Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Monkey D Luffy is thrust into the struggle of the Pirate Alliance when he meets Trafalgar D. Water Law, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Trafalgar-Law begins Luffy Pirate training as Luffy joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Pirate leader Princess Boa Hancock from the clutches of the evil Empire. Although Trafalgar-Law sacrifices himself in a lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, his former apprentice, Luffy proves that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire's dreaded Death Star.