dooku and Mace Windu fought a deadly duel, with Dooku’s precise Makashi attacks overwhelming Windu’s Vaapad. Dooku accused Windu of misunderstanding the Dark Side and helping ruin the Jedi Order, while Windu struggled to stay alive.

• Dooku blocked Windu’s attack and used the Force to make Savage Opress withdraw from the battle.
• Dooku and Windu exchanged taunts about their earlier encounter on Tull Planet before Dooku launched a rapid thrust at Windu’s heart.
• The two swordmasters fought at close range, and Dooku repeatedly identified and countered weaknesses in Windu’s attacks.
• Windu realized Dooku’s counters resembled Shatterpoint, but Dooku said he had learned to see the flaws in Windu’s approach to the Force.
• Dooku pressed his attack and accused Windu of misunderstanding the Dark Side and contributing to the Jedi Order’s decline, leaving Windu barely able to defend himself.

Count Dooku nearly killed Mace Windu, but Ki-Adi-Mundi rescued him from the battle near Antewei Planet. With Windu missing and the Second Systems Army’s command broken, its fleet surrendered to Sefrans Tann, while Dooku identified the fallen Jedi Ray Goul and returned to Raxus Prime.

• Count Dooku overpowered Mace Windu aboard the Endurance, but an Eta-2 fighter attacked the bridge and a Lambda-class shuttlecraft used a tractor beam to rescue Windu.
• Count Dooku destroyed the Eta-2 fighter and later identified its pilot as Ray Goul, concluding that Ki-Adi-Mundi had piloted the shuttlecraft.
• After communications returned, the Second Systems Army learned that Windu was missing and Admiral Sopronos and the Endurance’s senior command staff were dead.
• The Second Systems Army surrendered less than three hours after Windu’s rescue, and Sefrans Tann took possession of its surviving warships.
• The fleets at Galos IV and Mandalore returned to the Galactic Republic, while the surrendered soldiers were later severely punished by the Supreme Military Court.
• Count Dooku attempted to recruit Sefrans Tann, then boarded the Shadow and returned to Raxus Prime.

Tang Xiao confronted Sefrans Tann after she asked to remain with the Neutral Alliance and join the Confederacy of Independent Systems, suspecting that she sought greater military power and independence. He considered whether her loyalty was genuine, leaving her fate undecided.

• Tang Xiao reflected on his ambition to conquer the galaxy and his suspicion that the mothership's inaccessible core held the truth about his purpose.
• Sefrans Tann knelt before Tang Xiao, and he accused her request to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems of being a betrayal.
• Tang Xiao used the Force to choke and throw Sefrans Tann, then challenged her desire for command, territory, and offensive warships.
• Sefrans Tann declared her loyalty, removed her clothes, and knelt to kiss Tang Xiao's slipper.
• Tang Xiao considered the military value of sending Tann to the Neutral Alliance but doubted her loyalty, noting that Count Dooku would sacrifice her rather than risk his relationship with him.