Recaps

Carl Kestis became entangled with the Twilight Covenant after recovering Darth Andeddu’s Kyber Crystal, which led to Quinlan Vos’s death and Carl’s possession of the artifact. Meanwhile, the Empire’s internal divisions deepened as Cassian Andor and Nova prepared to seize a fleet at Scipio.

• Carl Kestis recovered an encrypted device from Sunny Recycling Company, learned it held a Sith Kyber Crystal, and was pursued by the Security Bureau and the Twilight Covenant.
• Talia rescued Carl from custody, but Aayla Secura and Quinlan Vos helped him escape after a battle with the Covenant, and Cal was wounded and the trio fled with the crystal.
• Aayla and Carl evaded Sky Squad, but Augus badly injured Aayla before Carl and BD-1 defeated him and escaped to a fruit warehouse.
• Quinlan Vos arranged an escape and warned Carl that Darth Andeddu could consume souls, then stayed behind to face Pong Krell and Star Squad, and his EMP bombs killed him.
• Aayla found Carl aboard a ship surrounded by dead passengers as he assembled a Lightsaber using the crystal, and saw his scarlet eyes.
• Palpatine recruited Thrawn to reconquer the Empire as rival military and aristocratic factions maneuvered over Coruscant’s defenses, while Demetrius Zaarin and Oswald Tessik prepared for shifting power.
• The Empire approved the Goalkeeper Plan to attack Bilbrin, replaced Oswald Tessik’s forces in the Imperial Center with Ruffan Digorinus’s fleet, and sent the First System Army toward Palanci.
• Luthen Rael sent Cassian Andor to Datar to join a convoy robbery, where Nova offered help finding his sister Kerri in exchange for intelligence and support.
• Nova infiltrated Scipio’s spaceport with Cassian Andor’s help, and Cassian learned fleet K-7 would depart in four hours before ordering Nova to bomb the communications relay and help seize the fleet.

The Kingdom of Dawn’s machinations helped ignite a rebellion that fractured the Empire, while Palpatine survived Zaarin’s coup and moved to crush resistance. The First System Army launched the Goalkeeper Plan against Palanci, but the Kingdom of Dawn fleet dealt it heavy losses and withdrew toward Bilbrin.

• Cassian Ando and Nova seized the Star Destroyer Black, killed its trapped Imperial garrison, and escaped with its rare-alloy cargo as the Empire redirected its fleet toward Scipio.
• Sola Koen built the White Lotus spy network inside Imperial society, while Tang Xiao used the Scipio crisis to draw Imperial forces away from Coruscant and bargain with Borsk Feliya.
• Palpatine visited Demetrius Zaarin’s weapons-testing ground, where Zaarin revealed the Star Killer and Palpatine ordered it aimed at Dawn Star Planet.
• Arden Lyn, Jing Fang, and Hora attacked Palpatine, captured him, and delivered him to Zaarin, while Thrawn escaped imprisonment and assembled forces to counter the coup.
• Thrawn’s fleet fought Zaarin’s forces as riots and a Senate revolt engulfed Coruscant, but Darth Vader rescued Palpatine, who returned to power and ordered Zaarin’s remaining forces hunted.
• The Kingdom of Dawn captured Palanci Planet as Palpatine dissolved the Senate, promoted Thrawn, and ordered Oswald Tessik’s First System Army to retake Palanci and then Bilbrin.
• On September 11, 9BBY, Tessik launched the Goalkeeper offensive, but the Archangel Titan’s Doomsday Weapon and the Dawn fleet’s shields and interference field devastated his forces.
• Ander Viking’s fleet used acceleration and interference devices to inflict further damage before escaping Tessik’s interdiction fields and jumping toward Bilbrin.

The Kingdom of Dawn defeated the Imperial forces on Dantooine and cut off their reinforcements, while Imperial leaders concealed The Warren and Demetrius Zaarin sought help from Olegar. The story left Thrawn’s fleet attacking Zaarin at Metalon as an unidentified person urged Thrawn to flee.

• Oswald Tessik’s fleet was defeated at Bilbrin Planet, and Palpatine rebuilt him as a mechanized war hero while keeping him in command of the First System Army.
• Dunn Vesex secured approval for a major Imperial campaign on Dantooine, but the Kingdom of Dawn advanced through the southern highlands with Huang Yehao’s forces, Caladanian rebels, and powerful new machines.
• Bentilas San Skar’s forces overran the Imperial landing ground, and Kingdom of Dawn fighters attacked the congested orbital station as reinforcements arrived.
• Dai Hongkui’s forces launched a full offensive on Black Mountain Base, using Grizzly tanks and other forces to break through and capture the Imperial stronghold.
• Two Separatist King of Kings-class Battlecruisers devastated the Imperial transport fleet, cutting off Dantooine from reinforcements and supplies.
• Zell Johnson surrendered after the Kingdom of Dawn shattered Imperial defenses, while Dunn Vesex and his allies planned to conceal The Warren and return to Dantooine later.
• Thrawn drove Demetrius Zaarin into flight, but Olegar’s Fist helped Zaarin escape and Olegar brought Zaarin’s fleet under his influence.
• Thrawn’s fleet attacked Zaarin at Metalon, but an unidentified person seized Thrawn and told him to leave immediately.

Thrawn captured Demetrius Zaarin while Olegar took control of Roan’s Calamity Legion, and the Kingdom of Dawn and Protoss fought the growing Kilik Swarm at Lago. General Grievous returned to command Protoss forces in the Eastern Territory, where unrest and covert conflict escalated until Gideon Tarkin learned Governor Seben had been attacked.

• Thrawn joined forces with Fenix against Olegar, captured Demetrius Zaarin, and sent intelligence about Olegar to Palpatine as Olegar escaped with Zaarin’s designs.
• Olegar used his psychic power to dominate Roan and the Calamity Legion, while Magtan Scar fled with Jason and reported the takeover to Ni Yongxiao.
• The Kingdom of Dawn and Protoss traced the Kilik Swarm’s psionic network to Lago, destroyed Abathur’s Togot Swarm, and found the planet consumed by a vast hive linked to an assimilated Imperial fleet.
• Darth Lilim and Theras fought through Lago’s swarm nests, found the mutated Wilk in a cocoon, and captured him before he revealed the Swarm had an unknown King and Unseen Queen.
• Wilk tried to control Shur-Dar and sway Sefrans Tann, but Selendis destroyed Shur-Dar’s ship and bombarded Lago as Grievous awakened in a rebuilt mechanical body and pledged himself to Tang Xiao.
• Grievous took command of a Purifier fleet while more than 800 uprisings spread across the Eastern Territory, and Lin Nanyi’s government expanded harsh corporate control as it fought local resistance.
• Lin Nanyi welcomed Grievous to Lothal, where Grievous ordered him to lead the main fleet toward Boonta as the Kingdom of Dawn and the Empire continued their covert struggle.
• Gideon Tarkin tracked the Kingdom of Dawn’s fleet movements and learned from his intelligence officer that Governor Seben had been attacked.