Description
What happened after the destruction of the First Death Star? With the Imperial Senate dissolved and the Emperor's dread superweapon destroyed, the Empire is thrown into a political crisis. This story takes place shortly after the events of A New Hope and features appearances of classic characters including Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Leia Organa along with an original cast of new characters, including scheming Imperials, plucky Rebels, and shadowy crime lords. This work of fan fiction lives in the grey area between the current canon and Legends, borrowing from both but belonging to neither. While this story may involve a variety of plot elements, the central theme is to explore the political and social consequences which the destruction of the fictional Death Star must have had on the Star Wars universe. In this, I am endeavoring to create a work which furthers the understanding of this fictional situation in what I hope is a transformative (albeit faithful) manner. In places where the story contradicts any current or former canonical source, it is either because I made a deliberate choice to do so, or I simply made an error somewhere or other.
Part 1
