Obi-Wan hasn’t become a Jedi knight yet. But even to an inexperienced eye, as a student, it was clear that he and his master Qui-Gon had come to the planet Gala for a reason. Queen Veda is mortally ill. A brutal struggle for power is underway. The ruler is forced to reveal her secret to the young Jedi and Qui-Gon. Among the freedom-loving mountain folk lives Elana. It is this girl—not Veda’s son—who is the true heir to the throne. Qui-Gon secretly goes into the mountains to find the bearer of the heir symbol—the Sign of the Crown. And a young Obi-Wan, staying at the palace, suspects that someone is adding poison to the queen’s tea. But before the boy can properly figure anything out, he himself falls into a trap.