Episode I: A Ronin Called Aidan

"**Episode I: A Ronin Called Aidan**" is the first episode in the first season of *Star Wars: Unity*.

## Official Description

*The New Galactic Empire devastates Quan Vos’s home planet of Nonderan, and one day, the Jedi ronin frees his people from imprisonment, but his uncle leaves behind, and plunges himself into a skyscraper world of Coruscant, approving the name "Aidan". After getting into a fight at a nightclub, he is hired by a group of Squib archaeologists to their mission.*

## Plot

Thirteen thousand years after the Second Imperial Civil War, this episode begins with outer space. A trio of Imperial Star Destroyers drops out of hyperspace above the forested planet Nonderan, and thousands of dropships ferry the Imperial stormtroopers down to the surface.

Not far from there, Quan Vos, member of the Clan Vos and the leader of the planet’s capital, Gingityrra, share dinner with his wife, Jantar Hawk, and his only nephew, an unnamed ronin, when the alarm sounds as the Empire forces their way through the city’s wall. The guerrilla fighters try to fight him off using blasters, ship fighters and laser cannons, but to no avail as the Empire sends the stormtroopers and fires them back at the men. The Empire further displays their overwhelming power by sending the air strike with TIE fighters, setting everything ablaze. Quan and Jantar fight for their lives to cover a young man’s escape, but the Empire captures them. While they’re being taken away, Quan shouts to a ronin, "Aidan, the war has begun! Do as we have planned, our future depends on it!" A ronin grabs his black robe and a lightsaber, carrying himself away from the burning household by a ship while the Empire is victorious over the destruction of their former slayer's settlement. Flying into the space undetected from the Imperial fleet, a ronin was aboard the ship and made it jump to hyperspace.

Dropped out of hyperspace, a ronin has finally reached Coruscant and skydived, only to find himself falling into the depths of the Galactic City and nearly getting run into by airspeeders. After managing to land on one of the speeders, a ronin is shot at by an APB speeder. A ronin quickly cuts the speeder apart and lands safely on the ground below by jumping from speeder to speeder.

A ronin soon finds himself facing a massive trash-compacting vehicle heading straight for him. A ronin manages to avoid being crushed by using his acrobatic skills and climbing on the vehicle's underside and leaps onto a walkway, where three young aliens had been watching him. Amazed by his skills, the three continually referred to him as the Jedi. A ronin asks them where he is and who's in charge. They tell a ronin he's in the Uscru Entertainment District in the Galactic City and that the Chief of State of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate is their leader. Looking around and becoming overwhelmed by the fact that they’re patrol troopers are everywhere, a ronin hides himself and calms his nerves. The teens then direct him to a bar so he can get a drink.

At the Outlander nightclub, a ronin is astonished to see that everyone inside is an alien. One of the aliens becomes offended by his staring and starts a fight with him. A ronin tries to keep himself in trouble, but it doesn't work and he is forced to literally disarm the alien, only for the injured alien's friends to join in the fight. While a ronin is defending himself, three Squib archaeologists are speaking with an alien warrior, hoping he will help them fight against the Empire. The alien calls them idiots and walks off. Not deterred, the archaeologists then turn their attention to a ronin, who has disarmed all the other aliens. Rothchild, the leader of the archaeologists, invites a ronin to sit with them so they can explain to him where he is and to ask for his help. They introduce themselves as Sir Drifus Alexander, Sir Angus McDuffy, and Sir Colin Bartholomew Montgomery Rothchild III. They explain to a ronin that the New Galactic Empire has ruled the galaxy for thousands of years, while extending his reach towards other regions to increase his wealth and power over resources, causing a mirage of lifeforms to inhabit Skor II and change it into what it is now. They also discover that a ronin is, in fact, the ex-Jedi Knight, after he points out the fact that where he came from Squibs only curious. After scanning him, they discover that he originates from the time before the Empire took over Nonderan completely. A ronin himself understands and realizes that the question is not how he did, but why he quit, and that the Sith must have ruined him into the distant future. They then ask a ronin for his help to free them and their colleagues from the Empire that has enslaved them to work in crystal mines without rest, by offering the proposal for hiring to their mission to retrieve the mystical artifact, making them able to continue their studies about their past. The Jedi decides to help them and introduces himself as "Aidan", the name that his uncle called him earlier. As they leave, unbeknownst to them, the Imperial spy overheard their conversation and went to give the Empire the information.

## Continuity

Unlike all episodes, this first episode title is shown in place of a moral, and an arrangement of the *Star Wars* theme by John Williams is played during the opening crawl before the place of the standard arrangement by Tyler Bates. Additionally, the title card is red, while the subtitle in all-capital letters is white, and a three-paragraph summary of events are yellow. The title card is preceded by Lucasfilm's original green plain text logo, used in the original trilogy.

## Credits

**By type**

Cast

## Appearances

**By type**

Characters

* Quan Vos (First appearance)
* Sir Rothchild (First appearance)
* Sir Alexander (First appearance)
* Sir McDuffy (First appearance)

Events

	+ Conquest of Nonderan (First appearance)
	+ Skirmish on Coruscant (First appearance)

Locations

	+ Galactic City
		- Uscru Entertainment District
			* Outlander Club
* Nonderan (First appearance)
	+ Gingityrra (First appearance)

Sentient species

* Near Human
	+ Kiffar
* Squib

Weapons and technology

	+ Black lightsaber