Five years have passed since the second Death Star died. Darth Vader destroyed the Emperor, and the remnants of the Empire were driven into the far corners of the Galaxy. The legendary Admiral Akbar, having abandoned political squabbles, is retiring. Few people imagined that Ackbar's resignation was the result of a grandiose intrigue started by the last of the Imperial military leaders, who, many thousands of light years from Coruscant, was gathering scattered ships under his command in preparation for war. For this naval commander intends to destroy everything that the Alliance fought for... And only Star Wars veterans can resist him.

General Han Solo and Senator Leia Organa, Rogue Squadron commander Wedge Antilles and information hunter Talon "Talon" Karrde against the Grand Admiral of the Sindic Empire Mitt'raw'nuruodo, known in the Galaxy as Grand Admiral Thrawn...