Star Warshas hinted Palpatine ’s Final Order of world - busting Star Destroyers was always destined to die inThe Rise of Skywalker . send by J.J. Abrams , Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalkerrevealed the Emperor had been resurrected , and had been entreat his fourth dimension in the shadows . Cultists know as the Sith Eternal had pass the last few tenner construct a fleet ofXyston class Star Destroyers , arm with   reactor - feed axile superlasers that have the potency to   demolish full worlds .

The problem , though , was that the fleet had been built in the depth of the Unknown Regions , onthe unfriendly satellite of Exegol . The rough meteorological conditions mean the Star Destroyers were fundamentally groundlocked , dependent on a single contagion to help them escape the aura . Once the Resistance destroy the source of that transmission , they were immobilize on Exegol , ineffective to depart . Palpatine ’s program was hazardously blemished , made high-risk by the fact he ’d let the First Order have it off precisely when he would plunge his Star Destroyers . He could quite easily have launch the fleet an hour ahead of time in preparation for depart the Unknown Regions , and had he done so the Resistance army would have been defeated .

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Rae Carson’snovelization ofStar Wars : The hike of Skywalkerrevealsanother weakness in the Emperor ’s dodge . It features a numeral of shot from the position of Chesille Sabrond , the Final Order senior pilot in charge of the intend feeler Star Destroyer . She had been raise on Exegol , and   she had never left the strange Regions before . Sabrond is portrayed as ruthless and ambitious , but one matter is whole lacking from her resume : she has utterly no military experience .

The Emperor had clearly been deeply work by the military ism of Grand Moff Tarkin . Tarkin believed it is easier to rule through the fear of force than it is through forcefulness itself . TheDeath Starembodied this concept ; it could n’t perhaps be in every system at once , and yet Palpatine ideate every humans would so venerate imminent wipeout that its citizens would never dare rebel . In theory , the Xyston Star Destroyers portion out with that restriction , because these planet - smashing vas could be in unnumberable system of rules at once . But none of their skipper have any strategic or military experience at all ; they have never been tested in combat , they have never had to turn up their power to react to an opposition ’s plans .

In contrast , they were facing an army of multitude who had develop up in a galaxy at state of war . While many of the Rebellion ’s past leaders had been drink down inStar Wars : The Last Jedi , several of them , such asWedge Antillesand Lando Calrissian , were still out there . Meanwhile , the battle against the First Order led to the hike of a new propagation of tacticians , such as Poe Dameron , who swiftly spotted the defect in the Emperor ’s plan - and used them to their advantage . Contrast to those commanding the Emperor ’s fleet inStar war : The Rise of Skywalker , and it ’s no surprise that Palpatine ’s design in the end failed .

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