After years of fighting, the cold war between the ALLIANCE OF FREE PLANETS and the GALACTIC EMPIRE came to an end, the two governments uniting to form a NEW REPUBLIC. But the peace was not to last. Inspired by the example of SALEM AVE, several worlds broke away from the Republic to form the FIRST ORDER: a regime even more ruthless and oppressive than the Empire. After a brutal attack decimated the JEDI ORDER, the Republic - fearing another war - refused to act. Many of the Republic's soldiers and heroes defied orders to form a RESISTANCE, to fight back against this new threat...