Following Order 66, the Empire’s Jedi purge is in full swing. On a remote world, Imperial engineers have forged their ultimate weapon: an assassin droid built for a single purpose, to ruthlessly hunt down and destroy the last remaining Jedi. This droid, a relentless machine of war, sets its sights on its next target. Among the survivors is Jedi Knight Nagi Tsukumo. Betrayed, poisoned, and constantly on the run from Imperial forces, he is far from a powerful warrior in his prime. His only companions are two obsolete and worn-out droids. Together, this unlikely trio is searching for a fabled utopia known only as the Droid Paradise, a mythical place where even machines might be free from the grasp of organic masters and galactic conflict.

The central conflict emerges when the assassin droid finally catches up to the fugitives. The Imperial droid, governed by its rigid programming to destroy Jedi, finds its core directives challenged by the desperate defiance of Nagi Tsukumo. The Jedi Knight, despite his weakened state, represents a philosophy the droid cannot compute: faith in the Force, compassion for machines, and the unyielding belief in freedom. The narrative follows the assassin droid as it pursues its target across a harsh, remote world, forcing a confrontation that will decide the fate of its own consciousness.

The main protagonist, Nagi Tsukumo, is a Jedi survivor whose name carries deep meaning. Tsukumo references the tsukumogami, a Japanese concept of everyday objects that gain a spirit or soul after a hundred years of existence, perfectly tying into the story’s themes of ancient objects, spirits, and the relationship between the living and the mechanical. He is not a heroic general but a poisoned, broken figure reliant on two obsolete droids, shifting the dynamic from master and servant to one of mutual reliance. The primary antagonist is the Imperial assassin droid itself, a new type of weapon created specifically for the Jedi purge. Its character arc is defined by the question of whether it can overcome the binary code of its Imperial programming to make a choice of its own.

Notable narrative arcs include the initial flight and pursuit across a desolate Imperial world, establishing the dire stakes for the Jedi survivors. A central arc focuses on the journey toward the Droid Paradise, a myth that gives both the Jedi and the droids a spiritual goal beyond mere survival. The story builds to a final confrontation where the assassin droid must face not just a Jedi, but the fundamental flaw in its own programming. Created by writer Eiichi Shimizu and illustrator Tomohiro Shimoguchi, the creative team behind the Ultraman manga, the work explores deep themes of free will versus programming, the soul of machines, and the nature of the Force itself through a distinctly Japanese philosophical and artistic lens, blending Star Wars mythology with the traditions of samurai films and spiritual folklore.