Two of the First Order’s Best TIE Pilots

Darth Vader’s failures were usually connected to Jedi who escaped him, Rebels who survived his attacks or his inability to capture Luke Skywalker. But one of his most horrifying failures in Legends began when the Empire tried to transform an ancient Sith plague into a biological weapon. The virus later known as Blackwing could kill …

After the Jedi Order was destroyed, Yoda disappeared to Dagobah and remained there while the Empire ruled the galaxy. He did not join the early resistance movements, fight beside the Rebel Alliance or help plan the attack on either Death Star. For nearly twenty years, one of the most powerful Jedi in history appeared to …

When Luke removes Darth Vader’s mask in Return of the Jedi, his father’s face is covered in severe wounds. A deep scar runs beneath his left eye, while several uneven marks cross his bald head. Because Vader spent more than twenty years hunting Jedi and fighting across the galaxy, it would be easy to assume …

Darth Vader had killed Jedi, Rebels, Imperial officers, and anyone else who threatened his plans. But Doctor Aphra managed to get close enough to learn secrets that almost no one outside his inner circle knew. She helped Vader build a private army, investigate Luke Skywalker, and operate behind Emperor Palpatine’s back. Then she betrayed him …

Palpatine spent his life trying to escape death. He studied Sith secrets, chased immortality, used clone bodies, and returned on Exegol through the work of the Sith Eternal. Even when his body was broken, he restored himself by draining life from Rey and Ben. But that was not the same kind of power Rey and …

The biggest capital ship in Star Wars is not always the best one. Some ships win by size. Some win by fear. But one canon warship was built with a much smarter idea: take the Empire’s own strength, rebuild it, and use it against them. It was not made to look impressive in a parade. …

Darth Vader and Darth Traya never met in official Star Wars canon or Legends. However, the fan-made story Darth Vader Meets the Sith Who Rejects the Force imagines Vader entering the Trayus Academy on Malachor V ten years before A New Hope, where he encounters the spirit of the ancient Sith Lord. Vader might expect …

After Order 66, Darth Vader and the 501st Legion seized the Jedi Temple and slaughtered nearly everyone inside. The clones then dragged the bodies of the dead Jedi onto the Temple steps and burned them in front of the people of Coruscant. Several Jedi survivors were secretly standing within the crowd, watching the destruction of …

Shortly after the second Death Star is destroyed in Star Wars Battlefront II, Iden Versio and her father receive a visitor dressed in dark red robes. When its helmet opens, the face of Emperor Palpatine appears inside and orders the Empire to begin Operation: Cinder. Palpatine had already died aboard the Death Star, yet this …

The Galactic Empire controlled the galaxy through enormous Star Destroyers, stormtrooper legions and weapons capable of destroying entire planets. However, some Imperial officers feared a much smaller force even more. The Imperial Security Bureau did not need to defeat an officer in battle. Its agents could investigate their loyalty, accuse them of treason and destroy …