Warning! This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: Battle of Jakku- Insurgency Rising #1Star Wars is finally revealing the backstory behind Darth Vader’s mask and who wore it before Kylo Ren. Recently wrapped up his canonical Star Wars Series set between The empire strikes back And Return of the JediMarvel has now begun a brand new trilogy of stories set in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor that will culminate in the Battle of Jakku. To that end, we now know who had Vader’s mask before Kylo Ren eventually got his hands on it as seen in the sequels.
In the brand new Star Wars: Battle of the Juku- Insurgency Rising #1 From Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk, and Rachel Rosenberg, the Rebel Alliance is still on Endor, celebrating their victory over the Empire with the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of both Palpatine and Darth Vader. Having been redeemed by killing the Emperor and sacrificing himself to save his son, Vader’s body is taken by Luke to be burned on a funeral pyre, as seen in Return of the Jedi. Now, this new issue reveals someone else visited Vader’s still smoldering remains after Luke:
While the rest of the Rebels are still celebrating with the Ewoks, Leia Organa is shown chatting with what’s left of the man she only recently learned is her true father from her twin brother Luke (another key revelation). When talking to Darth Vader “face-to-face”, Leia finds none other than the former Sith Lord’s charred and melted mask.
Leia visits Darth Vader’s Funeral Pyre
Want to talk to her father
remarkable, Not either Return of the Jedi Nor do any of the sequel movies take time to address how Leia felt about Vader being her father. This is the novel of 2016 blood line By Claudia Gray explores Leia’s relationship with the fact that such an evil man and tyrant to the galaxy is secretly her biological father. However, this is in the context of when Leia’s secret was exposed to the rest of the galaxy as a political move to undermine her work with the New Republic Senate. The Princess and the Scandal by Beth Revis briefly touches on Leia’s initial reaction when Luke first tells her about their father.
Despite Vader’s redemption, Leia still holds anger for everything her father has done and all the pain he caused…
now, uprising rising is finally revealing more of Leia’s feelings not long after she learns the truth herself, just hours after Vader’s death with his body still on fire. To this end, it is shown that Leia has quite a bit of anger against the man who had a direct hand in torturing her and killing her friends, not to mention his role in the destruction of her homeworld of Alderaan. Despite Vader’s redemption, Leia still holds anger for everything her father has done and all the pain he caused.
Leia is the reason why Kylo Ren eventually gets Vader’s mask
Throw the helmet away from the pyre
Before she returns to the celebration, Leia is seen throwing the melted helmet away from the funeral pyre. As such, this explains how Vader’s mask will one day be recovered and fall into the hands of Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren. As seen in the sequel movies, Leia’s son uses the mask years later to center himself in the dark side of the Force after his corruption as Kylo Ren. To that end, it will be fascinating to see how Leia can reconcile the anger towards Darth Vader that she still holds in the immediate aftermath of Endor.
Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency #1 is now on sale from Marvel Comics.