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Jakku
Jakku is a fictional desert planet in the ''Star Wars'' universe, first featured in the 2015 film ''The Force Awakens''. Remote, lawless, and inhospitable, it is the homeworld of Star Wars sequel trilogy, sequel trilogy protagonist Rey (Star Wars), Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, and ''Star Wars: Aftermath, Aftermath'' antagonist Gallius Rax, both members of the Palpatine family. The film focuses on two distinct localities, Tuanul Village and Niima Outpost, near a Star Destroyer, starship graveyard. The planet is also depicted in novels such as Chuck Wendig's ''Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End'' (2017). Appearances Film The planet was first seen in the November 2014 teaser campaign, teaser trailer for the first film of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy, ''The Force Awakens'' (2015). The film's director and co-writer, J. J. Abrams, first mentioned its name at Star Wars Celebration, ''Star Wars'' Celebration in April 2015, identifying Jakku as the setting ...
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Palpatine Family
The Palpatine family is a fictional dynastic human family in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Within the series, the Palpatines are presented as a bloodline with strong inherent capabilities to the Force, a metaphysical and ubiquitous power to which users can match their personal wills to/exploit to try and bend it toward their destructive desires. The Sith Lord Senator/Chancellor/ Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious is the main antagonist of both the Skywalker Saga and the franchise as a whole; First Order Supreme Leader Snoke (a failed strand-cast clone of Sidious), and the last Jedi Rey (Palpatine's granddaughter) are central characters in the sequel ''Star Wars'' film trilogy; of the Palpatine bloodline, Rey's father, Dathan (another failed strand-cast clone of Sidious) is the only member of the family who is not Force-sensitive. Other members of the family outside of the bloodline include Palpatine's adoptive son Gallius Rax, and Dathan's wife and Rey's mother M ...
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Rey (Star Wars)
Rey is a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise and the main protagonist of the sequel film trilogy. She was created by Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt for ''The Force Awakens'' (2015), the first installment of the trilogy, and is primarily portrayed by Daisy Ridley. She also appears in the film's sequels, ''The Last Jedi'' (2017) and ''The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019), and related ''Star Wars'' media. Rey is introduced as a scavenger who was abandoned on the planet Jakku when she was a child. She becomes involved in the Resistance's conflict with the First Order. Powerfully Force-sensitive, Rey trains to be a Jedi under siblings Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and faces adversaries such as Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader Snoke and the resurrected Emperor Palpatine—who is revealed to be her grandfather in ''The Rise of Skywalker''. Despite being enemies, Rey and Kylo Ren share a connection called a 'Force dyad' and eventually become romantically involved with one ...
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Aftermath: Empire's End
''Star Wars: Aftermath'' is a trilogy of ''Star Wars'' science fiction novels by American author Chuck Wendig. Set soon after the events of the 1983 film '' Return of the Jedi'', the series explores the time period between that film and 2015's ''The Force Awakens''. The trilogy began in 2015 with ''Aftermath'', which was followed by the sequels ''Aftermath: Life Debt'' (2016) and ''Aftermath: Empire's End'' (2017). ''Aftermath'' is one of the projects in " Journey to ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''", a 2015 ''Star Wars'' publishing initiative to connect ''The Force Awakens'' with previous film installments. The ''Aftermath'' trilogy features the characters Wedge Antilles, an X-wing fighter pilot from the original ''Star Wars'' film trilogy, and Imperial Admiral Rae Sloane, introduced as a captain in John Jackson Miller's 2014 novel '' A New Dawn''. Wendig also introduces several new characters, including ex- Rebel Alliance pilot Norra Wexley, her teenage son Temmin "Snap" W ...
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The Force Awakens (novel)
''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens'') is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. The sequel to '' Return of the Jedi'' (1983), it is the seventh film in the "Skywalker Saga". Set thirty years after ''Return of the Jedi'', ''The Force Awakens'' follows Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Han Solo's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight in the Resistance, led by General Leia Organa and veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire. The ensemble cast includes Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. The film was announced after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. The film is the first ''Star Wars'' film to not extensivel ...
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The Force Awakens
''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens'') is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. The sequel to '' Return of the Jedi'' (1983), it is the seventh film in the "Skywalker Saga". Set thirty years after ''Return of the Jedi'', ''The Force Awakens'' follows Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Han Solo's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight in the Resistance, led by General Leia Organa and veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire. The ensemble cast includes Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. The film was announced after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. The film is the first ''Star Wars'' film to not extensivel ...
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