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some reason I’ve always identified more with the stoic figure
Bryce Pinkos, Sarah Williams,
just to the left of the screen and slightly out of focus. The Jackey Cabrera, Shahana Alam,
instantly recognizable character who, even if they didn’t get & Elinor De La Torre
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to the plot as, say, my personal fave—Wedge Antilles.
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got to speak with the actor who turned a bit part into a Isabel Hinchliff Ian Kintzle, Lillian Noble,
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Star Wars legend, Denis Lawson. We also talk to Dee Bradley
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the ultimate clone sidekick to several Jedi; while Meredith
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Showrunners Jon Watts and Christopher Ford
introduce the exciting new Disney+ series.

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Launchpad The Acolyte Companion Inquisitor Countdown
Insider ’s roundup of the latest Insider revisits every event of the Who were the fallen Jedi who
multimedia, publishing, and collectibles Force-infused mystery thriller, from hunted down their own on behalf of
news from the Star Wars galaxy. 2MLQU]ZLMZ[\W\PMÅVIT\_Q[\ Darth Vader and the Emperor?

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Meredith Salenger Interview
Denis Lawson Interview Dee Bradley Baker Interview
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The actor who played rebel pilot The voice of the clones and multiple
latest twists in her character’s journey
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as seen in Tales of the Empire.
connection with Star Wars. PMÅVL[MIKPWVM¼[UIOQKQVOZMLQMV\

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The High Republic
Join the Skeleton Crew Era of the Ewoks Exclusive Fiction
Who are Wim, Fern, KB, and Neel? How the Ewoks staked their claim to Tales from the Occlusion Zone
Creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford the galaxy far, far away with Caravan of return with “The Fate of Eriadu”
unveil the crew of the Onyx Cinder. Courage: An Ewok Adventure. by Lydia Kang.

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Prize Giveaway! A Certain Point of View Worldwide Jedi Master’s Quiz
Win a LEGO® Star Wars Our resident holocron keeper Star Wars crochet, Wrecker cosplay, Test your knowledge of
UCS Jabba’s Sail Barge. explores the Sith’s Rule of Two. and a Celebration dream come true. Star Wars: Tales of the Empire.

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he latest live-action Star Wars

T series is finally here, with

Skeleton Crew now streaming
around the world on Disney+.
The show, which stars Jude Law, Ravi
Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong,
Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy
Smith, follows the journey of four kids
who make a mysterious discovery on
their seemingly safe home planet, then
get lost in a strange and dangerous
galaxy. Finding their way home—and
meeting unlikely allies and enemies—
will be a greater adventure than they
ever imagined.
Creators and lead writers Christopher
Ford and Jon Watts speak at length about
the new series and its lead characters in

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Hyperspace Stories
Graphic novels coming in at light speed
ucasfilm Publishing

L presented some
upcoming gems at
October’s New York
Comic-Con, including titles
that will blast readers back to the
prequel era and on to Star Wars:
The Force Awakens.
Dark Horse Comics will be
releasing a trio of graphic novels
under the banner Hyperspace Stories
in 2025, starring two characters from
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, which
celebrates its 20th anniversary this
this issue of Insider (turn to page 26), coming May. Mace, which centers on
with Watts saying that “I like the idea Jedi Master Mace Windu, is written
that it’s an opportunity for people to by The High Republic author Justina
see the Star Wars that they love, but Ireland, with a cover
from a fresh perspective, by Michael Cho.
through the eyes of a Cho is also the artist
10-year-old kid.” behind the cover
Star Wars: Skeleton for Grievous, which mysterious connection to Phase II
Crew is executive tells a new story of The High Republic.
produced by Ford, Watts, about the Separatist Jumping forward to the sequel
Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, general by Michael trilogy era, Poe Dameron and BB-8
Kathleen Kennedy, and Moreci. Qui-Gon will star in a new mini-series penned
Colin Wilson, and produced Jinn also gets his by Ethan Sacks that tracks their
by Susan McNamara own graphic novel adventures prior to Episode VII.
and John Bartnicki. Co- that explores his Release dates were yet to be
executive producers are Chris life as a Padawan confirmed at the time this issue of
Buongiorno, Karen Gilchrist, and eventual Jedi Insider went to press, so bookmark
and Carrie Beck. Master, with a StarWars.com for updates.

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ROBERT WATTS
1938-2024
he Star Wars galaxy lost one shoot was fundamental to getting the

T of its founders this fall with

the passing of Robert Watts,
movie made.
Born in Great Britain in 1938, Londoner
aged 86. Watts enjoyed a stellar career before and
As production supervisor on A New after his pivotal role in the creation of Star
Hope, one of Watts’ many responsibilities Wars. Beginning as a runner, he swiftly
had been to find the real-world locations worked his way up to production manager,
that would become iconic landscapes and by the mid-1960s had become a You Only Live Twice (1967), and Stanley
of the saga, and his support of director second assistant director on classics Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969).
George Lucas during the pressurized including the James Bond movie An early hire by Lucas and producer Gary
Kurtz for the original film, Watts was made
associate producer for The Empire Strikes
Back (1980) and co-produced Return of the
Jedi (1983). He was associate producer on
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and produced
the next two Indiana Jones installments. He
also produced Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(1988), and Alive (1993), directed by fellow
Indy alumni Frank Marshall.
Talking to Star Wars Insider in 2021,
Watts said, “None of us knew when we
made [Star Wars] that it was going to be this
true phenomenon,” adding, “A sequel was
never guaranteed. George had said, ‘Maybe,
if this first one is a huge hit, maybe we’ll
make a second one.’ And, well... it was, and
we did! To be able to work with both George
Lucas and Steven Spielberg at that point in
my career, and in theirs, I just got so lucky.”

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Powered Up! PRODUCTION DIARY

Star Wars movies and television programs
Classic Episode I videogame revived coming from a galaxy far, far away....

NOW STREAMING

Starring Jude Law, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera

Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smith
Disney+

aking its console and PC comeback 25 years after

M it was first released, Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power

Battles is back with a bang, courtesy of Lucasfilm
Games and Aspyr.
Launching on PC, PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox on January
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny
23, 2025, the update uses the original Sega Dreamcast source code
Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca
souped up with considerable gameplay enhancements, maintaining
Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman,
the original feel of the game while bringing it right up to date for and Carrie-Anne Moss
modern gamers. Players fight their way through levels designed Disney+
around scenes and locations from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,
as selectable characters like Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and
previously unlockable characters Darth Maul and Queen Amidala, to
name a few. And for the first time ever, the game includes a lightsaber
toggle enabling selectable original colors, as well as returning Cheat
Codes, like Big Head and Big Foot Modes. In addition to the main
campaign, the game also includes Training Rooms and a VS mode
where two players can compete against each other.
Starring Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori,
Bobby Moynihan, Marsai Martin, Michael Cusack,

Must Watch Music

Ahmed Best, and Mark Hamill
Disney+

Disney+ celebrates John Williams IN DEVELOPMENT

ans of John Williams’ astonishing film scores should

F head to Disney+ for a fascinating biographical

documentary on the legendary composer, Directed
by award-winning filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau.
Music by John Williams, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., Amblin
Documentaries, and Imagine Documentaries, looks back on
Williams’ life from his early career as a jazz pianist to one of the most Season Two
respected film composers of all time, celebrating his contributions Starring Diego Luna as Cassian Andor.
not only to stage and screen, but Disney+
to popular culture as a whole.
Featuring contributions from artists
and filmmakers and including George
Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Chris Martin,
Ron Howard, Yo-Yo Ma, and more, the
documentary explores both the music THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU
itself and the impact of his timeless Directed by Jon Favreau
music on those who have been inspired
by it. Streaming now on Disney+.

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Journey with Jedi Bob

Hit the hyperspace lanes in this custom building set
rom Darth Jar Jar to the Dark LEGO set, a 305-piece build measuring

F Falcon, the four-piece LEGO®

Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
animated special introduced
more than 10 inches in length. Complete
with 2 spring-loaded shooters and
retractable landing gear, the starfighter
topsy-turvy takes on iconic characters. also comes with a Jedi Bob minifigure,
The outstanding ensemble also welcomed as well as an Ackbar Trooper minifigure
Jedi Bob, whose origins date back to a and a buildable Servo (SR-V0) droid figure.
mysterious unnamed minifigure from a A blue milk carton and banana element top
2002 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones LEGO off the set’s exciting accessories. Turn the
Star Wars set. Quite fittingly, Jedi Bob’s latest galaxy upside down and check out the new
adventures in Rebuild the Galaxy have been building sets on LEGO.com, where Jedi
enshrined in the new Jedi Bob’s Starfighter Bob’s Starfighter retails for $39.99.

THE LIGHT SIDE By Jamie Cosley

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THE DOT COLUMN

From the desk of StarWars.com
Editor-in-Chief Kristin Baver
With the arrival of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on
Disney+ and preparations for Celebration Japan
underway, we’ve got a host of exciting features
covering both and more. Head on over to the
official Star Wars website now!

Wim, Neel, Fern, and KB have just embarked on the

adventure of a lifetime in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, which
debuted on Disney+ on December 3. For several months I have
counted myself among the founding members of Neel Nation,
ready to protect this sweet new blue alien at all costs. Learn
more about what inspired the creation of the series and take a

Bespin Breakout!
closer look at the first two episodes.

Chewbacca and C-3PO on the run

n the middle of repairing a damaged C-3PO,

I Chewbacca needed to carry the disassembled protocol

droid on his back as Leia Organa guided her rebel
entourage through a skirmish on Cloud City.
The Hot Toys Chewbacca with Disassembled C-3PO Sixth Scale
Figure captures the mismatched duo in astonishing detail, as the
14.17-inch tall collectible employs a newly developed Wookiee
sculpt styled in wool hair with an articulated jaw, a distressed
Looking ahead, we’re just a few months away from Star Wars
brown bandolier, a blaster, a bowcaster, and handcuffs. C-3PO’s Celebration Japan in April. Before you pack your bags,
body parts are finished with a chrome application, and come search your feelings and plan your sightseeing with a
with a net for Chewbacca to haul him around in. Head over to handy guide to some of Akira Kurosawa’s film locations,
Sideshow.com, where you can pick up your own Chewbacca the birthplace of the ninja, and other elements that directly
with Disassembled C-3PO Figure for $430. inspired the Star Wars mythology.

Forged in Beskar
Add the Armorer’s high-end headgear
to your Mandalorian collection
s the leader of her Mandalorian covert, the Armorer

A
allied with Din Djarin and Bo-Katan Kryze on a
joint venture to retake their homeworld. Hasbro is
now bolstering its impressive line of adult roleplay
items with its new The Black Series: The Armorer This fall the galaxy got turned on its head with LEGO Star Wars:
Electronic Helmet, a wearable collectible based on the Armorer’s Rebuild the Galaxy. Go behind the scenes with 14 of our favorite
appearances in The Mandalorian. The Easter eggs from the series, including nods to unused concept
full-scale, adjustable-fit helmet features art, the genesis of Jedi Bob, and more fun than a Sith ship made
a premium design and deco that from LEGO brick separators.
would allow you to fit right in among
the Mandalorians gathering around
the Great Forge. The Armorer
Electronic Helmet retails for $99.99
on HasbroPulse.com and is
expected to ship in May of 2025.
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Finding the Force

Reach out with your feelings and begin your Jedi training
s Luke Skywalker sought to learn the ways of the Force in the wake of his

A departure from Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi tested the farmboy’s aptitude by

pitting his lightsaber skills against a training remote.
The Disney Store’s Jedi Training Remote and Hilt recaptures the magic
of the memorable scene, pairing a motorized training sphere with a lightsaber
hilt with a shortened blade that changes color to register strikes and blocks,
accompanied by realistic sound effects from the movies. The remote swivels
and projects targets, while the hilt utilizes haptic feedback to provide a
convincing feeling of hits and parries. The Jedi Training Remote and Hilt
retails for $89.99 on DisneyStore.com.

Fly Casual
Button up to party with some
of the galaxy’s local legends

F
rom Mos Eisley’s Cantina to
the Forest Moon of Endor, the
Star Wars galaxy was filled with
eclectic characters. RSVLTS mobilizes
two such gregarious groups for
its new line of short-sleeve, button-
down shirts, made from Kunuflex
four-way stretch material.
“The Golden One” depicts

The Empire
the Ewoks of Bright Tree
Village carrying their revered
deity C-3PO around their

Strikes ‘Pack’ territory, while “A Hard Day’s Node”

spotlights Figrin D’an and the Modal
Nodes in a 1960s-era style that eloquently
Carry a Jedi master on your complements their musical sounds. Both
of these outstandingly festive Kunuflex
next training run. short-sleeve shirts can be purchased on
RSVLTS.com and added to your wardrobe

S
urrounded by Dagobah’s swamps, for $70 each.
Yoda oversaw Luke Skywalker’s
arduous Jedi training, even going so
far as to hitch a ride on his student’s
back as he trekked through the perilous terrain
Comfy Copilots
in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The RSVLTS even offers attire for your
Disney Store’s Yoda Plush Backpack offers a four-legged best friend! Star Wars
fun take on the movie moment, as its detailed “The Chewie” dog bandana,
plush sculpt recreates Yoda’s signature look styled after the Wookiee’s
with Jedi robes and an attached hooded cape. fur and bandolier, is also
The polyester backpack boasts adjustable made from Kunuflex
shoulder straps, a top carry strap, and a and priced at $16.
zippered pocket on the back perfect for storing Available now in a
the essentials necessary for any outing. Priced range of sizes on
at $69.99, the Yoda Plush Backpack can be RSVLTS.com.
found on DisneyStore.com.

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HOLIDAY SEASON MUST HAVES

Countdown to the holidays with brick-built fun

You can honor the history of LEGO® Star Wars while
simultaneously enjoying the holiday season with the LEGO Star Wars
Advent Calendar 2024 building set, a 368-piece collection consisting
of mini-build versions of classic LEGO Star Wars building sets from
1999 to 2024. The advent calendar comes with 24 gifts, including
five collectible LEGO minifigures and an added Super Battle Droid
LEGO figure, plus 18 LEGO mini-builds that range in scope from
the Millennium Falcon and Jabba’s sail barge to Darth Vader’s
Castle. Check out LEGO.com, where you can grab your
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2024 building set
for $44.99.

Celebrate the Spectres with this anniversary ornament

In order to travel the galaxy and fight the Empire, the rebel cell
based on Lothal operated the reliable VCX-100 light freighter
known as the Ghost. To commemorate Star Wars Rebels’ 10th
anniversary, Hallmark is offering fans the chance to add their very
own The Ghost Ornament with Sound to their holiday collections.
The 4.93-inch-long plastic Hallmark Keepsake Ornament features
a hanger attachment, a colorful gift box, and a button that, when
pressed, plays the Star Wars Rebels theme. Secure your The Ghost
Ornament With Sound for $37.99 on Hallmark.com.

At the Battle of Yavin, heroic X-wing pilots defended their

hidden rebel base against the vaunted Death Star and its
armada of TIE fighters. Hallmark dives right into the
Recreate your own skirmish around the famous Death Star trench run with its Luke Skywalker’s
Death Star this holiday season X-wing Starfighter and Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter
Ornament and Stocking Hanger Sets with Light and
Sound. One set features Luke’s ship against a Death Star
backdrop, while the other depicts Vader’s vessel
in close pursuit. These dioramas include a fabric loop
with a metal hook for hanging stockings, and each
plays memorable dialog and sound effects from
Star Wars: A New Hope. They can also be locked
together, providing an additional interactive
performance! The Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing
Starfighter and Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter
Ornament and Stocking Hanger Sets can be
acquired on Hallmark.com for $99.99 each.

