#jedi knight reva

[omaano]

Jedi Knight Reva as Temple Guard for @persephoneofhades ♥

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

field knighting

(because those don't always have to be tragic, right?)

for @jedijune Week #1: Knighting

[byfulcrums]

"we thought he was here to help us" why don't i just kill myself

[drunk-on-starlight]

What makes Anakin's fall so impactful for me is that responsibility is one of the only things that really matters. If you have a responsibility to something, you need to follow through with it.

Anakin's fall led to him turning his back on everything he had an obligation to, from the Jedi as an order to as a family. All of the Masters, Knights and children that trusted him to watch their backs, to look after them only for him to break that in the worst way possible, to Padme and Obi-Wan believing the best of him.

Hurting the people you're have a responsibility not to is just unforgivable to me.

[threebea]

Thinking about what the big climax of the show would have been if we did get Cody in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show. Like there would have to be a moment Reva sees him. One of the clones that slaughtered her family.

But everything is wrong. It's all reversed. She's the one trying to kill a youngling, and the clone is in front of her, trying to protect him. Maybe she's injured him, but he refuses to allow her to get close. He knows she's going to kill him, but he's stalling for time. He thinks Obi-Wan Kenobi will come and save the boy.

It's like the what should have happened. The Sith attacks, but the Clone Troopers defend, and the Jedi Master arrives and saves them. It's the exact senario that never happened. It's an unfair roll reversal.

And here it is she can kill the clone. One of the beings that killed her family. She can kill the son of Darth Vader. She can get revenge on two fronts.

Except it's just killing the last part of who she used to be.

And so she completes the what should have happened.

She does what Anakin Skywalker should have done. She is a Jedi Knight, carrying an unconcious youngling and supporting an injured clone trooper and they meet the Jedi Master that came to save them, and everyone is alive.

And everything isn't okay, but it's her first step.

[furious-blueberry0]

Some thoughts about my All Is Well AU I’d like to share (This is a Jedi-centric AU, so it’ll only involve them):

Palpatine and Plagueis die because of a failed experiment that turned on them (ironic, isn’t it?)  

Since Palpy is dead, no War! But also no clones :(

Sifo-Dyas does not get mortally paranoid since no war is happening!

Him and Dooku get to be two old men in love.

Q’Tark, on one of her visits to her tribe on Tatooine, finds Anakin when he is 2 months old, too little to get his slave chip implanted, and so Shmi is able to give him to the Jedi.

When the Nightsisters gave Asajj away (like in canon) they also gave Maul with her. But their ship was intercepted by the Jedi, who saved them from the criminal and brought them to the Temple.

Reva Sevander becomes the second Padawan of Obi-wan  

The Disaster Lineage is less of a disaster, and they’re all fine!

Anakin becomes Obi’s Padawan at 13, and gets knighted at 25 instead of 19.

So Ahsoka becomes Plo Koon’s Padawan.

Maul becomes Mace’s Padawan.

Ezra is still Kanan/Caleb’s Padawan.

Them, Depa, Maul, Mace and Cyslin (Mace’s master) all get together to drink tea and chat every two weeks.

Ahsoka eventually becomes Grandmaster of the Order when she’s 130 (I like the idea of Togrutas living for a long time)

BARRISS IS FINE AND IS A HEALER AND IS A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE ORDER AND KISSES AHSOKA AND HAS HER OWN PADAWAN AND–

Ahsoka also gets a Padawan, and she gets to be the wise and crazy master she deserves to be

[tremendouskoalachild]

Inquisitor Women in Star Wars: a 2024 Summary

while women are underrepresented in the Sith order, the Inquisitorius is quite an egalitarian organization :) let's sum up what we know about these lovely ladies

(spoilers for everything concerning inquisitor characters, including the manner of their death)

2. Second Sister aka Trilla Suduri

Padawan to Cere Junda at the time of Order 66

captured and tortured into joining the Inquisitorius shortly after

dies 5 years later, executed by Vader for her perceived failure

human; age unknown, I'd estimate late teens to mid-twenties at the time of recruitment

created for Jedi: Fallen Order (2019), appeared before the game's release as a cameo in Darth Vader 2017 issue 19 (2018) and as a main character in the game tie-in miniseries Dark Temple. mentioned in Rise of the Red Blade (2023).

ambitious, relentless, a good slicer. wears a full helmet all the time when on the job.

