Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Battle for Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1.Star wars finally reveals the backstory behind Darth Vader’s mask and who had it before Kylo Ren. Having recently completed his canonical Star wars series set between The Empire Strikes Back And Return of the JediMarvel has begun an entirely new trilogy of stories set after the Battle of Endor, culminating 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 a completely new Star Wars: Battle of Jukku – Insurgency Rising #1 by Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk and Rachelle Rosenberg, The Rebel Alliance is still on Endor, celebrating their victory over the Empire with the destruction of the second Death Star and the deaths of Palpatine and Darth Vader. Vader’s body, redeemed by killing the Emperor and sacrificing himself to save his son, was taken by Luke to be burned on the funeral pyre, as shown in Return of the Jedi. Now this new issue features someone else who visited Vader’s still-smoldering remains after Luke:
While the rest of the Rebels are still celebrating with the Ewoks, Leia Organa talks to what’s left of the man she only recently learned was her real father from her twin brother Luke (another key revelation). Wanting to have a one-on-one conversation with Darth Vader, Leia finds nothing more than the charred and melted mask of the former Sith Lord.
Leia visited Darth Vader’s funeral pyre
Wanting to talk to my father
It is noteworthy that none Return of the Jedi none of the sequels take the time to explore how Leia felt about Vader being her father.. However, the 2016 novel Pedigree Claudia Gray explores Leia’s connection to the fact that such an evil man and tyrant of the galaxy was secretly her biological father. However, this comes in the context of Leia’s secret being revealed to the rest of the galaxy as a political move to undermine her work with the New Republic Senate. The Princess and the Scoundrel Beth Revis briefly touches on Leia’s initial reaction when Luke first told her about their father.
Despite Vader’s redemption, Leia is still angry at everything her father did and all the pain he caused…
Now, Rise of the Rebellion finally reveals more of Leia’s feelings shortly after she learned the truth herself, just hours after Vader’s death with his body still burning. To this end, Leia is shown to have some anger towards the man who directly had a hand in her torture and murder of her friends, not to mention his role in the destruction of her home world of Alderaan. Despite Vader’s redemption, Leia is still angry at everything her father did and all the pain he caused.
Leia is the reason why Kylo Ren eventually gets Vader’s mask
Throw the helmet away from the fire
Before returning to the celebration, Leia throws the molten helmet from the funeral pyre. So this explains how Vader’s mask will one day be returned and fall into the hands of Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren. As seen in the sequels, Leia’s son uses the mask years later to focus on the dark side of the Force after his corruption as Kylo Ren.. Because of this, it will be interesting to see how Leia can come to terms with this anger towards Darth Vader that she still holds right after Endor.
Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency #1 on sale now from Marvel Comics.