A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… 18 Years After the fall of the Jedi, With the end of the Clone Wars and the formation of the First Galactic Empire, Palpatine rules with absolute power as Emperor. allowing him to rule for decades under what amounts to martial law. Darth Vader is the Emperor's second-in-command and his ruthless chief enforcer, greatly feared throughout the galaxy.

The Jedi Purge was the period in which the Jedi Order was destroyed by the Sith and the Jedi were hunted by the Galactic Empire to near-extinction. The destruction of the Jedi traced its origins to the ancient wars against the Sith, at the end of which the Sith were nearly eliminated by the Jedi. The Sith operated in secret, plotting their eventual destruction of the Jedi Order.

But only one Order manage to survive, one believer to be long gone around 1,000 years before the Old Republic era Begins.