3. Third Sister aka Reva Sevander

12-year-old human youngling at the time of Order 66

joined the organization voluntarily and while hiding her identity, at an unspecified point a relatively short time before 10 years post-Order 66

left the Inquisitorius 10 years after Order 66, after failing to kill Darth Vader and being left to die

created for Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). not in RotRB, likely due to not yet being a member during the book's timeline. does not appear and isn't mentioned in other canon material, outside of OWK's comic adaptation.

spent 10 years single-mindedly pursuing her goal of revenge. very intense and ambitious. youngest recruit we know of and the only one to have at least a quasi-canon number duplicate (the Third Brother).

4. Fourth Sister aka Lyn Rakish

joined the Inquisitorius around the time of Order 66, apparently of her own free will

species, age and rank at that point unknown, may have been a peer of Barriss or somewhat older

left the Inquisitorius after serving it for over 15 years (actual time unknown but less than 20 years)

created for Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), part of the main cast in Tales of the Empire (2024), mentioned in RotRB (2023).

dedicated to the organization, pragmatic and better at cooperation than most colleagues.

7. Seventh Sister

joined the Inquisitorius shortly after Order 66, and appears to have been tortured into it

mirialan; age and rank before recruitment unknown, implied she may have been a peer of Aayla Secura or younger

killed in action after serving the Inquisitorius for 16 years

created for Rebels s2 (2015), a minor character with several scenes in Darth Vader 2017, RotRB (2023) and the Inquisitors comic miniseries (2024)

only one on the list without a known name. snarky and flirty with targets. strained relationship with multiple coworkers.

9. Ninth Sister aka Masana Tide

Dowutin, age unknown and hard to estimate

joined the Inquisitorius involuntarily shortly after Order 66, through torture and mutilation

dies 10 years later, killed by her target

created for Darth Vader (2017) as a recurring character. part of the main cast in Jedi: Fallen Order (2019), shows up in Jedi: Survivor (2023), has a part in RotRB (2023) and Inquisitors (2024).

best empath of the Inquisitorius. snarky and jovial even with Darth Vader. very traumatized. keeps losing body parts.

13. Thirteenth Sister aka Iskat Akaris

joined voluntarily after flirting with the dark side for years and being groomed by Palpatine

21-year-old Knight at the time, pkorian (species created for her)

killed 5 years after joining by Vader for perceived disloyalty

created for Darth Vader 2017 issue 19 (2018), main character of novel Rise of the Red Blade (2023)

only inquisitor to have a boyfriend in canon. has a helmet she wears on missions but is pretty laid back about it. only gets her inquisitor name a while into her tenure, so her birth name is known to others.

+ Barriss Offee

former Jedi in Republic prison at the time of joining

agreed to get recruited a short while after Order 66, but left on her first mission after learning more about the organization, never got a proper inquisitor title

mirialan; age unknown but is around the age or slightly older than Ahsoka, 17 year old at the time; would have been 21 according to a non-canon reference book

has existed since 2002 as a background character in the prequels and their now non-canon tie-in novels, her short-lived inquisitor iteration was long rumored and introduced in Tales of the Empire (2024).

[blackkatmagic]

Do you have summaries for the unpublished stories (in the last patreon poll)? I would love to hear more about them!

Absolutely! I realized belatedly and while not massively sleep deprived that I should have put the summaries in the heading part, whoops. :'D

Feral/Plo - identity porn/sugar daddy/biology made them do it AU:

Canon goes AU in that Talzin handed all three of her children over to Sidious instead of just Maul. Fast forward to the middle of the Clone Wars and Feral has grabbed his brothers, both of whom are in a bad way, and skipped out on Talzin/Sidious to hide on a planet that's mostly under Republic control, where he makes a living collecting information/carrying out assassinations for the local crime lord. Enter Plo, who's in the middle of like. the Kel Dor version of a horny season. Not quite fuck or die, but fuck or be distracted and miserable and horny for months. Feral, thinking this will be a good opportunity to gather info on the Jedi, volunteers to help him out by being a sex partner whose sturdiness can stand up to Kel Dor physiology. Except that Plo is nice and Feral is maybe not prepared for that.

