Heinsnake plot

The Heinsnake plot was an event that occurred in the early stages in the Imperial period.

Background
Several ages prior, a cult of Dark Side sorcerers wielding magic that rivaled that of even the Sith Lord's usage of the Dark Side had existed. They had been believed by the Sith to have died out by the time of the Clone Wars ages later.

Assassination attempt
After the Declaration of a New Order and the creation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, Darth Vader had murdered the son of a wealthy industrialist, which led to the industrialist to arrange a hit on Darth Vader as revenge, sending nine assassins to kill Vader, with all but one being killed by Vader.



Shortly thereafter, Vader narrowly foiled an assassination attempt on Emperor Palpatine when summoned by the Emperor by unexpectedly Force pushing him away and then Force pushing his throne out of the window due to the throne having a bomb planted underneath. The explosion was great enough to severely damage most of the office even after thrown out. Vader then proceeded to kill the two Royal Guards standing near the throne for failing to protect the Emperor by throwing them out of the window, and also berated the rest when they entered. After they accepted responsibility for their failure to protect the Emperor, Vader then proceeded to assign two to stand guard over the Emperor, two to accompany him, and one to cover up the assassination attempt from the public. Afterwards, they discovered the party responsible to be the Heinsnake cult. Palpatine, realizing the threat the cult posed to both his reign and the survival of the Sith Order, ordered Vader to locate and vanquish the cult.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin