Recaps

Shepard and the Expedition Fleet destroyed Mongal-Mongal’s control over its clones, though Shepard disappeared and the war left thousands of worlds open to settlement. As the Duchy of Dawn and the Galactic Empire clashed over Chiss territory and the Trade Federation, the Bad Batch fought on Kato-Neimoidia while Tang Xiao brought the Trade Federation under Duchy control.

• Shepard activated the Mind-harp on Crakull, then led the fleet to Mugg Fallow, where the Rotten Star Ring awakened and attacked with tens of thousands of warships.
• Shepard and the Expedition Fleet fought through the Rotten Star Ring while Sherry Birkin located Mongal-Mongal’s core, enabling Ander Viking to fire the Doomsday Weapon at the planet.
• Shepard consumed catalyst and confronted Mongal-Mongal’s sub-consciousnesses, stopping the Rotten warships and ordering the fleet to leave the Infinity behind as she remained missing.
• The fleet returned to Levik, where investigators confirmed Mongal-Mongal’s duplicates had died and thousands of formerly devastated worlds could be settled, and Tang Xiao reorganized the new territories.
• The Galactic Empire and the Duchy of Dawn escalated their conflict over Chiss territory as Akingano told Dunn Vesex that the Duchy had secretly built stargates there.
• Darth Vader’s forces invaded the Trade Federation’s Wealth Worlds, and Hunter led Clone Force 99 onto Kato-Neimoidia, where the squad uncovered a weapons shipment and fought Titan Security Company forces.
• Tang Xiao secured Nute Gunray’s signature on the Trade Federation nationalization agreement, giving the Duchy a 51% stake and prompting the Galactic Empire to impose trade sanctions.

As the Empire attacked Kato-Neimoidia and Arden Lyn killed Yuri Orlov, Mandalore descended into civil war under Pre Vizsla. Bo-Katan joined forces with Jango Fett and built a resistance that became the Rebel Alliance, which fought back as Pre Vizsla’s forces massacred civilians.

• Clone Force 99 sabotaged Kato-Neimoidia’s defenses, while Arden Lyn tracked down and arrested Yuri Orlov, who died after pointing her toward his final weapons shipment.
• Vitaly Orlov left Mandalore to protect the weapons supply line, as Jango Fett returned with True Mandalorian warriors and declared the Mandalorian Restoration Army against Pre Vizsla.
• Pre Vizsla imposed martial law, hunted Bo-Katan and Satine Kryze, and ordered security forces to fire on demonstrators, and Jango Fett’s fighters resisted his forces as John-117 destroyed a corvette.
• Bo-Katan refused Jango’s offer at first, but as Pre Vizsla’s massacres intensified, she took command of his army and formed the Rebel Alliance to organize resistance and evacuate civilians.
• Vitaly Orlov brought weapons and support to Mandalore, while Pre Vizsla’s forces seized rebellious cities and prepared his coronation in Sundari City.
• Jango Fett’s fighters delayed the government advance at Secypii City, but the city surrendered after its dust shield was threatened and government troops executed suspected rebels and civilians.
• Bo-Katan rallied Mandalorians and gathered new recruits, while Jango Fett and John-117 attacked a government supply operation near Secundus City.
• Darko witnessed Jango Fett and the Unit 117 warrior attack Company 17 at the transport wreck, then saw the dead and wounded across the ruins.

Gal Saxon seized Mandalore after Pre Vizsla’s coronation collapsed, while the Zann Consortium maneuvered around Darth Maul’s Shadow Collective and Tang Xiao’s plans. The story left Tang Xiao confronting the return of Dark Side corruption as Mace Windu learned that Luna-Phantom and Luna-Dream had long been in contact with him.

• Jango Fett’s attacks on supplies helped collapse Pre Vizsla’s forces, and Bo-Katan Kryze’s Rebel Alliance advanced toward Sundari City as Pre Vizsla prepared to be crowned True Mandalor.
• Darth Maul awoke on Savage Opress’s hidden base, learned how the galaxy had changed, and joined Savage’s plan to bring Black Sun under their control.
• During the Battle of Sundari, Gal Saxon seized the Darksaber, killed Pre Vizsla, and proclaimed himself Mandalore’s ruler as Bo-Katan Kryze’s forces fell into chaos.
• Gal Saxon crushed Bo-Katan Kryze’s resistance and gained broad support with reforms backed by the Zann Consortium, while Shen-Jon and Tiber Zayne revealed that Saxon’s rise had been engineered.
• Adi Gallia returned as Death and clashed with Asajj Ventress on Mandalore, while Darth Maul and Savage Opress killed Black Sun leader Xomit Kosomite-Glenset and installed Ziton Moj in his place.
• Kira met Darth Maul on behalf of Crimson Dawn, fought Savage Opress, and accepted Maul’s offer to become his apprentice and liaison to the Shadow Collective.
• Tyber Zann admitted that he had sent Darth Maul against Black Sun to expose its backers, while Tang Xiao planned to exploit the coming Imperial crackdown on Felucia and prepare for Operation Zero.
• Tang Xiao learned of Sanya Tagge’s danger from her sons and saw his Dark Side corruption returning, then Mace Windu slaughtered Imperial troops on Haruun Kal and discovered that Luna-Phantom and Luna-Dream had secretly been communicating with Tang Xiao.

The Tagge family’s rise and fall unfolded as the Galactic Empire expanded its power, while Tang Xiao prepared the Duchy of Dawn for an inevitable war. The arc ended with the Empire’s fleet appearing at Rendili and exchanging its first volleys with General Trench’s defenders.

• Luna Meng and Luna Huan rejected Mace Windu’s accusations, departed for Tepasi to become teachers, and Mace requested a ship from Master Mundi.
• Tarzan Tagge built Tagge Company into a powerful Tepasi enterprise through careful construction work and expanded it into transport, robotics, and shipbuilding.
• Sanya Tagge chose Luna Dream and Luna Phantom to train Domina, but Orman Tagge killed Sanya, claimed her title, and pledged the family’s support to Palpatine.
• Darth Vader confronted Orman on Tepasi and warned him after burning his eyes, then led Imperial forces in the costly capture of Kato Neimoidia.
• Tang Xiao persuaded Nute Gunray to resist the Empire, but after the fall of Neimoidia and Balmorra, Palpatine changed the extermination order to an expulsion and the Trade Federation was dissolved.
• Duchy leaders debated the Imperial threat after the Empire discovered the Stargate, and Tang Xiao ordered general mobilization as both sides prepared for war.
• The Empire and the Duchy declared war, and General Trench detected an anomalous source near Rendili before his forces fired on the arriving Imperial fleet.
• Imperial reinforcements attacked Rendili’s defenses, and Trench ordered the fleet to exchange its first volleys with the Imperial ships.