Jaster/Granta - Sith empire vs. Mandalorian empire AU with lots of daddy issues:

Xanatos is the Sith Lord ruling over Telos, and Granta plays assassin/weapon for his father, right up until he makes a mistake, a Jedi gets away, and Sith Emperor Sidious demands that Granta be punished for failing. Xanatos promptly sends Granta to murder Mand'alor Jaster, who manages not to die but does clock the daddy issues at 20 paces. When Xanatos completely disavows Granta and leaves him for the Mandos to execute, Jaster offers a deal - he'll let Granta live, but in return Granta will be his consort as a fuck you to the Sith Empire, and use his skill at killing Sith for the Mandalorians. Granta accepts, and they have a lot of messy sex and even messier feelings about it.

Padme/Rex - Time travel/time slips/identity porn/fake Jedi!Padme:

Canon divergence in that Obi-Wan's remarkably stupid escape from Vader's base in Kenobi doesn't work, and Reva ends up kidnapping Luke and Leia both at the same time to bring them to Vader. Padme, vaguely a Force ghost by sheer force of will, realizes that her kids are in danger and gets so angry that she quite literally tears time itself apart, throwing herself, her kids, and Vader back to the start of the Clone Wars. They all end up scattered, though, and Padme, with a brand-new Force sensitivity and Obi-Wan's lightsaber, makes a plan with her past self and goes to find her kids, pretending to be a Jedi to let her move through the front more easily. Which goes great, right up until she falls in with Torrent by accident as they're looking for a vanished Anakin. Rex, for his part, has no idea what to make of this angry, driven Jedi lady who tears her way through the CIS like she's aiming to bring them down all by herself, but is also devastatingly sad and kind when there's no enemy to fight. He does know that he very much needs to keep her alive, though, and given Padme's recklessness and Vader making plans in the shadows, that's the furthest thing from easy.

Tae/Fox - CIS!clones AU/spy shenanigans/fake relationship:

AU with CIS!clone troopers under the command of whatever Sith Dooku can vaguely train/pull out of the mud, wherein Fox is the Marshal Commander of a newly-captured Coruscant under Dooku's control. Tae is a new Knight, following in Nico's footsteps as a Shadow, and when Nico goes missing on Coruscant, he decides to go undercover to look for him. Of course, the best way to do this is to volunteer to help the infamously difficult Marshal Commander, who chews through aides like it's a sport and defies even the Sith. When Dooku starts getting a little too suspicious of both of them for comfort, though, Tae comes up with a plan - fake a relationship and pretend to hide it, and then no one will look any deeper. Fox agrees, still unaware that Tae is a Jedi and an enemy.

Cody/Maul - identity porn/Force-sensitive!Cody/canon divergence

Cody touches the wrong artefact during the destruction of the Jedi Temple and the building of Palpatine's palace, and wakes up back at the start of the Clone Wars, still fighting the influence of the chip. Not willing to trust himself enough to go to the Jedi, he instead picks the next best thing: Maul. Except that as soon as he touches Maul, lost in the depths of Lotho Minor, it's not spider!Maul who crashes down on top of him, but Sith apprentice!Maul, pulled right out of his fight with Eldra but with all the doubts about his path that it raised. He immediately assumes that Cody is a Sith Lord challenging Palpatine, and Cody goes along with it, hoping that Maul will be able to teach him to control all of his unsettling new abilities. He very much doesn't expect the mad sort of devotion Maul brings with him, or the fact that he's suddenly the whole Jedi Order's number one target, thanks to Palpatine also assuming he's a rival.

[lothalacademy]

Mace Windu is not on here because he’s the grandmaster.

Top 6 knights make the council

[skeletons-eat]

Padawan!Reva AU stuff for u guys:

-Cody has become an office worker/Diplomat/ approver of rights for the newly established vod'e and is tired of sitting I said office.

-He enjoys gossiping w/ The chancellor aka Mon Mothma

-Padme stepped down from her post as a senator after making her relationship with anakin puplic as to not further compromise her and her planets government's image.

-She and Anakin have moved to Naboo where she has taken on to wrangling more local politics.

-Anakin has followed in his Padawans footsteps and left the order to become a stay at home dad.

-Obi-Wan and Reva have severely different tastes in tea which causes a lot of bickering.

-That is the only thing they mostly argue about though since both of them share simular interests in Anthropology, History, Sciences and Politics.

-Reva is a bit more interested in the economic stuff (timeliness, effects on the future, war, famine, etc) while Obi mostly focuses on Humanitarian stuff) cultures, traditions, religions, etc)

-More than half the population of Jedi (especially Masters and knights) deal with post war ptsd, which makes the council give mandatory classes to initiates and all those who were spared from the draft, to cope with those who suffer from it and how to handle them in cases of emergency.

