STAR WARS: EPISODE 8

THE APPROACHING THREAT

PLOT SYNOPSIS

It has been 10 years since the events of Episode 7. Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade now have a 10 year old son named Ben who is extremely strong with the force; even stronger than his grandfather, Anakin, was at his age. He is Luke's current padawan learner. Jacen Solo is now 29 years old and still serving the New Jedi Order faithfully. However, he doesn't have an apprentice. He usually accompanies his parents on some missions as a Jedi diplomat. His sister Jaina (25 years old) and brother Anakin (20 years old) are not currently present on Coruscant. They are undergoing the Jedi trials on Dagobah. As for Mara Jade and her former apprentice Tara Zhentalla, they are both a Jedi Master and Jedi Knight respectively. Mara Jade's new apprentice is Anakin Solo.

Boba Fett is rapidly assembling his new army on the planet of Concorde Dawn, the home-world of the Mandalorians. This army has hundreds of Bounty Hunters and warriors of all kinds. With the Empire long gone, many of the galaxy's bounty hunters had been at loose ends as the Empire usually had many assignments for them. It is almost time for Fett's army to strike.

During training on Concorde Dawn, Boba Fett meets an extremely powerful Dark Jedi named Galdavor. Galdavor is a Twi'lek with amazing force capabilities and lightsaber skills. (He is one of the most powerful Dark Side force users ever). He is has purple skin, yellow eyes, black robes, black boots, and black gloves with his pointy fingers sticking out, and sharp, fang-like teeth. He wields a single red-bladed lightsaber, made by himself. Galdavor grew up admiring Darth Vader and the Emperor (he was one of the few who knew that Emperor Palpatine and Darth Sidious were one and the same) as Sith lords. He heard stories about the Jedi but he believed that the Sith were the only force users in the galaxy. Because of these evil admirations, he was banished from his home-world of Ryloth and told never to return. Filled with anger, he did all he could to arrange a meeting with the Emperor. Palpatine saw a huge Force potential in Galdavor and wanted to teach him but did not want to betray Darth Vader, his apprentice. He gave Galdavor a Sith holocron to teach himself with. Using the holocron, Galdavor was able to learn the dark ways of the force and how to build and wield a lightsaber. Galdavor was the first force user in history to teach himself the ways of the Force. He became extremely powerful and later developed a squadron of about 10 Dark Jedi called the Galdavorians.

When Boba Fett sees his lightsaber, he attempts to attack Galdavor. After holding Fett off for the time being, Galdavor tells him that he is a Dark Jedi, warriors who use the powers of the Force for themselves. "I serve no Order", Galdavor tells Fett. After this, Boba Fett asks Galdavor if he will join him and his army to destroy the New Jedi Order. Galdavor agrees and says that he'll go back to Coruscant to gather his squadron, whom he says will be of major help to Boba Fett's cause.

Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade, and Senator Leia Solo approach the Senate about the message they received from a New Republic spy about a giant army on Concorde Dawn. Mara Jade suddenly realizes that this must be the army that her former partner, Boba Fett, had been creating.

After much research, Luke discovers that Boba Fett's home-world is Concorde Dawn, thus proving that Mara Jade's prediction is true. After this, Luke contacts Jaina and Anakin Solo to come back to Coruscant.

Luke immediately decides to go to Concorde Dawn alone to scout things out, without anyone knowing. He boards his Jedi starfighter, which closely models the X-Wing fighters. He doesn't take R2. Before long, everyone, including the Solo family, becomes worried about Luke and wonders where he is.

Meanwhile, Luke lands on Concorde Dawn and finds his way to the massive Mandalorian base. He spots a nearby building and decides to check it out. He uses the Force to get past all the guards. While making his way through the building with walls dressed with many foreign symbols, he feels the Force strongly and senses many Force users. Finally he comes across the Galdavorians in training and spies on them from a window on a high corridor. After witnessing this group of highly trained Force-users, he returns to his ship and contacts Mara Jade via hologram. He tells her that he's learned of a squadron of about 10 or so powerful Jedi and that he needs her, Tara Zhentalla, Jacen, Jaina, Anakin and a few other Jedi to help him destroy the Galdavorians. Mara Jade says OK and gets ready to leave while Luke hides himself in a Force cloud.

When everyone arrives, they all make their way back to the base. When they get there, they suddenly find the Galdavorians waiting for them, their lightsabers already ignited. The Jedi ignite their lightsabers and begin battling. There is no sign of the leader, Galdavor. After awhile, Boba Fett appears. Realizing that he'd be no match for all the Jedi, he tries to flee. Jacen spots him and immediately gives chase. Finally Boba Fett turns around and faces Jacen. After a spectacular fight, Jacen eventually kills Boba Fett.

Just after he does, he hears a lightsaber ignite behind him. It is Galdavor. They start dueling with their lighsabers and Jacen puts up a good fight but is ultimately defeated. Galdavor slices both Jacen's legs off is just about to destroy him when he is flung in the air and hurled against the cliff wall. It was Luke and he used the Force to send Galdavor flying through the air. Galdavor gets up and starts dueling with Luke.

One of the most spectacular lighsaber battles in Star Wars history ensues. Both Luke and Galdavor are highly skilled with a lighsaber and it is demonstrated in this ultimate showdown. Finally, Luke kills Galdavor by tripping him and then stabbing him in the stomach. He then uses the Force to levitate Jacen since both his legs are cut off. By the time they return to where the Jedi and Galdavorians were battling, the battle had ended. Mara Jade tells him that 3 Jedi were killed and that all but one of the Galdavorians was killed. One of them escaped the battle and was nowhere to be found. After burning the three Jedi's bodies which is how Jedi honor the dead warriors, everyone returns to Coruscant, totally oblivious of the army that still waits on Concorde Dawn.

When they arrive on Coruscant, Jacen gets transported to the Jedi Medical Headquarters and has bionic legs attached to his limbs to become the first cyborg Jedi ever.

Later on, Luke announces to the Senate that the mysterious Dark Jedi squadron known as the Galdavorians has been destroyed as well as Boba Fett but that the army still remains as a mystery and a threat to the New Republic.