Star Wars: The Living Force

Star Wars: The Living Force is set in the year before The Phantom Menace, following the entire Jedi Council as they confront a galaxy on the brink of change. Authored by the bestselling writer of Star Wars: Kenobi, John Jackson Miller, this tale unravels the challenges faced by the Jedi in a rapidly transforming galaxy.

In the year preceding The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the entire Jedi Council are confronted with a galaxy in flux. The Jedi, long protectors of peace and justice across the cosmos, now find the galaxy shifting beneath their feet. As the Order becomes more absorbed with the Republic's future, they remain secluded on Coruscant, where the twelve Jedi Council members address crises on an immense scale.

With the decommissioning of yet another Jedi Outpost—a remnant of the Republic's golden age—on the planet Kwenn, Qui-Gon Jinn questions the Council about the increasing isolation of the Order. In response, Mace Windu proposes a daring move: all twelve Jedi Masters will set out on a mission of goodwill to aid the planet and remind the galaxy's people that the Jedi are as steadfast and present as they have always been.

Nevertheless, not everyone greets the Jedi's arrival with open arms. The sector, now rampant with warring pirate factions due to the Jedi's dwindling presence, poses a significant threat. To sustain their dominance, the pirates unite with a plan to assassinate the Council, even if it means destroying countless innocent lives.

Cut off from Coruscant, the Jedi Masters are forced to face a harsh reality: while the Jedi Council is preoccupied with thoughts of the future, it is those in the present who are most in need of their assistance.