It's five years after "Return Of The Jedi": the Rebel Alliance has
destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and
driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starlfleet to a distant
corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and
expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a
long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the
last of the emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered
Imperial Fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart
of the new Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital
discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women
of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build. The explosive
confrontation that results is a towering epic of action, invention,
mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale -- in short, a story worthy
of the name "Star Wars."