Last hebdomad ’s “ Force Friday ” * was n’t just about the release of new Star Wars toys . It also acclaim the start of “ Journey To The Force Awakens , ” a planned serial of stories detailing the 30 year between Return of the Jedi and the Modern film . Here ’s everything we experience so far about the formative yr of Disney ’s new Star Wars canon .
Warning : The following information is gleaned from the newly released novels Aftermath and Lost Stars , as well as the young grownup novel Moving Target , Smuggler ’s Run and The Weapon of a Jedi , today ’s release of Marvel ’s Shattered Empire # 1 , and the coming video games Star Wars : Uprising and Star Wars : Battlefront . Suffice to say , there are plenty of major spoilers for those products below , particularly the two primary novels . [ * This post to begin with ran on September 9 , 2015 . ]
The War Continues
The Rebel ’s victory at Endor may have been portray in Return of the Jedi as the cleanup blow of the Galactic Civil War , but it was far from it . The Empire was deeply spite by the loss of the second Death Star as well as the Emperor and Darth Vader , but surviving and flee Imperials speedily clamped down on any coltsfoot - all-embracing celebration or thoughts of rebellion .
The triumph parade at Coruscant ’s Monument Plaza was shorten down by Imperial Police , and just as chop-chop as talk of the Empire ’s doom spread , adequate public lecture from the Empire that not only had the Emperor survived the battle of Endor , but that the Rebels had been wiped out altogether , spread to combat the news .
Today is a day of celebration . We have triumphed over villainy and oppression and have pay our Alliance — and the galaxy beyond it — a chance to emit and cheer for the advance in reclaiming our freedom from an Empire that robbed us of it . We have reports from Commander Skywalker that Emperor Palpatine is dead , and his enforcer , Darth Vader , with him .
But though we may celebrate , we should not consider this our clip to catch one’s breath . We hit a major blow against the Empire , and now will be the meter to seize on the opening we have created . The Empire ’s weapon may be destroyed , but the Empire itself lives on . Its oppressive hand closes around the throat of good , free - recall the great unwashed across the galax , from the Coruscant Core to the farthest systems in the Outer Rim . We must remember that our competitiveness continues . Our rebellion is over . But the warfare … the war is just beginning .
-Admiral Ackbar
Bonus fun fact — The Force Awakens ’ Poe Dameron was likely conceive during the celebrations at the terminal of Return of the Jedi ! His parents , Shara Bey and Kes Dameron , both fought in the ground and space battle at Endor and are friend in Shattered Empire .
The Iron Blockade
As news beget laborious to control , and malcontent uprisings across the extragalactic nebula harder to put down , the remaining Imperial governors in power got increasingly heroic — none moreso than Adelhard , the governor of the Anoat sector ( abode to locations like Hoth and Bespin ) . Adelhard rallied what was result of the Imperial Navy under his statement to construct a blockade around the entire star scheme , bar citizen from leave ( and potentially joining the emboldened Alliance ) , clamp down on communication , and sent Stormtroopers out on the streets . The estimate spread across the Empire , as the Imperials no longer attempted to battle the Rebel threat but instead just exclude down and holed up .
A New Republic Rises
Be patient . be strong . Fight back where you could . The Imperial War Machine fall apart one gear , one shooter , one stormtrooper at a prison term . The New Republic is come up . And we want your assistance to finish the battle .
-Leia Organa
As the Empire locked itself down , the Rebel Alliance brush into action — but no longer as the Alliance to Restore the Republic . With Mon Mothma ’s homeworld of Chandrila free from the Empire ’s grasp , the Alliance was dissolved shortly after the Battle of Endor and reformed into the New Republic , a new Senate ushered in at the capital metropolis of Hanna .
Mon Mothma took on the use of Chancellor of the New Republic , and although its charter was mostly based on that of the Old Republic — properly down to the fact that Mothma still had many of the Emergency Powers granted to Palpatine during the height of the Clone Wars — unlike the former Republic , the Modern Senate was democratically elected to serve on Chandrila , rather than a delegated status . The very first meeting of the Senate includes over 100 senator from across the galaxy .
Despite the ongoing belligerency between the New Republic and the Empire , Mon Mothma ’s chief goal upon the opening of the Senate was to demilitarize the New Republic as quickly as potential . The absolute majority of the Chancellor ’s hand brake powers were strip instantly , and program were made ( despite disagreement from section of the senate ) to extinguish 90 % of the New Republic ’s army and Navy , which was headed up by Admiral Ackbar . Instead of entirely removing that military world power though , the funding went instead go to bolster up the planetary regular army of the New Republic ’s fellow member worlds , with the remaining New Republic armies keep on as a peacekeeping force play place at a new academy on Chandrila to take recruits .
Downfall
The New Republic ’s call for its own demilitarization came handwriting - in - script with its numbers being immensely increased by a wrapping of Imperial capture and apostasy over the year following Endor . With the Empire largely in chaos as Moffs backstabbed each other , essay to consolidate tycoon and declare raw Emperors ( at such a steady occurrent the promulgation have lose all import ) , the New Republic ’s force embroil across the Galaxy and win victory after victory against Imperial forces .
Several Moffs and Generals defected , relinquishing not just themselves but their Star Destroyers to the New Republic . Naboo was liberated , and support from three consecutive sieges as the Empire look for to own the homeworld of the Emperor as a emblematical triumph — as was Geonosis , after a failed attempt by imperial to restart the Separatist Droid factories housed there . Many planets seceded to the New Republic or were realize by triumph in conflict , include even in the end Coruscant , the Imperials rout down to their final William Lloyd Garrison on the Empire ’s chapiter .
A leftover of Imperial Forces include the Ravager , the last Super Star Destroyer in the Galaxy , converged on the Outer Rim planet of Akiva in an endeavor to stabilize the remaining factions of the Empire together , as much of the Outer Rim was still occupied by Imperial Forces . This holdout in picky formed into an “ Imperial Future Council , ” which was divided as to whether the Empire should turn their back on the Emperor ’s cultism to the Dark Side and become a force for purchase order , or whether to go forward the Emperor ’s Dark Side precept and hunt down its ultimate power , allegedly hidden on the outskirts of the galaxy . But before any real progress could be made , Akiva was ultimately liberate and the end of the Imperials spread out once more .
The Battle for Jakku
Almost a twelvemonth to the day after the Battle of Endor , what ’s left of the Imperial Navy , under the program line of Grand Moff Randd , committed to an offense over the satellite of Jakku . Jakku was sparsely populated and of little tactical Charles Frederick Worth to the Empire , but Randd saw it as an opportunity : if the might of the Imperial Navy could tally a critical victory over the New Republic , worlds would return to the Empire just as they had turned to the New Republic after Endor .
or else , Jakku became a costly mistake for the Empire . The largest battle in the war since Endor was a crushing defeat for the Empire , as New Republic forces overwhelmed them with higher-ranking tactics and a space fleet of similar scope to the forces committed by the Empire . Washington ships and starfighters from both sides gate-crash and burned into the George Sand of the major planet as the involution turned into a land battle — where the Star Destroyer Inflictor was thrust to plow itself into the open , scurry it rather than allowing to be captured by the New Republic . This is where it remained for the next three decade , as seen in thesecond The Force Awakens puzzle trailer .
The same annoyer trailer also imply that the Super Star Destroyer Ravager was lost at Jakku , as the Millennium Falcon isseen being chased by TIE Fighters through what come out to be the wreck of an SSD .
A Hot War Goes Cold
Jakku was essentially the death knell of the Galactic Civil War . The humiliating route of the Imperial Navy led to the Empire signing a peace concord with the New Republic , with strict borders chip at out the field of quad under the control of the two position . Imperials displeased with the treaty commence to amass a small fleet on the outskirt of the Galaxy , biding their time and preparing to strike at the unsuspecting New Republic .
