- "The Empire is gone, Mando. All that are left are mercenaries and warlords."
- ―Greef Karga, to Din Djarin
A warlord was a military leader in charge of civilian territory. The Confederacy of Independent Systems made use of several warlords including General Grievous, who plotted to blockade and occupy planets such as Ryloth.[1] Other Confederate warlords were Archduke Poggle the Lesser[9] of the Stalgasin hive[10] and the Karkarodon Riff Tamson.[11]
Kaplan was an Imperial warlord.[2] Following their major loss in the Battle of Endor, which saw the first death of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine and destruction of DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station, the Galactic Empire shattered into factionalism.[12] After its fall in the Battle of Jakku, the once centralized empire[13] was reduced to scattered warlords and mercenaries.[6] While most of those warlords publicly vowed to restore the New Order to its former glory, many were in fact more interested in carving fiefdoms out of the Empire's wreckage.[14]
In the years after the fall of the Galactic Empire, Moff Gideon and Grand Admiral Thrawn were considered warlords in the eyes of the New Republic.[7][8] Approximately three decades after the Battle of Endor, Kylo Ren severed his ties with the Jedi Order and became a warlord of the First Order.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Within Star Wars canon, the position of warlord first appeared in the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones through the character of Poggle the Lesser,[15] who was confirmed to be a warlord in the opening newsreel for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Weapons Factory."[9] Additionally, the audio description for Attack of the Clones available on Disney+ incorrectly translates a quote from Poggle to be that he is sending his "warlords" to hide in the Geonosis catacombs.[16] The film's subtitles instead state Poggle is saying he is sending his Geonosian warriors to the catacombs.[15]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Supreme Leader Kylo Ren in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ "Battle Droids and Other Droids of War" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 23: The Spies"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Mandalorian — "Chapter 3: The Sin"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ahsoka — "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Weapons Factory"
- ↑ Star Wars: On the Front Lines
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: Squadrons
- ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
- ↑ Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Per the audio description for Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, available on Disney+.