Marching Orders is a brief narrative authored collaboratively by August Hahn and Cynthia Hahn. It serves as a promotional piece connected to the Living Force role-playing campaign. Its initial release occurred on the Wizards of the Coast website on the date of July 27, 2005.
Following the resolution of the Jedi Council to deploy the majority of the Jedi stationed at the Almas Academy into the conflict of the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Darrus Jeht journeyed to the aforementioned Academy to deliver this announcement. Subsequently, due to the increased vulnerability resulting from the Jedi's departure, he imposed a state of martial law upon the Cularin system.