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Book Club
The latest Star Wars books provide a terrifying look at the origins of the Galactic Empire

Imperial Foundations
0MZWM[JMOQV\PMQZÅOP\IOIQV[\\aZIVVaQVReign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear
Arriving in February 2025, Reign of recent troubles squarely at the feet of As the opening chapter in a
the Empire: The Mask of Fear by the Jedi. Most legislators, relieved at three-part epic, Mask of Fear sets
veteran Star Wars author Alexander the news that the war had ended, up a narrative scenario that Freed
Freed (Battlefront: Twilight Company, greeted Palpatine’s words with has described as “a political thriller,
Alphabet Squadron) is the first thunderous applause. But in the spy drama and sweeping historical
installment in a new trilogy of novels aftermath of the new Emperor’s epic, all at once,” following the core
that will explore the early years of proclamation, Mon Mothma, Saw characters over the course of two
the Galactic Empire, as told from Gerrera, and Bail Organa recognized decades, and revealing how their
the perspectives of Senator Mon the dangers of a coming dictatorship, courage and deeds resulted in the
Mothma, her colleague Bail Organa, and searched for ways to oppose the Age of Rebellion.
and the renegade freedom fighter encroaching darkness with actions Rise of the Empire: The Mask
Saw Gerrera. that ultimately paved the way for the of Fear from Random House Worlds,
When Supreme Chancellor Sheev establishment of the Rebel Alliance. featuring a striking cover by artist
Palpatine announced the establishment Now, each of them must find their way Marko Manev of Mon Mothma
of the First Galactic Empire in a speech in a changing galaxy, while harboring standing alone as a beacon of light in
before the Senate, he promised a safe secret hopes for a future that might a darkened Imperial Senate chamber,
and secure society and blamed the never be possible. is on sale February 25.

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Star Wars: Young Jedi Star Wars: Star Wars: The Essential
Adventures Ultimate Galaxy’s Edge: Legends Collection
Sticker Collection A Batuu Adventure! This February, three classic Star Wars
The Disney+ TV series Star Wars: For generations, Little Golden Books novels will reappear in bookstores
Young Jedi Adventures gets an have told relatable tales for young under Random House Worlds’
interactive, adhesive treatment in readers, which has cemented their Essential Legends Collection banner.
this lush, 72-page sticker collection golden-spine packaging as an iconic First up is Timothy Zahn’s
coming soon from DK Publishing. guarantee of quality. In the latest Scoundrels, originally published in
Join Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, entry in the Golden Books series, 2013, which finds Han Solo and
Nubs, and Jedi Master Yoda in this young Star Wars fans can blast off to Chewbacca mixed up in a heist caper
tie-in volume, that comes with the Outer Rim world of Batuu—the set shortly after the events of A New
more than 1,000 stickers depicting location of Black Spire Outpost, the Hope. In Jim Luceno’s 2005 Dark
creatures, characters, vehicles, and trading hub brought into the real Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, the
villains from the award-winning world in the Star Wars: Galaxy’s aftermath of Revenge of the Sith sets
series alongside fascinating nuggets Edge attraction at Disneyland in up Vader’s rise to power in the
of relevant Star Wars trivia from the Anaheim, California and Walt Disney Galactic Empire as he struggles to
era of the High Republic. This book World Resort in Orlando, Florida. shed his former identity as Anakin
is ideal for children just starting their The tale begins when a curious Skywalker. Finally, 2010’s Star Wars:
reading journey, as well as parents boy stops with his family for The Force Unleashed II by Sean
and caregivers who are eager to refueling on Batuu and gets swept Williams is a novelization of the
give their younglings a leg up in up in an adventure with the Rebel best-selling videogame sequel from
the area of reading comprehension. Alliance. Written by Jeneanne LucasArts. In this adaptation,
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures DeBois with illustrations by Bill Starkiller—a supposed clone of Darth
Ultimate Sticker Collection is on sale Robinson, Galaxy’s Edge: A Batuu Vader’s secret apprentice Galen
February 4. Adventure features locations, Marek—fights the enemies of the
characters, and creatures from the Empire, while wrestling with his
Disney Parks, in a story that’s perfect identity and affection for former
for kids and fans of all ages. On sale Imperial pilot, Juno Eclipse. In stores
February 25. February 2025.

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Comics Roundup
Renegade clones achieve the impossible in the latest Star Wars comics

The Bad Batch Gets It Done!

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Created for Season 7 of the hit
animated series Star Wars: The
Clone Wars, the Bad Batch were a
grab-bag of oddball genetic
mutations who came into their
own during their
eponymous animated
series on Disney+,
which concluded earlier
this year.
Now the batch are
making a comeback in
Star Wars: Hyperspace
Stories: The Bad Batch:
Ghost Agents #1. Set
during the peak of the
Clone Wars as Republic
forces battle the
Separatist droid army,
this new, five-part
limited series sees the
Batch headlining their
first-ever comic.
Although Republic commanders
claim that the Bad Batch have a
one-hundred percent success rate in
executing their assigned missions,
this is one time where the squad
may have bitten off more than they
can chew! Ghost Agents has Clone
Force 99 assigned to track down
a mysterious Separatist agent who
is wanted for executing a brazen
heist on the Republic capital world
of Coruscant. When Hunter, Wrecker,
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trail to the seediest corners of the
galaxy, they arrive at a destination
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who gleefully threaten the clones’
mission—not to mention their lives!
The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents comics anthology. Writer Michael D’Amico, and colorist Michael
appears under the banner of Moreci (Hyperspace Stories and Atiyeh, with a cover by Valeria
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories, a Burning Fields) pens the five-issue “Lux” Favoccia.
Dark Horse Comics series which adventure, assisted by penciler The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents
debuted in 2022 as an all-ages Reese Hannigan, inker Elisabetta goes on sale January 15, 2025.

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 Luminous Lore
Shining a light on Star Wars: The High Republic.

Danger from the Deep

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the climax of Phase I.
When locals go missing, the Jedi stationed on Eiram
send out a transmission for help. However, with their
resources stretched by the ongoing battle with the
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dire than they could have possibly imagined. A
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Starlight Beacon, deep beneath the ocean, and no one
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released by Random House Audio on December 3, 2024.
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dramas, the tale portends the return of Lourna Dee of the
Nihil, and is a sequel to Scott’s previous Star Wars audio
drama, Tempest Runner. Announcing the new project on
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when Dee teams up with Keeve Trennis following the
souring of her relationship with Nihil leader Marchion Ro.
“Lourna finally faces the consequences of her past
crimes,” said Scott. “And not just crimes against the Jedi.
Those who enjoyed our first Lourna Dee audio drama,
Tempest Runner, will hear some familiar voices on the
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Where does Marchion Ro fit into that mix? Well, you’ll
have to listen to find out.”
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Random House Worlds, and Tessa Gratton
Adult novel Disney Lucasfilm Press,
Young Adult novel
A Test of Courage
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Disney Lucasfilm Press, Hidden City
Middle Grade novel Writer: George Mann
The Great Disney Lucasfilm Press,
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Jedi Rescue
Writer: Cavan Scott Convergence
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Disney Lucasfilm Press, Random House Worlds,
8x8 storybook Adult novel
Into the Dark The Battle of Jedha
Writer: Claudia Gray Writer: George Mann
Disney Lucasfilm Press, Random House Worlds,
Young Adult novel Audio original novel
The Rising Storm Cataclysm
Writer: Cavan Scott Writer: Lydia Kang
Random House Worlds, Random House Worlds,
Adult novel Adult novel
Race to Quest for Planet X
Crashpoint Tower Writer: Tessa Gratton
Writer: Daniel José Older Disney Lucasfilm Press,
Disney Lucasfilm Press, Middle Grade novel
Middle Grade novel Path of Vengeance
The High Republic Adventures: The High Republic Adventures: Writer: Cavan Scott
Out of the Shadows
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Artist: Harvey Tolibao Artists: Harvey Tolibao, Toni Bruno Tempest Runner
Cover Artist: Cherriielle Cover Artists: Harvey Tolibao Writer: Cavan Scott Tales of Light and Life
On sale: December 18, 2024 & Kevin Tolibao Random House Worlds, Writers: Various
On sale: January 21, 2025 Audio original novel Disney Lucasfilm Press,
Showdown at Young Adult anthology
the Fair The Eye of Darkness
Writer: George Mann Writer: George Mann
Artist: Petur Antonsson Random House Worlds,
Disney Lucasfilm Press, Adult novel
8x8 storybook
Escape from Valo
The Fallen Star Writers: Daniel José
Writer: Claudia Gray Older and Alyssa Wong
Random House Worlds, Disney Lucasfilm Press,
Adult novel Middle Grade novel
Mission to Disaster Defy the Storm
Writer: Justina Ireland Writers: Tessa Gratton
Disney Lucasfilm Press, and Justina Ireland
Middle Grade novel Disney Lucasfilm Press,
Young Adult novel
Midnight Horizon
Writer: Daniel José Older Temptation of
Disney Lucasfilm Press, the Force
Young Adult novel Writer: Tessa Gratton
The Battle Random House Worlds,
Adult novel
for Starlight
Writer: George Mann Beware the Nameless
Artist: Petur Antonsson Writer: Zoraida Córdova
Disney Lucasfilm Press, Disney Lucasfilm Press,
8x8 storybook Middle Grade novel
The High Republic Adventures The High Republic: Tears of
Jedi Brave in
Phase III 2025 Annual Fear of the Jedi #1 the Nameless
Every Way
Dark Horse Comics Marvel Comics Writers: Rosemary Soule Writer: George Mann
Writers: Various Writer: Cavan Scott and Charles Soule Disney Lucasfilm Press,
Artists: Various Artist: Marika Cresta Artist: Valerie Valdivia Young Adult novel
Cover Artist: Eduardo Francisco Cover Artist: Phil Noto Disney Lucasfilm Press,
On sale: January 22, 2025 On sale: February 2, 2025 Picture Book
 The actor who played Wedge Antilles takes Insider back to
1976 and his ongoing connection with the Star Wars galaxy.
WORDS: JOHN KIRK

erhaps it was things usually happen, so I thought How did you originally land
the intensity maybe it was a prank. I got in touch the role in A New Hope?
of his role as with my agent and asked if the It was very random. A lot of actors
Luke Skywalker’s message was from the actual J.J. I knew had heard about this director
wingman in the Abrams, and he said, “Yes!” who was in London, wanting to
dramatic Death J.J. really wanted me to appear as meet young actors to play pilots
Star trench run in Star Wars: Wedge again, but at the time I was in this “thing.” So, I met this guy,
A New Hope, but Denis Lawson’s in a stage play, and then directly George Lucas, briefly, but I didn’t
turn as rebel pilot Wedge Antilles after that was moving on to direct hear anything back. I just guessed
was an instant hit, assuring him another play. He wanted me on set he’d met more actors than he
return visits in both original
trilogy sequels and a triumphant
cameo in Star Wars: The Rise
of Skywalker. Insider sat down
with the respected stage and
screen actor to find out how this
relatively small role became such
a big part of Star Wars.
for five days, but I couldn’t fit that needed! I was very busy that year
Star Wars Insider: Almost 50 into my schedule. The reason why and had been in France doing a
years after first playing Wedge it’s such a brief appearance is that I couple of movies, but as soon as
Antilles, you reprised the role could only manage one day out of I got back to London, I suddenly
in The Rise of Skywalker. those five, which was a shame. But got the call to do his movie. I’ll tell
How did that come about? I can honestly say it was so nice to you how random it was, and I never
Denis Lawson: Well, the whole be back on a Star Wars set, sitting in got to the bottom of it, but I found
thing was really touch and go. I a different type of cockpit. And J.J. they’d cast someone else as Wedge.
received an email directly from J.J. created a great atmosphere for us. For some reason, he didn’t work out,
Abrams, and that’s not how these I was very impressed by him. so they brought me in instead.

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01 Denis Lawson as rebel
pilot Wedge Antilles.
 INTERVIEW: DENIS LAWSON

02

Maybe it was your destiny? So, you were flying by the 02 Wedge Antilles an X-wing at that time—and the
squared up
It probably was (laughs)! It certainly seat of your pants on set, against the
camera was right there in front
seemed random at the time, but it as it were? Death Star in of your face, with George sitting
was clearly meant to be. Yes! (laughs)! I knew a lot of A New Hope. beside it.
the other guys, as we’d all There were twenty-five pages of
Did you have any idea of how been in the business together dialogue in those battle sequences,
big Star Wars would become? for some time, and we would and George thought we could just
Oh God, no. Back in 1976? Not at hang around outside the sound do our lines, one after another,
all! People often ask me what my stage together, chatting away and without any cues. I had to say to
favorite film out of the first three in fooling around. Then we were him, “George, I can’t do that. We
the series is, and I always say it’s the called in, one at a time, for the don’t work that way. I’ll tell you
first one, and that’s because we had battle sequences. We’d climb up what we should do: You say my
no idea what we were in! We hadn’t this wooden ladder onto a line to me, and I’ll say it back to
even seen a full script at that time. sort of raft on stilts, which is 03 In The Empire you.” So, we did it that way, and
Nobody had any sense of what an the only way I can describe Strikes Back, after I’d done each line, he’d say,
Wedge took the
adventure it was going to be. But it, and sit in the cockpit—we “Now look over there and say it
controls of a
how exciting it was! didn’t even know it was called snowspeeder. again.” We did so many takes on
the line, “Look at the size of that
thing,” that I can honestly say
03
I really did get a good idea of
how big that thing was (laughs)!

And you became one of the

most recognized background
characters in Star Wars. How
does that make you feel?
I guess it still surprises me, because
all I did was turn up and do the
best job I could. It’s over the years
that this mythology has developed
around Wedge—around all the
characters, let’s face it—but me?
Really? All I did was sit in a chair!
But it still does surprise me to this
day, especially when a fan comes
up to me and says, “Thank you for

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my childhood.” It’s extraordinary. 04 Denis Lawson You studied at the Royal

as Wedge
I’ve had grown men weeping, Scottish Academy of Music
Antilles.
telling me that I gave them so and Drama in Glasgow, as did
much happiness, which is such a another Star Wars luminary.
wonderful thing to be told, but all Everyone knows about my
I did was just turn up. wonderful nephew, Ewan
McGregor, but not a lot of people
What led you into acting? know about my connection with
I come from a large Scottish family, Ian McDiarmid. When I first tried
and it was a very Scottish thing to to get into drama school, I had no
do at parties to get up and perform guidance in how to do it. I went to
something at the front of the room. visit a friend who was kicking off
Everyone did it. No one was ever his career in journalism in Dundee,
too shy, and even if you were, you Scotland, and by chance discovered
couldn’t take a pass. My grandfather this amateur dramatic company in
would do old music-hall songs, and a small theatre while I was there.
all my uncles could sing or play I thought, Why don’t I join them to
the spoons, and the performing learn more? So, that’s what
bug never left me. So, it came out I did. They took me in, and I did
of that, and from the movies. The about six or seven plays over ten
movies! I wanted to be like Donald months. Their leading actor was
O’Connor, Fred Astaire, and Gene Ian McDiarmid, who later played During the rebel assault on
05 Wedge and
Kelly, so I was inspired by American Nien Nunb Emperor Palpatine. the Death Star in A New Hope,
Vaudeville and British Music Hall during the I met him when I was seventeen Wedge flew to the rescue to
rebel briefing blast an Imperial TIE fighter
tradition. It was as simple as that: in Return of years old, and we both auditioned
that was about to take out
I wanted to be a performer. the Jedi. for the Royal Scottish Academy in Luke Skywalker’s X-wing.

05

Piloting a snowspeeder on
Hoth in The Empire Strikes
Back, Wedge and his gunner
Wes Janson toppled a mighty
AT-AT walker using a harpoon
and cable, giving the rebels
more time to evacuate.

Having negotiated the deadly

innards of the second Death
Star, Wedge fired the first
shots at the superweapon’s
power core that would lead
to its destruction.

Manning one of the Millennium

Falcon’s gun turrets during the
Battle of Exegol, Wedge lent
his sure-shot aim to aid the
Resistance in destroying the
Sith Eternal fleet.

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 Glasgow the following year, on 06
the same day. We walked out
into the street together after
the audition, had a chat, shook
hands, and I watched him walk
away up the street. I thought,
“I’ll never see that guy again!”
But we both got in and trained
together for the next three years.
He’s an amazing stage actor.

