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The Grand Inquisitor (often referred to simply as the Inquisitor) is the main antagonist of Star Wars Rebels Season 1. He was a Pau'an Inquisitor tasked by Darth Vader to hunt down the last of the Jedi. He was the leader of the Inquisitors, the Galactic Empire's Force-sensitive agents employed to hunt down the last of the Jedi, so that the Emperor's plans would be complete.
History[]
The Children of the Force[]
Years later, the Grand Inquisitor was contacted by Darth Vader, who told the Jedi hunter that the Emperor had foreseen a new threat rising to challenge his rule: the "children of the Force," who could not be allowed to become Jedi. Vader ordered the Inquisitor to hunt these individuals down and either make them serve the Empire or destroy them, along with any Jedi survivors who could train them. With the orders of the Emperor given, the Inquisitor told Vader that it would be done.
The Inquisitor talks to Darth Vader.
One method that the Inquisitor used to find Force-sensitive individuals was to look for cadets at the Academy on Lothal who met a set of criteria, one that indicated their ability to use the Force. One known target was Dhara Leonis. The Imperial authorities attempted to cover up her kidnapping by claiming that she had run away from the Academy. However, younger brother Zare Leonis suspected that the Empire was lying. To ascertain his sister's fate, Zare enrolled at the Academy the following year. Some time later, fourteen years after the rise of the Empire, a group of rebels who operated on Lothal came to the attention of Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau The rebels rescued a group of Wookiees that had been enslaved in the spice mines of Kessel, a mission in which the rebel leader, Kanan Jarrus, used a lightsaber and revealed himself as a Jedi survivor. After the rebels escaped, Kallus contacted the Inquisitor and informed him about what happened on Kessel. The Inquisitor was pleased that Kallus informed him of the rebel cell and the Jedi in its ranks.
Trap on Stygeon Prime[]
The Grand Inquisitor laid a trap for Kanan and his Padawan, Ezra Bridger, in the Spire. The Empire was able to project an image suggesting that she was alive, and this information was then reported by Gall Trayvis, a former member of the Imperial Senate who claimed to have gone into exile after speaking out against the Empire—in reality, Trayvis was a loyal agent of the Empire, one who used his position to lure rebel groups into traps around the galaxy. Not wanting to pass up an opportunity to rescue a Jedi survivor, the rebels undertook a mission to the Spire where they intended to rescue the Jedi Master.
The Inquisitor fighting Kanan
Once in the prison, the rebels fought their way through Stormtroopers who were stationed there. Kanan and Ezra made it to the detention area, and Kanan believed he could sense the Jedi Master—though in actuality, it was the power from her bones. They entered the cell and saw a projected image of Luminara, which faded into a sarcophagus that revealed the remains of the Jedi Master. The Grand Inquisitor entered the cell, his lightsaber ignited, and approached the two Jedi, revealing that Luminara had been dead for many years. Kanan attacked the Inquisitor and the two engaged in lightsaber combat. The Inquisitor was able to correctly deduce that Kanan had been trained by Jedi Master Depa Billaba, as she had been a teacher of Form III lightsaber combat in close quarter fighting, which Kanan employed extensively. The two continued their duel within the cell until Ezra set off a small detonator that allowed him and Kanan to flee.
Though they had escaped the cell, the Grand Inquisitor pursued them and continued his fight with Kanan in the halls of the prison. He soon pushed Kanan away through the Force and, per Vader's command, attempted to convert Ezra to the dark side. The boy refused, however, and the Inquisitor prepared to strike him down, but Kanan used the Force to pin the Inquisitor to the ceiling, giving the two Jedi a chance to flee. The Grand Inquisitor followed them and chased them through the prison, before they met back up with their fellow rebels. Separated by a number of closed doors, the Inquisitor sliced through them with his lightsaber and arrived in time to see the rebels beginning to escape. He made one last attempt to stop them by throwing his lightsaber towards them, but Kanan deflected it and the rebels escaped aboard the Phantom.
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