After the tragic events of Order 66 and the Great Jedi Purge, many Jedi who managed to
escape the betrayal of their Clone Troopers were forced to go deep into hiding, in remote
locations and backwater planets around the galaxy, to avoid the brutal grasp of Darth
Vader.
One young Iktochi Padawan, named Ferren Bar, was able to escape the purge by travelling
to the bottom of Mon Cala’s oceans, and forming a small resistance movement with other
surviving Jedi.
Once down there, Ferren Barr showed his fellow survivors hacked footage of Order 66 and Anakin’s
slaughter.
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So, the story begins high above the vast oceans of Mon Cala, at the battle of Dac City.
Darth Vader and his force of ruthless inquisitors have invaded the planet, and are attempting
to make their way to the King, Lee Char in the centre of the city.
The local quarren and Mon Calamari citizens fight valiantly to protect their homeworld
from the onslaught of the Empire, but Vader’s forces are simply too strong.
Vader begins moving forward, with his inquisitors following right behind, confidently telling
them that they will be proceeding forward.
Vader’s dark inquisitors however, are slightly confused by this, with the Ninth sister, who
you might remember from Jedi: Fallen Order, asking “You have any sense of where we should
be headed?”.
Vader replies simply, telling the rest that they will be travelling upwards and moving
straight into the royal palace, where King Lee Char is located.
You’ll also remember Lee Char from the Clone Wars TV series.
The Ninth sister then asks Vader why they are travelling to the centre of the royal
palace, The Jedi survivors would not dumb enough to hide right near the king.
Vader tells her that he is not expecting to find the Jedi right away, but that he wants
to speak to the King personally.
The tenth brother then chimes in, questioning how Vader can possibly now that the king is
still up there, before adding “he probably evacuated the minute the empire landed an
entire battalion on this rock”.
But of course, Vader can sense that King Lee Char remains on the planet, as he is very
familiar with him from his days as Anakin Skywalker.
This then rocks Vader into a traumatic flashback, all the way back to the Clone Wars, where
Anakin, Ahsoka, Jar Jar, Kit Fisto and Padme were present at the coronation of Lee Char.
Vader remembers his time with Lee Char, and that he was a determined, strong and unique
individual, so there is absolutely no way that he will abandon his city.
As this is happening, Lee Char is at his war room in a hidden location, where he demands
a status update from his main military strategist, Ackbar.
Ackbar tells Lee char that their Mon Cala defence forces are doing a fantastic job at
repelling the empire… for now… but they are simply landing too many forces to hold
off forever.
Lee Char accepts this, because their defence force only needs to hold the imperial forces
back for long enough to complete an evacuation.
Lee Char’s plan is to abandon all of Mon Cala’s above water cities, and evacuate
all citizens below water, allowing the empire to take control of everything above water.
This strategy absolutely outrages Raddus, who angrily says “I can’t believe it.
Above the surface of below-- this is OUR PLANET.
You’ll also remember Raddus from Rogue one as one of the brave Rebels who fought at the
battle of Scarif.
Following this, the Imperial Star Destroyer Sovereign is in orbit above the atmosphere
of Mon Cala, where Tarkin himself takes a transmission from Lee Char.
Lee char demands that Tarkin pull his forces away from Mon Cala, as it violates a peace
treaty that the Empire had signed with them previously.
Lee char calls the ridiculous attack unwarranted, but Tarkin sharply responds to the Mon Calamari
King telling that the invasion is very necessary, because an imperial diplomat was assassinated
while under the protection of the Mon Cala Government.
Lee Char tries to assure Tarkin that the Mon Cala Government did not assassinate the imperial
diplomat, but Tarkin fires back, saying “If that is true, then you will order your forces
to stand down and allow the Empire to conduct its own investigation”.
Lee char is obviously engraged by this, telling Tarking “You are not investigating…
You are invading”, before warning Tarkin that they will have to defend their planet
aggressively.
Tarkin takes this as a threat to himself and the Empire, and warns Lee Char not to resist
the Empire or he will face harsh consequences.
After hanging up the holo transmission, Tarkin informs his Lieutenant to expect major resistance
from the locals of Mon Cala, but that they should have no problem countering anything
they throw at the empire, because they are of course very familiar with every weapon
system they have.
