
In the years since the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace the Republic has continued to crumble & more & more the Jedi are needed to help the galactic government maintain order. As Star Wars: Episode II opens Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker have just returned from a mission on a world called Ansion. Written by beloved Star Wars veteran Alan Dean Foster & starring a new character from the Episode II The Approaching Storm tells the story of that daring mission. The Republic is decaying even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine who was elected to save the galaxy from collapsing under the forces of discontent. On the tiny but strategic planet of Ansion a powerful faction is on the verge of joining the growing secessionist movement. The urban dwellers wish to expand into the prairies outside their cities
- the ancestral territory of the fierce independent Ansion nomads. If their demands are not met they will secede
- an act that could jump-start a chain reaction of withdrawal & rebellion by other worlds of the Republic. At the Chancellors request the Jedi Council sends two Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi & Luminara Unduli to resolve the conflict & negotiate with the elusive nomads. Undaunted Obi-Wan & Luminara along with the their Padawans Anakin Skywalker & Barriss Offee set out across the wilderness. Many perils lie waiting to trap them. The Jedi will have to fulfil near-impossible tasks befriend wary strangers & influence two great armies to complete their quest stalked all the while by an enemy sworn to see the negotiations collapse & the mission fail.