The year is 1 BBY.
Rumours circulate around the galaxy of a deadly super-weapon the Empire has been developing, the Galactic Civil War is starting to climb higher and higher. People have begun openly defying the Empire to their very faces, dissidence has become daily. The Galactic Empire tightens its grip around peoples' throats as it struggles to retain control over such a wide galaxy.
Amidst all this, the Alliance to Restore the Republic stands a beacon of hope for those oppresed under the Imperial banner, it has become a source of resistance, publically starting to become known throughout the galaxy as the people brave enough to reject the Imperial ideal.
And now, comes your part.
You have joined the Alliance, how is up to you, why is entirely your own volition, but for a reason unknown to us, you have done so. Whatever branch you may be serving in, you have sworn to defend the ideals of liberty and the Rebellion, you have become an enemy of tyranny.
And now you must fight, with hope in your heart and a blaster within your hands.
So come along, pick up your weapon of choice, adorn yourselves in your best garbs, for today we die free.
