Summary
A mysterious man named Kueller has plans to destroy Luke and Leia. He unleashes a disturbance felt by Luke, Leia, and the Solo children.
Leia's time in the Senate is wearing on her. She has become displeased with the many Imperial sympathizers that now have places in the Senate. During a Senate meeting a bomb explodes that kills many and injures Leia. Some in the Senate blame Han for the attack.
Having felt the disturbance, Luke sets off to discover the source. Eventually he finds Brakiss, a Jedi trainee that had turned to the dark side, and attempts to turn him back to the light. He fails Brakiss tells him that what he seeks is on Almania.
Meanwhile, Han travels back to his roots by visiting Smuggler's Run in search of someone he believes is involved in the attack on the Senate. He meets up with some old friends and they come under attack.
R2 and an X-Wing mechanic learn that all the new model X-Wings are sabotaged with explosives. Leia brings this new information to Meido, the leader of the opposition, but he tells her there will be a vote of no confidence facing her in the Senate.
Luke finally meets Kueller, who turns out to be Dolph another former Jedi gone bad. After various attempts at working out an agreement between the two men, they battle and Luke is defeated. Kueller contacts Leia and demands that she give him power over the New Republic or he will kill everyone in the galaxy starting with Luke!
Leia decides to go after Luke and Mon Mothra convinces the Senate to allow her to take Wedge and the fleet with her. Luke is attacked by a creature on Almenia, but survives.
As Han and the others attempt to escape they are stopped by a huge explosion when all the medical droids explode without warning. R2 and 3PO discover the source of all the explosions and have Cole get to work dismantling droids.
As Leia races to find Luke, Wedge leads an attack along with Talon Karrde against Kueller's forces. She finds him, but Kueller does as well. The two men fight again, and with a little help from some friends Kueller is defeated.
