Star Wars : Legacy : Prisoner of the Floating World Star Wars : Legacy : Prisoner of the Floating World is the first story arc of the " " comic book series . Plot Summary . Exposition . Following the defeat of the One Sith in 138 ABY , a new Galactic Federation Triumvirate was created , consisted of the Jedi Council , the Fel Empire , and the Galactic Alliance . The new Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel had commissioned the construction of a galactic - wide communications array system in order to speed up communications throughout the galaxy . The Imperial Knight Yalta Val was assigned to lead an Imperial mission to the Carreras system to supervise the construction of the communications array there . En route , Val ' s starship crash - landed on an uncharted floating world in the Surd Nebula called Mala . There , Val ' s crew were killed by a Sith master and his apprentice . Val himself was taken captive by Darth Wredd , who first killed his own master and then stole Val ' s identity . However , an Imperial communications droid managed to survive the crash - landing and retrieve Val ' s lightsaber . This droid collided with an unidentified object and was left floating in the Carreras system . Rising Action . A week later , the damaged Imperial communications droid and its special cargo were recovered by two junk dealers , the Human Ania Solo and the Mon Calamari Sauk , the latter a refugee from the poisoned world of Dac . The two junk dealers are migrants who run a junkyard on Carreras Minor ' s moon . Seeking an escape from their impoverished lifestyles , the two try unsuccessfully to sell the lightsaber but ran into trouble with the local Shifala authorities . When a Shifala officer demanded that they hand over their " laser sword " and labeled them " immigrant scum " , Ania Solo killed him . Meanwhile , the " false " Yalta Val is recovered by the Shifala authorities . Alleging that there is a Sith presence in the Carreras system , Val bullied the Governor Biala into giving him personal control of all the Carreras security forces . Wredd also seeks to recover his " stolen " lightsaber . On Mala , the real Yalta Val is imprisoned behind Wredd ' s mask . In the Ottega system , Val ' s Imperial Knight colleague Jao Assam , who is supervising the construction of the Ithorian communications link , decides to check on Val ' s whereabouts after receiving no word from him . Back on Carreras Major , Ania and Sauk managed to escape a pursuit by Carreras security forces and return to their junkyard , where they are joined by their friend AG - 37 , a compassionate assassin droid . Before Ania can get rid of the lightsaber , the junkyard is visited by the " false " Yalta Val and his Carreras security forces . Before that , Darth Wredd had contacted his prisoner Yalta Val and offered him with the choice of embracing the dark side of the Force . After learning of the encounter between his security forces and Ania ' s companions , Wredd decided to confront them . The " false " Yalta Val demanded that Ania return his lightsaber and offered to grant her amnesty for killing the pursuing security officers . However , Ania refused to back down and hand over the lightsaber on the grounds that it was hers by right of salvage . Angered by her defiance , Darth Wredd attacks them with his Force powers and orders his security forces to eliminate them . With the help of AG - 37 , Ania and Sauk managed to escape on his freighter . Darth Wredd then takes advantage of the incident to mobilize Governor Biala ' s security forces , further straining relations between the two . After repairing the damaged Imperial communications droid , Ania and her companions discovered a holographic recording of an Imperial Knight fighting a Sith . They quickly realized that the real Yalta Val had been replaced by an impostor . Forging an Alliance . Meanwhile , Jao Assam shares his concerns about Yalta Val ' s disappearance with his superiors Empress Fel and the Imperial Knight Antares Draco . However , they brushed aside his concerns and ordered him to continue his job of overseeing work on the Ithorian link in the array . Undeterred by his superiors ' unwillingness to help , Jao decided to travel to the Carreras system and find Val himself . Upon exiting hyperspace , Assam encounters a Shifala naval blockade and narrowly escaped arrest . Darth Wredd , still maintaining his Yalta Val persona , had learnt of his presence and ordered his arrest . Meanwhile , Ania and her companions managed to outrun several pursuing Carreras starfighters by flying