-Rex, the 501st and some other clones cruise around with ahsoka in the outter rim.

-The starlight initiative will be re-established to better support the outter rim and it's rebuilding efforts.

-The jedi are stretched thin and have refused almost any request of aid after the wars end to rebuild and strengthen themselfs once again.

-Two years will have past after the war when the fic starts.

-Anakin/Ahsoka and Obi-Wan are on low Contact.

-Obi-Wan is a girl dad with crippleing emty-nest-syndrome

[short-wooloo]

Kenobi S2: A'Sharad Hett

With there being some talk and speculation (nothing official from Lucasfilm right now, just fans and Ewan McGregor saying he's interested) about either a second season/sequel/follow up to Kenobi, I want to talk about why if this happens it should have A'Sharad Hett as the antagonist

First and most obviously

by doing this we can adapt a legends storyline, if you don't already know A'Sharad Hett is a Tusken Jedi Knight during the last days of the Republic, he knew Anakin and even found out about the Tusken massacre, but Hett chose to keep quiet on it (he regreted that), he fought in the clone wars and survived order 66, but not entirely, that betrayal, the murder of the Jedi, and learning (somehow, it was never really explained) that Anakin had done it broke him, and Hett fell to the dark side, returning to his people on Tatooine, began carrying out a murderous war on non Tuskens until Hett got too close to a certain moisture farm where Obi-Wan stopped him

Second

by using an antagonist localized to Tatooine, that let's us keep things on the planet, Kenobi managed to justify the concept of Obi-Wan leaving very well (brilliant just brilliant using that to include Leia), but I don't know if it can be pulled off twice, so best to just stay on Tatooine

Third

Clone Wars flashbacks, Ewan specifically said he wanted to do this with him and Hayden in their Clone Wars costumes, and we can also maintain one of the strongest points of Kenobi

Kenobi is fundamentally about the relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin, as I said, getting Obi-Wan off Tatooine more than once is already a stretch, but doing that AND having yet ANOTHER encounter with Vader? No, not gonna work (also you'll never match/make anything as good as that confrontation in the final episode), so flashbacks are the way to go

Flashbacks also allow us to explore that fateful encounter between Anakin and A'Sharad

So maybe what we'll get is a series of flashbacks each episode to a particular battle during the early clone wars (I would say not long after the movie but still before the Malevolence arc, that way Tatooine is still fresh on Anakin's mind when he runs into A'Sharad) that Obi-Wan, Anakin, and A'Sharad were involved in, maybe even get in some cameos by Cody, Rex, and Ahsoka, and eventually these brief, beginning-of-episode flashbacks will culminate on a whole episode flashback involving Anakin and A'Sharad, and a brief rage-fueled duel between them

Also Hayden and Ewan in their characters' Clone Wars Seasons 1-2 outfits, c'mon

Fourth

parallels to Reva

I also don't think you can do a second season of Kenobi without Reva, she is a pillar of the show, a big driver of the plot, a foil to Anakin/Vader, and she can also be the same to A'Sharad Hett

Having Reva, someone hurt by Anakin and fell to the the dark side because of what he did to her, will make for a great contrast with Hett, who has also been hurt by Anakin and fallen to the dark side, especially since Reva has freed herself from the darkness and her need for revenge (and even more so if we continue following the legends template and have Hett go deeper into the darkness)

Furthermore, in a direct parallel to what Reva did at the end of Kenobi, a hypothetical season 2 could have Hett discover Luke and seeks revenge by proxy on Anakin, but unlike Reva he does not stop himself and Reva and Obi-Wan must stop Hett (are you picturing it?Obi-Wan and Reva dueling Hett side by side as Master and Apprentice?), really show just how much Reva has grown

Fifth

Set up (a version of) Krayt

Depending on whether or not A'Sharad Hett dead by the end of a hypothetical Kenobi season 2/sequel (which if it really takes inspiration from the legends comic) what we'll have is the perfect opportunity to set up him as the big bad of the post Skywalker saga era (and I'll have more thoughts on what I specifically want out of this in a different post) and enemy to Rey's rebuilding Jedi Order (even better if we get ro see Reva as a part of it too), as that is basically what happened in legends, Hett loses to Obi-Wan, his defeat and humiliation costs him leadership of the Tuskens, he goes out into the galaxy as a bounty hunter, ends up on Korribban, discovers a sith holocron, takes up the sith way (I'll go into why that needs to be dropped in another post), and prepares to take over the galaxy

