Prior to the release of Outcast, the first volume of the series, Del Rey books released a free preview reference book for the series on StarWars.com called Fate of the Jedi: Dramatis Personae. The Random House spring catalog PDF said this regarding the Fate of the Jedi series: 'It has been two years since the death of Darth Caedus. Chief of State Natasi Daala has ushered the Galactic Alliance into a time of unprecedented calm, and now the entire galaxy stands poised to freely embrace the same enduring peace that Jacen Solo once sought to impose as a Sith Lord.'