Star Wars : Legacy Volume II Book 2 — Outcasts of the Broken Ring Star Wars : Legacy Volume II Book 2 — Outcasts of the Broken Ring is the second trade paperback of the comics . It was released on May 21 , 2014 . Publisher ' s summary . " Ania Solo and Imperial Knight Jao Assam break with the Galactic Triumvirate to track down the Sith Lord Darth Wredd . The trail leads Ania and Jao to a dead Mon Calamari planet — and another Sith Lord and his army of pirates ! Collects " Star Wars : Legacy " # 6 – # 10 . " Plot summary . Exposition . On Cadomai Prime , the rogue Sith Darth Wredd assassinates an undercover Snivvian One Sith infiltrator . This is part of Wredd ' s one – man insurgency against the One Sith order . News of the assassination reaches the Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel on Coruscant who decides to take no action against Wredd since she deduces that he is " helping " the Galactic Federation Triumvirate by eradicating the One Sith order . Meanwhile , Ania Solo and her companions ' freighter is picked up in space by the " Pellaeon - class Star Destroyer " Animus " . The Empress was impressed with Ania ' s efforts at rescuing the Imperial Knight Yalta Val during the Carreras Incident . Ania and her companions are treated as guests by the Imperials . After receiving repairs to their freighter , Ania ' s companions AG - 37 and the Mon Calamari Sauk depart into hyperspace . Hunting Darth Wredd . Meanwhile , Master Yalta Val and his fellow Knight Jao Assam received orders to return to the galactic capital Coruscant for duty . While recuperating in a bacta tank , Assam received a Force vision of Darth Wredd killing Empress Fel . Disturbed by his vision , Assam confides in his Master Val who is skeptical of the threat posed by Darth Wredd . He reminds the younger Knight that hunting Darth Wredd is not their responsibility and that he has to remember to uphold his vows . Unable to make headway with Master Val , Jao Assam convinces his newly - found friend Ania to assist him in the hunt for the rogue Sith . They attempt to sneak off the " Animus " but are stopped by Master Val and a squad of Stormtroopers . Master Val attempts to reason with the younger Imperial Knight , reminding him to obey his orders and to " trust that the Force would guide the Empress . " Following a brief skirmish , Jao and Ania escape the Star Destroyer in a stolen shuttle . Their travels take them to the planet Nalyd , the homeworld of Darth Wredd ' s Nalydian henchman Dieben . Believing that Dieben holds the key to Wredd ' s whereabouts , the two companions decide to find him . While visiting an unidentified planet to transport a wild beast , Sauk and AG - 37 learn about a resettlement operation on the poisoned planet of Dac , the homeworld of the Mon Calamari and Quarren species which was destroyed by a Sith bioweapon during the last stages of the Second Imperial Civil War . On Coruscant , Empress Fel learns of Ania and Jao ' s escape . She orders that the former be arrested and charges the latter with deserting the Imperial Knights , a crime which carries the death penalty . Detour on Dac . On Nalyd , Jao and Ania discover that Dieben is about to be executed for various crimes . Before he can be executed , Jao and Ania kidnap him . During the escape attempt , Dieben is killed without divulging any information . Ania is able to defuse any tensions with the local authorities by exaggerating Jao ' s combat prowess as an Imperial Knight and convincing them to reach a peaceful settlement . From the Nalydian authorities , the pair learn that Dieben was heading to Dac . This leads them to speculate that the rogue Sith had taken refuge in the lawless Calamari system , which had become a base for pirates and outlaws in the wake of the Second Imperial Civil War . Upon arriving in the Dac system , they quickly discover that another rogue Sith Lord Darth Luft and his pirate associates had established a slaving operation in the Mon Calamari Shipyards . The pair also meet two slaves , Mon Calamari Aunt Luen and the Quarren Tikin , who reveal that Luft and his associates were luring Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees back to their ruined homeworld under the pretext of restoring life to Dac . Instead , the Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves were put to work building a pirate fleet . Jao and Ania ' s party are then captured by Darth Luft who dumps them into an escape pod , which is jettisoned into the poisoned oceans of Dac . Prior to their capture however , Jao manages to get their Imperial communications droid to transmit a distress signal alerting the authorities about the existence of the pirate operation . Ania ' s associates Sauk and AG - 37 intercept their transmission while in hyperspace . Traveling to Dac , they succeed in retrieving their escape pod from the ocean . After rescuing Jao and Ania , Sauk and AG - 37 take their freighter to an abandoned shipyard above Dac . Following their near – death experience , an argument breaks out between Jao and Ania over what to do next . While Jao advocates taking the fight to Darth Luft , Ania advises caution and urges them to wait for reinforcements . Unwilling to risk getting his son Tilin killed , the Quarren Tikin refused to have anything to do with his rescuers and returns to his captors . Unable to resolve their differences , Ania and her companions depart in AG - 37 ' s freighter while Jao heads off to confront the Sith . In an attempt to save his son Tilin , Tikin reveals the presence of the Imperial Knight to Darth Luft . However , the violent and sadistic Sith Lord callously murders Tikin . Unfortunately , the murder of Tilin triggers a slave uprising among both the Mon Calamari and Quarren . In the ensuing chaos , Jao Assam engages Darth Luft in a lightsaber duel . A Watery Climax . Meanwhile , Master Val and the Galactic Alliance Navy Admiral Gar Stazi receive Jao ' s distress signal . Out of a moral conviction and despite the opposition of Empress Fel , Val and Stazi assembled a task force of warships , seatroopers and Imperial Knights to liberate the Mon Calamari Shipyards . Back in the Dac system , Ania and AG - 37 are being pursued by pirate starfighters . However , the pirate ships are quickly destroyed by the Galactic Alliance task force , which exits hyperspace . The Galactic Alliance Navy ' s forces include the freighter " Trand Cappa " , which is used to flood the orbiting Mon Calamari shipyards , overwhelming the pirates and enabling the aquatic Mon Calamari and Quarren to gain the upper hand . Val then leads a boarding part of seatroopers and Imperial Knights who quickly disarm and apprehend the disoriented pirates . Unwilling to go down in defeat , Darth Luft ' s pirates have one more trick up their sleeve . To ensure compliance from their Mon Calamari and Quarren captives , the pirates had kept their families as hostages . In a final act , the pirates expose these captives to zero gravity space . The breach is temporarily blocked by the formation of a large ice plum at the exit to the space door . Ania and her companions manage to save many Mon Calamari and Quarren lives by using their Imperial communications droid to active the door ' s controls . Following a prolonged duel in the flooded shipyards , Jao Assam succeeds in killing Darth Luft by impaling the latter with a lightsaber . With the defeat of the pirates , the liberated Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves are allowed to inhabit the flooded interiors of the Mon Calamari shipyards . Following the Liberation of Mon Calamari Shipyards , Jao Assam reunites with Master Val . Despite knowing that the penalty for desertion is death , Jao refused to return to his duties as an Imperial Knight and to continue with his mission to hunt down Darth Wredd . Despite their differences , the two Imperial Knights depart on good terms . Jao and Ania continue their hunt for Darth Wredd . While traveling through hyperspace , Jao receives a transmission from Darth Wredd , who gloatingly informs Jao that he had been playing into the latter ' s hands by following his trail and killing Darth Luft . This brought the rogue Sith closer to completing his final plan . He even offered Jao a place in his new Sith Order , which would be based on the Rule of Two . Despite Jao ' s despondency , Ania assures him that he has done good by liberating slaves . If they could free slaves , she reasoned that they could also take down an " arrogant " Sith .