Recaps

Tang Xiao forged alliances and prepared a campaign against the Galactic Empire while political fractures and supernatural attacks destabilized the Empire. The arc left Darth Malthael drawing Imperial forces across multiple fronts as the Kingdom of Dawn’s Golden Plan began.

• Tang Xiao secured Protoss and Geth forces for the war, entrusted General Grievous to the Protoss, and negotiated with the Vasari to attack the Empire’s Northern Territory under General Trench.
• Tang Xiao judged Ander Viking capable of challenging Thrawn after reviewing his simulations, while Isanne Isard arrested her father and took control of Imperial Intelligence.
• Wilhuff Tarkin gained leverage over Orman Tagge in the Death Star project, and Felix Tagge’s strange visions and Silas Tagge’s revolt exposed the Tagge family’s growing divisions.
• Silas Tagge escaped Latinal-Tobin’s investigation, joined forces with Cassio Tagge, and seized Druckenwell’s fleet while Orman Tagge prepared to fight back.
• Tang Xiao ordered the Golden Plan, targeting the Empire’s Northern Territory and Scipio, while Sefrans Tann led an expedition against the unexpectedly active Kilik Swarm.
• Tang Xiao took the identity of Darth Malthael and attacked Imperial forces on Planet Disashi, seizing control of ships before an Imperial fleet arrived.
• Darth Sidious sought Gethzerion’s aid against Darth Malthael, but Gethzerion and Mother Talzin killed him beneath the Sacred Tree.
• Arden Lyn and the High Inquisitor pursued Darth Malthael aboard the Lila, but he broke through their blockade as reports arrived of an attack on Planet Genk.

The Kingdom of Dawn and the Rebel Alliance dealt major defeats to the Empire as Palpatine returned to reshape its leadership and confront Darth Malthael. The arc left the Empire retreating from Ord Mantell after the Titan warships shifted the battle from Bilbrin.

• Mon Mothma and Garm Iblis prepared an attack on Ord-Pardron as the Ukio Defense Forces declared independence and the Thirteenth Imperial Army assembled to suppress them.
• General Trench led the Kingdom of Dawn fleet against Bilbrin, where Titan warships and new fighters overwhelmed Horst Strege’s forces and killed him.
• Dunn Vesex ordered Gillard Perine to continue the Ord Mantell offensive, while Gial Ackbar ambushed the returning Thirteenth Army fleet and destroyed it.
• Palpatine returned to Coruscant, suspended the Senate, appointed twelve Imperial Marshals, and ordered Darth Vader to help investigate suspected spies.
• Orman Tagge took command as an Imperial Marshal and made capturing Silas Tagge his priority, while Isanne Isard assigned Wullf Yularen to investigate Tagge Company.
• Sefrans Tann led a search of Jorib Planet, where Ye Chuan’s Marines fought Kilik Creatures inside a crashed Star Destroyer and Abathur began studying the Swarm.
• Palpatine confronted Darth Malthael at Doku Planet, where Son destroyed the High Inquisitor and drove the Lila Super Star Destroyer toward the planet before Sidious forced it into a damaged landing.
• General Trench shifted the Archangel and Taowu from Bilbrin to Ord Mantell, where Perine fled as Rosen Fod destroyed his shuttle and the Imperial fleet retreated.

The Kingdom of Dawn expanded its military power and pursued the Kilik Swarm as Tang Xiao brought Skrand Sharp-Bick into his service. Meanwhile, Imperial crackdowns drove the Rebel leaders into flight, and Padmé Amidala reorganized the resistance as the Republic Restoration Alliance while Darth Vader hunted Gial Ackbar’s fleet.

• General Trench pursued the Imperial fleet to Kinasar Planet, while Dunn Vesex ordered Dagon Nielz to abandon Bilbrin and Luo Huacheng prepared to hold the line.
• At Scipio, Geth-operated Megathron warships destroyed twenty-eight Imperial-class Star Destroyers, and technicians identified the ships’ T-34-1 designation and unusual armor.
• Dagon Nierz attacked Bilbrin against orders but failed to break Luo Huacheng’s defenses, while Trench captured Ithor and Qi Jian received Tang Xiao’s order to take Scipio within three months.
• Qi Jian assessed the Kingdom of Dawn’s fleets and allied forces as Tang Xiao lifted restrictions on the Geth, and Tang Xiao met Skrand Sharp-Bick, appointed him an admiral, and commissioned his Claw Titan Warship.
• Sefrans Tann fought the Kilik Swarm on Eyyl Satellite and Nogu Satellite as Abathur helped locate hidden hives, while Darth Vader crushed uprisings on Ukio and Od Paldorlan.
• Isanne Isard arrested Mon Mothma and Garm Bel Iblis amid an Imperial purge, but Galen Malek freed them and escaped with them before Palpatine ordered further purges and Isard established the Graycoats.
• On Kashyyyk, Galen Malek revealed his past as Star Killer and left to rescue Wookiees, while Mon Mothma and Garm Bel Iblis traveled to Yavin 4 and discovered Padmé Amidala leading the resistance.
• Padmé founded the Republic Restoration Alliance and announced its declaration and committees, while Jan Dodonna’s X-wing units struck Imperial supply lines and Darth Vader focused on Gial Ackbar’s trapped fleet.

The Kingdom of Dawn captured Bilbrin through a surprise assault and relocated its Stargate, then advanced on Palanci, where Darth Malthael and Darth Sidious fought amid a devastating fleet battle. The arc left the Empire reeling, Tang Xiao considering a swift strike on Scipio, conspirators preparing to move against Palpatine, and Carl Kestis hiding his Force sensitivity while salvaging wreckage.

• Gial Ackbar’s fleet left Iskalon with Garrosh Tarkin aboard, but Darth Vader destroyed Garrosh and ordered the bombardment of the planet after allowing Ackbar’s ships to escape.
• Ling Liang brought Naboo into the Kingdom of Dawn, while Dormé maintained a government-in-exile and secretly funded the Rebel Alliance.
• Silas Tagge and Cassio Tagge defeated Orman Tagge’s forces on Druckenwell with help from the Calamity Legion, but Niel Declan later exterminated the planet’s defenders and killed Silas.
• The Kingdom of Dawn established its Bilbrin base and launched a surprise assault, using the Archangel Titan to move a Stargate from Ord Mantell and bring in reinforcements to capture the planet.
• Tang Xiao sent the Kingdom of Dawn fleet against Palanci, where Darth Malthael and Darth Sidious fought through the battle and destroyed much of a space city, killing more than a million civilians.
• Tang Xiao claimed victory after the battle and secretly absorbed Dark Side Force on Dagobah, while the Kingdom of Dawn considered attacking Scipio and conspirators plotted against Palpatine.
• Carl Kestis deleted footage of the battle and continued hiding his Force sensitivity while working as a salvage worker with BD-1.