Legacy 1: Prisoner of the Floating World, Part 1 marks the debut issue in the Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2 comic book series.
To help promote the release of Legacy, the writers Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman made an appearance at Beach Ball Comics, a comic book store located in Anaheim, California, on March 20, 2013. Then, on March 23, Dave Wilkins, the artist responsible for the cover art, joined them for a visit to Collector's Paradise, a shop in Winnetka, California, where guests could purchase an exclusive variant cover of the initial issue. The variant cover, created by Hardman, was designed as a tribute to the iconic 1977 movie poster for the original Star Wars film.
Experience the galaxy with a Solo twist!
Despite her well-known family history, Ania Solo is simply trying to survive in a galaxy that has fallen into disrepair. However, her situation takes a turn for the worse when she obtains a lightsaber and an Imperial communications droid—and discovers that her life is in danger!
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Meet Han and Leia's great-great granddaughter, introduced within the _ Legacy _ saga!
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The Solo family continues to thrive in the wake of war!
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A brand new ongoing series begins here!
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_Brought to you by the acclaimed creators of _ Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes !
After Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire is defeated, the One Sith are forced into hiding. A new governing body, the Galactic Federation Triumvirate, is formed, consisting of the Jedi Order, the Fel Empire, and the Galactic Alliance Remnant. Marasiah Fel, the new Empress, initiates an ambitious project aimed at connecting the Outer Rim Territories with the rest of the galaxy. In the year 138 ABY, she sends the Imperial Knight Yalta Val to the Carreras system with the task of overseeing the final phases of construction for the Carreras G51 communications array. While traveling through the treacherous Surd Nebula, Val's transport is attacked by a Sith master and his apprentice, resulting in a crash landing on the floating world known as Mala. After eliminating Val's soldiers, the Sith master manages to subdue and disarm Yalta Val. However, he is then killed by his apprentice, who has different plans for the captured Imperial Knight. Yalta Val's Imperial communications droid is able to retrieve his lightsaber, but it is then struck by asteroids and left adrift in space. A week later, a pair of spacers recover the communications droid and reluctantly sell it to Ania Solo, a young Human woman who manages a junkyard located on Carreras Minor's moon. In the meantime, the Sith apprentice assumes Master Val's identity and is rescued by the Carreras authorities. Using the false claim of a Sith presence in the Carreras system, the Sith impostor persuades Governor Biala to grant him complete authority over her security forces. At the Carreras Minor ice mining platform, Ania shows her "discovery" to her Mon Calamari friend Sauk. While examining the droid, Ania and Sauk find a blue lightsaber. Seeing it as a quick way to make money, Ania and Sauk decide to sell it to another junk dealer in order to escape the impoverished Carreras system.
On Coruscant, Empress Fel and other members of the Triumvirate, including Admiral Gar Stazi and Jedi Master K'Kruhk, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of her ambitious G51 galactic communications project. On Carreras Major, the Shifala homeworld, Ania and Sauk try to sell the lightsaber, but the shopkeeper throws them out. Shortly after, the two friends are chased by the Carreras security forces. After a confrontation, Ania shoots and kills a security officer. Meanwhile, on Mala, Yalta Val is shown as a prisoner of the mysterious Sith apprentice and is forced to wear a Sith mask.