into the rings around Carreras Minor . They land on that planet and their freighter is attacked by a giant tentacled creature . Jao Assam assists them and helps them escape the creature ' s clutches . Following a tense first encounter , Jao Assam gains the trust of Ania , AG - 37 , and Sauk after recognizing that Yalta Val has been replaced by an impostor . The four companions make an agreement to rescue Yalta Val and to thwart the impostor ' s scheme . Meanwhile , at the Carreras communication array , Darth Wredd further alienates his host by almost strangling a Shifala worker following a delay with activating the communication systems . Tracing the coordinates stored inside the Imperial communications droid , Jao , Ania , and her companions travel into the Surd Nebula . Upon arriving at the Imperial communication droid ' s coordinates , they cannot find the planet Mala . Shortly later , their ship is intercepted by a Carreras warship and they are taken captive by the Carreras security forces and brought to the Carreras communications array . Having captured the Imperial Knight and his companions , the false Yalta Val orders that the former be brought before him and that the latter be killed . When Governor Biala objects to his orders , he almost Force - chokes her but chooses to spare her life . With Jao Assam in custody , Darth Wredd reveals his true identity to the captive Imperial Knight and discusses his plan to restore the Rule of Two . Unknown to Wredd , Biala is watching and deduces that Yalta Val has been replaced by an impostor . Meanwhile , Ania and Sauk , who are in prison cells , theorize that Mala is a floating world since the Imperial communication droid ' s coordinates were wrong . Their suspicions are proven correct as the Carreras communications array is entering into Mala ' s orbit . Governor Biala frees Jao along with Ania and her associates and assigns them with the task of eliminating the false Yalta Val . Jao , Ania , and her companions confront the Sith in the space station ' s hangar bay and shoot down his shuttle . However , the Sith fights back and slices AG - 37 in half . While Jao succeeds in wounding Wredd , the latter uses the Force to impale him with metal poles before making a get - away in a second shuttle . A Fiery Climax . With Jao Assam presumed dead and her companions Sauk and AG - 37 incapacitated , Ania decides to put a stop to Darth Wredd . Meanwhile , Biala orders her men to shut down the Carreras communications array only to discover that Darth Wredd is controlling the station remotely . On Mala , Darth Wredd and his henchman Dieben remove the real Yalta Val ' s mask and begin transmitting a holographic broadcast using the Carreras communications array . Their broadcast is seen by countless sentients across the galaxy including Governor Biala , Empress Fel , and Antares Draco . In his broadcast , Darth Wredd mocks the " impotence " of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate and attempts to execute the captive Val before a galactic - wide audience . Before he can do so , Wredd is interrupted by Ania who attacks the Sith . This distraction enables the real Yalta Val to free himself and retrieve his lightsaber . As Wredd and Yalta Val duel with their lightsabers , Biala orders an evacuation of the Carreras communications array since the station is on a collision course with Mala . Meanwhile Ania returns to the communications array and evacuates her companions Sauk and AG - 37 in AG - 37 ' s ship . Back on Mala , Yalta Val gains the advantage over his Sith opponent but Wredd manages to escape in a get - away vessel . Before the communication array collides with Mala , Ania succeeds in rescuing Yalta Val . Against all odds , a seriously wounded Jao Assam is rescued in zero - gravity space by the Imperial communications droid . After rescuing Jao , AG - 37 ' s ship makes a jump into hyperspace . Once safely aboard , Jao ' s wounds are tended by a specialized medical droid . During a conversation with Val , AG - 37 reasoned that the Imperial communications droid had rescued Jao out of gratitude for the younger Imperial Knight traveling to the Carreras system to " rescue " it . While Ania blames herself for getting Jao hurt , Sauk comforts her by assuring Ania that she had saved them all . On Coruscant , Empress Fel receives a report from Governor Biala detailing the recent destruction of the Carreras communications array . While the Governor is unclear about the specifics of that event , she informs her superiors that a girl named Ania Solo was involved in its destruction .