Hunt for Jocasta Nu

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Hunt for Jocasta Nu
Conflict	Great Jedi Purge
Objective	Recover Jocasta Nu and bring her before Emperor Palpatine
Date	19 BBY
Place	Coruscant
Outcome	Death of Jocasta Nu and destruction of the Kyber memory crystal
Factions
Galactic Empire Inquisitorius Sith
Commanders
Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader Unidentified Imperial Security Bureau major Commander Fox†
Chief Librarian Jocasta Nu†
Participants
1 Sith apprentice Darth Vader 1 Inquisitor The Grand Inquisitor Coruscant Guard CC-1010† 2 companies Imperial Security Bureau Coruscant underworld police 1 contingent
1 Jedi Master Jocasta Nu† 1 R-series astromech droid Beetoo† 1 Guardian-Protector droid Cator†
Casualties
Several Imperial shock troopers CC-1010
Beetoo Cator Jocasta Nu

"Palpatine ordered you to keep me alive. That's clear. And you don't even know why, you poor, deluded boy. I suspect it was that list. As Chancellor, he knew we kept it, and knew the Seekers would have entrusted it to me. He wanted it, and the reason is clear. He wants to make more of you. Which begs the question… what do you want, boy?"

―Jocasta Nu, to Darth Vader about the list of children

Early in Darth Vader's time as a Sith Lord, Vader and the Grand Inquisitor were sent by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine to hunt down Jedi Master Jocasta Nu and bring her before him so that she could tell him the location of a great treasure that was key to the future of the Galactic Empire: the Kyber memory crystal list of Force-sensitive children, whom Palpatine would be able to corrupt into servants of the dark side of the Force. After her capture, she revealed the Emperor's plans to Vader. Vader killed Nu and made it seem like she died in a crash, destroying the crystal to prevent Sidious's future plan.

Behind the scenes

The hunt for Jocasta Nu was first mentioned in Darth Vader (2017) 7, a 2017 canon comic written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli. It then first appeared in the following issue, Darth Vader (2017) 8.

Appearances

• Darth Vader (2017) 7 (First mentioned)
• Darth Vader (2017) 8 (First appearance)
• Darth Vader (2017) 9
• Darth Vader (2017) 10
• Darth Vader (2017) 11 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
• Darth Vader (2017) 12 (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Star Wars Helmet Collection 64 (Weapons & Uniforms: Veterans of the Clone Wars)
• Star Wars Helmet Collection 69 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Jedi Purge)
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
• "A Seat on the Council" — Star Wars Insider 199
• Star Wars: Timelines

Notes and references

Great Jedi Purge Galactic timeline Previous: Clone Wars Concurrent: Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans · Early rebellion against the Galactic Empire · Galactic Civil War · Ryloth Insurgency Next: Battles of the Great Jedi Purge 19 BBY Coruscant (I) · Mygeeto · Tribunal · Zeffo (I) · Albedo Brave · Felucia · Kashyyyk · Cato Neimoidia · Kaller (I) · Frong · Coruscant (II) · Coruscant (III) · Mountain fortress · Caleb Dume (Coruscant (IV) · Kaller (I)) Mustafar (I) · Coruscant (V) · Al'doleem · Coruscant (VI) 18 BBY Mon Cala (I) · Mon Cala (II) · Caleb Dume (Kaller (II)) · Raada 14 BBY Eeth Koth · Secret mission to rebuild the Jedi Order (Bracca · Bogano (I) · Zeffo (II) · Kashyyyk · Zeffo (III) · Dathomir · Ilum · Bogano (II) · Nur (I)) 9 BBY Garel · Tatooine · Obi-Wan Kenobi (Daiyu · Mapuzo · Nur (IIa) · Jabiim (a) · barren moon) · Hidden Path (Nur (IIb) · Jabiim (b)) · Stinger Mantis crew's crusade against the Empire (Coruscant (VII) · Jedha (I) · Koboh · Jedha (II) · Nova Garon) 5 BBY Stygeon Prime · Vyndal 4 BBY PM-1203 · Lothal (I) · Mustafar (II) · Lothal (II) · Republic medical station 3 BBY Takobo · Bilzen · Oosalon · Malachor Unknown date Farm village · Firrhana Murkhana Related topics and articles Order 66 · Jedi · Sith · Galactic Empire · Inquisitorius · Hidden Path
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