As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance—now a fledgling New Republic—presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy’s scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy’s strength is unfolding. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but he’s taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders. Meanwhile, on the planet’s surface, former rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned to her native world—war weary, ready to reunite with her estranged son, and eager to build a new life in some distant place. But when Norra intercepts Wedge Antilles’s urgent distress call, she realizes her time as a freedom fighter is not yet over. What she doesn’t know is just how close the enemy is—or how decisive and dangerous her new mission will be. Determined to preserve the Empire’s power, the surviving Imperial elite are converging on Akiva for a top-secret emergency summit—to consolidate their forces and rally for a counterstrike. But they haven’t reckoned on Norra and her newfound allies—her technical-genius son, a Zabrak bounty hunter, and a reprobate Imperial defector—who are prepared to do whatever they must to end the Empire’s oppressive reign once and for all.


恩多戰役之後，銀河帝國慘敗，身受重創，反抗軍同盟趁機改組成新共和，在帝國尚未重組與報復之前，新共和極力剿除帝國的殘黨。但在邊陲的阿基瓦星球上，醞釀著一股敵軍的惡勢力。飛行員魏奇獨自執行偵察任務時，發現帝國的滅星者驅逐艦正在集結等待反攻，但他來不及向新共和領袖回報，就遭帝國軍俘虜。同時在阿基瓦星球的地表，前反抗軍女飛行員諾拉回到她那飽受戰火摧殘的故鄉，準備與久未聯絡的兒子相聚，並渴望在某個偏遠的地方展開新生活。就在諾拉攔截到魏奇的緊急求救信號之際，她知道自己身為自由鬥士的任務尚未結束。但她卻不知道敵人近在咫尺，更不知道這個新任務多麼關鍵與危險。為了鞏固帝國的殘餘勢力，倖存的帝國高層聚集在阿基瓦進行秘密緊急會議，他們決定集結兵力，趁機反攻。但卻沒料到，諾拉正連同她的新夥伴——她的天才工程師兒子、一位薩伯拉克族的賞金獵人、一名帝國叛逃惡棍，將要共同終結帝國的壓迫統治。