Obi-Wan Kenobi stood at the end of the landing platform on the hidden Jedi planet of Tython. His former Padawan Anakin Skywalker had had a vision of Order 66 and the destruction of the Jedi through the treachery of Palpatine before it had happened. The Jedi Council had subtly evacuated the Temple of everything and only a few hundred Jedi had been killed in the short period of chaos after Order 66. Including Anakin, or so it was thought. No one had seen him during the weeks and months after Order 66 and his presence had disappeared in the Force. It was assumed he had died, and even 19 years after the supposed death of his Padawan Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi still mourned him. His only consolation was that his bond with Anakin had not severed. It appeared to trail off into nothing in his mind's eye, but it had not been brutally cut, ripped into shreds, and through that Obi-Wan held hope that Anakin was alive and was in hiding, fearful of Darth Sidious.

His other sorrow was the death of Senator Padme Amidala. Only a week after the issuing of Order 66 her body had been returned to Naboo by Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan. She was still heavily pregnant. Naboo and the galaxy had mourned her deeply, although the Order was sure that Emperor Palpatine was grateful for the elimination of one of his greatest opponents. Master Kenobi assumed that her death had sent Anakin into deep grief and mourning, which was why he had not contacted him.

The Order's new home was hidden from the galaxy and for the past 19 years the Order had protected itself. But now they were getting word from the galaxy and visions from the Force about the growth of a Rebellion. It was led by a shadowy figure known only as the Leader, supported by the mysterious Fleet Commander, and the High Command of the Alliance. Neither the identity of the Commander nor the Leader was known, however public the identity of those others in High Command were. However the presence of the Leader and the Commander had only emerged in the last 6 years, before that even the mention of theirs existing had not been widely known. The Empire desperately wanted the identity of these shadowy powerful leaders, the bounties on them were millions of credits. The Jedi Council assumed that the Leader was Bail Organa. They had no guesses for the Commander. In his wildest moments Obi-Wan hoped desperately that it was Anakin.

The Council felt that now was the time to reveal themselves to the galaxy. They had hidden, and waited, and trained for long enough, and they could feel the darkness only growing. Which was why Obi-Wan was here. He and Jedi Master Mace Windu had been commissioned by the council, as humans the easiest to blend in, to seek out, make contact with and offer the services of the Jedi to the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Mace Windu stepped up to his side and gestured towards the small freighter awaiting them. They boarded it swiftly and took off, flying out of the atmosphere. The Council had made brief contact with Bail Organa of Alderaan the previous day, and he had given them not only coordinates for the rebellion but codes to get on board. He had also promised to contact the High Command and make them aware of the Jedi's imminent appearance. The stars lengthened and the ship shot into hyperspace.