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Warning : SPOILERS for Star Wars : The High Republic Adventures - After the Fall # 1WhenEmperor Palpatinetoppled the Jedi Order to more easily mold the Republic into the Galactic Empire , he did n’t just have every Jedi / Force - raw person in theStar Warsgalaxy killed . Just like with the Republic itself , Palpatine also mold a number of specially vulnerable Jedi / Force - spiritualist into unrecognizably corrupted versions of themselves : the inquisitor . And now , it ’s disclose that Palpatine was n’t the first villain to have this idea , asStar Warsjust revealed the dark prototype forEmperor Palpatine ’s Inquisitors .
The Inquisitors made theirStar Warsdebut in the animated seriesStar war : insurrectionist . They were dark side users who worked straight under Darth Vader and carry out the bidding of the Emperor . A exact phone number of interrogator was never give , and still continue a mystery story to this day . However , what is n’t a mystery is where at least some of them were recruited from , as that question was answer in the live - actionStar Warsseries , Obi - Wan Kenobi .
Reva Sevander aka the Third Sister was a Youngling who exist Darth Vader ’s attack on the Jedi Temple during gild 66 . That experience filled her with hate and a thirst for retribution , which made her impregnable in the dark side . But beyond that , her antecedently established aptitude in the Force as a Jedi Youngling made Reva ( and many others like her ) a perfect campaigner for Palpatine ’s own squadron of Force - raw soldiers . And during the age of the High Republic , the Nihil had the exact same idea .
Star Wars’ Nihil Used Jedi Just Like Emperor Palpatine
InStar Wars : The High Republic Adventures - After the Fall#1 by Daniel José Older , Harvey Tolibao and Nick Brokenshire , the Jedi are still reeling one year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon by the hands of the Nihil . The Nihil were a collective of marauders and anarchists who handle to organize into an actual threat to the Republic . The Nihil destroyed Starlight Beacon - which was a space post based in the extinct rim intend to include often blank out systems - and then claimed a declamatory constituent of astronomical space .
This tone-beginning on the Republic resulted in an immense loss of sprightliness , both civilian and Jedi alike . However , not every Jedi who was presumed beat in reality was , as at least one was taken in by the Nihil and used not just as a soldier , but as a warlord .
Fallen Jedi Held Actual Power With The Nihil, Just LIke With The Empire
The Imperial Inquisitors may have seemed weak or insignificant when compared to the likes of Darth Vader or the Emperor , but in the luxurious hierarchy of the Galactic Empire , there are few people who held their level of power . Not only were they implausibly skilled in the dark side of the Force - skilled enough to go toe - to - toe with the likes of Ahsoka Tano and Darth Maul - but they also had the authority of a gamy ranking police officer . There were far more people beneath them in the purple pecking order than there were above them , and the same can be enunciate for the Jedi that was enter by the Nihil in thisHigh Republic Adventuresissue . The fallen Jedi , named Lula , ran her own Nihil outstation on a populated moon within Republic - controlled blank space , have in mind she was a significant aspect of Nihil enlargement .
Lula was n’t just a brainwashed Jedi used in combat like a droid would be , she act a vital role in the Nihil ’s evil movement to conquer the coltsfoot . In other speech , she and other fallen Jedi of the High Republic era were something of a dark epitome forEmperor Palpatine ’s Inquisitors inStar Warscanon .
Star war : The High Republic Adventures - After the Fall # 1by Dark Horse Comics is available now .
