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Project Resurrection

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"Project Resurrection. Kidnapping children."
"Rescuing. Forging them into an army the likes of which this galaxy has never seen."
―Iden Versio and Gideon Hask[2]

Project Resurrection was a clandestine operation by the First Order to turn child conscripts—thousands of whom were abducted from outlying systems—into a new generation of stormtroopers for the First Order Army. It also included data on the construction of over a hundred vessels within the Unknown Regions for the First Order Navy, including blueprints on the Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought.

History[]

Origins[]

"First Order went after us—leaders from the old wars. They took our kids. My girl wasn't even old enough to walk. Far as I know, she's a stormtrooper now."
―Landonis Balthazar Calrissian[3]
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The abducted children became part of a new generation of stormtroopers that projected the power of the rising First Order.

In an attempt to kill the spirit of rebellion, the First Order in 15 ABY targeted the children of leaders from old conflicts, therefore making a leader's child into that leader's enemy.[3] Kadara Calrissian,[5] the daughter of Lando Calrissian,[3] who had been a general in the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War,[6] was taken.[3] By 35 ABY,[7] Calrissian still did not know what had happened to her and speculated that she may have been turned into a stormtrooper.[3]

Resurrection rumors[]

"Project Resurrection: The First Order kidnaps children and forces them to become stormtroopers."
―Iden Versio discovering the true nature of Project Resurrection[8]

Rumours of Project Resurrection eventually reached the Resistance. One of their operatives, Shriv Suurgav, was sent to investigate. The operation was eventually uncovered in the Jinata system by Suurgav's old friend, Del Meeko. After killing Meeko, Gideon Hask was asked by Gleb—the Aqualish protectorate of Vardos and a member of Jinata Security—if the project would continue as planned. Hask stated that it would not be the case, as their operation may have been compromised. Gleb assured Hask that the Pillio operation would be relocated while her men tripled their efforts on Athulla. After Iden Versio's death aboard the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Retribution, Suurgav returned to the Resistance with her daughter Zay Versio, to inform General Leia Organa about the First Order's rearmament program and give her the schematics for the Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought before getting their next mission to the Outer Rim Territories.[2]

Recruitment during war[]

"We'll need to increase recruitments. Harvest more of the galaxy's young."
―Bellava Parnadee to Amret Engell[3]

Despite the deaths of Gleb and Hask, Project Resurrection continued. The Hosnian Cataclysm left the New Republic shattered and the First Order the dominant galactic government, with its forces spreading throughout the galaxy. During the next year, First Order began abducting and conscripting even more children from across the galaxy to grow its stormtrooper ranks even further. This was ruthlessly carried out under the direction of General Amret Engell, who enthusiastically supported the new Supreme Leader and strove to create an army that was worthy of his approval. Indeed, some planets such as Kijimi had most, if not all, of their children taken for conscription at the start of its occupation.[3]

Sith Troopers[]

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The ultimate purpose of Project Resurrection.

Unknown to both the Resistance and even the highest echelons of the First Order, Project Resurrection went even deeper than anyone suspected. Since its inception, thousands, if not millions, of children were culled and "disappeared" by Sith loyalist spies in the First Order and sent to Exegol to be raised and trained by the Sith Eternal into a new breed of stormtroopers. These Sith Troopers were even more superior to those of the First Order, their ultimate purpose to serve as the army for the new empire of the resurrected Sith Emperor Darth Sidious who sought to restore his rule over the galaxy.[3][9][6]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Wars Battlefront II
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  5. ↑ Shadow of the Sith
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker as taking place one year after the "Starkiller Incident." As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Starkiller Incident to 34 ABY, it can be deduced the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, and therefore the events of its novelization, take place in 35 ABY.
  8. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
  9. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
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