When Han Solo learns that Princess Leia is to marry the Queen Mother's son, he flees with her to Dathomir. Luke Skywalker pursues them and makes an important discovery.

Han and Leia Solo arrive at Lando Calrissian's Outer Rim mining operation to help him thwart a hostile takeover but soon the stakes are raised and, to save Han, and the galaxy, Luke Skywalker and Leia must brave a gauntlet of treachery, terrorism, and the untold power of an enigmatic artifact capable of bending space, time, and even the Force itself into an apocalyptic nightmare.

It's five years after Return of the Jedi. The Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starlfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the last of the Emperor's warlords has taken command...

Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca have been sent to the planet Tessacor, a longtime Rebel sympathizer. However, they find that a group of teenage Imperials has staged a coup, overthrowing the capital city's government and taking control.