Prelude to Rebellion, Part 5 represents the fifth installment within the Star Wars: Republic comic book saga. Dark Horse Comics released it to the public on April 21 of 1999.
A deadly conflict unfolds high in the skies above the arid landscapes of Tatooine! A solitary Jedi, Ki-Adi-Mundi, finds himself battling for survival on a freighter teeming with ferocious creatures. He is on a mission to rescue his daughter, who is stuck inside a malfunctioning escape pod alongside the ruthless, yet equally vulnerable, criminal Ephant Mon. Ki alone possesses the ability to save them, but the only path to their salvation might involve allowing Ephant Mon to flee... with Ki's own daughter!
While Ki-Adi-Mundi battles the hungry divviks aboard Ephant Mon's freighter, a smuggling scheme on Cerea is revealed. Forced into a situation where he must let the smuggler escape with his daughter and her companion, Twin, Ki tracks them down to the surface of Tatooine. Following Ephant Mon's delivery of the two girls to Jabba the Hutt as compensation for failing to deliver the promised minerals, Jabba resolves to exploit them as bait for a Jedi. He orders the girls to be chained to an Ion Attractor during an storm, intending to lure Ki into his waiting trap.