You mentioned your

nephew, Ewan McGregor.
He once remarked that it
“blew my tiny mind” when
he saw his Uncle Denis in
Star Wars. Is it a treasured
shared experience?
It’s an extraordinary thing and
such a lovely connection. Ewan versatile actor, and it has only 06 Dancing with you wouldn’t know who he was.
Ewoks was
used to love listening to the sped him on. Lawson’s So, we were on the stage together,
stories I would tell him about “big moment” and I looked over at George and I
acting when he was young, but Have you ever talked according to said: “George, for God’s sake, you’re
Harrison Ford
I’d always say to him, “Don’t do Star Wars with each other? (Han Solo). wearing the same shirt you were
it! Don’t do it!” (laughs.) Then, Ha! No, not really. We’ve never wearing in 1976!” It was a lovely
when The Phantom Menace talked about our characters, moment to have shared with both
came up and he was offered the but we do sometimes joke around both of them.
Obi-Wan Kenobi part, all I could about our experiences of doing it. I like doing panels at conventions.
say to him was, “Are you sure I remember a lovely time we did I find it very moving to get the
about this, mate? Be careful.” a convention panel together in reception I get when I walk on stage
I was worried he might get type- Sydney, Australia, myself, Ewan, and tell these stories. There’s one
cast, you know, where an actor and George Lucas. George is 07 Denis Lawson
I tell when I talk to fans that never
gets associated with a particular a very modest man, very shy, returned as fails to disappoint. You remember
type of character. But I’m quiet-spoken, always wearing Wedge for a the sequence in Return of the Jedi
cameo in
delighted to say that he ignored a plaid shirt. If you walked on The Rise of when I dance with the Ewoks? I’d
me! He’s such a brilliantly to a set and he was directing, Skywalker. forgotten to take off my helmet and

07

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 INTERVIEW: DENIS LAWSON

08 1940 Broadway production was

Gene Kelly. I learned that Gene
happened to be at Elstree Studios,
where we shot the original movie
and The Empire Strikes Back, as a
guest star on The Muppet Show.
Through Mark Hamill I’d become
friends with the muppeteers, and I
was invited along to the recording.
During a break, one of the cast
members came over to me and
said, “Look, no one is supposed
to bother Mr. Kelly in his dressing
room, but it’s you, so come with
me.” He took me to visit Gene, and
I told this hero of mine that I was
playing Joey, and he was so warm,
welcoming, and charming. That’s
a moment that stands out for me.
I guess I can relate to that when
people come up to me to talk
about Wedge.

was dancing with these adorable 08 Lawson with

director J.J.
creatures when Harrison Ford Abrams.
came over to me, leaned in,
and murmured, “This is your
big moment, Denis!” (laughs).
Harrison has a wickedly dry sense
of humor and irony; he’s a very
funny, charming man. I admire
him greatly as an actor.

Has the legacy of playing

Wedge in the original
Star Wars movie had any
impact on your wider career?
In terms of my working life, and
where my career was moving at that
point, I don’t think it had much of
an effect. But I did get to meet one
of my heroes because of Star Wars.
In 1980 I was playing the lead
in a musical called My Pal Joey
(Lawson was nominated for an
Olivier Award that year. Ed.),
and the actor who played the 09 Actor Denis
same character in the original Lawson.

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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew showrunners Jon Watts and

Christopher Ford introduce Star Wars Insider to a story
of adventure, danger, and friendship.
WO R D S : A M Y R ATC L I F F E

on Watts Watts and Ford recently your entry point into the Star Wars
remembers spoke with Star Wars Insider galaxy, because you just try to put
the day he first about Skeleton Crew’s tone, yourself in their shoes. They don’t
pitched the idea the case, and nerding out over know how big the galaxy is. They
for Star Wars: working with John Knoll, Doug don’t know anything other than
Skeleton Crew. Chiang, and Phil Tippett. what they’re all experiencing for
Having wrapped press in Japan the first time. It made us go back
for Spider-Man: Homecoming Star Wars Insider: We have and start thinking about the first
(2017), he flew home to the these four kids going on this time we experienced certain things
United States and went straight grand adventure. How did in Star Wars for the first time; we
from the airport to meet Kathleen you balance the story of went back to that moment to try
Kennedy to present an idea he their friendship with a and translate that into the story of
and Christopher Ford had been bigger world. What was these four kids.
playing around with. A tale about it like walking that line?
a group of kids in a galaxy far, far Christopher Ford: What do
away, seeking adventure and, for Jon Watts: It is a really they think an X-wing is? What
better or worse, getting what they grounding perspective to have would they call it if no one had
wished for. four 10 and 11-year-old kids as told them what it was?”

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JW: We had to keep reminding 01 Four kids far beyond this boundary or that realistically and not undercut the
set out on
ourselves, “They haven’t seen direction. It was good having their drama. And it’s in that balance of
an amazing
the movies!” These kids only adventure in support and knowing they had a 10-year-old’s awe and wonder
have a small amount of the Skeleton Crew. already explored so many parts at this new world, with those
information to go on. of this galaxy, even in things that high-level stakes. Those two things
they hadn’t personally made. combined create the tone.
The characters might not need
to know that, but obviously Pirates can mean danger, Let’s talk about Wim, Fern,
your story is set in the same so what sort of tone did you KB, and Neel. What were
timeline as The Mandalorian, want to set with your story? you looking for when you
with at least one character cast the kids?
crossing over in Vane, a JW: A great definition of what
Nikto pirate. How did you makes an Amblin movie feel like JW: I had an amazing meeting
work with Dave Filoni and Amblin is that they’re grown-up with Richard Donner a couple
Jon Favreau? films that just happen to star weeks before he passed away, and
02 (Left to right), kids. So, we never tried to make we were talking about The Goonies
JW: Having Dave Filoni and Jon KB (Kyriana Skeleton Crew feel like a kid’s (1985). He said that when “you’re
Kratter), Neel
Favreau there felt like a giant show. It always had real stakes. casting kids, you’re not casting
(Robert Timothy
safety net. It allowed us to take Smith), Fern There’s real danger. There’s a kids to play a role, you’re looking
ideas and run with them, and (Ryan Kiera chance that they could get fried or for someone who embodies the
Armstrong),
they would let us know when and Wim (Ravi blasted multiple times, even eaten, spirit of the character.” He told me
we might be going a little bit too Cabot-Conyers). and we always tried to play that a story about a Goonies reunion

02
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Played by
Jude Law
Jod is an enigmatic
stranger who befriends the
lost kids. His motives are
mysterious and trusting him
may or may not be a mistake.

04

many years later, and he said, Who, would you say, is 03 Blasting into home. We liked taking some of
hyperspace
“They were all exactly what they the leader of the group? those tropes and trying to flip them,
aboard the
were like when they were 10.” They Onyx Cinder. so you’re never quite sure who’s
paired off into the same groups. CF: That’s a point of contention. who. All the kids think they’re
04 The kids
They were making the same kinds They’re not necessarily four friends adventure is the leader and the hero of their
of jokes, telling the same kinds of from the very beginning; they’re a far cry from own story. To put all four of them
stories. So, we weren’t necessarily forming that friend group as the school life. together and watch that dynamic
casting the roles that we had in series progresses. shift, that was one of the nice things
our heads, but looking for these There’s Wim, who just wants to go about having eight episodes—you
four amazing kids that we found, on an adventure, but once he does, get to see those changes happen
around whom we could tweak the he thinks, “Maybe this is too much. over time. So, the kids aren’t just
dialogue and dynamics to match, as Maybe I don’t want this!” archetypes. We have the time to
opposed to the other way around. explore their growth and change
JW: It’s like wishing for over the course of the adventure.
CF: We wanted them to have that adventure, and then you get 05 Can the kids
trust Jod (Jude
kid interaction where they might it and it’s scary, and you think Law) with their Along their journey, the kids
do things you couldn’t write. maybe you would rather go safety? meet Jod—who may or may
not be a Jedi. How does the
05 character fit into the story?

JW: It’s so hard to talk about him

without any spoilers.

Played by Ravi
Cabot-Conyers
An imaginative boy
growing up in the suburbs,
Wim daydreams of adventure
and loses himself in storypads
full of tales of old.

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06

Played by Robert
Timothy Smith
A loyal best friend,
a studious pupil, and an
awkward good-natured kid,
Neel is never far from Wim’s
side. The two look after each
other as an unexpected event
takes them far from the safety
of their home and family.

06 Neel and Wim 07

with their
hoverbikes.

07 The retro-
styled poster
promoting the
launch of
Skeleton Crew
on Disney+.

He’s a person.

CF: He is a person!

JW: We can talk about how great

Jude Law is in the role.

He is fantastic.

JW: Jude was so incredible. Not

only is he the greatest actor, but he’s
also such a wonderful guy. He was
great with the kids. He really helped
guide them and keep them focused.
He’s also a huge Star Wars fan.

As you went through the

process of making the series, do
any moments stand out to you
as being particularly surreal?

JW: You know, Jude was starstruck

by seeing Jawas—seeing them live,
seeing them real. He couldn’t believe
it. And for me, I love stop-motion, so
getting to go to Phil Tippett’s studio
and see it happening was incredible.

CF: Seeing the model of the ship

was a big moment, too.

JW: Yes! We went to Industrial

Light & Magic and saw John Knoll
working. We built a real ship and

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08 Space pirates,
including the
Nikto Vane Played by Ryan
(Marti Matulis, Kiera Armstrong
second from Fern is best friends with
left).
KB, her partner in hoverbike
09 The crew racing. Fern’s attitude and
discover a appetite for risks conceal
battered droid her academic excellence.
(voiced by
Nick Frost).

now, in this case—and it’s their

story. That’s the heart of it. So,
no matter how big it gets, we just
always try to stay grounded and
focused on the characters.
09
What are you excited
did actual motion-control point where I had to remind myself for audiences to see in
photography of it, just like they that we were all working together Skeleton Crew?
did on the original movies. Being to make something. But with
at ILM and looking at a Star Wars Doug and with that design team, JW: I like the idea that it’s an
spaceship was…! everything they designed is so opportunity for people to see
good. It’s this extremely luxurious a Star Wars adventure from a
CF: John would be sitting, experience as a showrunner and fresh perspective, through the
watching the monitor. We’d go as a director, to be just given eyes of a 10-year-old kid, because
over and be like, “Hello, John five options that are all so cool I think many of us craved that
Knoll. I’m going to also sit here.” for locations, and droids, and same feeling of escape and
wardrobe. It was as fun as you empowerment when we were
10 Jod Na Nawood
JW: John Knoll, Doug Chiang. I was would imagine it to be. younger. We hope everyone
(Law) with the
pretty starstruck all the time—to the Skeleton Crew. enjoys it as much as we all do!
You both worked on three
Spider-Man films for Marvel 10
that are very much about
friendship and adventure.
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Played by you bring from those stories
Kyriana Kratter
and apply to making
KB is a resourceful and
Skeleton Crew?
intelligent girl whose abilities
are further augmented by
cybernetic implants. Her JW: At the end of the day, it’s
“augs” give her an edge in always a character story. No matter
accessing computers, repairing how big the universe gets or how
technology and performing crazy the spectacle becomes, you
complex calculations. have to remind yourself that it’s
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High Republic to live-action with a lightsaber-slashing adventure
set more than 100 years before the fall of the Jedi in Star Wars:
Revenge of the Sith. From the first Jedi murder to the final shocking
twist, Insider peels back the layers of the Force-infused drama.

or generations, the was to see Jedi as human beings, or as sisters. And so the question is: What
Jedi were guardians aliens with the emotions we ascribe to will win in this scenario? Will it be their
of peace and justice in humans,” Headland says. “I wanted to ideological difference, or will it be the
the galaxy. But in the make them a little bit more fallible. I love that they have for each other?”
hands of series creator don’t see the Jedi as antagonists. I see Over the course of the show, the
Leslye Headland, them as flawed, and it was a story that sisters were forced to face the truth
Star Wars: The Acolyte presented these I felt really excited to tell.” of their past trauma, their connection
often-stoic heroes as something closer Star Amandla Stenberg portrayed to the Force, and their bond with each
to human—even if one of them was both Osha Aniseya, a former Padawan other. Before the credits rolled, one
a relatably flawed Wookiee who fell who left the Order, and her sister Mae, twin would become an Acolyte to the
prey to the enchantments of a coven an assassin with a kill list of Jedi and Stranger, played by Manny Jacinto.
of witches. a masked master she had never seen “I chose the title for a couple of different
The eight-episode journey centered face to face. “They’re twins that are reasons,” Headland adds. “The first was
on the story of two sisters, and the energetically very different from each that it felt provocative. It felt like a word
mysterious events that led to the other,” Stenberg explains. “They’ve you don’t hear often, and if you know
death of their family and set them had very different life experiences that the show is about the Sith, I think it
on divergent paths. For Headland, that have taken them on different excites you to see that title. The idea was
it was a meditation on duality in its journeys, and now they are two young two overlapping young women, twins
many forms, including the internal women who are ideologically the most whose beliefs don’t always align, headed
struggle of individual Jedi trying to opposite that you could imagine. Yet on a course toward each other that could
balance their own emotions. “My goal they’re still connected. They’re still go one way or another.”

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Written and directed by Leslye Headland
Premiered: June 4, 2024

A masked assassin pursues Master

Indara to a cantina on Ueda and
urges the Jedi to attack her. Though
Indara declines, she eventually
recognizes her Force-using opponent
after defending patrons from the
assailant’s violent acts. The assassin
distracts the Jedi long enough to kill
her with a blade.
Bearing a striking resemblance to the
slayer, a woman named Osha conducts
repairs on a Trade Federation ship. While
Jedi Knight Yord Fandar knew Osha prior
to her decision to leave the Jedi Order, he
nevertheless boards the vessel and arrests
her for Indara’s murder.
At the Jedi Temple on Coruscant,
Master Vernestra Rwoh informs Master
Sol that evidence implicates Osha
Aniseya, his former Padawan, in the
crime. Sol and Indara had rescued Osha
from a fire on Brendok when she was
a girl. Meanwhile, a revolt on Osha’s
prison transport leaves her stranded
on the snowy world of Carlac, where
a vision of her deceased sister, Mae,
confesses to killing Indara.
Sol ventures to Carlac and tracks
Osha to an icy cave, telling her that
he believes she is innocent. On
another planet, the assassin meets
with a mysterious, red lightsaber-
bearing figure who expresses a desire
to kill the Jedi’s dream. I N S I D E R I N T E L

A guarded secret until the two-

episode premiere on June 4, 2024,
Amandla Stenberg inhabited two
roles in the series: twin sisters
Mae and Osha Aniseya.
“One of the things I thought about
was how did I want to differentiate
them?” Stenberg says. “The first thing
that I focused on was their walk. I also
thought a lot about Yin and Yang, and
how Yin is masculine and bright—that’s
Osha in my mind. And Yang is feminine,
dark and mysterious—that’s Mae.
“When it came to dropping into
each character, I did a lot of backstory
work and I made bibles. I always
have bibles with me on set because
things move so fast and you’re always
shooting out of order, so I have this
packet of information to refer back to.
I also had two different perfumes that
I would smell because scent is really
connected to memory. That was kind of
a shortcut to remind me where I was.”
Written by Jason Micallef
& Charmaine DeGraté
Directed by Leslye Headland
Premiered: June 4, 2024

Intent on murdering Master Torbin,

Mae infiltrates a local Jedi temple
on Olega but fails to break through
the Jedi monk’s defenses. As Master
Vernestra contacts Sol with the news,
Sol shares his belief that Osha’s twin
sister, Mae, is the true perpetrator.
With Sol en route to Olega, Mae
rendezvouses with her cohort Qimir
to obtain poison. Accompanied by Yord Fandar,
Padawan Jecki Lon, and Osha, Sol begins
his investigation into Mae’s attempt
on Torbin. At the same time, Mae
sneaks into the local temple once more,
offering Torbin the poison as a way to
find forgiveness. Torbin apologizes and
willingly consumes the deadly liquid.
Hoping to find a lead on Mae,
Osha poses as her sister and coaxes a in with her sister before setting off for
confession out of Qimir. The Jedi set the forest retreat of Khofar with Qimir.
a trap for Mae, and Sol confronts the Living a life of solitude on Khofar,
young woman to ask who had trained the Wookiee Jedi Master Kelnacca
her. Shocked to learn that Osha is alive, scares off scavengers who encroach
Mae eludes the Jedi and has a brief run- on his makeshift home.

their daughters about the Thread

Written by Jasmine Flournoy & Eileen Shim
that connects all living things.
Directed by Kogonada
Premiered: June 11, 2024 As Mae and Osha quarrel, Mother
Aniseya emphasizes the power of many
Sixteen years before Mae began and warns Osha that the galaxy will
murdering Jedi, she lives on Brendok not welcome someone with her special
with Osha, Mother Aniseya, Mother abilities. Osha nevertheless maintains
Koril, and their coven of witches. hope for a life beyond Brendok.
While Mae dreams of participating Mother Aniseya leads the Ascension,
in her Ascension ceremony, her sister but the Jedi arrive before she can
exhibits reluctance. Sequestered in complete Osha’s ritual. Concerned that
their fortress, Aniseya and Koril teach the coven is training children, Master Indara wishes for Mae and Osha to
undergo Jedi testing. Mae purposely fails
her test the next day, but Osha reveals
her genuine interest in becoming a Jedi.
Mother Aniseya respects Osha’s choice,
but Mae is angered and traps her sister
in a room, intent on setting it ablaze. Sol
saves Osha, but they both witness Mae fall
into the fiery depths. Believing her entire
family had perished, Osha awakes on a
Jedi starship and tearfully embraces Sol.
Meanwhile, Mae has survived and now
stands alone on Brendok.
Written by Claire Kiechel & Kor Adana
Directed by Alex Garcia Lopez
Premiered: June 18, 2024

With Kelnacca sequestered in its

dangerous forests, Mae lands on Khofar
to carry out her mission. Worried
about the mysterious individual who
trained Mae, Sol confers with Vernestra
Rwoh and other masters on Coruscant.
Choosing not to contact the High
Council so as to ensure that the Senate After Sol convinces Osha to The Jedi surround the dwelling and
will not be informed, they dispatch accompany him on his assignment call for Mae to come out, but a dark
their own team to intercept Mae. to take Mae into custody, the Jedi task figure concealed under a helmet and
force disembarks from their ship and cloak descends upon them and ignites a
ventures out to locate Kelnacca. The red-bladed lightsaber…
group overcome an encounter with local
wildlife, and Osha states that her inability
to accept her family’s death prevented her
from ever becoming a true Jedi.
Though Mae expresses doubt over
continuing to pursue revenge against the
Jedi, Qimir encourages her to keep going.
However, she comes to the conclusion
that her loyalty to Osha overrides her
agreement with her master. Intent on
turning herself in, she treks to Kelnacca’s
home only to discover that her master
has already killed the Wookiee.