So yeah, show could end with Hett's defeat by Obi-Wan, who tries to offer him help and a chance at redemption, which Hett rejects (more Anakin parallels), promises that he will destroy everything Obi-Wan is working towards, and leaves, with the final shot/scene of Hett in the show being him bleeding his lightsaber crystal (the RIGHT way, not acolyte's stupid bullshit mood ring way 😒)

[kaaragen]

Rise of the Red Blade thoughts

One of the things I’ve long been asking for is for canon to do something to address the Inquisitors. We partially got that with Kenobi, but Reva is more of a special case. But with Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade we do finally have something that does, so it behooves me to add my thoughts. We do get a lot of interesting bits from this book - including, at last!, some canon Seventh Sister backstory!

(Minor spoilers ahead - though if you’ve read the Darth Vader comics you know how this story ends)

First of all, on a story level, it’s entertaining and I think does a good character dive on why Jedi fell and became Inquisitors. Ishkat Akaris is the POV character and she provides an interesting angle on struggles with the Jedi Order. She’s neurodivergent, and while not specified I’m picking up ADHD. She struggles and never quite gets the support she needs. But she is an unreliable narrator, and there is a particular Roshomon incident from when she was young that we return to again and again, getting some different perspectives. Though the narrative (in true Roshomon fashion) never says which was the ‘true’ version so you’re just left with the various ‘certain points of view’. But as a look at someone’s personal journey to the Dark Side, where at of the steps seem plausible and fair from their perspective, it works really well.

But what the book is great for is showing, better than other canon material I’ve come across, what the war does to the Jedi. Communications are poor. Information is sketchy. And young, inexperienced and over promoted Jedi are being sent out as commanders into highly stressful situations. And it really shows how the sheer stress of the war, and how this starts corrupting the more inexperienced Jedi, as the pressure to achieve results in impossible circumstances starts leading them toward ‘quicker and easier’ answers, with even the brighter and more devoted Jedi starting to fray by the wars end.

It maybe doesn’t deep dive as much as I would like; and the timeline is a bit wonky in places (according to this the Jedi had the clone army before they went into the arena on Geonosis which ??), but as far as canon goes I think it’s one of the best explorations on offer.

There’s some other tidbits as well:

Confirmation that if you don’t connect with the Force regularly you will lose sensitivity to it and have to ‘relearn’ as per Kenobi.

We get a bit more in how the Inquisitorious works. Basically a perverse form of the Jedi Order. There are candidate Inquisitors, and when you ‘prove’ yourself worthy you get a Name (eg X Sister). Which was hinted at in Kenobi (the use of ‘Reva’ over Third Sister to emphasise her outsider status)

That said, numbering system still doesn’t make sense to me. I think the implication is supposed to be the number is the order in which a candidate ‘proved’ themselves, but I find it hard to believe that Trilla was the first one to do so. Particularly not as it says Fifth Brother joined willingly and Tenth Brother was already half-way there at the start of the war.

The Agricorps are back baby!

And some canon Seventh Sister backstory! To which:

She’s a little older than Ishkat, whose about 19/20 when the Clone War kicks off. So my rough guess would be that she’s about 25ish when Order 66 happens. So Seventh is definitely a Jedi Knight - which does tie with her line of dialogue to Ezra mocking Kanan for not achieving the rank.

She was Aayla Secura’s Padawan (asterisk on this one - the exact line is ‘trained by’ which is a little vaguer, but Padawan reads to me as the intent.) This would constitute a lore revision that Mirialans are only Padawan’s to Mirialans.

Something absolutely horrific happened to her to make her an Inquisitor. Which you might think ‘of course it did’; but Ishkat meets Second Sister and hangs out with Ninth Sister and specifically mentions sensing something appalling happening to Seventh. So yeah, we’re talking orders of magnitude bad in comparison.

(For those wondering who read A New Dawn Breaks: none of this will affect Sorfelia; I already had something terrible planned 😈)

So overall, I’d say it’s worth a read. And if you’ve read the comics there’s some fun Easter eggs here and there as well!

[antianakin]

It has been decided that in the Darksider Ahsoka AU, to balance out and foil our newly Dark Ahsoka, there's also going to be Fulcrum Barriss.

