"The Rising" is a comic story published in the first issue of the 2024 comic limited series Star Wars: Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising. The story was written by Alex Segura, illustrated by Stefano Raffaele and Alex Sinclair, and published by Marvel Comics on October 2, 2024.
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Grand Moff Ubrik Adelhard recognizes that the Galactic Civil War has been won by the Rebel Alliance, that the Galactic Empire is drawing its final breaths after the bitter defeat at the Battle of Endor. Even so, he comes to the conclusion that the people under his rule, those of the Anoat sector, do not need to know that; he decides to cover up the inconvenient truth in favor of pushing through his own narrative. Adelhard subsequently has his second in command, Commander Bragh open up a sector-wide channel to broadcast a message. He informs the citizenry that the Rebellion was destroyed, that rumors of the Emperor's death are false, and that anyone spreading such rumors will be summarily executed. He vows to himself to keep the memory of the Empire alive by any means necessary.
Adelhard was born poor on the planet Ripurni, in the Anoat sector, where he worked hard labor just to eke out an existence. He craved structure in his life, but also power, and found both in the form of the Galactic Empire. Starting as a Stormtrooper, he worked his way up, killing for the first time (a Lasat at the Storming of Abartolom), helping crushing the Moraysi rebellion, and standing by Grand Admiral Thrawn's side during the Battle of Atollon. His specialty was absorbing expertise from those he encountered, honing his skill at wielding power by observing Thrawn, Wilhuff Tarkin and Darth Vader. When Adelhard was a Captain, he was sent to deal with a base of dissidents on the planet Anoat. Instead of engaging in a drawn-out conflict, he decided to gas the planet. This decision destroyed immeasurable valuable resources, killed millions of people, but succeeded in eliminating the insurgency. The Empire spun this as a mining accident.
In the aftermath of this decision, Adelhard was summoned by Darth Vader. The Emperor's enforcer was impressed by the brutal, decisive action, and promoted Adelhard to sector governor. Adelhard took Vader's inspiring words to heart, and uses it as a map to secure his own future, as well as that of the Empire.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 1
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Star Wars: Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising (2024) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ The events of "The Rising" take place in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 4 ABY.