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Warning : SPOILERS forStar Warscomics
TheStar Warsmovies may give credit to the Rebels , but an overlooked king is the person who really gave Luke , Leia , and Han a prospect to take down the Empire - and he did it more than once . No , the B. B. King in question is n’t Leia ’s father , but King Lee - Char of the satellite Mon Cala , famous for acquire some of the Rebellion ’s greatest military leaders .
What the major planet islessfamous for is the sacrifice made by its mogul in the name of a nifty goodness . Now , the canonStar Warscomics have finally told his account , revealing how much of the originalStar Warssaga relied on the monarch ’s integrity , courage , and well - earned latria of his people .
Even if buff reject to credit King Lee - Char with saving the galaxysinglehandedly , the comics give petty dubiousness that despite the valour of the Rebels and Luke Skywalker , triumph would n’t have been possible without King Lee - Char .
The Clone Wars Crowns King Lee-Char
If any fans know King Lee - Char at all , it ’s most likely give thanks to the animatedClone WarsTV show , which feature his rise to the throne . At the prison term , the gewgaw of " The Battle of Mon Cala " seemed to be an early meeting with Gial Ackbar , long before he became the commander of the Rebel Fleet . But more broadly , it helped to institute by the Mon Calamari were valuable to both the Republic and the Sith - led Separatists .
The Separatists need Mon Cala under their control for the same reason as the Empire : the Mon Calamari Shipyards . One of the most famous with child - scale spaceship manufacturer in the galaxy , the Separatists pick out command would give their force a massive rise . But alas , Prince Lee - Char rose to the challenge of the fissiparous plot , refused to empty or surrender his the great unwashed and planet , and with the aid of the Jedi , Republic , and Gungans , claimed an unbelievable triumph .
By the end of the multi - episode arc , even Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano stood humbled by the valorousness demonstrate by the new King of Mon Cala . But even with future Rebel heroes Raddus and Ackbar at his side , the ataraxis would n’t last for foresighted .
Mon Cala (First) Resists The Empire
There ’s no inquiry that 2018 has become The Year of Mon Cala in the larger Star Wars canon ( even ifAdmiral Ackbar was kill in The Last Jedirather unceremoniously ) . Not only have the mirthful Word revisited the role played by the planet and its people , but they ’ve done so on two unlike timeline : shortly after the ascent of the Empire , and subsequently following the destruction of the first Death Star ( but beforeEmpire Strikes Back ) .
The trip back to the early twenty-four hours of the Empire comes in theDarth Vadercomic series from author Charles Soule and creative person Giuseppe Camuncoli . With Emperor Palpatine search to make an object lesson out of planets still benevolent to the Republic , Mon Cala ’s reservations about pledging subservience to the Empire has raised the tension .
But even as valuable as Mon Cala may be for its resource , ships , and crowd , open struggle grows near as diplomatic negotiations is paid brim service ( but every lover knows that a peaceful compromise is not the Empire ’s way of doing things ) . And once again , King Lee - Char exhibits the qualities one would hope for from a business leader : a want of anger , but the will to protect his people ’s future tense .
When the Empire represent the character assassination of their own diplomatist as an excuse to attack , Lee - Char does n’t hesitate - unleashing a architectural plan to destroy all settlement on Mon Cala ’s aerofoil . If the Empire want to bring Mon Cala ’s hoi polloi , resources , and output under heel … they ’ll have to wage an underwater state of war .
So , how does this all link to the later Rebellion ? King Lee - Char orders Admiral Raddus to conglomerate their turgid ship at one perch , and take the first step towards transform their fleet into the Rebellion ’s future naval forces . The ship are n’t build for warfare , but Raddus use their advanced carapace to protect smaller warcraft and scrapper ( explain why they prove so valuable in the future tense , as well ) .
We ’ve yet to see how King Lee - Char ’s refusal to pull back or resignation play out , but … the otherStar Warscomic presently run display where he bruise up decades later .
King Lee-Char’s Final Words To His People
So King Lee - Char was a good leader , refused to kneel to the Empire , and align with the Rebels to supply their fleet , right ? Unfortunately for him , his stand against totalitarianism end up costing him and his people a gamy price . When the currentStar Warscomic series starring Han , Luke , and Leia pick up following the Rebels ’s surprising destruction of the Death Star , King Lee - Char has n’t been seen in years .
The regent who rules Mon Cala in the Martin Luther King Jr. ’s stead - well,“rules"is too generous , since the Empire succeed in crushing the major planet ’s flavor - refuses to correct the Rebels ' call for tending . The Rebellion may need the Mon Cala ship to piece a fleet equal to of counterbalance the Empire in any meaningful horse sense . But with their Billie Jean Moffitt King in deportee , the people have completely lose hope , hold up with only the splinter of self-sufficiency the Empire now allows .
Leia comes up with the only solution potential : rescue Lee - Char from the Imperial prison cell he has been rotting in , and return him to his people to inhale them once more . woefully , it seems , Vader ’s child are too late to undo what their beginner achieved . By the time they find King Lee - Char , he ’s being kept alert by machines .
What follows inStar Wars#48 and # 49 may be ones of the most soul-stirring moments of the saga not shown in pic or television . ineffective to be moved , King Lee - Char records a message to his hoi polloi moments before being gun down by Imperial Stormtroopers . A message that , once circulate to every Mon Cala watercraft , inspires revolt within moment .
A few epic sacrifice , well - timed optical maser blasts , and one massive hyperdrive jump later , and the Rebels are gather their unexampled fleet of a dozen of the galaxy ’s fine cruisers . Fully crewed with fresh dedicate Mon Calamari . And it would n’t have been potential without King Lee - Char ’s lifelong forcefulness or last words .
So it ’s a bit of a shame that the monarch who made a Rebel triumph potential was never brought up in conversation . Still , now the fans can fuck the accuracy .
Star Wars#49 & DarthVader#17are available now .
