Legacy 1 : Prisoner of the Floating World , Part 1 Legacy 1 : Prisoner of the Floating World , Part 1 is the first issue of the " " comic series . To promote " Legacy " launch , authors Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman were present at a comic shop called Beach Ball Comics in Anaheim , California , on March 20 , 2013 . On March 23 , cover artist Dave Wilkins joined them for a visit to a shop called Collector ' s Paradise in Winnetka , California , where an exclusive of the first issue was available to guests . Hardman drew the variant cover as an homage to the classic 1977 poster for the . Publisher ' s summary . " Exploring the galaxy … Solo style ! " " Despite her famous heritage , Ania Solo is just a girl trying to make her way in a galaxy gone bad . But it all gets worse when she comes into possession of a lightsaber and an Imperial communications droid — and discovers she has been targeted for death ! " Plot summary . Following the defeat of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , the One Sith are driven underground . A new Galactic Federation Triumvirate consisting of the Jedi Order , the Fel Empire , and the Galactic Alliance Remnant is established . The new Empress Marasiah Fel embarks on an ambitious project to link the Outer Rim Territories with the rest of the galaxy . In 138 ABY , she dispatches the Imperial Knight Yalta Val on a mission to the Carreras system to supervise the finishing stages of the Carreras G51 communications array . While navigating through the difficult Surd Nebula , Val ' s shuttle is ambushed by a Sith master and his apprentice and crash - lands on the floating world of Mala . After killing Val ' s men , the Sith master manages to overpower and disarm Yalta Val . However , he is then killed by his apprentice who has other plans for his Imperial Knight captive . Yalta Val ' s Imperial communications droid manages to recover his lightsaber but is struck by asteroids and left floating in a space . A week later , a pair of spacers recover the communications droid and reluctantly sell it to Ania Solo , a young Human woman who runs a junkyard on Carreras Minor ' s moon . Meanwhile , the Sith apprentice assumes Master Val ' s disguise and is rescued by the Carreras authorities . Under the pretext that there is a Sith presence in the Carreras system , the Sith impostor coerces Governor Biala into handing him personal control over her security forces . On the Carreras Minor ice mining platform , Ania presents her " find " to her Mon Calamari friend Sauk . While examining the droid , Ania and Sauk discover a blue - bladed lightsaber . Viewing it as a get - rich - fast - ticket , Ania and Sauk decide to take it to another junk dealer to buy their way out of the impoverished Carreras system . On Coruscant , Empress Fel and other Triumvirate members including Admiral Gar Stazi and Jedi Master K ' Kruhk debate the merits of her ambitious G51 galactic communications project . On the Shifala homeworld of Carreras Major , Ania and Sauk attempt to sell the lightsaber but are expelled by the shopkeeper . Shortly later , the two companions are pursued by the Carreras security forces . Following a confrontation , Ania fatally shoots a security officer . Meanwhile , on Mala , Yalta Val is shown to be a captive of the mysterious Sith apprentice and is forced to wear a Sith mask .