This is obviously because of the battles fought on Mon Cala During the Clone Wars.
Following this, we cut to a secret Jedi Hideout, where a mysterious robed figure emerges to
greet his Jedi students.
This mysterious master holds out a holopad, where he soon realizes that Emperor Palpatine
has sent Skywalker to Mon Cala.
He knew that Skywalker would eventually come to hunt him down, but he did not believe that
it would come right at this moment.
The robed figure is of course, Ferren Barr, a Jedi Padawan who escaped Order 66.
Verla, one of Ferren Barr’s students, asks who this “Skywalker” actually is.
Barr goes on to tell her that Anakin Skywalker is the chosen one, the greatest Jedi of his
generation.
Accepted into the temple for training later than any before.
“I knew him-- even sparred with him a few times.
He was magnificent.
Some on the Jedi Council believed that he was sent to bring balance to the force, to
end darkness once and for all.
Even the great Obi-Wan Kenobi thought so.
But they were wrong.
Following this, he commands his droid to pull up the holoc recordings from the Jedi temple
on the dark day of Order 66.
Ferren Barr tells his students that this recording is from the Coruscant Security force holocam,
which was stationed above the temple on the night of the purge.
The footage shows Anakin, along with his 501st marching to the temple during Operation Knightfall.
Barr tells his students that he has been studying the purge, trying to understand how the Jedi
fell so quickly.
Ferren Barr found out about what Order 66 really was, how Dooku was betrayed and many
more dark discoveries.
Barr then plunges his lightsaber into the hologram of Anakin, right through his head,
in anger, begging to know why the Jedi didn’t look more closely at themselves.
He tells his students that Palpatine’s clones did their part, but the rest..
He killed…
Even the younglings.
Barr also shows off a hologram with a list of names, all related to Order 66 and the
fall of the Jedi.
I’ll list them off in order.
Sidious Order 66
Skywalker Maul
Tyrannus Plagueis
Binks Amidala
Sifo-Dyas and finally Kamino
The most interesting one to see there is obviously Plagueis, and if you’ve read the Darth Plagueis
novel, you’ll know just how important he was in creating the Clone Army, so it’s
good to see some of that stuff coming back into canon.
Following this, one of his students rises up in anger, demanding that the Jedi be avenged
and that Vader be destroyed, but Barr realises that Defeating Vader and his inquisitors won’t
be possible, and instead, he has another plan.
One that will destroy the empire and rid Vader from the galaxy.
Soon after, Ferren Barr calls Lee char, where he demands that the king not allow Imperial
forces into the underwater cities of Mon Cala because they will not leave.
Ferren Barr, also realizes that Mon Cala will be at the centre of his plans to liberate
the galaxy from the tyranny of the Empire, before finally demanding that Lee char take
action to save his people and to ultimately save the Galaxy.
As the call ends with Barr, Lee Char sets up Ackbar to defend the northern hemisphere
of the planet, while Raddus will defend the southern hemisphere.
Following this, Raddus stands alone, deep in thought, inside of his war room, debating
what exactly he will say to his people about the new plan.
Soon after, Vader spots lee Char, and he is sent flying into a nearby pillar with the
force.
The Ninth sister then violently grabs him, trying to probe his mind for the information
about the hiding Jedi.
As this is happening however, one of the communications officers aboard Tarkin's ship detects a very
large, strange signal, coming up from beneath the surface, all over the planet.
As tarkin looks down at the watery planet, a horde of giant whales lift themselves up
out of the water, creating enormous tsunamis, which destroy every single above ground building
on the planet, killing many imperial forces in the process.
This of course deeply enrages Tarkin and forces Vader, along with his inquisitors to use the
force to hold the massive tsunami waves back, to no avail.
This leaves Vader floating under water in his suit, unable to respond to any communications
from Tarkin.
And if you want to see what exactly Ferren Barr’s plan for this planet is, check out
the card on screen now for Part 2!
He also tricks Vader’s purge troopers into executing Order 66 again on the Inquisitors,
so it’s an awesome comic.
Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed.
Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!