Fulcrum Barriss who was THERE to make sure her Master survived Order 66, who refused to run even when Luminara told her to and got them both out alive until they end up bumping into Rex and his little gang of rebels and Rex could probably help lead them to Bail Organa, as well.

Fulcrum Barriss who wants to help rescue as many Jedi as she can and has maybe heard rumors of a place in the Mustafar system where Jedi have been getting taken to die and decides to run a rescue mission there. Fulcrum Barriss who manages to come out of Nur with Trilla and Reva in tow.

Fulcrum Barriss who takes on continuing Reva's training (Luminara's helping with Trilla) because there's just... no one left and Reva wasn't even a PADAWAN yet, she still needs more basic training anyway, something Barriss is qualified to handle. But once Luminara Knights her, Barriss happily takes on Reva as her first Padawan.

Fulcrum Barriss who connects with the Ghost Crew and provides support for Kanan and Ezra, who has them meet Luminara because Kanan deserves to have the support of a Master, too, even if he's committed to teaching Ezra himself.

Fulcrum Barriss who wasn't involved in the bombing of the Temple, but who HAD cared about Ahsoka and considered her a friend and was hurt by her betrayal, but still believes Ahsoka could be better and wants so badly to help her.

Fulcrum Barriss who treats Ahsoka kindly and with patience when Ahsoka makes her way to Echo Base after Malachor and starts working on making better choices, on clawing her way back from the Dark. Fulcrum Barriss who can't help but remember the crush she'd had on Ahsoka all those years ago, the feisty brave impulsive creative young Padawan who'd saved them on Geonosis.

[ct-hardcase]

Since a twitter mutual asked for an Inquisitor canon guide, I'm revamping my answer to an anon to include some more recent inquisitor canon. I'll get into the substantial canon stories first (which I'd say are the proverbial "must watch/read/play"s), and then into the ones where there might be slightly less content in a list below:

Star Wars: Rebels originated the inquisitors in the new canon and the start of their lore, though I'd argue it wasn't the best at handling them. Despite this, I'd recommend starting here. Introduces the Grand Inquisitor, Fifth Brother, Seventh Sister, and Eighth Brother. Also introduces (the ever-elusive) Project Harvester.

Darth Vader (2017): while this is a Vader-focused comic, you get quite a bit of inquisitor lore out of it, and also multiple characters you won’t find anywhere else/many other places. Highly recommend for how it builds up the Grand Inquisitor, Ninth Sister, and Sixth Brother in particular. Also includes the Fifth Brother, Tenth Brother, Iskat, and Tualon in a capacity that develops their characters. The comic additionally goes out of its way to include Seventh, Eighth, and Trilla as background characters. I recommend reading all of it, since I love the way it handles Vader as well, but the inquisitor-focused issues are almost all issues 6-20 minus issues 10 and 18. The writing has some flaws but overall one of my favorite canon comics in terms of story and art.

Jedi: Fallen Order was the blueprint, honestly. What made the inquisitors ascend from goofy side characters in others' stories to tragic villains in their own right. What's not to love about Trilla Suduri? Also provides a fair bit of depth to Ninth Sister, especially in the context of her previous DV (2017) appearances. It also fleshes out the Purge Troopers, who, while not inquisitors, are a fun addition to the organization. Also add a bit of inquisitor capture/initiation lore. I'm not a gamer, so I found a video which compiled all of the story scenes and it did the trick for me (though many gamers do recommend playing).

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Introduces Reva Sevander, and her wonderfully complicated story and character. This is among some of the essential inquisitor watch material for good reason, as it provides context for how inquisitors interpret the group dynamics, as well as a look at their military operations and how a hunt works from their end, somewhat. It also provides some context and/or development for the Grand Inquisitor and Fifth Brother; and introduces the Fourth Sister.

Rise of the Red Blade: The most personal look we get into an inquisitor's backstory and fall, so far (TotE will probably prove me wrong in about a month), this story centers Iskat's time as a Jedi and a bit of her time as an inquisitor. It goes through a Knight's look at the clone wars, and some of the Inquisitor initiation process/first few missions, in addition to glimpses of what a pre-Vader inquisitorius looked like. This book also features Tualon as a prominent character, but notably includes cameos from almost every canon inquisitor minus Reva, Marrok, and Bird Mask.*

*among others, who are more relegated to sourcebooks/secondhand references.

