On Coruscant, an eccentric leader contemplates his rise to glory, and the completion of his prophecy. He does this as he manipulates the very mind of all those under him to gain support for the quest to find the Sacred Rings. he tells them that it is an expedition for exploration, to reclaim the worlds that were lost to the shifting times, and they eat it up. they cheer him on, because in the end, that's all they meant to do. It is their reason for being alive.
On the world of Mandalore, A mercenary is getting his mangled hand amputated and having it replaced with Cybernetic hand, identical to his original. He checks the nervous system with a needle, then gets up to check out the new suite of armor that arrived. It's Prink, the only known metal capable of withstanding a direct blow from a lightsaber, so it could come in handy when he got even wit hthe guy who blew off his hand. too bad it was blue, The color that he hated the most.
Somewhere, on a space station drifting through space, a knight and her apprentice boarded a transport vessel.
In a laboratory within the mammoth Star Destroyer named The Dreadnaught, orbiting the Imperial world of Byss, a madman leers over his latest failed experiment, a fusion of a rancor and an aklaay, as it is carried to the incinerary by a robot on treads.
within the wilderness of an uncharted planet, a boy and his master discuss the fundamentals of the trued darkness while they wait for their allies to come and bring them home.
A Sith lord arrives at his home on Korriban, after laying low from his assassination of three Senators.
Aboard a ship hurling through hyperspace, a woman discards her leather pants and jacket for a black corset and skirt. She then puts on high healed boots that go up to her thighs, and dons leather gloves that go up past her elbow. She looks at her outfit in the mirror and wonders if she should dye her black hair to a brighter color, like blond or purple.
On Yavin, an aging man contemplates the future through his supernatural senses, and sees that the Galaxy may change forever.