Star Wars comic reveals Major Mandalorian tie-ins and sequel trilogy

Almost immediately after the death of Emperor Palpatine and the defeat of the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Endor Star Wars: Return of the Jedigave the Sith Lord a message from beyond the grave: ‘Operation: Cinder must begin immediately. Resistance. Revolt. Defiance. These are concepts that should not be allowed to continue,” Darth Sidious said to the remnants of his empire. “You are just one of many tools through which these ideas will be burned away. “

The words that launched Operation: Cinder in 2017 Star Wars Battlefront II video game was reflected in Marvel’s Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #2, this time from aboard the Super Star Destroyer Ravager. Palpatine entrusted the warship – and its contingency plan – to Admiral Gallius Rax in the 2017 canon novel Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire’s Endand Rax oversees the launch of Operation: Cinder in Rebellion rises #2.

Grand Admiral Rae Sloane confirms that orbital bombardment has begun on the targeted planets Candovant, Abednedo, Commenor and Burnin Konn in the Anoat sector, which is cut off from the rest of the Galaxy: the Imperial Grand Moff Ubrik Adelhard has an Iron Blockade around the entire sector.

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Adelhard, who appeared in the Canon video game Star Wars: Rebellion and is mentioned in Aftermathcordoned off this part of the galaxy to keep the citizens of the Anoat Sector in the dark about the fate of the Emperor and the Rebel Alliance’s victory over the Empire at the Battle of Endor. “As long as I live, the Empire lives,” Adelhard tells captured rebel pilots on the Anoat sector planet Darlyn Boda. “As long as I exercise power, the flame of the empire will continue to burn.”

Adelhard’s Imperials are loyal to the Empire, not the Emperor. Palpatine’s protégé, Rax, is dedicated to fulfilling the Emperor’s Contingency and burning the Empire to the ground so Darth Sidious’s Sith cultists can establish the Final Order (as seen in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) under the resurrected Palpatine.

As the Sith Lord wrote in The secrets of the Sith book: “If the vast and mighty forces I had assembled could not fulfill their sworn duty and protect their own Emperor, they did not deserve to lay claim to this galaxy in my absence. For their failures I would watch them burn. And the Milky Way together with them. With the Empire gone from existence, something new could take its place. And from beyond the grave I would control my every move…’

Meanwhile, on Chandrila, provisional home of the nascent New Republic, Agent Behrens reports to Princess Leia Organa and Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma. “The empire has not fallen,” says Behrens. “The war continues.” Faced with offensives from two Imperial factions that may be out of alignment, Leia orders Behrens to assemble a team of the remaining Republic forces in the Anoat sector to attack Adelhard – or die trying.

They are: B-wing starfighter pilot Rynn Zenat; the mechanic Jarek Yeager (as seen in the animated series Star Wars Resistance); trusted intelligence agent Therisa Alern; and Kes Dameron of the Pathfinders, father of future Resistance pilot Poe Dameron (played by Oscar Isaac in the film Star Wars sequel trilogy).

Meanwhile, Zeva Bliss – leader of the Spice Runners of Kijimi and mother of Zorii Bliss (Keri Russell) is in The Rise of Skywalker – appears to be taking advantage of the unrest by causing chaos in the galaxy and consolidating power in the underworld. On the planet Pillio, Luke Skywalker is ambushed by Yupe Tashu’s Acolytes of the Beyond, who attempt to reclaim a Jedi relic: a Jedi star compass, which called to Luke through the Force.

The compass will eventually lead Luke to Ossus, where he built a new Jedi temple, as seen on Star Wars: The Mandalorian – and Ahch-To, the location of the First Jedi Temple, where Luke will go into exile during the time of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #2 is on sale now at Marvel Comics. After issue 4 in November, The Battle of Jakku trilogy continues Republic under siege and then Last stand.