Next on the docket are Barriss' Tales of the Empire shorts, which I assume is going to go into the Inquisitor initiation process in full detail (see also: the reason Delilah Dawson couldn't full delve into it in RotRB), and should feature Barriss, the Fourth Sister, the Grand Inquisitor Marrok, and Bird Mask; and the Inquisitors (2024) comic miniseries coming this summer, which should include the Grand Inquisitor, Fifth Brother, Seventh Sister, and Ninth Sister.

I'll organize the rest by characters that you may want to know more about, though please note that there are minor spoilers for the above series (including character names) in the summaries of the series below:

Grand Inquisitor:

The Servants of the Empire series has some Grand Inquisitor lore with a focus on Zare Leonis and (the ever-elusive) Project Harvester. The Grand Inquisitor serves as an antagonist. This is a Middle Grade series, but it's one of the best MG series I've read in Star Wars.

The Grand Inquisitor has appeared in the Rebels manga adaptation! I haven't read it myself, but the art looks good.

He gets a semi-canon appearance in one short story of Star Wars: Dark Legends. He's got creepy vampire vibes, which are cool, and you also get one of my favorite Order 66 survivors in the dubiously-canon Kira Vantala.

[He also gets a spotlight in Issue 6 of Star Wars (2020). Yes, the comic takes place post-esb. Yes, the Grand Inquisitor is there. This one has the most payoff after reading Vader (2017) and watching swr s1

Will probably have a supporting/important role in Barriss' Tales of the Empire shorts.

Second Sister (Trilla Suduri):

Most of her Material is in JFO, but she also gets a spotlight in Jedi Fallen Order: Dark Temple. Though this five-issue comic focuses mostly on Cere, it gives you some good Second Sister content, presented pre-Trilla reveal in-game. It gives you more of her cool and competent inquisitor vibe that way. Also, the dynamic Trilla has with her Purge Trooper Commander is a bonus for me, in this one.

Third Sister (Reva Sevander):

Sadly, not a lot of supplemental content exists for Reva outside of OWK. I suppose I'm obligated to include the Obi-Wan Kenobi Comic Adaptation, but considering the art is about the equivalent of traced-over screenshots, I feel confident in saying you can skip this one.

Fourth Sister (Lyn):

Her...armor appears in Return to Vader’s Castle 4 and 5. The saboteur wearing it uses her designation, but that's about all the character lore we get. I suspect that more will come in the TotE short.

Will probably have a supporting/important role in Barriss' Tales of the Empire shorts.

Fifth Brother:

He gets a PoV section in Jedi: Battle Scars! Though it's not super substantive, it's the closest we've gotten to a backstory for him, and he gets a hell of a duel in this one. The overall plot is steamy and fun as well, plus Merrin and Fret are worth the price of admission alone.

He also gets a lot of bit parts in other inquisitor media, including OWK and Vader (2017), all of which add up to a more complex character than the man we get in Rebels.

Some comics featuring the Fifth Brother are in the Star Wars Rebels Magazine are in German so if you read the language you’re in luck, but some have been translated into English by fans so you can find them in their tumblr tags.

It seems he'll be a main character in the Inquisitors (2024) comic series.

Sixth Brother (Bil Valen):

The Ahsoka Novel: This is obviously mostly about Ahsoka, but Sixth Brother gets some PoV chapters as well. Though the chapters may initially not seem the most substantive, the other inquisitor canon (plus his scenes in Vader [2017]) builds up around him to end up giving a surprising amount of glimpses into who he is as a person. The Grand Inquisitor also appears here, but his appearance is short enough to not warrant a place in his section.

Seventh Sister:

She plays a somewhat significant role in Iskat's first years in Rise of the Red Blade, though sadly, aside from Rebels, she doesn't have a substantive role in many stories.

Seventh Sister also features in the Star Wars Rebels Magazine stories.

She also seems to be a main character in the Inquisitors (2024) comic series.

Eighth Brother:

Sorry, you're SoL (I say with love; he's my favorite).

In all seriousness, he has one line of dialogue in Vader (2017), and a cameo in Rise of the Red Blade. If he ends up being your favorite, I can help link some interviews from Robbie Daymond about him, or something.

Ninth Sister (Masana Tide):

Aside from a brief appearance in Jedi: Survivor, most of her story takes place in Vader (2017) and JFO.

