Mysteries of the Sith is based on the charecter Mara Jade, first seen in Timothy Zahn's award winning novel "Heir to the Thrown". It is set in a periode five years after Kyle Katarns victory over the seven Dark Jedi in Jedi Knight. Kyle's reputation as a skilled Jedi has attracted Mara-former smuggler, assasin and Dark Jedi in training under emperor Palpatine. Earlier in Mara's career, Luke Skywalker convinced her to abandon the dark side. Hoping to complete her Jedi apprenticeship, Mara joins Kyle on the remote outpost of Altyr 5. Her newly constructed purple lightsaber is earned as a part of her Jedi training. Kyle discovers information about a previously unknown Sith temple and must travel there to investigate the mysterious forces it holds. During the game you start off as Kyle and later switch to Mara Jade when Kyle leaves on his mission to the Sith Temple. In Kyle's absence, Mara takes on two missions on behalf of the New Republic: protection of a Holocron and nagotiation with a notoriou Hutt crime boss. Mara soon finds herself entangled in the sinister world of the ancient Sith, and must face a dramatic confrontation between good and evil...Note: This was all copied from the backstory of the instruction manual.

In my opinion, Mysteries of the Sith (MotS) is an amazing game. The graphics are not the greatest and the cut scenes are terrible, but the story line is pretty good. The new weapons and force powers make for fun game play. My personal fovorite weapon is the Storm Trooper rifle with Electroscope. It's just like a sniper rifle, and it's powerful. I also like the Blas-Tech pistol. If you hold "Z" for a few seconds, it will discharge a powerful blast of which could kill a Storm or Scout Trooper in one shot.