Story:

This bit about the game’s story comes straight from the official site for the game:

"Engage in this saga set in the Golden Age of the Republic - over 4,000 years before the first Star Wars film, when both Jedi and Sith number in the thousands. With the Galaxy reeling from a recent conflict with the Mandalorianss, the ongoing battle between the Jedi and the Sith rages on. Your actions determine the outcome of this colossal galactic war - and your destiny as a Jedi."

During the game, you will step by step uncover both your future destiny and your mysterious past. Through your actions, you will also play a key role in shaping the Star Wars universe for generations to come.

The game's Opening Crawl reads this way:

A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away...

Four thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Republic verges on a collapse. DARTH MALAK, last surviving apprentice of the Dark Lord Revan, has unleashed an invincible Sith armada upon an unsuspecting galaxy.

Crushing all resistance, Malak's war of conquest has left the Jedi Order scattered and vulnerable as countless Knights fall in battle, and many more swear allegiance to the new Sith Master.

In the skies above the Outer Rim world Taris, a Jedi battle fleet engages the forces of Malak in a desperate effort to halt the Sith's galactic domination.....