
Before the start of the Clone Wars the future Emperor was already maneuvering to destroy the Jedi This is the tale of the doomed Outbound Flight Project which began as a new hope for the galaxyand ended in despair A grand Jedi adventure by one of the most popular Star Wars authors Before the Clone Wars began a group of Jedi led by Master Jorus C'baoth lobbied the Republic Senate to fund a project to search for & contact intelligent life outside the known galaxy Six Jedi Masters 12 Jedi Knights & 50000 additional support personnel boarded an incredible starship & left on their adventureonly to disappear without a trace This was the Jedi's first encounter with the aliens called the Chiss & the New Republic's future archenemy Thrawn But until Luke Skywalker & his wife Mara headed out for the Unknown Regions in Survivor's Quest the fate of the Outbound Flight Project remained an enigma This is the story of those Jedi Masters & Knights their heroic quest & their mysterious end