Authored by August Hahn and Cynthia Hahn, Conflict and Mastery serves as a companion piece to the Living Force roleplaying campaign. This article appeared on the Wizards of the Coast website on March 11, 2004, and it depicts a gathering of the Almas Academy's leaders. During this meeting, Darrus Jeht relays instructions from the Jedi Council, mandating that all non-essential personnel of the Jedi Knight rank be deployed for active service in the Clone Wars.