In which we head off to the Sith meeting against our better judgment, because it would be really boring not to. The party takes the time out to formulate a plan. Sith being Sith, they manage to disrupt their own meeting without any help from us and so we flee. Mike redraws his galactic map. Again.
For the first time in like, ever, the party finds itself with free time that we actually get to role-play. Proving that the Jedi Order really needs some good Jedi Spin Doctors, Navi revisits the Estarus Museum to make nice and instead leaves the curator with the not-entirely-untrue impression that the Jedi are working in organized crime. Then Navi makes a new friend, and soon enough, the party is off to Hoth.
On Hoth the party gets to meet the Xard family unit, as well as their little cadre of elite and highly loyal soldiers. Everyone hustles back to Kamino, only to have the next five years pass in a time-lapse. Krussik goes home, Dral leaves his pregnant wife (but takes the daughter) behind, both Va and Scilaxa go their separate ways (thank the Force), and all the padawans graduate from Jedi school.
A perfectly good birthday party is ruined by a plummeting ship. Contents: one teenager that we don't know but who knows us all too well. Commence the head hurting. While she's recovering, the Pillar of Autumn returns, minus one PC. No one attempts a rescue.
Continuing the returning PC hit parade, Zahn and EmQuai send a message to Navi and "the enemy" is mentioned once more. Everyone takes a drink. Then the party is off to Hoth to put an end to this enemy business for once and for all. It's cold and full of stormtroopers. Trisk shows up, along with special guest Redel Rebyre, who challenges Navi to a duel. This proves to be a complete waste of time, since Darn just charges in and tries to kill him. But it's Karlo who delivers the finishing blow, while the rest of the party finds themselves literally stupider for fighting Trisk. Eventually she's down for the count, except EmQuai proves that he only plays a doctor on TV when he declares her dead and gone. Communications records finally reveal who the enemy is, and the party is left wondering exactly how one goes about taking down a traitor impersonating the queen without getting punked by the royal guard.