Written by Kor Adana & Cameron Squires

Directed by Alex Garcia Lopez
Premiered: June 25, 2024

Osha awakens in Khofar’s darkened

forests, tripping over the body of a
dead Jedi before spotting Mae’s master
dueling with several others. The masked
figure defeats his opponents and begins
pursuing Osha through the wilderness.
Sol intervenes and orders Yord Fandar
to escort Osha to safety, choosing to
confront the stranger alone. As Sol and the Stranger clash, Jecki freedom to wield his power without
Lon battles Mae in an attempt to arrest oversight from the Jedi. Osha uses
her for her crimes. Mae’s master retreats a light on her repair droid, PIP, to
from Sol to locate Mae, engaging Jecki lure umbramoths into attacking
in a fierce lightsaber fight. Mae tries to the Stranger, while Mae takes the
flee while the Stranger is preoccupied opportunity to stun Sol.
with Sol and Jecki, but Yord and Osha Osha blames Mae for the deaths, but
elect to return and assist their friends. Mae thinks the Jedi have brainwashed
Jecki unmasks her foe, revealing her sister. Mae knocks Osha unconscious
that Qimir has been the Stranger all and steals her civilian clothing, taking
along. Qimir kills Jecki and holds Mae her place at Sol’s side. The Stranger
hostage, claiming that he desires the retrieves his helmet and finds Osha…

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 insisting that the Jedi method is not the
only way to access the Force.
Osha thinks the Stranger’s
emotional approach leads to the dark
side, and she refuses to kill him when
he grants her the chance. On Sol’s ship,
the Jedi Master remains unaware of his
Written by Leslye Headland & Jocelyn Bioh companion’s true identity until Bazil
I N S I D E R I N T E L Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper warns him, prompting Sol to stun Mae.
Premiered: July 2, 2024 The Stranger states he is in search of
the power of two, suggesting Osha try
As Osha regains consciousness on an on his helmet. Aboard his ship, Sol tells
unknown island, Master Sol transmits Mae they will talk about what occurred
The identity of the mysterious Sith
Lord first glimpsed in the final trailer
a report to inform Coruscant that his on Brendok and then rescue Osha.
for the series was revealed mid- entire team was killed. Bazil suspects Meanwhile, Osha places the Stranger’s
season, in a shocking twist that saw not all is as it seems with Mae, who helmet on her head…
the end of Padawan Jecki Lon and continues to disguise herself as
the Stranger’s true face. Osha. Sol apologizes to the woman
“I was ecstatic,” says actor Manny
he believes to be Osha, but his ship
Jacinto, who played both the Stranger
suddenly loses power.
and his alias, Qimir. “It was a dream
role for any actor to be able to tackle On Coruscant, Vernestra Rwoh
because of the complexities of both arranges her own group of Jedi to assess
characters. I got to show a spectrum the situation on Khofar. At the Stranger’s
of different personality traits and camp, Osha confronts the man she
characteristics, balancing chaos and previously knew as Qimir, though he
stillness within those two characters.”
has adopted a tranquil demeanor. The
Jacinto also famously trained
hard to do as much of his own stunt Stranger claims he used to be a Jedi,
choreography as possible during
the many lightsaber battle
sequences. “I absolutely
jumped on the opportunity
to be able to do my
own stunts,” Jacinto
explains. “I come
from a dance
background, and
you really start to
notice that your
body doesn’t move
the same as you get
older. I needed to be
able to do this so that
if my kids watch it, I can
be like, ‘I did that.’”
 After locating Osha, Mae, and the
Written by Charmaine DeGraté and Jen
Richards & Jasmyne Flournoy
witches’ coven, Sol becomes convinced
Directed by Kogonada that the Jedi must intervene on the
Premiered: July 9, 2024 children’s behalf. Although Mother
Aniseya permits the Jedi to test the
Sixteen years earlier, Master Indara girls’ Force aptitude, blood readings
leads Sol, Kelnacca, and Torbin on reveal the twins were likely artificially
an expedition to uncover why life created from a single consciousness.
on Brendok had recovered from a Torbin rushes off to prove the
hyperspace disaster. Sol considers existence of a vergence. Fearing for
the rejuvenation to be the result of the children’s safety, Sol regroups
a vergence, a concentration of Force with Torbin and intends to stop the
energy that can create life. Ascension ceremony. As the witches
prepare for battle, Mae accidentally
ignites a fire and quickly seeks help.
Mae’s arrival initiates a series of
unfortunate events, as Mother Aniseya
is killed by Sol and the rest of the
coven falls while trying to influence
Kelnacca’s mind.
Struggling to save both Osha and
Mae from a fatal plunge, Sol chooses
to concentrate all his energy on
rescuing Osha. Back on the Jedi ship,
the Polan, Indara reprimands Sol yet
refrains from telling the Council about
Sol’s rash decisions in order to protect
Osha’s future as a Jedi.
 strangle her former master. Osha and
Mae flee into the wilderness, and Osha
agrees to become the Stranger’s pupil in
exchange for Mae’s freedom. The Jedi
soon take Mae into custody, but the
Stranger has wiped his identity and all
memory of her sister from her mind.
Vernestra orchestrates her own cover
up, telling the chancellor that Sol went
rogue and slaughtered his fellow Jedi
before ending his own life. As Osha and
the Stranger stand hand in hand on the
unknown planet where a mysterious
figure lurks, Vernestra visits a familiar
Jedi Master on Coruscant…

accusation that Sol murdered their

I N S I D E R I N T E L
Written by Jason Micallef
Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper mother. Mae evades Osha, interrupting
Premiered: July 16, 2024 Sol’s clash with the Stranger. Sol argues
that Mother Aniseya harnessed the Force
Fans of the Star Wars: The High
In the Stranger’s cave, Osha to create Mae and Osha, insisting he lied
Republic books and comics knew
experiences a premonition of Mae to protect that secret. Vernestra Rwoh back when she
killing Sol and agrees to take the Osha overhears Sol admit to killing was a precocious teenage prodigy
Stranger to their location in exchange her mother and uses the Force to with purple hair, but Rebecca
for the use of his ship. In orbit above Henderson’s live-action portrayal
Brendok, Mae escapes from Sol and showed the character 100 years
older and, maybe, wiser.
crashes onto the planet’s surface. The
“I did a lot of homework,”
Jedi detect Sol’s transponder beacon,
Henderson says, including
so Master Vernestra gathers Jedi to reading Justina Ireland’s books
accompany her to Brendok. introducing young Rwoh soon
Sol follows Mae to the coven’s after she became a Jedi
fortress, but the Stranger intercepts him Knight. “With Vernestra,
and instigates a lightsaber duel. Osha in the makeup chair
every day there was a
finds Mae, yet doesn’t believe her sister’s
slow transformation,
watching her appear in
front of my eyes. I just
didn’t feel like myself in the
boots and the robes. And Lee
Jung-jae (Master Sol) is such
an incredible actor and an
incredible person. When Sol
and Vernestra were together,
it helped me drop in even
further into who she was.
By the end of the season,
Vernestra had been pulled
in many different directions,
but she believed that she
was doing the right thing.”

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 INTERVIEW: DEE BRADLEY BAKER

01 Dee bradley
emove anything unimaginable wish-fulfillment Baker, the man
01
Star Wars related of childhood yearning and of a thousand
from actor aspiration.” clone voices!
Dee Bradley Baker adds that, if he’s
Baker’s resume, honest, there might have been
and he still a drop of manifestation in
has a dizzyingly impressive there too. “When A New Hope
tally of iconic character voice came out in 1977, my parents
performances to his name. From made me a Jawa costume that
Looney Tunes to Scooby-Doo I wore for Halloween,” the actor
and just about every cartoon recalls. “When the film was re-
show on Nickelodeon, Baker has released in the summer of 1978,
added his malleable tones to a I was hired to work at the local
wide variety of animated series, cinema to be a Jawa all summer.
videogames, and movies too So, actually, that was my first
numerous to mention. Star Wars gig,” he laughs.
While it feels like Baker has Baker’s first professional voice
been a part of the Star Wars galaxy work was as the rock-god Olmec
forever, it was only 16 years ago in the 90s Nickelodeon game show,
that he was first brought in to Legends of the Hidden Temple.
voice clone troopers Captain Rex After moving to Los Angeles, of vaudeville and silent movies.
and Commander Cody in the 2008 he started booking voice work 02 Captain Rex, “Those were a more economical
voiced by Baker
animated film, Star Wars: The for an array of animated series in The Clone form of public theater,” he
Clone Wars. He continued to voice and began to hone his craft in Wars and explains. “They had similar time
all the clone trooper characters in creating voice characters. Rebels. constraints to animation—short-
The Clone Wars TV series and has Still much in demand, 03 Rex was just one form storytelling, not a two-hour
lent his vocal talents to a dozen the actor says he considers of many clone show—and they played to the back
trooper voices
other official Star Wars projects, his style of performance to provided by
of the house. Very clear and, at
including Young Jedi Adventures be a throwback to the days Baker. times, very outlandish, inventive,
and LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the and very theatrical.
Galaxy, along with the recently “The entertainment industry
02
concluded The Bad Batch. Not a then broadened out into feature
bad legacy for a theater kid raised films and long-form stuff,” he
in Greeley, Colorado, who says he continues, “but the short-form
was forever changed after seeing economy of stories still lives on in
A New Hope at age 13. “It just the television format, which has
blew me away and was central kept storytelling more concise. And
to everything that I thought you have things like Looney Tunes,
was awesome and cool,” Baker which is like the logical extension
reminisces. “But I couldn’t imagine of vaudeville, where you’re utterly
being a part of that. I didn’t know free in terms of what you can do.
how. I didn’t think that would And if you get the right voice actor,
even be possible, it seemed so like Mel Blanc, you can take things
unreachable and unattainable. as far as you want to.”
So, my career has been an With his work on Star Wars, Baker
says it’s one of the rare storytelling
03 worlds that encourages him to be
wild and inventive. “Star Wars has
other planets, other species, and
other worlds, but you’re contained—
and it’s very helpful to be contained,
actually—by the format, which are
these 10- or 20-minute chunks of
storytelling,” he says, quoting the
typical lengths of an animation
episode. “It’s very much connected
to the legacy that was established in
Hollywood over 100 years ago.”

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 04

A great example of that is his

05 How does Dee Bradley Baker
latest character Nubs, a Pooba
Jedi youngling in Young Jedi keep his vocal instrument healthy
and vibrant? The actor shares
Adventures. An instant fan favorite,
his philosophy about keeping
Baker says conjuring the voice of a
his throat tuned up and fresh.
new creature out of “thin air” is the “When you’re young or you’re
most fun you can have in his job. starting out, you can expend a lot
Describing how the magic of energy as a performer that is
happens, Baker says he always inefficient and wasteful. It works
begins with the script and meeting against you, especially as a voice
actor when you’re doing things
with a series’ creators and writers.
that are often very broad, or, in
“They usually have a very clear my case, very unusual.
vision in their heads in terms 04 Nubs, the of each voice not just clear and “It takes a while to learn
of what they want, or at least effervescent accurate, but also to play out with how to relax into a clear, creative
Pooba in
in terms of the tone that they the choreography of a scene, and power that gets the job done.
Young Jedi
want,” he says. “And then, when Adventures. the presence and the energy charge It’s a big thing to learn. I trained
with an opera singer early in my
I see the artwork and the script, that’s playing out as well.
05 Baker is the career, and he was a really great
I’ll work with them to come up voice of Nubs. “Way back at the start of The teacher. He showed me how to
with something that solves the Clone Wars, when we didn’t place my voice and how to place
06 Clone Force
riddle of a character, to make 99 (played by even know if that was going to effort in a way that is powerful but
something that fits in effortlessly Baker) made work or not, I was a little more relaxed. It’s a mechanical process
with the story that they’re their debut in freaked out about doing it,” he to me, to avoid damaging myself.
Season 7 of Otherwise, I always hydrate.”
telling, that moves it along and The Clone admits. “Now, I’ve nailed the
integrates with it in this invisibly Wars. magic trick of jumping from
beautiful way that isn’t odd, or
arbitrary, or generic. And from
that, I access my little vocal
orchestra of instruments, then
we’re off to the races. We’re ready
to launch that spaceship.”
But what about the challenge
of voicing all the adult clones in
a series like The Bad Batch? When
Baker entered the sound booth to
record a script, he was often shifting
between characters without anyone
else to play against—a one-man
vocal band.
“I’ve relaxed into the juggling
match of reading through a scene,
or an episode, where it’s mostly
just me talking to myself,” Baker
laughs. “I have to make the sound

06
 07

Baker says he’s always kept

that idea front of mind and voice,
that the clones were never just
indiscriminate drones. “It was very
clear in the prequel films that it
was humans versus droids. And
that’s what George Lucas and Dave
Filoni underscored when they
launched into The Clone Wars
series. These clones were human,
they were distinct individuals. And
so, a big part of the mission for
me doing all those shows, all these
seasons, was to make each of those
character to character to character Just a shorthand sketch of 07 Crosshair and guys their own person.”
Wrecker from
as we move through a scene. I’m what made the guy unique, The Bad Batch.
used to bringing this all into one and how to ‘hang my helmet,’ 08
symphonic sound together. It’s vocally,” Baker explains. “And
something that doesn’t feel as the last resort was to have the
daunting or frightening to me as audio engineer quickly dial up
it once did, because the writing that particular clone, so we could
was very clear on what had to hear what he’d sounded like
happen in the story.” before to ensure there was
Are there any special tips or tricks a continuity to what had already
that Baker holds onto, aside from been established. Because that
the benefits of experience? The was very important to me,
actor says he kept notes on certain to keep these guys not only
prominent clones, or ones that he sounding different, but to 08 A not-so-cuddly
Nubs in LEGO
knew he would be asked to revisit. maintain a continuity of Star Wars:
“A clone who had multiple character through the multiple Rebuild the
Galaxy.
appearances within an arc or times that we ended up seeing
within a season, for instance, them, because they were With his recent galactic
I would make some notes on them. different people.” performances in the Disney+
streaming mini-series, LEGO
Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy,
09
and as the character Nix in the
videogame Star Wars Outlaws,
Baker is evidently happy to play
new characters in the Star Wars
sandbox for as long as producers
cast him.
“It’s wonderful as an actor to be
in the playpen that so enthralled
me when I was a kid,” Baker says
with gratitude. “This is the stuff
that I thought was the coolest
thing in the world, and it still
09 Baker is. To be a part of it, and to be
performed as a significant part of the grand
Nix in the
videogame collaboration that these stories are,
Star Wars it’s gratifying on so many levels.
Outlaws.
As an actor, you want to make
something that connects with
people, that means something, that
people love, and that tells a good
story. My incredulity is boundless
at how wonderful it is and how
much fun I’m having.”