But the New Republic was n’t as naif as the Imperials may have thought . After the treaty was signed , and despite her intention to demilitarize the New Republic , Mon Mothma kept AdmiralAckbar ’s fleet quick to defend the New Republic at a minute ’s notice .
At this point , the heroes of the original Star Wars trilogy went their separate fashion . Luke travel to the satellite Devoran , with the intent of learning the elbow room of the Force and re - establishing a Jedi Temple there . Leia took a location as General in the New Republic , commanding armies alongside Admiral Ackbar . Meanwhile , Han Solo and Chewbacca headed off on their own — ostensibly on a mission to investigate smuggling rings that the Empire attempts to use to run supplies through New Republic blockades , but they or else head to the Imperial - occupied Kashyyyk to undertake to liberate the Wookiee homeworld once and for all .
Beyond the Stars
But in the class between Endor and Jakku , the presence of the Dark Side slow begin to tumesce once more . On the planet Taris ( a name familiar to fans of the Knights of the Old Republic videogames ) , shadowy dark side Force user call the Acolytes of the Beyond begin essay out powerful Dark Side artefact — perhaps linked to the organiztion that ultimately becomes theVader - obsessed Knights of Ren , one of whom is Force Awakens baddie Kylo Ren — and buy what they believe is the Lightsaber of Darth Vader from a merchandiser there , leaving an menacing message that they “ are not violent . Not yet . ”
It ’s not just the Acolytes who believe in the power of the Dark Side , though . leading by a Tashu , a former consultant to the Emperor , a certain sect of Imperial forces believe that in parliamentary law to regain command of the galaxy , they must hunt down the “ wellspring ” of the Dark Side , located on the interference fringe of the galaxy — and touch up with regal forces already investigating said big businessman :
We must instead move toward the Dark Side . Palpatine felt that the creation beyond the edges of our single-valued function was where his superpower came from . Over the many years he , with our aid , sent valet de chambre and adult female beyond known space . They progress labs and communication post on remote moons , asteroids , out there in the wilds . We must follow them . Retreat from the galaxy . Go out beyond the embryonic membrane of whizz . We must seek the author of the Dark Side like a man search for a wellspring of water .
With Vader - obessessed acolytes and secret Imperials hidden beyond the ace , it seems like the First Order was on the ascent almost immediately after Jakku .
And One More Thing…
Although the Journey to The Force Awakens material released so far has largely dealt with the large branch of events on the Star Wars galaxy , Aftermath features an interesting interlude that heavily implies that a sure lover - best-loved character may be reelect :
Yes , Boba Fett may be back … or at least someone wearing his armour is .
The intermezzo feature two scavengers on Tatooine discovering a set of Mandalorian armor in a haulage in a Jawa sandcrawler , “ play off and picked , as if some with some form of pane , ” alongside wreckage from a lavishness sail barge . One of the scavengers takes the heavily damage , but functioning , engagement armor and declares himself the “ new lawman of Tatooine . ” Although it ’s never explicitly stated that the armor is Fett ’s , it ’s heavy implied — especially as the acid damage for certain sounds like the lengthy , grim digestion process of the Sarlacc that Boba Fett fell into in Return of the Jedi . If Fett ’s Mandalorian was retrieved from the Sarlacc , did he himself survive , having discarded it ? We do n’t quite eff yet , but do n’t be surprised if he did .
There ’s still so much more to discover about the time menses between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens : the Journey to The Force Awakens material give up in the last few 24-hour interval has only cover a handful of years immediately after the Battle of Endor , and there ’ll be enough more to read in the come month . But we live much more than we did — afford us a surprisingly clear picture of just what the Galaxy far , far off looks like as we maneuver into The Force Awakens this December .
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