#Insurgency Rising

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Covers for Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising. Art by Phil Noto.

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Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising Thoughts

"Hello......father. I came to say goodbye. I wasn't sure what I wanted to find here. This should be a happy moment. I should be celebrating, After years of pain, we finally have good news. But I'm stubborn. I can't help myself. I needed to talk to you face-to-face. But now I'm not sure what to say. I'm not like Luke. Luke can forgive with an ease I strain for. All I feel is anger--over all the things you did. The people you hurt. The people you left behind. But I'm going to set that aside for now. My family is waiting." Leia Organa

The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising is a great start to this maxiseries.

Everything about Luke Skywalker in the comic was written very well. The Jedi Knight who is emerging on his first steps to becoming a Jedi Master and restoring the Order. I love the advice he gives to Rynn, his mental process of processing the changing galaxy, and his role in it. I find it funny how he easily dispatches the Acolytes of the Beyond and Renya Oskure (her design in the actual comic is so bland, I wish they used the design on the cover art of Issues 3 and 4). My only complaint is the reason why he let Adelhard live is because plot demands he lives until the final arc otherwise great writing of Luke.

As one of the people who played Star Wars Uprising when it was up (I got to a good part of Act II before it was shut down), I was very excited to see the Uprising storyline concluded at last. Before this comic, my hype was up when Rise and Fall of the Galatic Empire revealed the OT heroes took Adelhard down, so I was pretty excited to see those events. I really hope we get to see Bragh in a more direct combat way with his weapons and the regular Purge Troopers. I really like the implication he might've been a former Purge Trooper of the Inquisitors based on his interactions with Renya (I also like the nod to how Uprising mentioned an Inquisitor operating in the Anoat Sector and might've been a future villain of the game had it not been shut down).

Grand Moff Ubrik Adelhard is a really fun Imperial Warlord. When I first played the game, I thought he was one of many Warlords who was local trouble but not potential galactic trouble. Well now, the comic establishes him as a possible galactic threat. I really love seeing his Stormtrooper days not as a normal Stormtrooper but as a TK Trooper which shows how early he joined the Empire. I find it funny now we know Adelhard served in the Seventh Fleet (it's pretty fun to know he served directly under Thrawn and was at Atollon) on the Chimera that perhaps his outfit as Moff with the epaulets is meant to emulate the outfits of the Grand Admirals (which funny enough makes him closer to the uniforms of Legends Grand Admirals). It was also unreal to see his infamous toxic gassing of Anoat depicted in the visual medium. Luke's assessment of Adelhard at the end summed up his character really well.

The Acolytes of the Beyond being central to the story tracks with the Aftermath Trilogy and Shadows of the Sith, given how active they were and Luke's encounters with them. I love that Azanti are finally back, tho as I said before, I prefer the cover art of Issues 3-4 for Renya's appearance over what the comic depicted.

It's also noice getting some Spice Runners of Kijimi lore as we see them ally with Adelhard's forces. Not because they believe in Adelhard's chances but because he can foment chaos in the Underworld which would give more time to thrive. I also love how little respect Bib Fortuna gets as the new crime boss of Jabba's former criminal empire.

Leia's bittersweet farewell to her father and reaction to Luke over it showcases how different she is from Luke. Unlike him, she can't let go of that anger her father did to her and her people. She can't forgive him just because he did one good thing at the end.

Gallius Rax is one of the best Imperial antagonists and it's amazing to see him in visual medium at long last. It is a retcon that Sloane is already promoted to Grand Admiral before Akiva but given what is shown in Republic Under Siege, it's far from the worst retcon. I also really love the mention of him under his "Operator" guise as he feeds the NR information to get rid of his rivals.

I really like seeing Jarek Yeager in the issue that was a nice continuity nod. I love the Resistance nods in Canon recently.

The final issue was my favorite (and had the best art of the entire arc) when I saw Luke take down the threats of Adelhard's forces easily, Lando coming to save the day (especially given he has a personal stake in freeing the Anoat Sector), and even Rynn reunites with her girlfriend Preeti. However, Luke has the unintended effect of motivating and showing Adelhard the need for him to ally with Dark Side users and the potential value in the Dark Side and by extension the Force.

"It's far from over. We got our people out. We slowed Adelhard's expansion--for now. But I caught a glimpse of who he is--who he wants to be. A man driven by a burning desire to seize something he feels was promised to him...but was yanked away." Luke Skywalker

"So, did we win?" Rynn Zenat

"Yes, in a way. We managed to win the battle--but do we have any chance of winning the war?" Luke Skywalker

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The Battle of Jakku Insurgency Rising #4

I enjoyed this issue but I'm also confused by this issue. Why did Luke just leave Adelhard? Like, he left the crew superficially to go take him on. And then he just walks away after killing all of his stormtroopers? They barely fought. There's no way he was going to beat Luke. Luke also didn't even like mess up the ship. What was the point of that? I also didn't like that Reyna Oskure was the Inquisitor. It was just kind of a whatever reveal. I didn't remember who she was. Ladno was good and the action was solid. I'm hoping the next arc of this story will hit me better.

