Gallius Rax's speech

At the beginning of the Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY, Counselor to the Empire Gallius Rax gave a speech to the massed Imperial forces on Jakku prior to the showdown with the New Republic. He spent several months rehearsing his speech. Rax regarded his speech as an exercise in propaganda to assure them of their role in the climatic battle. Rax delivered the speech in front of a podium at the Imperial headquarters beneath a massive flickering holostatue projection of himself. Rax wanted to invoke the image of a god issue divine commands to the faithful. Unknown to most Imperials, Rax was planning to destroy Jakku along with the amassed Imperial and New Republic forces as part of the Contingency.

Behind the scenes
Gallius Rax's speech was included as part of Chuck Wendig's 2017 novel Aftermath: Empire's End, the third installment in The Aftermath Trilogy.

Appearances

 * Aftermath: Empire's End