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In today’s video we will be going over what exactly is Operation Cinder.
In Chapter 15 of the Mandalorian, Mando Din Djarin and Migs Mayfeld infiltrate an imperial
mining complex in order to retrieve the coordinates of Moff Gideon.
While there the two meet Valin Hess and reflect upon something called Operation Cinder.
“How about a toast to Operation Cinder?”
“Now there’s a man who knows his history.”
So what exactly was Operation Cinder?
“Today the Rebellion dies.”
Operation Cinder was a plan carried out by the Galactic Empire as a means of devastating
several Imperial planets immediately following the Battle of Endor.
“That’s impossible.”
The operation was part of Emperor Palpatine’s contingency plan to ensure that the Empire
and its enemies did not outlive him should he be defeated.
“The Emperor is dead.”
“Admiral Versio.
Operation Cinder is to begin at once.”
In terms of specifics, imperial forces placed satellites in orbit of planets to form a climate
disruption array.
Electrical storms and other extreme weather events would begin to ravage targeted planets.
These planets included the Imperial planet of Vardos, Naboo, and a handful of other planets
with allegiance to the Empire.
After the destruction, those who remained loyal to the Empire were tasked with rebuilding
it in the Unknown Regions in preparation to reclaim power in the galaxy.
Its first target was Vardos, homeworld of Iden Versio, the Imperial pilot who is the
protagonist of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 campaign.
When Iden discovered the true intentions of Operation Cinder, she defected to the New
Republic – but not before the Empire massacred many of Vardos’ citizens when they tried
to escape.
Thankfully, that wasn’t the case on Naboo.
With Iden’s help, Leia Organa was able to beat back the Imperial forces and force them
to surrender.
The New Republic then used the information received from Iden to halt any further attacks
on other planets in the system and, thus, Operation Cinder was stopped.
“Oh hello your highness.”
“Good work out there.
But I’d expect nothing less from Inferno Squad.”
The final phase of the Contingency was ultimately carried out in 5 ABY, as New Republic forces
attacked the Empire, assembled on Jakku by Counselor Gallius Rax, during the Battle of
Jakku.
Using the power of ancient Sith artifacts buried in the surface, Rax sought to carry
out the final part of Palpatine's Contingency by corrupting the planet's core and life essence
with the dark side, thus destroying the desert planet and wiping out both the Imperial and
Republic forces, crippling both sides.
“Admiral, the Empire’s time has come.”
The Contingency was thwarted, however, by Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, who further sought
revenge against Rax after he removed her from power.
She killed Rax, though in his dying breaths, he urged Sloane to regroup with select Imperial
officers and loyalists in the Unknown Regions and begin the Empire anew.
The Republic emerged victorious during the battle and signed the Galactic Concordance
with the Empire's Grand Vizier, Mas Amedda, bringing an end to the Galactic Civil War.
However, in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy, Sloane, Brendol Hux, and other Imperial loyalists
formed the First Order,[7] seeking to one day reclaim the Imperial legacy as they plotted
their return to power.
“Everybody thinks they want freedom.
But what they really want is order.”
And there you have it!
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