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Star Wars lastly reveals how Palpatine remained hidden
Star Wars might need concluded its Skywalker Saga with The Rise of Skywalker, however there are nonetheless mysteries to be solved.
The important bone of rivalry for many Star Wars followers was the shock return of Emperor Palpatine, who got here again with a mighty fleet and a plan to rule the galaxy once more regardless of his obvious loss of life in Return of the Jedi.
We’ve recognized because the Aftermath books – set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens – that Palpatine had arrange a collection of bases throughout the galaxy since The Phantom Menace, seemingly to make sure that the Empire might proceed past his loss of life.
Some of those bases had been used to plant assets like shipyards, laboratories and storehouses within the Unknown Regions which, would not it, ended up being the place we met Palpatine once more on Exegol.
But if he had this large community, how is it that no person within the galaxy – Jedi or in any other case – observed that it was nonetheless in operation after Palpatine had died?
It’s all right down to Operation Cinder as a brand new Star Wars ebook has revealed (by way of ScreenRant).
Operation Cinder was began by the Empire in four ABY, shortly after Palpatine’s loss of life, and it was Palpatine’s concept.
In the Shattered Empire mini-series launched earlier than The Force Awakens, it was revealed that considered one of Palpatine’s bases created Sentinel droids whose job it was to ship his ‘last’ directions to Imperial Star Destroyers.
Operation Cinder was seemingly designed as revenge on the galaxy for Palpatine’s loss of life with the Empire finishing up a collection of devastating assaults on planets.
But it seems that was solely one of many goals.
As revealed in Alexander Freed’s Shadow Fall, Operation Cinder was additionally designed to destroy Palpatine’s secret bases within the galaxy, guaranteeing that their existence within the Unknown Regions would stay hidden.
The revelation is available in a dialog between Caern Adan, who shaped the Alphabet Squadron of pilots that the ebook focuses on, and Imperial defector Yrica Quell, who had taken half in Operation Cinder.
Adan talks of “reports of secret vaults and laboratories targeted for destruction after Endor, supposedly on the orders of the Emperor himself”, referring to Operation Cinder as a option to mock Quell (or so she thinks).
Given we all know that the Sith Eternal managed to create Palpatine’s huge Final Order on Exegol, it appears any of his bases within the Unknown Regions had been omitted of Operation Cinder.
But destroying all the different bases would have ensured that no person would discover these different bases, and subsequently Palpatine could possibly be resurrected in peace on Exegol with out worrying about anybody discovering him.
The operation does fail to destroy Palpatine’s base on Jakku although and, in line with The Legends of Luke Skywalker, Luke found this base that was particularly getting used to map the Unknown Regions.
This might have led Luke on his mission with Lando to search out the Sith Wayfinder, however fortuitously for Palpatine, he was in a position to manipulate Ben Solo that ultimately led to Luke’s self-isolation on Ahch-To.
As a end result, Palpatine’s existence on Exegol remained unknown for 3 a long time till the time got here for him to attempt (and fail) to rule the galaxy once more.
Some evil Sith lords simply by no means study.
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