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WORDS: AREZOU AMIN

t’s hard to conceive at As it transpired, audiences Riding The Caravan

this point in Star Wars waited 16 years for Lucas to The 1984 TV movie The Ewok
history, but there was return to the Skywalker saga Adventure, as it was known at the
a time back in 1983 with his prequel trilogy, which time of its original transmission on
that general audiences stand as testament to the the ABC network in the U.S., began
truly believed the determination Ebert predicted in life as a story George Lucas had
original three Star Wars movies were his review. It would take nearly written for his daughter, Amanda,
all there would ever be. Even hardcore four decades (36 years, to be who had fallen in love with Return
fans were skeptical, despite George precise) before Lucas’ nine-film of the Jedi’s Ewoks. Following the
Lucas having gone on record during tally would be realized, albeit success of Jedi, Lucas partnered
production of The Empire Strikes Back with different creatives at the with ABC to develop an hour-long
saying that he planned to make a helm. But that’s cinema. It family special to air around the
nine-film saga. In his Return of the Jedi would be on television that 1984 Thanksgiving holiday, but the
review, critic Roger Ebert suggested that Star Wars first found a new network wanted something longer,
if Lucas succeeded in his plan, it would home, decades before Disney+, something closer to the two-hour
be through the sheer determination and it would come wrapped in a mark, and the idea of an Ewok TV
of the filmmaker alone. fuzzy, spear-wielding package. movie was born.

01 Poster artwork
for Caravan of
Courage: An
Ewok Adventure
by Drew Struzan.
 ERA OF THE EWOKS

Having considered such 02 Cindel 02

(Aubree
titles as The Ewoks of Endor and Miller, left)
The Ewok Holiday Special, they and her
eventually settled on naming brother Mace
(Eric Walker,
it The Ewok Adventure, and right) were
Bob Carrau (previously George aided by
Lucas’ executive assistant) Logray,
the Ewok
came onboard to handle medicine
screenwriting duties. Directing man (Bobby
Bell).
the project would be another
Lucas collaborator, John Korty,
who had previously co-directed
the animated comedy Twice Upon
a Time (1983), co-produced by
Lucasfilm. Pre-production got
underway in April of 1984, and
location filming took place later that
spring, primarily at Roy’s Redwood
Reserve in Marin County. Some
scenes were also shot within the
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environs of Skywalker Ranch itself.
With a relatively low budget
of $3 million, The Ewok Adventure
needed to considerably scale back
production costs compared to the
figures previously associated
with a Star Wars movie (Return
of the Jedi was made for a
reported $32.5 million, for 03 Left to right:
Chukha-Trok
example). The Ewok costumes (Kevin
created by Stuart Freeborn for Thompson);
Deej (Dan
Return of the Jedi were reused, Frishman);
and their village was moved to Weechee
the forest floor rather than high (Debbie
Carrington)
in the treetops. The filmmakers and Mace
relied on tried-and-true special (Eric Walker).
effects to replicate
the visual splendor of
the theatrical movies and have some fun with it,” but a four-year-old Aubree Miller, in
on a television I N S I D E R An Ewok Adventure also served her debut role. Left behind on the
budget, as opposed I N T E L as an opportunity for Lucasfilm ship, the siblings are found by Deej
to innovating, with to gain some television experience, Warrick and his sons, Weechee and
matte paintings being and to give personnel without Widdle, and the Ewoks lead them
used to add scale and much on-set experience a chance back to their village, where they
depth to the Ewok While Warwick Davis
to learn and experiment. meet Wicket, played once again
village. Production reprised his role as by Warwick Davis. Together, the
designer Joe Johnston Wicket W. Warwick Tale Of The Towanis children and the Ewoks embark on
once referred to the from Return of the While Lucas’ vision for a one-hour an adventure to reunite Mace and
techniques they used Jedi in both Ewok family special had increased in Cindel with their parents.
TV movies, the
as “primitive,” noting scale, The Ewok Adventure still The Ewok Adventure premiered
character needed
that, “We did forced retained the ideas that had been the on November 25, 1984, to an
a voice as Wicket
perspectives and glass learned to speak core of his original story. The plot audience of a whopping 65 million
paintings, back-to- Basic from Cindel. followed the Towani family, whose viewers. In some cities in the U.S.,
basics things that had The Ewok’s dialog space cruiser had crash-landed on local radio stations got in on the fun
been around since was performed by Endor. Parents Jeremitt and Catarine that night, simulcasting the audio
the 1920s.” Johnston Darryl Henriques. (played by Guy Boyd and Fionnula with the ABC broadcast to achieve
added that Lucas Flanagan) disappear, leaving behind a “stereo” effect years before stereo
instructed them to their teenage son Mace, played by sound became commonplace on
“go out there Eric Walker, and Cindel, played by TV sets. An Ewok Adventure proved
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just as popular with awards bodies 04 Left to right: 05

Widdle (Tony
as it was with audiences, as the
Cox); Mace
TV movie was nominated for (Eric Walker);
two Emmys; one for Outstanding Jeremitt
(Guy Boyd);
Children’s Programming, and Catarine
the other for Outstanding Special (Fionula
Visual Effects. The film received Flanagan);
Cindel
a theatrical release in Ireland (Aubree
in December 1984, and was Miller) and
Wicket
subsequently released across
(Warwick
Europe, in the U.K., and in South Davis).
America during the winter,
05 Cindel
spring, and summer of 1985. This (Miller) with
theatrical run was when the movie Wicket W.
was given the full title by which Warrick
(Warwick
we know it today: Caravan of Davis).
Courage: An Ewok Adventure. Jedi. Many of the toys and books over the next couple of years.
released around the time of the TV Ewoks were part of that drop, with
The Ewok Invasion special were part of the Return of Chief Chirpa and Logray being
While Caravan of Courage did not the Jedi product rollout. immortalized in plastic, while an
receive the theatrical treatment The popularity of Star Wars toys Ewok Village playset followed not
stateside, that doesn’t mean the didn’t catch anyone off guard in long after. Wicket, perhaps the
Ewoks didn’t get a merchandise the way it had back in 1977, and most famous Ewok and the star of
launch to match its cinematic Kenner was ready to release their Caravan of Courage, wouldn’t get
predecessors, benefitting from first wave of Return of the Jedi his own figure until 1984, released
the TV movie’s proximity to the action figures alongside the movie, alongside figures of Teebo, Lumat,
ongoing marketing of Return of the with additional figures following and Paploo. There were two more

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playsets: the Ewok Assault Catapult 06

and the Ewok Combat Glider, and
1985 Kenner’s Power of the Force
collection included two additional
Ewoks—Romba and Warok—as
well as the Ewok Battle Wagon.
As synonymous as action figures
have become with the movie
series, however, they hardly scream
“cute and cuddly”—the primary
descriptor of an Ewok, at least at I N S I D E R
face value. Appropriately then, the
Return of the Jedi merchandise I N T E L
rollout also included Ewok plush
toys, including Kneesaa, Latara,
Paploo, Wicket, and six Woklings:
Five-year-old Cindel
Gwig, Leeni, Malani, Mookiee, Towani was played
Nippet, and Wiley. by Aubree Miller,
Publishing was another element who was a year
younger than the
of the Return of the Jedi marketing character at the time
push that gave prominence to the of filming, and the
all-conquering Ewoks, including same age as George
Lucas’ daughter,
a handful of storybooks aimed at
Amanda, for whom
young readers. A read-along “Book the story was
and Record” retelling of the TV originally written.
movie was joined on shelves by

07

The Ewoks and the Lost Children,

which used stills from The Ewok
Adventure as illustrations.

Ewok Mania
Ewok mania continued into 1985
with the release of two exciting new
television projects. The first was an
animated series, originally entitled
Ewoks, then renamed The All-New
Ewoks for its second season. The
series went into production in 1984
and was produced by the Canadian
animation studio Nelvana—the
same studio behind The Faithful
06 Director Wookiee segment of the 1978
John Korty Star Wars Holiday Special. The series
(left) with was written by Caravan of Courage
Warwick
Davis as scripter Bob Carrau and Paul Dini
Wicket. (Dini would later go on to work
07 The Towanis
on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars
reunited, in animated series).
this rare Ewoks focused on the crazy
behind-the-
scenes shot. misadventures of younger
members of the tribe—
08 Ewok merch Wicket, Princess Kneesaa,
09 included
10 plush dolls, Teebo, Paploo, and their
a read-along friends, and inspired a new
audiobook,
and a
line of action figures from
storybook Kenner, this time based on
retelling.
08 09 10

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13 11 Teek (Niki
I N S I D E R
I N T E L
12
Botelho, left)
joined Wicket
and the gang
in The Battle
for Endor.

12 Caravan of Jon Berg, the

Courage designer of Caravan
was soon of Courage’s
followed by antagonist the Gorax,
the Ewoks not only played the
animated
series. creature in costume
but also animated the
13 The Ewoks stop-motion model
comic, as of the beast.
published by
Star Comics.

the cartoony look of the animated 20

14 15
series’ lead characters. These bolder
and more colorful Ewok designs were
also picked up by the producers of a
touring variety show, Bravo America:
Bold-Bright-Beautiful, as the Ewoks
continued their quest for world
domination with an ice-skating
segment called The Ewoks and
the Magic Sunberries. That’s right.
Ewoks. On ice!
In November 1985, two months
after the launch of the Ewoks and its
animated sister series Droids, a sequel
to Caravan of Courage—Ewoks: The
Battle for Endor—premiered on ABC.
The second TV movie was much
darker in tone, killing off the entire Ewoks in Return of the Jedi or 14 Wicket and
Cindel were
Towani family (except for Cindel) not (and opinion at the time was
together
within the opening few minutes. divided), there was no escaping again for
The plot revolves around Cindel, their mass market appeal. Gary the second small part due to their adventures
TV move.
Wicket, and their friends battling Arnold of The Washington Post beyond the confines of the theatrical
to defend Endor from a gang of went so far as to suggest the Ewoks 15 The poster movies in Caravan of Courage
marauders, led by an evil witch were an allegory for the children for Ewoks: and The Battle for Endor. Both TV
The Battle
named Charal (played by British in the audience, being swept away for Endor. movies made their streaming debut
actor Siân Phillips). The character in the fantastical adventure that on Disney+ in 2021, closing the
was later revealed to be a Nightsister is Star Wars. Today, the Ewoks circle that had begun in 1984, and
in the 1995 reference book, The are as integral to the mythos as allowing new generations of fans to
Illustrated Star Wars Universe. Luke Skywalker, Wookiees, and the enjoy their quirky take on the galaxy
Whether you’d taken to the Millennium Falcon, which is in no far, far away.

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 Star Wars Insider investigates the Inquisitors, whose stories have
been told in animation, live-action, comics, books, and videogames.
WORDS: AMY RICHAU

rder 66 marked Given numbers to replace their bladed lightsaber that could spin,

O
the termination of names, Inquisitors hunted down rogue allowing Inquisitors to hover in
the Jedi Order. The Jedi, along with those who Palpatine the air, was a common weapon.
massacre of Jedi saw as a potential future threat, and Led internally by the Grand
Knights by their who Vader referred to as “Children Inquisitor, members of the group
former allies, the of the Force.” Any children who frequently fought for status within
clone troopers, was key in Palpatine’s would not join the dark side to serve their ranks in order to impress Lord
plot to undermine the Republic and Palpatine were eliminated. These were Vader. During their hunts, Inquisitors
reshape it into the First Galactic dark times indeed. were regularly paired with specially
Empire, under his command. There Inquisitors varied from disgruntled trained stormtroopers known as
were some Jedi, however (including Jedi who had swapped sides around purge Troopers, in their efforts to
Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi) who were the time of Order 66, to those who uncover Jedi.
able to escape the carnage. To track were forced to turn to the dark side How many of these deadly
down such surviving Jedi, as well after lengthy torture sessions. They assassins were there? As they were
as uncover any children across the were trained under Vader, first on identified numerically, we know there
galaxy who showed signs of Force Coruscant, then later at a dedicated were at least 13. Star Wars Insider
sensitivity, Palpatine enlisted Darth base on the watery Mustafar moon takes stock of the known Inquisitors
Vader, to lead a group of former Jedi of Nur. While some Inquisitors were and recounts the roles they played in
known as the Inquisitorius. human, many were not. A double- this horrifying era in galactic history.

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NINTH
SISTER
T
he Ninth Sister’s life as an
Inquisitor was dominated by pain
and suffering. Once known as
the Jedi Knight Masana Tide, she was

THIRTEENTH
tortured by the Empire until turning to
the dark side. Losing an eye to Darth
Vader during a training exercise, the
Ninth Sister also lost a limb to the Sixth

SISTER
Brother during a mission to Mon Cala
in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith.
Skilled at reading other’s emotions, the
Ninth Sister enjoyed taunting her prey.

B
orn Iskat Akaris on the planet In the videogames Jedi: Fallen Order
Pkori, the Thirteenth Sister and Jedi: Survivor, the Ninth Sister
studied under Master Sember told Cal Kestis that she would enjoy
Vey and fought for the Jedi during delivering him to the Inquisitorius to
the First Battle of Geonosis. The novel see him turned, but Kestis bested her in
Star Wars Inquisitor: Rise of the Red both their battles, decapitating her on
Blade followed Iskat on her path from Coruscant after trying to remind her
Knight to Inquisitor. about her life as a Jedi.
Feeling disillusioned with the
Jedi Order, Iskat willfully joined the
Inquisitorius ranks shortly after Order
66. The Thirteenth Sister killed several
Jedi during her missions for Darth

TENTH
Vader, but yearned to be free from
the rules of any organization. Her
love for fellow Inquisitor Tualon

BROTHER
Yaluna led to her death in Marvel
Comics’ Darth Vader: Dark Lord of
the Sith, when Vader sensed the duo’s
connection and destroyed them both.

A
s a Jedi during the Clone Wars
in the comic series Jedi of the
Republic: Mace Windu, Prosset Dibs
was found guilty by the Jedi Council
of insubordination and treason after
attacking one of their own during a
mission. Dibs believed war was no place
for the Jedi, and felt betrayed by the
Council, making him an easy target to
turn to the dark side. While Dibs was
blind, his high intuition levels gave him
a strong connection to the Force as both
a Jedi and later as the Tenth Brother.
In Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith,
he accompanied Vader on a mission to
Mon Cala, where he was killed by clone
troopers, who still perceived him as Jedi.

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EIGHTH SIXTH
BROTHER BROTHER

W
hile searching for a Sith
SEVENTH T
he Sixth Brother lost an arm to

SISTER
holocron in Star Wars Rebels, Darth Vader early in his training
the Eighth Brother crossed paths as an Inquisitor. Vader described
with Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, and this act of violence as teaching the
Ahsoka Tano. The dark-side warrior Sixth Brother—formerly known as Bil
leaned heavily on his double-bladed Valen—a lesson in loss he would never

M
lightsaber during combat, which ore patient and cruel than forget. In Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the
was equipped with a deadly saw many of her fellow Inquisitors, Sith, the Sixth Brother’s brutal actions
attachment. More rash in his actions in Star Wars Rebels the Seventh mimicked Vader’s when he cut off the
than his fellow Inquisitors, the Eighth Sister waited for her prey to make a leg of one of his fellow Inquisitors, the
Brother often acted before thinking. mistake, or chose to keep her prey alive Ninth Sister, to aid in his own escape
Despite his lightsaber being damaged as bait to ensnare a larger number of during a mission to Mon Cala.
in a battle with Kanan Jarrus, the victims. Not much is known about the
Eighth Brother tried to escape the Seventh Sister’s time as a Jedi, except
fight by using its spinning feature as that she once trained with Master Aayla
a means of flight. However, the Secura. Hunting down many Force-
weapon malfunctioned and he sensitives during the Imperial era, the
fell to his death. Seventh Sister focused much of her time
tracking Ahsoka Tano. To aid in her
hunt, she used several ID9 seeker droids
to help find and subdue Jedi and Force-
sensitive children. The Seventh Sister
met her death at the end of Maul’s
lightsaber blade on Malachor, alongside
the Fifth and Eighth Brothers.

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FIFTH
BROTHER

S
erving Palpatine and Darth Vader it clear to the Third Sister that he felt
for many years, the Fifth Brother’s superior to her and other Inquisitors he
devotion to the hunt for Jedi never deemed unworthy. Throughout the years,
wavered. In the comic series, Darth the Fifth Brother battled many rebel
Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith, the Fifth groups, including the Singer Mantis crew
Brother joined Vader on a mission to in the novel Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars.
track down former Council member Eeth The Fifth Brother met his end on
Koth, shortly after the rise of the Empire. Malachor in Star Wars Rebels, fighting
Working with the Grand Inquisitor, the several members of the Spectre cell
Fifth Brother hunted another Jedi in when Maul killed him after he was
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, making disarmed by Ahsoka Tano.

