The Phantom Menace has been revealed, so the Jedi know that the Sith are back. Some of the Jedi, such as Yoda, can sense the Dark Side clouding the future, making everything uncertain. And then there was the incident on with the Sith warrior that ambushed Master Qui-Gon on Tatooine. The one that was later defeated on Naboo. There have been other sightings as well, but nothing as substantial. There are also rumors that link the Sith to the Confederacy - or even claim that the Sith have infiltrated the upper echelons of the Republic! But again, nothing substantial.

This campaign doesn't concern itself with star Wars canon. Whatever that really is...it sure is messy! We don't want to be touching any of that. So this is just Star Wars. Probably rather old school, but inspired by the Clone Wars series and the Force Unleashed game. So that means Jedi can do some truly amazing stuff - maybe not completely Starkiller, but it's not the original trilogy, that's for sure.

When it comes to history and main characters I would not worry too much about that. The Clone Wars are well underway, there is a man called Palpatine that is Supreme Chancellor, Yoda is da man in the Jedi Council, but other than that anything is possible. You are, after all, the mains of this story! Besides, you won't be getting near Coruscant, not any time soon anyway...