Contingency

"If an Empire cannot protect its Emperor then that Empire must be deemed a failure. It collapses not only because its central figure is gone, but because it must not be allowed to remain!"

- Emperor Palpatine, to Gallius Rax

The Contengincy was a plan devised by Emperor Palpatine to ensure that his Galactic Empire would not outlive him. The central piece of that plan was Gallius Rax, a human whom Palpatine had met on Jakku and taken as his protégé. In fact, Rax was so instrumental to his scheme that the Emperor actually called him the Contingency. In order to transmit posthumous orders, Palpatine had special sentinel droids made. Operation: Cinder, which involved the scouring of Naboo and many other planets, was part of the plan. After Palpatine perished at the Battle of Endor, the Contingency was activated. Rax, however, attempted to change the nature of the plan to his advantage so he could start a new Empire of his own.

Appearances

 * Shattered Empire, Part II
 * Shattered Empire, Part III
 * Shattered Empire, Part IV
 * Aftermath: Empire's End