FOURTH
SISTER
A
n early convert to the dark side,
imprisoned Jedi Knight Bariss Offee
called the Fourth Sister by her
previous name, Lyn, when she came
to recruit Offee into the Inquisitorius
during the chaos of Order 66. Brutal
and blindly loyal to Palpatine and
Vader, the Fourth Sister believed any dark side and hunt former Jedi should
Jedi given the opportunity to serve the consider themselves lucky. The Fourth
Sister joined the Fifth Brother and the
Grand Inquisitor in their hunt for a Jedi
on Tatooine in Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire episode,
“No Way Out,” Offee tried to convince
Fourth Sister to turn back to the light
side, and audiences saw the first hint
of kindness in the Fourth Sister’s
actions. How her story continues
has yet to be told.

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THIRD
SISTER
T
he Third Sister was unique among
Inquisitors in that she was never a
true believer. While she zealously
tracked down Jedi for the Empire, the
Third Sister’s true goal was to exact
revenge on Darth Vader himself.
As a Jedi trainee on Coruscant,
the Third Sister—then known as
Reva—saw Anakin Skywalker turn
against the Jedi during Order 66,
slaughtering her teachers and fellow
students. As one of the few people
aware of the Sith Lord’s true identity,
the Third Sister also knew the person
Vader would very much like to face
again was his former master. The
Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi
followed Reva’s journey from an
Inquisitor obsessed with finding
Kenobi to the moment on Tatooine
where she chose mercy, discarding her
Inquisitor lightsaber rather than taking
the life of young Luke Skywalker.

SECOND
the Second Sister’s painful past during
her hunt for Jedi Cal Kestis and Trilla’s
former master, Cere Junda.
The Second Sister’s anger against the

SISTER
Jedi was fueled by feelings of betrayal as
she believed Cere abandoned her when
she should have been protecting her.
Cal Kestis battled the Second Sister on
Fortress Inquisitorius, where they fought
over a holocron filled with the names
of Force-sensitive children. While the
Second Sister survived her fight with
Kestis and appeared close to reconciling
with Cere, she was not as fortunate with
Darth Vader, who swiftly struck her
down for failing in her mission.

J
edi Padawan Trilla Suduri became
the Second Sister shortly after
Order 66, when Imperials captured
and tortured her. The videogame
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order revealed

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THE GRAND INQUISITOR in Obi-Wan Kenobi, where he and the

Sith Lord also learned of a secret rebel
network called the Hidden Path. The
Grand Inquisitor later spent much time
hunting down members of the Spectre
cell in Star Wars Rebels. After losing a
battle with Kanan Jarrus, the Grand
Inquisitor attempted to end his own
life, but Darth Vader forced his spirit to
guard an abandoned Jedi Temple, where

THE MYSTERY MEN

he later (unsuccessfully) battled Luke
Skywalker in Marvel Comics’ Star Wars
#6 (2020).
Two more Inquisitors also made
appearances in the Star Wars
animated anthology miniseries
Tales of the Jedi and Tales of the
Empire, but their identities were
shrouded in mystery.
Ahsoka Tano faced an unnamed
Inquisitor who wore a demonic,
bird-like mask in the Tales of the

O
nce a Jedi Temple Guard, the Jedi Episode 6: “Resolve.” Unnamed,
Grand Inquisitor resented his lack that is, until recently when it was
of access to the Order’s secrets. As discovered that the Inquisitor in
an Inquisitor, the Pau’an led efforts to question was the Eleventh Brother.
hunt down the Jedi, tested prospective Another masked Inquisitor,
Inquisitors, and created a list of later glimpsed in the final scenes
surviving Force users for Darth Vader. of the Tales of the Empire Episode
Among the Grand Inquisitor’s early 4: “Devoted,” had already been
targets was Tensu Run, a Jedi Knight seen on-screen in Star Wars: Ahsoka.
who inspired hope in the fight against Known as Marrok in the series
the Empire in the Marvel Comics’ series set during the New Republic era,
Star Wars: Inquisitors. A master of years after the Inquisitor’s reign
deception, the Grand Inquisitor helped of terror had ended, he became
Vader unearth the Third Sister’s betrayal a mercenary in the employ of
Morgan Elsbeth. The dark-side
warrior seemingly died (disappearing
in a cloud of green mist) following
a lightsaber battle with Ahsoka
Tano on Seatos; fans suspected his
Imperial past based on his use of an
Inquisitor’s dual-bladed lightsaber.
 Jedi Knight Barriss Offee
played a significant role
in the final months of the
Clone Wars, betraying
both the Jedi and her
friend, Ahsoka Tano, but
her story moved forward in
Lucasfilm Animation’s 2024
series Star Wars: Tales of
the Empire. Actor Meredith
Salenger discusses
the latest twists in the
character’s journey.
WO R D S : TA R A B E N N E T T

01 Barriss Offee (voiced by

Meredith Salenger) went
from Inquisitor to healer
in Tales of the Empire.

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f you’re a
member of

I Generation X,
there’s a good
chance that
you know
actress Meredith Salenger
from her role as Natty Gann,
a scrappy Depression-era
kid at the center of the 1985
Walt Disney Pictures film, Gann is like the Tom Waits of Disney da....” and I would think to myself,
The Journey of Natty Gann. princesses. I love that I have been a Do I know that? Let me go research
And even if you don’t, the Disney girl from the beginning. And that. I even started watching spoof
important thing is that then to work on The Clone Wars and versions of Star Wars, like all the
Lucasfilm chief creative Tales of the Empire, and to be part of Robot Chicken stuff.
officer Dave Filoni was a the Star Wars galaxy and connected
fan, remembered Salenger’s with Disney, it’s like both are my life. Did Dave Filoni share anything
performance, and cast her in with you about Barriss’ new
the role of Barriss Offee in How intimidating was it to arc before you saw the scripts
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. get that first Star Wars gig? for Tales of the Empire, or did
Insider recently met with Of course, I had seen all the you have any idea that her
the actor to talk about movies by the time I got the role, story would continue?
the character’s return but honestly, I think my intense After The Clone Wars, everyone
and redemptive story fandom didn’t really start until kept asking, “What happened
arc in Star Wars: Tales I met Dave Filoni. He explained with Barriss? Where did Barriss
of the Empire. The Clone Wars characters and the go?” I didn’t know what happened
history behind all of them so well, to her. Whenever I saw or talked
Star Wars Insider: You and he had such enthusiasm for it. with Dave he never gave anything
attribute your casting in Once I started playing Barriss, away. He did say that he had
Star Wars to a wild animal. I went back and re-watched all the something up his sleeve for Barriss,
Can you explain? Star Wars movies again, because but I had no idea what that would
Meredith Salenger: I believe when Dave talks about Star Wars be, or how the character might
the reason I got the role of Barriss it’s like, “Well, you know, da, da, be reintroduced.
Offee is because Dave Filoni is
a huge fan of wolves, and in
The Journey of Natty Gann, my
character was on a journey with
a wolf. I think that was probably
in the back of his mind when he The expression “The road to hell is paved with good intentions,”
could have been coined with Barriss Offee in mind. A devout youngling
was looking for a voice for Barriss.
with a fascination for the ancient Jedi texts, the Mirialan native began
He and I later bonded over our
her training at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant under the tutelage of
love of wolves, so, yeah, I think Master Luminara Unduli. She fought alongside her master during the
Natty Gann was probably an First Battle of Geonosis, after which her ability to use the Force to
impetus for why I got the part. heal others began to reveal itself.
As a Jedi Padawan, Offee formed a close bond with Ahsoka
As a kid of the 1980s, where Tano, the apprentice of General Anakin Skywalker during the Clone
did Star Wars rank in your Wars, and they undertook many missions together. Offee felt
young life? great pain and sadness at the increasing number of clone trooper
I remember going to see Star Wars: casualties she encountered, and a disillusionment with the Jedi’s
participation in the war began to foment.
A New Hope; it was the first time
By the time she was promoted to Jedi Knight and made
I ever saw a movie that had a line
a general, Offee had come into contact with Letta Turmond,
around the block. I stood in that line an activist who opposed the Jedi’s role in the war. Believing
with my dad. I loved it. I am a huge that the Order had become the villains of the conflict, they
fan of every single character but, conspired to smuggle nano-bonds into the Jedi Temple on
how cool was Princess Leia? She was Coruscant, unwittingly ingested by Turmond’s husband. The
the beginning of the strong woman resultant explosion killed many Jedi and civilians, and Offee
role. I started acting when I was eight saw to it that her old friend Ahsoka Tano took the blame.
years old, and people joke that Natty
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02 I feel like Ahsoka and Barriss

inherently understood each other.
They grew up together. They learned
together, and I think they infused
each other’s personalities with
goodness. Ahsoka knew that Barriss
had chosen the wrong way to go
about achieving her goals, but also
that it was against her nature.

Is there a favorite example

of that for you?
At the very end of Tales of the
Empire, you saw Bariss as an elder
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I haven’t been a guest at very and as a healer. You saw people
many conventions, I’ve been to coming to her and calling her
maybe four or five, but fans always “Mother.” I bring this up only
want to know what happened to because a fan recently asked me,
her, so I talk about Barriss all the “How do you feel about Barriss
time. Even my best friend’s kids being referred to as that?” She
watch The Clone Wars and brag to doesn’t have a child of her own,
their friends, “Oh, I’m pals with but she does have this maternal
Barriss Offee.” So, for me, she has quality about her, a need to
never gone away, and I still feel prevent others going through the
very connected to her. same heartache that she went
through. And that’s all any mother
What was your reaction really wants for their children—
to where we pick up the they want them to live a better,
character in Tales? safer life, to give them the wisdom
Finding her locked up in prison not to make the same mistakes.
was such a great place to start. Barriss had been through so
Seeing her emotional journey at There’s always been a 02 Barriss Offee much. She made her share of
betrayed
having been a captive for all that strong sense of empathy in mistakes, and I think she felt
Ahsoka Tano
time, thinking about what she your portrayal of Barriss. during the
had done in framing Ahsoka and Was that something you Clone Wars.
04
turning against the Jedi for having found in the scripts, or 03 Sentenced to
entered a military campaign did that come from you? prison as a
instead of being the peacekeepers I don’t know if there was result of her
crimes, Offee
that they were intended to be. To anything specific, but I think it’s was spared
have chosen violence, which she something that really connects the horror of
Order 66.
felt had been the only way she me with Barriss. Like her, I have
could get her point across. I think an intense desire to do what
that she had time to think about is right. I have a strong moral
those things, to retrospectively center, and I’m a very empathetic
consider that they were probably person. There’s this trained
terrible things to have done. thoughtfulness with Barriss,
When we first see Barriss in and a nobility about her that she
Tales of the Empire, she gets respects her training. She has a
presented with an opportunity to feeling for peacekeeping. She wants
be free. It’s a pretty daunting offer to protect people, especially those
that she is given, and it doesn’t who have helped her. You see that
come without major feelings of struggle in Tales of the Empire
04 Offee with
guilt and shame, but she has so much. I don’t think she can the Grand
a desire to be alive and free. help it. That’s just who she is. Inquisitor.

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05

shame and guilt over it. She’s 05 Offee was what I saw coming for her, but it
sickened by
also a fierce warrior, a the acts of felt right. She’d come to understand
protector, and a peacekeeper. the Fourth that what she did at the end of The
Sister. Clone Wars was very wrong,
Did you ever imagine Confined in a prison cell
Barriss would end up so Are you satisfied with where during the Jedi Purge of Order
separated from the galaxy in Tales left Barriss Offee? 66, Barriss Offee was recruited
shortly thereafter into the
her little pocket of solitude? I want to play Barriss until the
Emperor’s Inquisitorius. As
No, I did not see that as her end of time. I think she’s such
a member of this dark force,
trajectory. But you can only fight an interesting character. She’s so Offee was responsible for
for so long. I think she fought, fascinating. I love looking at her. tracking down many Jedi, but
fought, fought in The Clone Wars. I love watching her. I love how she had a change of heart
She fought in the Tales of the she’s animated. I love playing her. during a mission with the
Empire. But I think she I’m fulfilled with the choices that Fourth Sister, a former Jedi
ultimately realized it was the soul Dave made for who she became. named Lyn Rakish. Appalled
of the world she had to fight for, I don’t think that it needs to end by Rakish’s slaughter of
and the only way to do that there, but I’m just an actor who villagers who had sought to
protect a fleeing Jedi, Offee
was through love, through loves playing that part so much
fought with the Fourth Sister
changing people’s hearts. So 06 The Fourth and just being her. I think Barriss
and tended to the Jedi as
yes, to see where her story Sister Offee is the coolest, and being part they died.
eventually
went, it felt right for her caught up
of the Star Wars galaxy means so After this, Offee abandoned
character. It’s definitely not with Offee. much to me. the Empire and became a
healer, helping those in need
with her Force abilities. After
06 a mother and father sought
her assistance in helping their
Force-sensitive child escape
the Empire, Offee once again
faced Rakish. Seriously injured,
the healer still scored a victory,
convincing her former friend
to question their belief in
the Empire.

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Our resident Star Wars expert, Jay Stobie, consults
his library of holocrons and ancient Jedi texts to
answer your questions about the events, people,
and places of the galaxy far, far away….

Concept art by Andrée Wallin

“According to the Rule of Two, the Sith are always decreed there could only be two Sith: a master
paired as a master and an apprentice. How do the and an apprentice.
Inquisitorius and Knights of Ren fit into this equation?” Even so, they were not nearly as formal
Natalie Clarke, Edinburgh, UK as their counterparts in the Jedi Order. A former
Jedi known as the Stranger claimed that he
To truly grasp the Rule of Two and its significance, we sought an acolyte and the “power of two”
must dive into Sith history. An offshoot of the Jedi who during the High Republic’s waning years. Despite
embraced the dark side, the Sith bitterly fought against having an approach that lined up with Bane’s
their light-side counterparts for a number of years. decree, the Stranger was not adamant about
Over time, the Sith dwindled until only Darth Bane calling himself a “Sith,” asserting that he had
remained. Acknowledging that treachery and backstabbing no name. Nevertheless, his true allegiances
contributed to the Sith’s decline, Bane established the Rule remained elusive, especially concerning a
of Two so that the sect could avoid complete extinction. mysterious figure who lurked in the shadows
This directive was designed to avoid self-destruction and near the Stranger’s home.

Not From A Jedi

The Third Sister Ap’lek The Grand Inquisitor
Having endured Anakin Skywalker’s A cunning Knight of Ren, Ap’lek A Pau’an who formerly served as a
assault on the Jedi Temple as a child, kept a smoke dispenser in his Jedi Knight, the Grand Inquisitor led
the Third Sister knew that Anakin arsenal and utilized his sensitivity to the Inquisitorius and reported directly
had become Darth Vader. A ruthless the Force to detect his foes through to Darth Vader. The Grand Inquisitor
Inquisitor, Reva’s true goal involved the cloudy haze. While he did not showed great disdain for the Third Sister,
exacting revenge on Vader for killing her carry a lightsaber, Ap’lek wielded an during her pursuit of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and
friends during Order 66, though Obi-Wan ancient Mandalorian executioner’s ax, he also played a pivotal role in hunting down
Kenobi eventually helped her change paths. which had a blade made out of resilient beskar. Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger.

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 It is important to remember that Emperor
Palpatine was a key factor in the creation
of the Inquisitorius and Ben Solo’s quest to
join the Knights of Ren. As the Republic’s
supreme chancellor, Palpatine secretly
hired Cad Bane to identify and kidnap Force-
sensitive children with the hopes of creating
his own army. As Emperor, Palpatine placed
Darth Vader in charge of employing fallen
light siders as Inquisitors to hunt down Jedi.
A reborn Palpatine controlled Snoke, and it
was the supreme leader who corrupted Ben
Solo and recommended his alliance with the
Knights of Ren.

