When new novels are released, there are always a ton of cool little facts that don’t really
fit anywhere in a video of their own that I still think are really interesting and worth
talking about.
So here is a list of over fifty small pieces of trivia from Aftermath: Empire’s End.
Obviously, spoilers are ahead.
Emperor Palpatine referred to the Battle of Endor as a shatterpoint.
In Legends, this was an event or a point in time that could have serious implications
on galactic history.
Palpatine was prepared for at least the possibility of his death at the Battle of Endor, which
we can see proof of in the Shattered Empire comic.
The planet Taris is heavily featured in an early chapter and at least part of it is described
as a wasteland.
This could be a reference to the devastation it experienced in the now Legends game Knights
of the Old Republic.
Chewbacca’s son, Lumpawaroo is back from Legends, but instead of Lumpy, his nickname
is now Waroo.
Maybe it used to be Lumpy but when he became a teenager he demanded that his parents call
him something else.
We are introduced to Niima the Hutt on Jakku.
She is different from other Hutts we’ve seen, described as more snake than sluglike.
Durga the Hutt is also mentioned along with his yacht, so they’re back from Legends
as well.
Let’s hope the Darksaber superweapon stays gone.
Jar Jar Binks was exiled and ostracized again after the Clone Wars because he was thought
to have colluded with the Empire.
I actually sympathized with Jar Jar and now I’m confused.
We’ve known since the first Aftermath book that Mon Mothma demilitarized the New Republic,
but the goal was for planets to maintain their own militaries that could form a coalition
should the need arise.
She wanted to decentralize military and power, not get rid of it entirely.
A prototype black T-70 X-Wing exists at this point.
Embo is still alive.
His Anooba, Marrok has passed away.
Dengar makes multiple appearances after joining a new bounty hunting team.
Boba Fett’s armor is still in possession of a sheriff on Tatooine.
There’s no sign of Fett himself, but I have to say the Sheriff is pretty badass.
B1 battle droids have autonomic repair mode, so given enough time and functionality, they
can repair themselves.
Gallius Rax has more advanced models of the red-robed sentinel droids seen in Shattered
Empire.
The Church of the Force took it upon themselves to return kyber crystals to their rightful
planets, often at great risk.
The Church of the Force believe that the Jedi in fact do not control the Force, but rather
they are conduits for it.
That sounds more like Chirrut to me, but hey they can believe what they want.
A reading from the Journal of the Whills includes the phrase “From a certain point of view.”
So I guess Obi-Wan was quoting scripture to Luke to get out of lying to him.
Another church saying is “All hail the light, the dark, and the gray,” which again alludes
to Star Wars storytelling moving towards a more neutral use of the Force.
When the New Republic Senate left Chandrila it moved to the planet Nakadia.
Nakadia is very different from Coruscant, Chandrila, or Hosnian Prime.
It’s an agricultural planet.
It seems to be a concerted effort to not show preference to only the highly populated or
more snooty planets of the galaxy.
Mas Amedda was kept locked up in the Imperial Palace after the Battle of Endor.
As a child, General Hux was emotionally and physically abused by his father.
Hutts are strong enough to flip Lambda-class shuttles.
Or at least Niima is.
Imperial Loyalty Officers were taught torture methods by being tortured and broken themselves.
The Acolytes of the Beyond all received dreams and visions of ancient Sith.
We don’t currently know why or how.
They have destroyed multiple red lightsabers, hoping to return them to their former masters.
Yupe Tashu is revealed as one of their leaders.
Perhaps other surviving members of Palpatine’s advisors hold similar roles.
The young members of the Acolytes are further corrupted by Sith artifacts.
The Acolytes of the Beyond launch a coordinated simultaneous attack on multiple planets throughout
the galaxy.
U-Wings are still seen in service, but I think they would either have to be rare or new models
based on tweets by Pablo Hidalgo claiming that most of them were destroyed during the
Battle of Scarif.
Leia feels the light side of the Force in her unborn son, and she remembers a warning
from Luke.
He told her the brighter the light, the darker the shadow.
Leia also notices Han’s restlessness, which is further evidenced in the book Bloodline.
The first generation of the kidnapped child soldiers we see in The Force Awakens are truly
terrifying.
They’re like an army of Aryas.
Phantom Squadron makes another appearance.
It’s possible the squadron could be named after Wedge’s time in service with the crew
of the Ghost in Star Wars Rebels.
Mr. Bones gets a line directly lifted from HK-47.
Two years ago at Dragon Con I think I remember Chuck Wendig saying he wanted Mr. Bones to
be HK-47, but Lucasfilm wouldn’t allow it, but take that with a grain of salt, I’m
going off a two year old memory right now.
TIE Strikers also appear at the Battle of Jakku, so the fighters weren’t relegated
only to Scarif.
The Tierfon Yellow Aces are specifically mentioned engaging an AT-AT.
This could be the very important and necessary origin story of Rey’s adorable helmet.
The cockpit of the Lambda-class shuttle doubles as an escape pod.
That was true in Star Wars Legends, but now that’s canon too.
Lando and Lobot finish retaking Cloud City from the Empire.
Lando decides to give Ben Solo a fancy gun and a fancy ship as a present.
The Mandalorian Wars are mentioned again, this time as an example of how an inferior
fleet was victorious against a superior one.
In this case, the Mandalorians defeated the Old Republic’s fleet.
Another example given is the Ghostfinder Fleet against the Sith Armada.
I have no idea what the Ghostfinder Fleet is, but I desperately want to.
For their help during the Battle of Jakku, Dengar and Embo receive full pardons from
the New Republic.
The Galactic Civil War is ended when Mas Amedda escapes his imprisonment and signs the Galactic
Concordance.
An assassination attempt on Mon Mothma’s life unfortunately kills one of her aids.
Sondiv Sella, the father of Kor Sella replaces her.
The Battle of Jakku is commanded by Gallius Rax from a place called the Observatory.
There are multiple Observatories throughout the galaxy.
Each Observatory has its own recreation of the Imperialis, the Emperor’s personal yacht
that was destroyed in the Lando comic.
The Observatory’s primary purpose was to chart safe passage into the Unknown Regious
using information provided by Grand Admiral Thrawn.
The super star destroyer Eclipse is still around, although it doesn’t sound like it’s
the same as the one in Legends.
I believe it’s name is the only thing carried over.
Still, it’s very cool and it’s currently in the Unknown Regions, which means it’s
probably with the First Order by the time of The Force Awakens.
Ben Solo is born as the Empire officially comes to an end.
That’s it for all the random facts from Empire End!
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