- "At last the work of generations is complete. The great error is corrected. The day of victory is at hand. The day of revenge. The day of the Sith."
- ―Darth Sidious
The Exegol Broadcast[3] was a transmission broadcasting of the voice of the late Emperor Palpatine, who was in truth the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, was delivered across the galaxy[5] in 35 ABY.[2] It was a message of revenge; no longer concerned with hiding his Sith identity following his resurrection,[5] Sidious declared that the day of the Sith was imminent, and that victory was near. At this time, the galaxy was engulfed in a war between the First Order and the Resistance, led respectively by Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and General Leia Organa.[4]
Ren subsequently undertook a search for answers, leading him to a mission to Mustafar in search of a path to the reborn Emperor to confront this threat and secure his power.[1]
Behind the scenes
Emperor Palpatine's broadcast was first heard in Fortnite X Star Wars, a collaborative event that took place in the virtual world of Fortnite.[6] It was later canonically mentioned in the 2019 film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, the final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.[1] While also featured in Rae Carson's novelization, Carson stated that the broadcast was conceived by someone else, not by her nor the Fortnite developers.[7]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (First canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
- The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation 1
Non-canon appearances
- Fortnite X Star Wars (First appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Mentioned only)
Sources
Kylo Ren Rampages on Mustafar in the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Novelization - Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)- "The Final Order and the Battle of Exegol" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire (First identified as Exegol Broadcast and Palpatine's broadcast)
- Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Star Wars Book
- ↑
The Rise of Skywalker's opening crawl references an event you could only hear in Fortnite by Good, Owen S. on Polygon (December 20, 2019) (backup link archived on January 21, 2020)
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Rae Carson (@raecarson) on Twitter (post): "Someone else conceived it, and it was used by both me and Fortnite." (backup link)
