Star Wars: The New Empire

"Beware the rising darkness..."

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Star Wars: The New Empire is a novel currently being written by DumSpiroSpero. The novel takes place in the extremely unexplored time period between the and the, approximately two-thousand years before the. The story is mostly told through the eyes of Darth Anathemus, reigning, though some chapters are told through the eyes of other characters.

DumSpiroSpero has described the book as "filler between BioWare's fantastic MMO and 's time. As there is absolutely nothing canon set between 3,000 BBY and 1,500 BBY giving fanon writers an extremely fertile time period to set their work in."

The novel began production on May 20, 2012, though its main character, Darth Anathemus, had been imagined by DumSpiroSpero for at least a month prior.

Publisher's Summary
'''A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: a Sith Lord prepares to wage war, a Jedi falls, and the Republic faces its greatest enemy yet. There is a new empire, and the Republic must ready itself to fight the most destructive war for over a thousand years.'''

It has been over a millennium since the defeat of the Sith Empire in the Second Great Galactic War. The Republic has enjoyed an unprecedented time of peace and tranquility. The Jedi Order has grown strong once again, and the Sith are believed defeated forever.

But one Sith Lord remains. Darth Anathemus, heir to the legacy of Vitiate, seeks to rebuild the empire that once came close to destroying the Republic. A lone Twi'lek Jedi discovers him on the remote, Outer Rim world of Tatooine and goes to meet her destiny...

Plot Summary
The novel starts on the desert world of Tatooine, with Twi'lek Jedi Knight Alana Reylan hunting down the Miraluka Sith Lord Darth Anathemus. Locating him in a Mos Espa cantina, she prepares to kill him, only to be incapacitated by her formidable opponent. Awakening on the long-lost world of Daen, Reylan is tortured continuously by Anathemus. Throughout the novel, she becomes his apprentice and the two conspire to bring a new war to the Republic.