She also appears to be among the main cast of Inquisitors (2024).

Tenth Brother (Prosset Dibs):

Mace Windu: Jedi of the Republic: A five-issue comic focusing on a strike team of four Jedi in the beginning the clone war, raises questions of what the republic is coming to, and also gives you some of the Tenth Brother’s backstory.

Thirteenth Sister (Iskat Akaris):

She doesn't have much outside of Vader (2017) and RotRB, but considering she's the protagonist of the latter, hopefully that's alright for now.

Tualon Yaluna:

See Iskat's entry above—though he's not the protagonist of RotRB, he gets quite a bit of focus.

Marrok:

One of the antagonists of the Ahsoka show, and primarily appears there.

Will probably have a supporting/background role in Barriss' Tales of the Empire shorts.

Bird Mask:

A note on him is that the jury's split about whether he's actually the Sixth Brother based on his role in Ahsoka's final Tales of the Jedi episode, which is strikingly similar to the Ahsoka Novel. I choose to believe he's not.

Will probably have a supporting/background role in Barriss' Tales of the Empire shorts.

Other Canon Inquisitors/Noncanonical Inquisitors/I'm Bald/Other Nuanced Opinion:

There’s an Inquisitor in the semi-canon Star Wars Visions season 1 episode T0-B1.

There's also an Inquisitor in the semi-canon Star Wars Visions season 2 episode Bandits of Golak.

Per a guidebook released prior to Obi-Wan Kenobi, There was an inquisitor with the designation Third Brother. At this time, we do not know what he looks like, nor has he been confirmed to have been in a story.

Per a TTRPG campaign, there was a female inquisitor who trained the Nightsister Jerserra, who killed her and stole the unidentified inquisitor's lightsaber. We do not have confirmation on who this is.

Maul carries an inquisitor's saber from at least the time of Solo to Star Wars: Rebels. This may or may not belong to an existing canon inquisitor or an as-of-yet-unknown character (it was modeled off of the Grand Inquisitor's, but we can assume this was due to budget concerns).

There's a variety of mobile games, sourcebooks, and other sources that provide a series of blurbs on the canon inquisitors that I haven't kept close track of. While these provide some information, most of it goes over existing information (possibly sourced directly from the Star Wars databank entries or Wookieepedia pages) and rarely do we get any new information from these (and more rarely still does canon actually stick to the information we get from them). These are fun, and can be delved into if you want more detail, but my personal MO is to stick to canon works first.

The slight exception to me is the Lightsaber coffeetable book, which I find has gorgeous (original!) art, and has some blurbs about the inquisitors' fighting styles.

[starwarsbutmakeitgay]

Inquisitor Reva? Dude idk what ur talking about I only know Jedi Knight Reva.

[smut-wars-exchange]

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Nomination Queries #2

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Alek | Darth Malak/Revan; Alek | Darth Malak/Female Revan

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Female Jedi Knight | Hero of Tython/Lord Scourge; Nonbinary Jedi Knight/Lord Scourge

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Original female clone character/original female character; Original clone character/original female character

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Commander Fox/Senate guard

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The Bad Batch/Female Reader

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Original Female Character(s)/Original Female Character(s); Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s); Original Male Character/Original Male Character

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Ships including clones with their designations, such as RC-1207 | Delta-07 | Sev/RC-3222 | Atin Skirata/RC-8015 | Fi Skirata and Padmé Amidala/CT-7567 | Rex

Nominators: as stated in the rules, please take the designations away. Nominate Rex instead of CT-7567 | Rex, Sev instead of RC-1207 | Delta-07 | Sev, etc.

Ships including (disambiguations), such as Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)/Hera Syndulla and The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV)/Ahsoka Tano

Nominators: as stated in the rules, please take the disambiguation away, nominating Omega instead of Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) and The Armorer instead of The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV).

Ships including diacritics, such as Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Reva Sevander | Third Sister, Obi-Wan Kenobi/The Son | Fanged God, Grievous | Qymaen jai Sheelal/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Reva Sevander | Third Sister/Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader and Mon Mothma/Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo

Nominators: as stated in the rules, please pick a single identity.

Pick either Ben Solo or Kylo Ren;

Pick either Reva Sevander or Third Sister;

Pick either The Son or Fanged God;

Pick either Grievous or Qymaen jai Sheelal;

Pick either Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader;

Use Thrawn instead of Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo.

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