Collects Star Wars: Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express #1-2, Star Wars: Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: The Last Stand on Ord Mantell #1-3, Star Wars: Aurra's Song #1, Star Wars: Jedi Council - Acts of War #1-4, Star Wars: Republic - Prelude to Rebellion #1-6, Star Wars: Vow of Justice, Star Wars: Darth Maul #1-4. During the time of the Republic, the Jedi Council guided the Jedi Knights as they upheld their values of peace and justice throughout the galaxy -- and the Sith waited in hiding for the right time to reveal their existence and take revenge...Collected here are tales of that time, shortly before The Phantom Menace: early missions of Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi; missions full of foreshadowing and increasing danger for noble members of the Jedi Council Mace Windu and Ki-Adi-Mundi; the Anzati-linked origin of Jedi-assassination specialist and bounty hunter Aurra Sing; and, last, Sith apprentice Darth Maul's own mission to clear the criminal system of any adversaries who could potentially hamper the rise and return of the Sith!