Mother Aniseya The Fifth Brother

As the leader of a coven of witches, While the Fifth Brother remained loyal to
Mother Aniseya disagreed with the Inquisitorius, he hoped to earn the title
those who considered her connection of Grand Inquisitor after his Pau’an predecessor
to the Thread to be dark and unnatural. had seemingly been killed during the pursuit
Though neither Sith nor Jedi, Mother Aniseya of Obi-Wan Kenobi. His ambition put him into
emphasized that the power of two exceeded the direct conflict with Reva, and the two often
power of one, going so far as to assert that even clashed when undertaking missions to hunt
greater strength was found in the power of many. down the hidden Jedi.

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DEEDS
1,032 BSW4:
As the last surviving Sith,
Darth Bane recognized that
history as former Jedi, Padawans, and infighting had been a major
younglings meant they could harness factor in the fall of the Sith
the Force to a greater extent than their and enacted the Rule of Two.
counterparts who followed Kylo Ren.
That being said, the Knights of Ren did 19 BSW4:
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine’s
wield the Force to varying degrees when
devious machinations spelled
facing off with their enemies. Candidates doom for Count Dooku when
who hoped to join the Knights of Ren the secret Sith Lord encouraged
Rules Made To Be Broken needed to have a connection to “the Anakin Skywalker to execute
Dooku in cold blood.
Why was Palpatine’s involvement relevant shadow,” their term for the dark side. From
to the Rule of Two? Over the decades, the the vibroscythe-brandishing Vicrul, whose
9 ASW4:
Emperor demonstrated a clear pattern Force sensitivity increased his ferociousness In response to the capture
to bending, and more often than not, during combat, to the ax-swinging Ap’lek, of young Leia Organa, Tala
breaking with rules and traditions. After who could sense his foes’ presence, each Durith and Obi-Wan Kenobi
infiltrated Fortress Inquisitorius,
all, we are talking about the person who Knight of Ren applied their dark-side
the Inquisitors’ seemingly
killed his master, Darth Plagueis, in his abilities in a rudimentary fashion. impenetrable command
sleep; manipulated his own journey to the center on the moon of Nur.
supreme chancellor’s office; orchestrated the Where Loyalties Lie
Clone Wars; betrayed Count Dooku to gain To further illustrate the influence of the 3 BSW4:
Anakin Skywalker as an apprentice; and Sith, consider that they had many other Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger,
and Ahsoka Tano formed a
hoped to have Luke Skywalker take Darth loyalists, known as Sith cultists, who were brief alliance with Palpatine’s
Vader’s place. Given his past, Palpatine not Force sensitive. For example, Kylo Ren former apprentice Maul before
had no qualms about ignoring the Rule of made quick work of the Alazmec of Winsit, traveling to the Sith temple
Two. In fact, creating Snoke to act as an devotees to the dark side who guarded the on Malachor. There, they were
confronted by Inquisitors the
intermediary between Kylo Ren and himself area near Darth Vader’s castle on Mustafar Fifth Brother, Seventh Sister,
stood as a way to circumvent the direct link and tried to prevent Ren from attaining a and Eighth Brother.
between a master and his apprentice. Sith wayfinder.
Thus, the notion of using Force- On Exegol, Palpatine’s legions of cultists 28 ASW4:
sensitive beings to do his bidding was formed the Sith Eternal and indoctrinated Ben Solo joined the Knights
of Ren in the wake of his
familiar to Palpatine. On top of this, the their children into becoming Sith troopers
destruction of Luke Skywalker’s
Inquisitors and the Knights of Ren were and crew members on Sith Star Destroyers. Jedi temple. Ren, the group’s
not technically Sith anyway. Of course, From intergalactic armies and fellow Sith leader, eventually challenged
with their red lightsabers and Force to Inquisitors and the Knights of Ren, Solo, who took the opportunity
to take his place as the
abilities, it would be easy to mistake the Palpatine proved he was willing to use
Knights’ commander and
Inquisitors for Sith. Unlike the Knights of anyone in his quest for ultimate power, assume the name Kylo Ren.
Ren, whose capabilities were limited due even if his methods did not explicitly
to a lack of proper training, the Inquisitors’ adhere to the Rule of Two. 35 ASW4:
Having rejected the dark side,
Ben Solo traveled to Exegol
to aid Rey in her battle against
the reborn Emperor Palpatine.
Along the way, he battled
the Knights of Ren, ultimately
Allies of striking down all six of his
former enforcers.
The Light
The Jedi had their own allies who, while
not Force users, maintained special
connections with the light side. As a
member of the Church of the Force, Lor
San Tekka supplied Luke Skywalker with
information about many ancient Jedi
traditions that he had gathered in his DO YOU HAVE
travels as an explorer. A QUESTION?
Though best known for operating Send your in-galaxy queries to
her establishment on Takodana, Maz [email protected]
Kanata forged a mysterious bond with the subject header,
with the Force, even coming into “A Certain Point of View.”
possession of the Skywalker lightsaber.
Kanata recognized Rey’s importance
and believed the scavenger should
take ownership of the weapon.

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effrey Walker and his son The classic story arc energized 30 years before, and he began
cherish their time together, Walker’s creativity, and he asked his making Star Wars amigurumi
especially when they gather son if he’d like his own tooka doll—a after his wife gave him a crochet
to read about and watch Star Wars. cuddly toy that was popular among kit in 2018. Armed with this
“Our favorite series is The Clone other children in the galaxy, knowledge, as well as his
Wars,” says Walker. “We were including Rogue One: A Star Wars experience with creating and
watching ‘Innocents of Ryloth,’ Story’s Jyn Erso and The Bad modifying patterns to fuel his
where troopers Waxer and Boil Batch’s Omega. His son agreed, passion for crocheting Star Wars
befriend a little Twi’lek girl named so long as his father could “make characters, Walker set to work
Numa, and she had a purple and it cool.” Walker had learned to pairing the tooka doll design
gold tooka doll.” crochet from his mother over with some clone-inspired details.

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reference about tooka dolls,” notes
the fan, who decided to custom
design the body, combining the
tooka doll’s signature shape with
the armor patterns of several iconic
clone troopers. The result would
have made the Grand Army of the
Republic proud. Captain Rex,
Commander Cody, and a trooper
from the 327th emerged to fill the
ranks of Jeffrey’s crochet collection.
Crucially, though, what was his
son’s verdict? Well, although Walker
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of Star Wars pieces over the years,
his tooka dolls remain his son’s
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with fellow fans proved to be
another exciting opportunity for
Dennis and his wife. “It was great
meeting the cosplayers as well, and
Scott Hume poses with Katee Sackhoff, who they were always open to having
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Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and The Mandalorian.
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the Voices Against Cancer time to explore London before
pop-culture convention in heading home. For Dennis, the
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he convention lived up to the hype.
was thrilled at the chance to meet Katee

A
s someone who has been a “My wife and I were there for all
Sackhoff, known for playing Bo-Katan
Star Wars fan for over thirty four days of Celebration, maximizing
Kryze in Star Wars: The Mandalorian.
years, Dennis Quepe has our trip to London, and each day was
“She was extremely kind and seemed
genuinely excited to be there,” Hume always had attending Star Wars a different experience for us.”
recalls. “It was a wonderful experience to Celebration on his bucket list, but
be able to thank her not only for her work lengthy flight times made visiting
on Star Wars but for other shows she has the United States from his home in
starred in over the years.” the Philippines quite difficult. When
The Star Wars extravaganza didn’t stop the official Star Wars convention
there, as Hume cites getting a selfie with came to London in 2023, the fan
Nika Futterman, who voiced Asajj Ventress, was finally able to live his dream.
as another favorite moment. Having also
“The highlights were the photo
spent time with voice-acting legends Dee
opportunities and autograph
Bradley Baker and Sam Witwer at the
event, each of whom signed his The Clone sessions,” remarks Dennis. He and
Wars poster, Hume is already preparing for his wife enjoyed meeting and talking
next year. “It was a great day and I hope to with Star Wars writers and comic-
be able to attend this con again!” book artists, who signed several

Scott Hume takes a selfie with Nika Futterman, who

voiced Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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for Star Wars back to 1979,
when he was 8 years old.
Years later, when Moran embarked
on his cosplay journey, he wanted
to make a connection with the
legends he portrayed and craft
builds around Star Wars characters
who look like him. “Anytime I get
to cosplay a character from the
films or series is a major treat for
me,” he reveals. “Cosplaying as
Wrecker and Boba Fett were ideal
for me on both fronts.”
The Bad Batch’s Wrecker and the
infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett
appealed to Eric in different ways.
“Wrecker is a big guy with a big
heart, at the same time totally loyal
to his squad of brothers. I can
identify with him as a U.S. Marine,
and being a big guy with a gentle

soul,” says the fan. “Boba Fett

was always one of the coolest
Star Wars characters when I
was growing up, so to see
that he looked like me
with hair and—years
later—without hair
made it a no-brainer
to cosplay as Boba.”
Cosplaying is
more than a
hobby to
Eric, as
he’s found
solace in
his post-
military
career.
“I find
working on my Boba
Fett and Wrecker cosplays to
be very therapeutic,” he reveals.
“Especially as I’ve had to deal
with PTSD (post-traumatic stress characters, the fan response has
disorder).” The reception from been overwhelmingly positive,” says
other fans has also been a boost. Moran, who has enjoyed seeing his
“When I’ve cosplayed as those cosplays go viral.

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 TA LES FROM TH E
OCCLUSION ZON E
“The Fate
of Eriadu”
By Lydia Kang

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Previously, in a galaxy far, “You are an unidentified vessel in

far away…. Nihil space,” Skrood said. “Surrender
and prepare to be boarded, by
The Republic Defense Coalition order of Marchion Ro, the Eye of
crew trapped inside the Occlusion the Nihil. Your crew and your ship
Zone has traveled far to find a safe will hereafter belong to the Nihil.
haven as supplies run dangerously If we allow you to live, you will be
low. With Pikka closing in on her confined to the planet of Eriadu
due date and the survivors on the until further notice.” Skrood knew
Aurie in ragged shape, they’ve his voice was harsh and triumphant.
finally made it. But Eriadu may Steady. The voice of someone who
not be the sanctuary they were was winning a war.
hoping for… As the Sickle and fifteen other Nihil
ships orbited the brown and blue
krood licked planet of Eriadu, now comfortably

S
the meat within the Occlusion Zone, this ship’s
juices off his passengers had little choice. The Nihil
The tall fingers as he were well-fed, well-equipped, and
rested his always prepared for a fight.
Weequay metal-clad There was a long pause. What was
boots on there to think of? Die, or be subjugated.
grimaced, the control A woman’s voice spoke from
panel of the Sickle. He chose not to the Longbeam.
which was eat with the rest of his Nihil crew, “This is the Republic Defense
as he was a suspicious commander. Coalition Longbeam designation
her version of He might be poisoned, or worse, Aurora III. We accept the terms
his food might be swiped when he of surrender.”
smiling. wasn’t looking. Skrood was smallest She sounded exhausted and
of his crew, which was common defeated. How very excellent,
"Got a new enough when you were a Lannik, but he thought.
he’d sliced and hacked off enough
ship coming fingers, noses, and appendages to
fight for his rank. Diminutive or not,
in. Republic he was a vicious, dirty fighter. He
gnawed off the last bits of flesh from A ragtag group including Skrood
Longbeam. the roast foot of the siler—some and ten Nihil—all wearing battle-
striped beast from Eriadu that the scarred, mismatched armor and
It's covered Nihil culled by the dozens to feed masks, with a single, unifying blue,
themselves—and followed with a spiral, angry eye—boarded the
in scav-droid sonorous, wet burp. Longbeam. Despite having done
As if she’d been signaled with this multiple times before, they
scars." the gastric vocalization, one of his weren’t quite sure what to expect.
Nihil underlings appeared. The tall Some ships they’d captured had
Weequay grimaced, which was her dozens of crewmembers who fought
version of smiling. back; others had only corpses of
“Got a new ship coming in. inhabitants who had starved to
Republic Longbeam. It’s covered in death or died of battle injuries.
scav-droid scars.” The crew of the Longbeam were
“Excellent. I’m boarding this one. something in between.
Last time you killed too many and There were only five, plus a
we lost bargaining chips.” shiny silver protocol droid. One
The Weequay grunted at the was a human female with curled
criticism, then punched at the brown hair and heavily gravid,
communications controls of the Sickle. and the only one who appeared
The Longbeam responded immediately healthy. Two human males, both
by opening its comms channel. with starved looks in their eyes:
Skrood smiled internally. So one tall and broad-shouldered, and
pathetically eager to give up, these one much younger with black hair.
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expression stared with her white eyes the walls of the ship. Skrood studied
at the Nihil as if their very existence them. The others had starved so
was an insult to all Arkanians. And the gravid one could have more to
finally, lying on a hover gurney, a eat. Ah, they were tender hearted.
sickly-looking Mon Calamari female What a horrific sentiment. Now, they
wheezed with every painful breath. looked like they could barely stand.
Her normally yellow eyes had paled He laughed at them, and the sound
to a color akin to watery mucus. The of his mirth made them wince.
Nihil wouldn’t have been surprised if “Skrood,” said one of his soldiers.
she died right there in front of them. “We have a record of one of these
The droid stepped forward. “I am names in our system. Ghal Tarpfen.
See-Ohsixen, specially programmed for She was our prisoner who was on
high-level communications, servicing that transport that went adrift some
the Tarkin family. I am delighted to be months ago and…succumbed.”
home, I might add, and—” “She’s as good as dead,” the
“His programming is irreversibly Weequay Nihil said, sneering.
malfunctioning,” Joss warned. “But “Eriadu is a prison anyway. Our
you’re welcome to have him.” prison. Enjoy your slow death.”
“Malfunctioning? I would very
much like to rebut that statement! Pikka put a
I am in magnificent condition! The
caliber of my circuits is pristine and hand on her
beyond dispute! I am categorically Pikka took control of the Aurie
perfect in every way and I...” as soon as the Nihil were gone. They belly and
“You can have him if you want,” left a rancid smell in the air that
the human woman said, rather dryly. made her feel queasy. Thank the stars looked at her
Skrood looked at the droid and they weren’t feeling bloodthirsty.
waved his hand, like C-06N was None of them were in shape for husband.
damaged goods. “State your name combat right now.
and rank,” Skrood barked at the rest “I can’t believe they let us Her beautiful
of them. through,” Pikka said.
“We have…no rank,” the woman “Sometimes the truth is the best Joss, usually
said. “I am Pikka Adren. This is Joss plan of action,” Joss said. “Saved
Adren, Elping Tsoo, Visma Tarko, and them the energy of an argument.” strong as a
Ghal Tarpfen.” “And a bloody mess. They are so
“You really expect us to believe drunk on power, I think that murder lifter droid,
those are your real names? And has gotten boring,” Pikka said. She
that you’re not RDC? In this ship?” thrust her chin forward. “Hey. There thinning from
Skrood asked, scrutinizing them. it is. Eriadu.”
They certainly weren’t wearing Over her shoulder, Joss leaned starvation.
uniforms. They all looked like service on her pilot’s chair and stared at the
crew. Still, they could have torn off enlarging green and brown marble
their insignias. of a planet before a spray of stars.
“We were only delivering this Pikka put a hand on her belly and
Longbeam to Eriadu, when we were looked at her husband. Her beautiful
overtaken by the expansion. We’ve Joss, usually strong as a lifter droid,
been stranded ever since,” the taller thinning from starvation. His hands
male said. had balled into fists, ready to fight.
“Search the vessel,” Skrood said. Always ready to defend. But this
“Take everything.” time, they had to land on Eriadu no
The Nihil scattered, ransacking all matter the cost. The Nihil ships were
the compartments, finding a single now far behind them. Visma and
serviceable blaster, a few nearly Elping appeared in the doorway of
empty bags of protein powder, dried the cockpit.
fruit, and vitamin packets. One well- “You don’t sound relieved, Pikka,”
worn game of Shah-tezh. Even the Visma said. They’d stopped using
medical fluid supplies of intravenous their RDC ranks for weeks now. The
dextrose had been drunk. The crew tightness of their quarters made
looked like they were ready to eat honorifics and such seem ridiculous

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after a while. The Arkanian’s time. Or worse—” he motioned to

cheekbones were sharp, and her once the ships that seemed to be missing
close-cropped hair now touched her entire engines, ion cannons, sections
shoulders as she crossed her arms. of fuselage, and hyperdrives.
Elping shrugged. The young “We need urgent medical
RDC corporal had aged years in a assistance,” Elping interrupted,
few months and had lost the bright “for this Mon Calamari. We think
curiosity in his eyes. “Eriadu isn’t the she’s suffering from some profound
Eriadu from a few months ago.” vitamin deficiencies due to eating
As they descended towards the only human food for months.”
planet surface, Visma and Elping He gave an appraising glance to
stared out the viewport. Pikka had their group and raised his eyebrows.
noticed in the last few months the “Looks like you all need medical help.
two younger RDC crewers in a detente How long were you in the O.Z.?”
of sorts. They fought less and often “Too long,” Visma said.
checked in on one another in silence, A woman in the distance shouted.
as if to make sure that they were, A flaxen ponytail flew out behind
indeed, still alive. Still surviving. her as she ran to the group. She wore
It hurt Eriadu was a beautiful planet from baggy work pants and an oversized
above—mountainous areas, vast seas, smock. She looked familiar, but Pikka
her to think and greenery that made Pikka feel couldn’t place her.
almost hungry after so much time “Joss! Pikka!” The woman
such a planet in space. The last time they’d been embraced both of them and they
there, they were free. Now it hurt her awkwardly accepted the hug with
was under to think such a planet was under the arms stiff at their sides. After she’d
control of the Nihil, who gleefully released Joss, he squinted his eyes
the control crushed anything underfoot if it got at her as if seeing through a haze of
in their way. time and distance.
of the Nihil, At first glance, Eriadu City and “Ensign Casset? Is that you?”
the neighboring Bri-Phrang seemed he asked.
who gleefully relatively unchanged, sprouting its “Shh,” she said. “No ranks. Not
metropolis around the inlet of the while we’re being occupied. Just call
crushed Orrineswa River and threading its me Ebbe.”
borders into the wilder edges several She seemed older by years since
anything kilometers out. But on closer view, they’d last said goodbye to her right
there were scattered buildings that here on Eriadu, before that fateful
underfoot had crumbled into rubble, and fires day when they’d left to investigate a
smoldered here and there in what Nihil ship, only to get swept into the
if it got in used to be homes. Ships flew low Occlusion Zone. Her clothes made
and cautiously over buildings of her look like an ordinary citizen on
their way. varying height and shapes, creating Eriadu, but her upright posture told
an irregular skyline. Pikka landed the them she was still RDC to the core.
Aurie at an airfield north of the city, “I thought you were all dead,” she
crowded with vessels. Some ships said. Her eyes were glassy. “I thought
appeared to have been pilfered by I’d sent you both—and your little
the Nihil for parts. one—to a death sentence.”
“We have to hide the Aurie as “It wasn’t your order. It was
soon as we can,” Joss said, and Kronara’s. And our decision,” Pikka
Pikka nodded in agreement. An said. “No one could have predicted
Eriaduan man met them when they the Occlusion Zone was going to
disembarked. Elping and Visma expand like that.”
pushed the hover gurney with the “But it was my idea,” she admitted.
weakened Ghal between them. “It doesn’t matter,” Joss said.
“We just got your clearance to “Right now, we have other things to
land,” the Eriaduan man said. “This worry about. Like Ghal.”
is the Aurora III?” Joss nodded. The Eriaduan in charge of their
“There’s plenty of space here for processing looked at his datapad,
you to keep your ship, though it can running the list with their IDs. His
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“Ghal…Ghal Tarpfen? The “We’ll return you back to one of the

Head of Security from the Starlight Tarkin households,” she said. “Head
Beacon?” His mouth dropped open. to that hangar over there for eval
“I thought—I thought—” and processing.” C-06N walked away
“I am not dead, but I will be if you so fast he was a blur of metal legs
keep gawking,” Ghal rasped, her pale and waving arms. “Come on. I’m
eyes reddened at the edges. walking you to the infirmary to get
Ebbe yelled sharply to a group of checked out. And then…”
medics nearby, who came running. “And then, we lay low,” Pikka
They whispered to each other as they said. Though they were no longer on
approached her. the run, she felt anything but safe.
“Is it true? This is Ghal Tarpfen? “Find a place to live. Hide the Aurie.
She’s actually alive?” said the taller one. And figure out our next steps.”
The other replied, “She was a hero
when she was dead. She’s a beacon of
hope if she’s alive.”
Elping and Visma stayed at
Ghal’s side. Three weeks had passed.
“We’re not leaving her,” Elping said. Joss had woken up inside their
“We’re going to make sure she’s tiny quarters on the outskirts of
okay, then find you later,” Visma Eriadu City. It wasn’t much, but "We'll find
said. She lowered her voice. “We’ll it did the job. A small bedroom, a
find out what the RDC is doing here. space with a kitchen, place to eat, out what
I think there are probably more and a long workbench that spanned
hiding on Eriadu than we realize.” an entire wall, where they continued the RDC is
Ebbe spoke quietly too, glancing to make a vast number of repairs
around with a paranoia that they all that the Aurie needed. After so many doing here.
seemed to carry with them. “There scav-droid attacks, there was plenty
are. And plenty of places for us to to do. Joss and Pikka had found a I think there
hide.” She glanced behind her, but small space nearby that served as a
nobody was there there—only an hangar for the Longbeam. are probably
Eriaduan mountain range beyond Joss made himself a large caf
the city’s borders. “We have to stay and breakfast for Pikka, whose belly more hiding
quiet for now.” She looked at Elping was seemingly enlarging every day.
and Visma. “We’ll get you debriefed She sat down at the tiny table and on Eriadu
after you get some rest. I’ll find sighed, her curly dark hair rumpled
you later.” and gorgeous. Another day alive. than we
Visma and Elping followed the Joss chose to lean against the wall
medics to a shelter nearby. and stare out a long, narrow window realize."
Pikka frowned. “I hope they barely wide enough to stick his
remember to get a square meal and hand out of. He liked to look at the
take a shower. They stink.” mountains and get a glimpse of
“We’re not smelling that much green when he could.
better,” Joss said. The sound of “You know, we haven’t had a
clanging came from inside the Aurie, chance to talk to Ebbe in a few days.”
and C-06N emerged, arms up and “She’s busy.” Pikka gave her
making a direct line to Ebbe. husband a meaningful look.
“Finally! I shall be reunited with Ever since Ebbe had quietly
the Tarkin family! It has been a trial, mentioned it, Joss and Pikka had
these last months.” carefully asked around. It was Elping
“Really? You weren’t semi- and Visma who ended up telling
starving, Sixen,” Joss said. them the truth—that the RDC had
“Worse, I have been cohabitating stashed several ships and hidden
with people who have no respect for RDC personnel inside the abandoned
my translational skills.” lommite mines and hidden
“We saved you from being Nihil mountainous passageways. Those
scrap metal.” Pikka rolled her eyes. mountains looked uninhabited. No
“Take him. Please.” buildings, no houses. Just scars from
Ebbe waved the droid forward. the lommite mines, but beneath

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them was an arsenal. Waiting… here?” Pikka said, so surprised she

for something. nearly dropped the juice. She looked
Just then, there was a knock at at Visma and Elping. “Is this what
the door. you meant by ‘gifts’?”
Pikka and Joss froze, his mug Visma frowned. The Arkanian
stopping halfway to his mouth. woman had shorn her hair short
They had been careful to live again and appeared so much stronger
quietly in Eriadu City, where the than when they’d landed. Good. She
Nihil might sweep in at any moment wore an old RDC uniform with the
to take all your things or throw you insignia ripped off.
into confinement. Mostly, the Nihil “I have been to several Tarkin
seemed to leave the Eriaduans alone, abodes—so beautifully designed—
but Joss and Pikka had already been nothing like the squalor I have lived
subject to one raid and had gotten in these past weeks and months—”
away unscathed. But now they had Here, Joss was very tempted to
other reasons to worry. reach over and shut off the droid for
Knowing there were more RDC insulting the Aurie. Pikka gave him a
than the Nihil knew existed felt like a warning look and he backed down.
shout on the tip of Joss’s tongue, and “—and the Tarkins have decided
yet he had to keep his mouth shut. that my services are no longer of
Even Ebbe Casset couldn’t tell them use, and I may be deployed to other
what the plan was. Plus, they didn’t acquaintances.” The droid looked at
No one in know if they had enough support Joss and Pikka. “The Adrens.”
from Eriaduans to overthrow the “Oh, no.” Pikka waved her hands
the Republic, Nihil. And even if they did, Eriadu around. “There’s hardly room here.
was still in the Occlusion Zone. No Why don’t you stay with Elping?
and certainly one in the Republic, and certainly Or Visma?”
no Jedi, could come sweeping in to “He has,” Elping said. He closed
no Jedi, could help them. They were on their own, his eyes for a full few seconds, and
and currently, an uprising might be Joss knew he was this far away from
come sweeping tantamount to suicide. But they were tossing the droid in a dustbin. “For
ready for the call, and that made their two weeks now. Fourteen days.
in to help them. existence all the more precarious. Twenty thousand, one-hundred and
They knew things now. sixty minutes after he was fired.”
They were on Someone knocked again on the door. “I was not fired,” the droid
Joss stood up, quietly took his said irritably. “The Tarkins are so
their own. blaster where it was stowed beneath well-versed in social and political
their bed. He’d carefully hidden communication that I was simply
his WESTAR under a bolted section superfluous to their excellent
of the Aurie so the Nihil wouldn’t discourse. Though I tried at every
discover it, and now he hid it in instance to intersperse my nuanced
a holster against his left ribs. He understanding of tactical wordplay
touched a screen by the door where and subtle repartee—”
Pikka had rigged a camera showing “Ywareah,” Visma said, rolling her
them a view of the hallway outside eyes. “He was fired.”
their quarters, as well as the alley “And now you’re trying to bribe
behind the building. Just in case. us with jogan juice to keep him?”
It was Visma and Elping. Elping Joss said, arms crossed.
was holding a basket. “Please?” Visma said, wringing
“We come bearing gifts!” Visma said. her hands. Her white irises darted
Joss opened the door and they between Joss and Pikka. “We have a
entered, handing over their gift of lot of work to do.” She lowered her
hard-to-get fruit and a small jug of voice. “And we need to keep things
jogan juice, Pikka’s favorite. quiet. The last thing that Sixen is
“Good to see you!” Pikka said, good at.”
waving them in. Just as the door Pikka gave Joss a look that said, I
closed, a silver droid arm prevented will murder that droid if he stays here.
it from closing, and C-06N barged in. Joss cleared his throat. “Tell you
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after the baby comes. How about in were often entirely different things.
one month?” He leaned to Pikka and Usually, the baby won.
whispered, “Maybe we figure out how When Joss was making way
to alter his programming by then.” too much noise trying to fix a
“One month,” Pikka said, navigational circuit, or getting
decisively. “In the meantime, a snack, or heck—just existing—
perhaps you could shut him down she called out to him.
for a bit to preserve his, ah, circuits? “Joss, I think you need to take
I hear Eriadu can get very dusty in a walk. Get some air. I gotta get
certain areas and cause a rapid decay some rest for an hour or two.”
of certain processing units.” He nodded and kissed her gently.
It was decided then, though As he left the bedroom, she watched
Elping and Visma both looked so him leave. Joss with those huge
disappointed. They found out that shoulders, that height, those feet that
Ghal was feeling much better after made so much noise. For a fleeting
reverting to a Mon Calamari diet of second, she had a premonition.
Eriaduan crustacean soup and proper What if I don’t see him again?
vitamin supplements. Joss longed What if the Nihil get him? What if—
to go with them and find out more But then she remembered.
about what the RDC was able to do Don’t start with catastrophic
while hiding on Eriadu, but Pikka imaginings. Get some work done.
was already looking like she was Take care of Joss and this baby. He had
getting a stellar headache. And he Figure out our next move.
had some work to do on the Aurie. And right now, the next move a terrible,
He watched Elping and Visma was a nap. In her dreams, she was
leave and couldn’t help but think holding her breath as the Nihil forboding
they seemed more like siblings now. gathered around the Aurie, feeling
When they’d first met the two young certain that they were truly going feeling as
RDC officers, Visma was constantly to die. But the Nihil ships had not
berating the younger Elping, who come to destroy the vessel, which he watched
didn’t at all seem like he ever had hidden for months inside the
belonged in the RDC. But Visma had Occlusion Zone. They had gathered them walk
mellowed by the harsh months in at the Stormwall and rushed forward
the O.Z., and Elping had matured. when it had suddenly expanded. away, as if he
He had a terrible, foreboding feeling In the chaos of the expansion,
as he watched them walk away, as if the crew of the Aurie had reversed might not see
he might not see them again. course and turned off their engines
Joss shook his head. Don’t start to hide quickly and quietly—and them again.
with catastrophic imaginings. Get it had saved them. This time.
some work done. Take care of Pikka She stirred, realizing this was
and the baby. Figure out what our a memory, not a dream, and the
next move is. child within her stretched and
Which was either as a parent to sprang back into a curled position.
a newborn child or as a participant Pikka fell back asleep.
in a war. Or, more likely, both. This time as she dreamed, she saw
Eriadu on fire, the Aurie flying like
the beautiful machine that she was,
and she heard an explosion.
She heard another one.
A few hours later, Pikka could tell And then she realized, perhaps
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loud, but she knew he felt what she anymore. Her eyes flew open,
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of the Empire told
the unique stories of
Morgan Elsbeth and
Barriss Offee, as they sought to
find their way while the Empire
established its dominance.
Chart your own destiny in
this issue’s epic quiz.
Compiled by
Jay Stobie

1: Who struck down Morgan 11: Who observed Morgan

Elsbeth’s mother? Elsbeth’s presentation?
A/ Darth Vader A/ Admiral Piett
B/ General Grievous B/ Captain Pellaeon
C/ Count Dooku C/ General Veers
D/ Darth Maul D/ Moff Gideon

2: Where was 12:Why did Rukh attack

Morgan Elsbeth taken Morgan Elsbeth?
to following her mother’s death? A/ To test her
A/ An asteroid colony B/ To steal her spear
B/ An underwater base C/ To kill her
C/ A space station 6: Where was Barriss Offee D/ To become the Magistrate
D/ A mountain settlement during Order 66?
A/ Vacationing on Mon Cala 13: Who received Ambassador
3: What technology did Morgan B/ Stationed on a cargo ship Nadura’s final distress signal?
Elsbeth pitch to the Empire? C/ Living on Lothal A/ Carson Teva
A/ A new lightsaber design D/ Confined in a cell B/ Rose Tico
B/ A cloaking device C/ Bo-Katan Kryze
C/ A homemade protocol droid D/ Han Solo
D/ An advanced starfighter
9: What did Barriss Offee become 14: What name did the
4: What did after she left the Inquisitorius? Fourth Sister previously go by?
Morgan Elsbeth A/ A sabacc player A/ Depa Billaba
receive in return for B/ A Mandalorian B/ Shaak Ti
aligning with Grand 7: What did Barriss Offee use C/ A healer C/ Yaddle
Admiral Thrawn? to kill her friend Dante? D/ A bounty hunter D/ Lyn Rakish
A/ Several Star Destroyers A/ The Force
B/ A castle on Nal Hutta B/ A vibroblade 10: Why did Barriss Offee believe
C/ The Death Star plans C/ Rancors the Fourth Sister would not
D/ A spice mine on Kessel D/ A blaster escape the cave?
A/It was filled with gundarks
5: Why did Morgan Elsbeth execute B/ An avalanche was coming
the New Republic delegation? C/ She did not know the path
A/ They forgot to bribe her D/ The temperature was too high
B/ Their ship was parked illegally
C/ They asked for her surrender
D/ Their uniforms were wrinkled

8: Why did Barriss Offee turn 15: What did the Fourth Sister
against the Fourth Sister? claim was her ally?
A/ To impress the Emperor A/ Forgiveness
B/ To demonstrate her power B/ Hope
C/ To earn a promotion C/ Fear
D/ To save a Jedi D/ Surprise

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7. Inquisitor, 8. Moff Isdain, HOW DID YOU DO?
5. Ahmar, 6. Nightsister, Did you succeed in your quest to correctly answer our Tales of the Empire questions?

3. Dathomir, 4. Wing,
1. Corvus, 2. Marrok,
MAGNIFICENT CONSTRUCT.”
“THE EMPIRE IS A
14. D, 15. C.
10. C, 11. B, 12. A, 13. C,
6. D, 7. A, 8. D, 9. C,
1. B, 2. D, 3. D, 4. A, 5. C,
0-9: It appears your path is set, 10-19: Trust your path, you’re 20-25: Your way is true, as are your
QUIZ ANSWERS: yet victory continues to elude you. journeying in the right direction. answers. Long live the Empire!

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