After the defeat of Krona, Hal Jordan begins to have doubts in the Guardians, but still fights for the Green Lanterns along with John Stewart. However, the pre-cursor to the Guardians, an evil race known as The Controllers, want to destroy the Green Lanterns to make room for their own intergalactic police force. Hal Jordan and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps are the only ones that can stop them.