About 125 years after the fall of Emperor Palpatine, Cade Skywalker is the last of the Skywalkers. Like his predecessors, the Force is strong in him and like many of them he struggles to find his way between the Dark and Light sides of the Force. He's temperamental, often selfish, and he tries to forget his lineage after the devastating Sith attack on the Jedi Temple at Ossus where he lost his father, Kol Skywalker at the age of fourteen. Cade used an extraordinary healing power that tapped into the dark side of the Force to save his dying Master Wolf Sazen.

Fearing the temptation of the Dark side of the Force, Cade Skywalker abandoned the Jedi way and fell in with a pirate gang that rescued him from the debris of Ossus. Cade Skywalker became an effective bounty hunter over the next seven years working with his companions, Deliah Blue and Jariah Syn. However, Cade would soon discover that a Skywalker's destiny is not so easily cast aside as the remaining Jedi and the new Sith took interest in his lineage and abilities.