One year before the pivotal Battle of Yavin, a young man grapples with the memories of watching a Jedi die at the hands of the clones who once served beside him. Now a resistance fighter in an insurgency against the Galactic Empire, he and his fellow fighters plan to liberate their planet by attracting the attention of the Rebel Alliance. Armed with the lightsaber that once belonged to the fallen Jedi, the young man and the resistance fight against the planet's government, attracting the Rebellion's attention—and the Empire's.