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In the raw chapter ofStar Warsset after the events ofReturn of the Jedi , Luke Skywalkeris facing an Inquisitor head on , predict a fabled battle that will demonstrate how powerful Luke truly was in his prime quantity as a Jedi Knight . And deliver a historic first inStar Warscanon , too .
Luke Skywalker became a Jedi Master in the days followingReturn of the Jedi , but break to deliver fan what they most starve : a lightsaber duel . His eventual encounter inTheLast Jediwas memorable , but not technically a genuine fight , and hisequally memorable battle succession inThe Mandalorianwas too one - sided to call a ' affaire d’honneur . ' Now the official preview forStar war : The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising # 4finds the Empire ’s newest Inquisitor preparing to broadcast a message … before they ’re break by Luke Skywalker .
Luke Skywalker To Face A Sith Inquisitor in A True Lightsaber Duel?
Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising#4 by Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk, and Jethro Morales
At this point in the story , the Inquisitor and Imperial forces have defeatedPrincess Leia ’s new elect team of Rebel spy , and are about to kill them to demonstrate their power to the freshly emerge royal drawing card , Grand Moff Adelhard . So the stakes could n’t be higher as Luke orders the Inquisitor and Commander Bragh to stand up down , with both their lightsabers activated and in hand . And while Luke is there to fight for near , the Inquisitor may have something greater to prove .
Star Wars ' new serial publication set after Return of the Jedi has astonishingly preface a Modern interrogator operating during the New Republic , but who are they ?
Inthe ' Reign of the Empire ' era of theStar Warstimeline , the Inquisitorius also apply the religious service of Purge Troopers , a group of special military force speciate in hunting Jedi . These soldier were originally Clone Troopers , but were eventually replaced by military recruit from the Stormtrooper corps . Commander Bragh is one such Purge Trooper , and if he proves to be as skilled at fighting Jedi as the others ascertain so far , Commander Bragh teaming up with this new Inquisitor will give Luke a run for his money . Even certify to Luke just what Jedi faced during the great Jedi Purge .
Our Take on The Inquisitors' Future in Star Wars Canon
Prior to this young plot line inStar Warscomics , the last time the Inquisitor look was the season two finale ofStar Wars Rebels , where they were defeated by Kanan Jarrus , Ezra Bridger , Ahsoka Tano , and Darth Maul . By the time Luke Skywalker left Tatooine the legal age of Jedi were think to be extinct , reach the Inquisitors unneeded , and phased out of service ( or killed by Palpatine or Darth Vader ) . So while this return makes it possible for Luke to have a worthy lightsaber wielder to take on , it also signals a variety in the status quo Luke is solely unprepared for .
Aside from this new Inquisitor , there is also one other know to be active beyond the Empire ’s height : Marrok , the handmaiden of Morgan Elsbeth in theAhsokaTV series . That serial publication unveil Marrok was really a corpse animate by Morgan ’s dark magic , meaning they had died sometime before the events ofAhsoka . If this mysterious Inquisitor happens to be the future Marrok , thenit ’s potential this tarradiddle will show how that fibre meets their dying . And it ’s potential they could fall to Luke ’s lightsaber forthwith . But if this inquisitor survives this interaction with Luke , they could still become a reoccurring terror to Luke in his post - Return of the Jediera .
See Luke face the mysterious inquisitor inStar Wars : The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency arise # 4November 6 , from Marvel Comics .
