Recaps

Tang Xiao expanded the Fourth Civilization while Sith plots helped ignite Naboo’s coming war and turn Cerea’s civil conflict in Dor-Fermi-Bonmi’s favor. As the Yamrii crisis spread and Grievous was gravely wounded, Tang Xiao flew to Hypori, where Darth Pregas attacked him in the Scimitar.

• Tang Xiao studied Pregas’s research into Chlamydiae, the Force, and immortality, then developed the Fourth Civilization’s population, industry, weapons, and fleets while restricting large spacecraft development.
• Padmé Naberrie became Queen Amidala and sought peace with the Gungans, while Nute Gunray rejected her terms and prepared the Trade Federation’s invasion of Naboo.
• Darth Pregas trained Tang Xiao in controlling cell growth through the Force, then sent him after Lorn Pavan, whose stolen holomemory exposed the Sith and the Naboo blockade plan.
• Darth Malthael killed Lorn Pavan and manipulated Cerea’s leaders into conflict, but Titan Security helped Dor-Fermi-Bonmi seize power, and Yoda brought Ki-Adi-Mundi and his rescued family back to the Jedi Temple.
• Tang Xiao met San Hill, Dooku, and Geonosis’s Poggle the Lesser as the Fourth Group’s problems on Hook, Caladan, and Quey worsened, and the Public Health Department ended protests by flooding Quey City with sewage.
• Grievous abandoned the Banking Clan to defend Caladan from Yamrii raiders, but a missile destroyed his shuttle, and Dooku rescued him and placed him in a Bacta tank.
• Tang Xiao approved new escort carriers and naval-support droids, then flew to Hypori, where Pregas pursued his shuttle in the stealthy Scimitar and forced him to devise a desperate counterattack.

Darth Malthael survived Darth Pregas’s trial, revived Edra Kestis, and sought Darth Tenebrus’s knowledge while Tang Xiao maneuvered against the Cyrcexis Group. As the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo, Queen Amidala prepared to go to Coruscant and Chancellor Valorum asked Master Windu for help.

• Darth Malthael contacted Darth Tenebrus through Darth Pregas, escaped his shuttle’s destruction, and survived alone on Hypori until Pregas declared him a Sith Lord and gave him the Scimitar.
• Tang Xiao tested the Scimitar, chose not to intervene directly in the Naboo conflict, and attended Sev Cyrcexis’s auction, where Darth Maul fought over the captured Jedi apprentice Edra Kestis.
• Darth Malthael drove Darth Maul away, revived Edra, and bound her to him with a Kyber Crystal implant, while Tang Xiao escaped the station before it exploded and Glosse Shelbia advanced plans to take over the Cyrcexis Group.
• Anakin recovered starship salvage with Johnson, helped Otto’s sick brother, and began repairing C-3PO as he dreamed of someday flying a spaceship.
• The Trade Federation blockaded Naboo, launched Vulture droids, and demanded surrender, while Queen Amidala sought help and the Senate failed to agree on a response.
• Darth Malthael brought Edra into a buried mine, found Darth Tenebrus’s preserved corpse, and forced Tenebrus’s spirit to discuss Pregas, its failed plans, and the Sith’s ultimate goal.
• After a month of blockade and worsening famine, Queen Amidala decided to travel to Coruscant, and Chancellor Valorum contacted Master Windu for help.

The Trade Federation invaded Naboo, but Queen Amidala’s alliance with the Gungans and the Jedi’s battle against Darth Maul brought the occupation to an end. Palpatine became Chancellor as Tang Xiao consolidated the Fourth Civilization’s power and Francis Underwood emerged as his political rival.

• Phineas Valorum sent Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Naboo as unofficial envoys, but Nute Gunray launched the invasion and occupied Theed while Xiao Guanghua joined the assault.
• Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi escaped the Trade Federation flagship with Queen Amidala, and they landed on Tatooine, where Anakin Skywalker helped them find a replacement hyperspace engine.
• Sifo-Dyas agreed to arrange a secret Clone Army, while Palpatine persuaded Queen Amidala to call for a vote of no confidence that led to Valorum’s impeachment.
• Darth Sidious killed Darth Pregas after a struggle, and Sheev Palpatine won the Chancellor election with Francis Underwood’s unexpected support.
• Queen Amidala allied with Rugor Nass and the Gungans, while Qui-Gon Jinn died fighting Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi killed Maul, and Anakin Skywalker destroyed the droid control ship, ending the invasion.
• Tang Xiao defeated Edra Kestis, took control of Damask Holdings Group after Hego Damask II’s death, reorganized his leadership, and ordered the Fourth Civilization to prepare for war with the Republic.
• Count Dooku left the Jedi Order after Qui-Gon Jinn’s death, while Palpatine welcomed the Gungans into the Republic and attended Qui-Gon’s funeral on Naboo.
• The Republic released Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, and Xiao Guanghua after its hearing stalled, and Francis Underwood gathered Outer Rim senators against Palpatine as Glosse Shelbia invited Gunray to the Revelation-class cruiser’s maiden flight.

Tang Xiao expanded the Fourth Civilization’s colonies and forged the Cooperative Alliance while keeping his distance from Count Dooku’s Separatists. On Geonosis, he witnessed Grievous’s revival, and Edra Kestis learned that Dooku had killed Master Dias before Tang Xiao imprisoned her.

• Gross Shelby unveiled the Revelation-class light cruiser, and Nute Gunray ordered 100 ships from Fourth Group and Hiigaran Aerospace Group.
• Count Dooku became Darth Tyranus, denounced the Republic, and urged the Outer Rim Territories to reject its rule.
• Tang Xiao established a Salarian colony on Kaveh-Bir Planet, recruited Shi Aimin, and took Tur Ulan into his service to train the Fourth Legion.
• Tang Xiao declined Count Dooku’s call for a joint declaration and formed the Cooperative Alliance with Daggus and Toonbuck Tula to coordinate their planets’ industries.
• Francis Underwood built influence in the Senate while Claire Underwood expanded the mutual aid fund, and Tang Xiao began settling Kuna’s Tooth Planet.
• Darth Malthael confronted San Hill about Darth Sidious and Count Dooku, after which San invited Tang Xiao to Geonosis to see Grievous.
• Count Dooku used Master Sifo-Dyas’s blood to save Grievous, and Edra Kestis attacked Dooku after learning he had killed the Jedi Master.
• Tang Xiao locked Edra in the ship’s storage hold, then joined San Hill to meet the newly awakened Grievous, who demanded to return to Caladan Planet.