Prologue
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away there was a Republic, and with that Republic came democracy and freedom of the galaxy. For twenty-five-thousand years the Galactic Republic stood strong and ruled the galaxy with peace and justice. It grew because of the wise rule of the Senate and the protection of the Jedi Knights. However, that age of prosperity was far too good to last. In its final days the Republic began to rot from within even though the danger was not visible from the outside.
Aided and abetted by restless power-hungry individuals within the government, and massive organs of commerce, the ambitious Senator Sheev Palpatine caused himself to be elected President of the Republic and Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Senate. When he came to power, he promised to reunite the rest of the galaxy, which had grown divided and that he would restore the remembered glory of the Republic. However, once secured in office the Clone Wars broke out across the galaxy dividing it even more and using this to his advantage, he proclaimed himself the emperor of the galaxy transforming the dying Republic into the first galactic empire.
He accused the Jedi of treason and through treachery and deception, and exterminated them, catalyzing his reign of terror throughout the galaxy. Not every being went along with his destructive acts, however. In time a small number of systems rebelled against the Galactic Empire and its emperor, sparking a flame of hope. In the beginning they were greatly outnumbered by the systems held in Palpatine's grasp, and it seemed as if that flame would be extinguished before it could brighten the galaxy, which had fallen into a state of terrible darkness.
With the Jedi gone and the empire still facing opposition the emperor began a long campaign to finalize his ultimate plan for not just his galaxy, but the entire universe as a whole ensuring his reign would last for all eternity. In a short amount of time the fate of the universe would fall into the hands of the kindlers of that flame of rebellious hope. If they failed a terrible price would be paid, one that would devastate all that existed.
