The year is 23 ABY. The players are all (or almost all) students at Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Praxeum, and the Second Imperium Crisis is about to come to a head. In recent memory, the Jedi Academy has been embroiled in turmoil as it's darling rascal troublemakers, the Solo twins and their friend Lowbacca had been kidnapped off Lando Calrissian's GemDiver station. Attempts were made to brainwash them into becoming new wannabe Sith (calling themselves dark Jedi), but finally they were rescued by Luke Skywalker and their other friend, Tenal Ka, escaping together aboard a custom vessel named the Shadow Chaser and bringing back news of the impending attack.