Thank you for reading Star Wars: The Sith Orb! I have been preparing for this story for years. In fact, its origins date back 10 years! I am very excited to share this story with you. I think it may just be the best story I have ever written!

Before we embark on this multi-year journey together, there are a few things we need to get out of the way.

First of all, I do not own the Star Wars universe or anything in it (with the exception of my original characters, locations, and events.) All events in my story are non-canon, and should not be treated as part of the Star Wars universe. A large amount of credit goes to George Lucas for creating Star Wars. Also, special thanks to the people at Lucasfilm who have expanded the universe to create many characters and locations used in this story. Specifically, I would like to thank the writers who have made the Star Wars novels such compelling reads, and inspiring me to write my own stories!

Secondly, all of my stories are original works by me. While I have taken inspiration from other works of fiction, I alone came up with the ideas. As seems to be happening a lot lately, official Star Wars media contains events very similar to events in my stories. This is purely coincidental, at least on my part. I came up with these ideas before the official works were published. Please do not use any elements of my stories without my permission!

Third, this story is rated T for Teen. While part one is relatively mild, subsequent parts will delve into darker, more adult themes. In addition to more graphic violence and brief sexual references, there will be a lot of descriptive torture and death, depressing and frightening situations, and even parallels to real-life tragedies such as the holocaust, 9/11, and school shootings. It is my intention to make readers more aware of these events by connecting with them emotionally. Still, if the subjects are too depressing for you to continue reading, I'm very sorry that you feel that way. But, I promise, the story will have a happy ending. You just need to brave it out.

So, without further ado...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...