- "One of Qi'ra's primary defenses was that Crimson Dawn was too small to be noticed. A bug crawling on the ground, beneath the notice of the great and powerful Empire. But eventually, Qi'ra's actions in her secret war against the Sith drew Palpatine's gaze directly to her."
- ―The Archivist's Holocron
The war against the Sith, also known as the war against the Empire,[21] was a secret campaign orchestrated by Lady Qi'ra, leader of the Crimson Dawn criminal syndicate, to destroy the Sith Lords Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, hoping to free the galaxy from their rule under the Galactic Empire.[14] After realizing it was Crimson Dawn that was moving against them, Sidious moved the Empire to crush Qi'ra's efforts,[13] which were focused upon the rumor[22] that a Sith Lord was frozen within the Fermata Cage. That Sith, supposedly, would be unleashed to fight against Sidious and Vader.[14] In truth, no such Sith existed, with the rumor serving to bring Vader and Sidious close to the Cage so they could be trapped within it.[22]
Qi'ra's efforts ultimately ended in tragedy[1] for the Dawn.[7] The Fermata Cage was destroyed[23] but remained physically intact in the possession of the Sith.[7] However, thanks to Qi'ra's agents Bevelyn and Jon Melton, the Alliance to Restore the Republic learned about the existence of the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station,[8] which ultimately led to the destruction of the battle station, along with the deaths of Vader and Sidious, at the Battle of Endor.[24]
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Qi'ra Challenges the Emperor in Marvel's Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)- Qi'ra and the Emperor Plot Their Next Moves in Marvel's Star Wars: Hidden Empire #2 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 215
- Inferno Squad Strikes Back in Marvel's April 2023 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Who's the Boss?" — Star Wars Insider 224
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire (First identified as War on the Sith)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Crimson Reign 1
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 28
- ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 27
- ↑ Dark Droids 1
- ↑ Crimson Reign 1 takes place after the Escape from Cloud City, which is dated to 3 ABY by Star Wars: Timelines. Additionally, Sliro Barsha dies during the events of Star Wars Outlaws, which Visit a Galaxy Far, Far Away with our Star Wars liveblog direct from San Diego Comic-Con 2024! on www.thepopverse.com (archived from the original on August 5, 2024) dates to 3 ABY. As he is alive during Crimson Reign 5, and the events of Crimson Reign 1 precede the comic, it must also take place during that year.
- ↑ The events of Hidden Empire 5, including Crimson Dawn's defeat and the end of their war against the Sith, are set after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Hidden Empire 5
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars (2020) 28
- ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 17
- ↑ Crimson Reign 2
- ↑ Crimson Reign 4
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Darth Vader (2020) 22
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Crimson Reign 5
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 Hidden Empire 1
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Hidden Empire 3
- ↑ Hidden Empire 4
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 20
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 24
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 25
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 26
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Hidden Empire 2
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Doctor Aphra (2020) 29
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 32
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi