Chapter Summaries

Mace Windu arrived on Haruun Kal after receiving a recording from Depa Barris and learning that she had fallen to the Dark Side. He discovered that she had embraced vengeance against the Balawai, while the planet remained a deadly hell of metal-devouring fungal spores.

• Mace Windu learned that Archangel of Death had returned to Haruun Kal and feared that Depa Barris was in danger.
• Mace Windu watched Depa Barris's recording, in which she described the planet's dreams, condemned the Jedi Order's role in the war, and vowed to repay Balawai bloodshed with blood.
• Mace Windu saw footage of a Korunnai village massacred by the Balawai and heard Depa Barris say that she and Carl Vasto would attack another Balawai stronghold.
• Mace Windu recalled his failed mediation between the Balawai and Korunnai thirty-five years earlier and wondered how the conflict had worsened.
• Mace Windu left his fighter and found that metal-devouring fungal spores still plagued Haruun Kal.

Darth Malthael resisted Haruun Kal’s dreamscape and used a smuggling gang to learn about Pelek-Baw City’s growing crisis. Mace Windu investigated the city and was mistaken for a Highland Liberation Front spy, leaving him under fire.

• Darth Malthael awoke from a dream of Darth Pregas and recognized Haruun Kal’s dreamscape as a force that made visitors confront their past and inner selves.
• Darth Malthael learned that Pelek-Baw City was leaderless, short on supplies, and unable to organize repairs to its damaged spaceport.
• Mace Windu walked through Pelek-Baw City in disguise and learned that the Highland Liberation Front had killed hundreds and destroyed settlements.
• Smugglers mistook Mace Windu for a Highland Liberation Front spy, and he evaded their fire while trying to explain that he was there to do business.

Mace Windu fled Pelek-Baw after smugglers mistook him for the Highland Liberation Organization’s leader, while Darth Malthael investigated the strange influence of Haruun Kal’s jungle. After waking from a dreamscape amid a massacre in his hotel room, Darth Malthael sped toward the jungle, focused on Depa Barris.

• Mace Windu dodged attacks from smugglers who accused him of being the Highland Liberation Organization’s leader and escaped the city on a speeder bike.
• Darth Malthael learned that people who entered Haruun Kal’s jungle often vanished or returned mad, and that some who had entered it could resist Force mind suggestion.
• Darth Malthael returned to his hotel and slept, while Mace Windu broke through the smugglers’ blockade and rode into the jungle.
• Tang Xiao awoke in a sea of stars and wondered what he had seen, gained, and given in the dreamscape.
• Darth Malthael woke floating in his wrecked hotel room beside three dead attendants, then rode a speeder bike toward the jungle, intent on finding Depa Barris.

Darth Malthael took Darth Lilim into Haruun Kal’s jungle to confront the planet’s dreamscape and their own illusions. Mace Windu wandered through the dreamlike jungle, haunted by past failures, and found Depa Barris’s Lightsaber frozen in ice.

• Darth Lilim killed the crazed soldiers at Pelek-Baw City’s gate and reported that the Planet’s Dreamscape was driving people mad.
• Darth Malthael confronted Darth Lilim about seeing him in a dream, then took her into the jungle to face their own fears.
• Mace Windu wandered through Haruun Kal’s surreal jungle and endured visions of Shen-Jon and the Jedi killed at Geonosis.
• Mace Windu found Depa Barris’s Lightsaber frozen in a block of ice.

Mace Windu confronted an illusion of Depa Barris on Haruun Kal, then used his Shatterpoint ability to pierce the dreamscape and locate the planet's source of the Dark Side. Darth Malthael and Darth Lilim also crossed the jungle's illusions, which failed to shake Malthael's ambition to claim the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Mace Windu found Depa Barris weakened and covering the gemstone on her forehead, but she warned him not to come and said she sought to end the war.
• Depa Barris vanished as an illusion, and Mace Windu meditated through visions of the Republic's defeat and the Dark Side's rise.
• Mace Windu stayed resolute, discovered the dreamscape's Shatterpoint, and struck it with his purple Lightsaber.
• The illusions returned, but Mace Windu had found the source of the Dark Side on Haruun Kal.
• Darth Malthael and Darth Lilim walked through the jungle as Malthael calmly endured visions of Sith enemies and threats to the Fourth Civilization.
• Darth Malthael remained focused on his sole desire: the Milky Way Galaxy.

Darth Malthael confronted visions of his eventual death at Luke Skywalker’s hands and rejected the idea that fate could control him, while Edra Kestis learned that her connection to him might help save him. On Haruun Kal, Mace Windu reached a concealed village and learned that Depa Barris had left.

• Darth Malthael recalled that Darth Pregas had seen Tang Xiao in the Force and received the name Malthael from someone who looked like him.
• Darth Malthael saw a future in which Luke Skywalker repeatedly defeated him and ultimately killed him, but Tang Xiao declared that his path was his own choice.
• Lucien Draay told Edra Kestis that the galaxy faced darkness and destruction, and that her deep connection to Darth Malthael might let her save him.
• Mace Windu found a concealed village guarded by hidden sentries and weathered Clone Troopers.
• Mace Windu learned that Depa Barris had left, then followed the soldiers to meet the settlement’s leader, Carl Vasto.

Mace Windu met Carl Vasto, learned that they were connected as family, and followed Depa Barris’s Lightsaber into the jungle. He found Depa and learned that her plan was to use Haruun Kal’s dreamscape to kill the Balawai before they exterminated the Korunnai.

• Carl Vasto welcomed Mace Windu as a brother and shared memories that revealed their connection through the Windu family.
• Mace Windu asked Carl where Depa Barris was, and Carl enchanted her Lightsaber so it could guide Mace to her.
• Carl challenged Mace over the Republic’s failure to help the Korunnai, but Mace said he would prevent the Separatists from returning to Haruun Kal and led the remaining Clone Troopers into the jungle.
• Mace Windu followed the Lightsaber’s pull and found Depa Barris riding in a cart pulled by Akk Guard hounds.
• Depa Barris told Mace that the Balawai planned to kill the Korunnai within two months and that her plan was to use the dreamscape to end the war by killing them all.

Master Windu arrested Depa-Barris and tried to leave Haruun Kal with her, but she warned that the people of Pelek-Baw saw him as a massacre leader. At Carl-Vasto’s village, Darth Lilim fought Carl-Vasto and was caught in his devastating counterattack.

• Master Windu forgave Depa-Barris as a friend but stripped her of her Jedi Council position and placed her under arrest.
• Depa-Barris explained that Haruun Kal’s dreamscape had made people believe Windu led the Highland Liberation Organization, and she defended the Korunnai’s struggle to survive.
• Master Windu started to leave with the weakened Depa-Barris, warning that someone more dangerous might be nearby.
• Darth Malthael arrived at Carl-Vasto’s village, where Carl-Vasto attacked him without listening to his attempt to talk.
• Darth Lilim fought Carl-Vasto with her Lightsaber and Force lightning, but he caught her lightning and knocked her off balance.
• Carl-Vasto raised his spiked power shield and swung it down toward Darth Lilim’s face.

Darth Malthael defeated Carl-Vasto and offered him a choice: pledge loyalty in exchange for help destroying the Balawai and granting the Korunnai autonomy. Carl-Vasto remained conflicted as Malthael also invited him to study at the Twilight Covenant.

• Darth Malthael stopped Carl-Vasto from killing Darth Lilim and explained that Carl was a Son of the Planet.
• Darth Malthael fought Carl-Vasto with Ataru, outmaneuvered him, and knocked him unconscious.
• Darth Malthael demanded Carl-Vasto's loyalty and offered to help destroy the Balawai, but Carl refused.
• Carl-Vasto considered how the Republic and Separatists could have ended the war and why they had allowed it to continue.
• Darth Malthael offered the Korunnai autonomy if they joined him in overthrowing the Republic and invited Carl-Vasto to study at the Twilight Covenant.

Master Windu led Depa Barris and the Clone Troopers into Pelek Baw City amid spreading violence, while Carl Vasto launched an Akk Guard assault outside the city. After finding a cargo ship, Windu discovered that Rainbow had destroyed its controls, leaving their escape in doubt.

• Master Windu and his forces entered Pelek Baw City under fire from smugglers and Turbostorm-class gunships, and he sent Rainbow, Ye Zi, and Beard to help him find a ship.
• Depa Barris said Haruun Kal’s dreamscape would persist after her connection to it was severed, and Windu urged her to fight alongside him before leaving her with the Clone Troopers.
• A black-cloaked figure confronted Depa Barris in the slums and claimed she had left something with them, showing her a small gemstone.
• Carl Vasto led hundreds of Akk Guards and their hounds in a charge into Pelek Baw City, calling for the Balawai to be killed.
• Master Windu and the three Clone Troopers fought their way to a warehouse and found a cargo ship, but Rainbow planted a grenade that destroyed its control console.

Master Windu escaped the smuggler hideout amid worsening violence on Haruun Kal and found Depa Barris surrounded by dead Clone Troopers. After arguing over her support for the Korunnai, he discovered she had removed The Supreme One and faced her sudden Lightsaber attack.

• Master Windu questioned the three Clone Troopers after they appeared to have destroyed a ship, then left the hideout as smugglers pursued them.
• Master Windu learned that the Korunnai were attacking Pelek-Baw City and causing heavy casualties, then flew toward his meeting place with Depa Barris.
• On Coruscant, Luna-Illusion said the Clone Troopers’ first layer of dreams had been triggered, but Luna-Dream refused to make them attack Master Windu.
• Master Windu arrived at the meeting place and found dead smugglers and Clone Troopers, whose wounds appeared to have been caused by a Lightsaber.
• Master Windu confronted Depa Barris about the violence and her choice to support the Korunnai, then saw that she had removed The Supreme One from her forehead.
• Depa Barris declared that she had abandoned the wrong path and attacked Master Windu with her Lightsaber, cutting his arm.

Master Windu fought the maddened Depa Barris and forced her back to her senses, then confronted Darth Malthael and Darth Lilim. Windu swiftly defeated Lilim with his Shatterpoint ability, while his duel with Malthael began and he recognized the Sith’s use of Kresh’s Gauntlet.

• Depa Barris attacked Master Windu in a frenzied Juyo assault, but he disarmed her and slammed her against a wall until she regained her senses.
• Darth Malthael revealed himself and claimed that Depa and Adi Gallia had been given choices, while Windu vowed to arrest him.
• Darth Lilim joined Malthael and urged Depa to embrace their path, leaving Windu surrounded by the three opponents.
• Windu rushed Lilim and used his Shatterpoint to break her lightsaber and defeat her in a single exchange.
• Windu began dueling Malthael and recognized that he was using Kresh’s Gauntlet, taken from Lucien Draay’s tomb.

Darth Malthael fought Master Windu, using Kresh's Gauntlet and vengeful spirits to offset Windu's superior swordsmanship and Shatterpoint. After an hour of battle, Malthael began treating the fight as training, though both combatants were nearing their limits.

• Darth Malthael attacked Master Windu, but Windu used Shatterpoint to break his strike and nearly destroy his Lightsaber.
• Darth Malthael activated Kresh's Gauntlet to deflect Windu's attacks, and the two resumed their clash with Juyo and Shatterpoint.
• Vengeful spirits harried Master Windu while Kresh's Gauntlet blocked his counterattacks and injured him with backlash.
• Master Windu discovered that Darth Malthael replenished his stamina and Force by absorbing black smoke from the bodies on the ground.
• After an hour of fighting, Darth Malthael treated the duel as a chance to improve his swordsmanship, while recognizing he was nearing his limit and Windu was likely worse off.

Darth Malthael defeated Mace Windu, while Depa Billaba sacrificed her hand and the Explorer gem to save her former master before swearing loyalty to Malthael. After recovering aboard Malthael’s warship, she learned that the Balawai had been ordered to leave Haruun Kal and that a purge was imminent for those who remained.

• Darth Malthael overwhelmed the exhausted Mace Windu, and Depa Billaba struck Windu from behind to save him from a fatal blow.
• Depa Billaba grabbed Malthael’s lightsaber, burned away her right hand, and begged him to spare Windu in exchange for her service.
• Depa Billaba returned her lightsaber and Explorer gem to Windu, then collapsed as the clone troopers took him for treatment.
• Depa Billaba awoke aboard Malthael’s warship, knelt before him, and accepted him as her new master.
• Darth Malthael told Depa Billaba that Count Dooku had ordered the Balawai to leave Haruun Kal, and that 110,000 who remained in Pelek-Baw City faced a purge within ten minutes.

Darth Malthael oversaw the destruction of Pelek-Baw City and renamed Depa Billaba the Priestess after giving her the True Seer gemstone. He then took her to Drai II.

• A Munificent-class frigate destroyed smugglers who attacked it as the fleet carried out its plan on Haruun Kal.
• General Mar Tuuk reported that a Generous-class frigate had erased Pelek-Baw City, killing 110,000 civilians who had refused to evacuate.
• Darth Malthael praised Mar Tuuk and sent the Neimoidian fleet to resettle refugees and support Admiral Sefrans Tann at Malastare.
• Darth Malthael told Depa Billaba that the Galactic Empire was his most dangerous enemy and explained why he had let her choose her path.
• Darth Malthael placed the True Seer gemstone in Depa Billaba's mask and gave her the new name Priestess.
• Darth Malthael took the Priestess to Drai II.

After Mace Windu was brought to the Jedi Temple gravely wounded, the Jedi Council discussed the Archangel of Death, Master Depa Barris’s fall, and the Dream Sisters’ actions. Yoda defended the sisters and confirmed they had graduated as Jedi Knights, leaving them celebrated as the Order’s future.

• Jedi healers began treating Mace Windu for catastrophic injuries while Yoda ordered Rainbow, Ye Zi, and Beard to report to the barracks.
• Plo Koon demanded action against the Archangel of Death, and Yoda said he would personally seek him out after strengthening intelligence efforts.
• Sass Tiin blamed Luna Dream and Luna Illusion for abandoning Master Barris and Windu, but Yoda defended the sisters and Sass Tiin apologized.
• Yoda announced that Depa Barris had confirmed the sisters completed their trials, and Plo Koon declared them Jedi Knights for their mission in Pelek-Baw City.
• Luna Illusion celebrated graduating, while Yoda and the other Masters praised the sisters as part of the Jedi Order’s future.

Master Shaak Ti recruited Rainbow, Beard, and Ye Zi into Clone Force 99 after discovering their unusual brain activity, while the Jedi Council worried about an unknown Sith and the future of the war. On Onderon, Rory Siwang discovered that Zhang Jiarui had altered the Thor Prototype and stormed off to confront him.

• Ploo Koon named Agen Kolar, Stass Allie, Coleman Kcaj, and Obi-Wan Kenobi as candidates for the High Council, while Yoda and Ploo Koon worried over the Force’s dark future.
• Shaak Ti told Rainbow, Beard, and Ye Zi that their unusual cerebral activity had attracted the Kaminoans’ attention and offered them the choice to join Clone Force 99.
• Rainbow, Beard, and Ye Zi chose to join the unit, and Shaak Ti silenced a Kaminoan who dismissed them as experimental subjects before promising to remain available to them.
• Hunter and Tech introduced the newcomers to Clone Force 99 and described the unit’s specialized modifications and intense training.
• Rory Siwang found that Zhang Jiarui had replaced the Thor Prototype’s Punisher Cannons with turbolasers and rushed out to confront him.

Rory Siwang and Zhang Jiarui fought over whether Thor should use kinetic weapons or energy weapons after Zhang completed its energy-weapon conversion. Their brawl ended with Rory crashing through the lab window, while Zhang rushed to comfort his frightened daughter and learned that his son had come with news about the Force Academy's second-round admissions.

• Rory Siwang stormed into Zhang Jiarui's office and demanded an explanation for Zhang's completed Thor Mech prototype.
• Zhang revealed that Thor's ammunition bays had been converted into energy systems and argued that energy weapons made it a more effective weapon platform.
• Rory attacked Zhang over the conversion and the loss of his Javelin Cluster Missiles, and the two engineers fought while arguing about their weapons' merits.
• Zhang grabbed Rory by the feet, spun him around, and hurled him through the laboratory glass.
• Zhang rushed to comfort his crying daughter, Hanhan, while his son told him that their mother had sent him with news about the Force Academy's second-round admissions.

Zhang Jiarui’s son decided to attend the Force Academy despite Rory Siwang’s warnings, while Doctor Octopus rejected Siwang’s Thor design and assigned new weapons projects. Doctor Octopus planned to develop the Rhino Mech and Vulture Mech, test them on prisoners at Thonner, and incorporate Tyran Heavy Industries’ powered armor work.

• Zhang Jiarui and Rory Siwang argued over whether Zhang Jiarui’s Force-sensitive son should attend the Force Academy, and Zhang Jiarui urged him to go.
• The boy agreed to attend the academy with Major General Xiao Guanghua’s daughter, while Siwang promised to build him a Super Mecha.
• Doctor Octopus arrived and revealed that he had signed and submitted the application rejecting Siwang’s Thor design.
• Doctor Octopus silenced Zhang Jiarui and Siwang with his mechanical tentacles and ordered them to join his upcoming work.
• Doctor Octopus assigned preliminary designs for the Rhino Mech and Vulture Mech, experiments on prisoners at Thonner, and integration of Tyran Heavy Industries’ CMC-300 powered armor project.

Major General Xiao Guanghua sent his daughter Xiao Yan to the secret Force Academy, then prepared to lead the Fourth Legion to Malastare. As his wife feared for their family’s future in the war against the Galactic Republic, Xiao Guanghua vowed that they would win.

• Xiao Guanghua shared breakfast with his wife and daughter Xiao Yan, who had hidden herself using the Force.
• Xiao Guanghua and his wife argued over sending Xiao Yan to the secret Force Academy, and Xiao Yan comforted her mother.
• A Selurite Special Operations Forces operative arrived to escort Xiao Yan to the academy, where she would train for five years.
• Xiao Guanghua embraced Xiao Yan and watched her leave for the spaceport, then told his wife he would lead the Fourth Legion to Malastare.
• Xiao Guanghua held his grieving wife and promised they would win as Valkyrie frigates and the Artificial Star Ring crossed the sky.