Legacy 16 Legacy 16 is the sixteenth issue of the new " " comic series . It was released by Dark Horse Comics on June 25 , 2014 . Publisher ' s summary . " Imperial Knight Jao Assam is awaiting execution , and Ania Solo is on a mission to intercede . But when it is discovered that Jao has escaped — with the Sith Darth Wredd — Ania has doubts about her friend . But she still has to rescue him , in case he " isn ' t " a bad guy … " Plot summary . Following Ania Solo ' s kidnapping , the Imperial Knight companion Jao Assam temporarily suspends his quest to hunt down the rogue Sith Darth Wredd , who wanted to assassinate the Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel , the head of the Imperial Knights . After a grueling rescue mission , Ania was arrested for the alleged murder of the Imperial Knight Teemen Alton . However , Jao succeeds in clearing Ania ' s name by presenting evidence that the real murderer was a deceased bounty hunter who had tried to frame her for the crime . While Ania was acquitted and released by the Galactic Federation Triumvirate , Jao Assam is arrested and imprisoned for deserting the Imperial Knights , a crime which carried the death penalty . In prison , he was visited by his quarry Darth Wredd who wanted to recruit him as his Sith apprentice and offered him a way out of his predicament — a Sith lightsaber . On Coruscant , Ania Solo attempts to seek an audience with Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel in an effort to gain clemency for the Imperial Knight . Her efforts are rebuffed by the senior Imperial Knight Antares Draco who was adamant that the Empress would not change her decision . Unsuccessful , Ania returns to AG - 37 ' s freighter , which was berthing at a Coruscant spaceport . There she rejoins her companions , the Mon Calamari Sauk and the assassin droid AG - 37 , who are making preparations to head offworld . Meanwhile , Darth Wredd and Jao escape in a starship , killing several stormtroopers and wrecking a hole in the prison wall in the process . Following Jao ' s escape , Ania is detained by several stormtroopers and brought before Empress Fel , who had decided to grant the junk dealer an audience . During their meeting , Empress Fel confides in Ania that she is certain that Jao Assam had not fallen to the dark side of the Force . Instead , she believes that he is trying to follow his vows as he sees fit . However , the Empress is unwilling to break the law by favoring Jao , who has willfully abandoned his post . Despite this predicament , the Empress sees a solution to Jao ' s legal situation . If Ania were to find Jao and bring him back , she would be willing to consider finding a loophole around the desertion charges . Empress Fel assigns Ania and her companions with a platoon of Trandoshan stormtroopers and sent them to rescue Jao . The rescue mission departs Coruscant on AG - 37 ' s freighter . Meanwhile , Darth Wredd and Jao land on the floating world of Mala . There , Wredd recounts his life story to the captive Jao . Growing up on Mala , Wredd had discovered that he was Force - sensitive in his youth . Unable to join the Jedi Order due to the Massacre at Ossus , Wredd instead became a skilled swordsman and the champion of his village . Towards the end of the Second Imperial Civil War , Wredd ' s world was destroyed by the One Sith who tested a bioweapon on it , which destroyed all life and knocked the planet off its orbit , causing it float in space . While Wredd was allowed to live , he was forcibly apprenticed to a Sith master . Due to the destruction of his homeworld and his family , Wredd harbored a deep hatred towards the One Sith . He then elaborated how he had killed his master and impersonated the Imperial Knight Yalta Val during the Carreras Incident . With the death of his master , Wredd was now free to destabilize the galaxy . When Jao expresses his skepticism , Wredd presents a broken blade from his sword , confirming that he was indeed telling the truth . Wredd then arranges for Jao to escape his cell and transmit the coordinates of their planet to Ania Solo . As planned , Ania and her companions intercept Mala ' s coordinates . Upon exiting hyperspace , Sauk and AG - 37 quickly recognize Mala as the same elusive floating world they had encountered during the Carreras Incident .