-Chuck

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You know what really murders my feelings about this? Not just Leia's mixed feelings about Vader being her father and how she can't forgive it, at least not right now, is that Anakin's Force ghost is on Endor with them. That he probably watched over her, unable to reach out to her, because she doesn't want to hear from him, not yet. That he can only stand by and watch as she calls him "father" for the first and maybe last time, as she tosses aside his burnt mask, and says she's setting him aside for now, because her family is waiting. That he has to know she isn't just living her best life, that this haunts her, that this twists her up inside, that part of her is straining towards forgiveness, knowing that he sacrificed himself to save the brother she loves, that there was still some good in him, but she still can't forgive, because she's too angry, too stubborn, too much like him. And we don't see him here, but you know he had to be there, drawn to her words to his ashes, watching over her and only able to listen as she says goodbye and walks away. THAT REALLY MURDERS MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE ENTIRE SKYWALKER FAMILY.

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This week on Marvel Comics (16th October 2024):

Avengers Assemble Vol. 3 #002

Blood Hunters Vol. 2 #003

Crypt of Shadows Vol. 5 #001 (One-shot)

Daredevil: Woman Without Fear Vol. 2 #004 (Finale)

Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 2 #025

Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #001

Mystique Vol. 2 #001 (NEW!)

Spectacular Spider-Men #008

Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising #002

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3 #010

Uncanny X-Men Vol. 6 #004

Venom War: Deadpool #002

Venom War: Venomous #003 (Finale)

Wolverine Vol. 8 #002

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Star Wars: Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising #4 (Marvel, November 2024) cover by Phil Noto

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Look at this god dog

That is a very good dog!

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The Rise of the New Empire Party

(Transcriber’s Note: Although I was imprisoned during the rise of the Party, I was aware of the events which are outlined below.  Most of the free world knows this terrifying story, but for those who don’t, and to give you some perspective on the conditions, I present to you an excerpt from an anti-New Empire website [URL DELETED] which profiles it in detail. –DAM)

The New Empire Party began as a non-partisan protest group, attempting to break away from the mainstream U.S. political parties.  The protestors mainly acted against government intervention in citizens’ life, high deficit spending, and uncontrolled personality issues of the office holders.  Nationwide protests elicited notice coupled with scorn from the mainstream media.  The lack of leadership hierarchy left no one taking the protests very seriously.

After two election cycles of protests with little progress in advancing their agenda, the New Empire at last produced a semblance of a leadership, spearheaded by independent presidential candidate Carleton Regent.  Regent, his wife Jennifer, and the entire team he utilized in his failed campaign comprised the first New Empire central brain trust.  In a matter of five months after the election, the group had organized the loose protests into a tight political machine, the New Empire Party, and sent forth candidates from within (as opposed to seeking well-known faces from the existing parties) to run in the Party’s first midterm election, endorsing gubernatorial, Congressional, and Senate candidates nationwide.

As it happened, during that first New Empire election cycle three major disasters occurred.  First there was the market crash, a major hit to the financial world which was complicated by questionable business practices.  Second, there came a series of massive oil spills which created the worst ecological disaster in known history.  Finally, the third catastrophe was a terror attack on the city of Indianapolis, which at the time was hosting several Nobel laureates.  The New Empire jumped on all three events, using them as proof that the American public needed them in power, and forcing the voters’ hand despite no inquiries ever being made as to any connection these three events could have.

In the first election, the New Empire won 27 Senate seats, 190 seats in the House, and 7 governorships.  The next election saw them add another 85 House seats, 9 state houses, and claim a surprising Senate majority by winning 29 Senate seats.  In the third election, the New Empire claimed the House majority by winning 115 more seats while strengthening their Senate majority with another 28 seats.  With insurmountable majorities in both houses of Congress (390 New Empire/35 Democrat/30 Republican in the House, 84 New Empire/9 Democrat/7 Republican in the Senate), the Party decided to run its first Presidential candidate.  Naturally, the Party chose its leader Carleton Regent as its candidate, with the unusual tactic of nominating would-be First Lady Jennifer Regent for Vice President.

In the next election, the New Empire won 55 more House seats, another 7 Senate seats, and 6 more state houses.  In addition, the New Empire won the Presidency with an unprecedented unanimous vote in the Electoral College.

How did the New Empire do it?  No one has been able to determine the actual means by which this massive power grab … all by legal means … took place.  Party records are sealed tightly, and any investigations are considered to be signs of criminal dissent.  Since the repeal of the Freedom of Information Act, the New Empire has been allowed to operate completely free of any checks either by the press or by individual citizen investigation.

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The Battle of Jakku Insurgency Rising #3

That was fine. I'm not huge into this cast of characters, but the story was interesting enough. I'm curious how the story is going to change heading into the next series.

-Chuck

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I AM IN TEARS, YOU GUYS LOOK AT THIS DRAMATIC ASSHOLE'S CAPE THEY ARE STANDING ON THE BRIDGE OF A STAR DESTROYER THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO WIND TO BE HAD HERE AND YET THIS DRAMATIC GARBAGE CAN MAN APPARENTLY NEEDED MORE DRAMA TO PUNCTUATE HIS WORDS AND SO HIS CAPE IS FLYING AROUND HIM LIKE WINGS WHILE HE'S JUST STANDING THERE DELVERING HIS DRAMATIC SPEECH AND GESTURING MENACINGLY YOU KNOW THIS ASSHOLE USED THE FORCE TO WHIP HIS CAPE AROUND HIM WHILE ON A SHIP IN SPACE ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS THE WORST AND I AM CRYING LAUGHING AT HIM

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“That blade doesn’t belong here.” – Luke Skywalker

Cover art for Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #004, “Breakdowns”

Art by Phil Noto

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Star Wars: Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising #3 (Marvel, November 2024) cover by Phil Noto

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Interesting!

...What does this mean, exactly?