The Star Wars Legacy comic book series jumped the timeline ahead 175 years after the Return of the Jedi film. The galaxy is once again at war. Only this time, there are three sides: The Galactic Alliance made up of the former Rebel/Republic forces, the Empire, and the Sith. The Sith have come to knew power under the leadership of Darth Krayt, who changed the belief in only two Sith at one time ... the master and the student, who will one day want to tear down the master. The Sith are now one massive culture made up of thousands of individuals, they want a claim to the galaxy.

They have been pretty successful so far. The Emperor has fled into exile on the planet Bastion. The Grand Alliance seems to have little influence in the Core anymore. The Jedi have been hunted down, once again to the edge of extinction. As usual, there is a Skywalker at the core of events. This time, it is Cade, a descendent of Luke and his wife Mara Jade Skywalker. He was a padawan who watched his father and most of the Jedi die before fleeing into obscurity, when he was rescued by a smuggler/pirate. He hid away his powers until he was dragged back into galactic affairs.

Darth Krayt seems particularly interested in him. This is largely due to Cade's strong connection to the Force and his ability to use it to heal. Krayt suffers from being infected by genetic weaponry used against the Galactic Alliance/Empire during the invasion of the Vong decades earlier. Cade may have the power to heal him before he dies.

This volume collects a bunch of "random" issues from the run that provide background information that is important both to the overall arc of the series' plot, but also to character development. Readers are given strong insight to these characters, allowing them to shift from flat stereotypes assigned to them by their allegiance to being living breathing beings that have their own personal interest in the events.

Since it is not really a linear presentation of a single story, many will find it harder to get into the content, though that is similar to any collection of short stories. With that said, it provides greater depth to the series as a whole, which makes it worth a read.