Kessendra Coronation The Kessendra Coronation was held in 5 ABY in the open - air Kessendra Stadium on Kessel . It was organized by the Central Committee of Grand Moffs to reveal the existence of their champion Trioculus , the Supreme Slavelord of Kessel . They intended to introduce him as the three - eyed son of the late Galactic Emperor Palpatine , bringing him forward as the rightful ruler of the Galactic Empire in opposition to Ysanne Isard , Director of Imperial Intelligence . For the occasion , thousands of Imperial officers , stormtroopers , bounty hunters , slavelords , and even slaves were summoned in the Kessendra Stadium . Unbeknownst to the Imperials , the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 had been sent by the enemy New Republic to spy on the event . Despite initial resistance from a Royal Guard and a grand admiral , Trioculus ended up mustering support from the majority of the assembly . Now considered the ruler of the Empire by many , Trioculus started to campaign against the New Republic . Background . In the wake of the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , the dreaded Galactic Empire had been defeated by the Rebel Alliance after a year - long conflict known as the Galactic Civil War . Not only its second Death Star battlestation had been destroyed , but its leaders , the Galactic Emperor Palpatine and the Supreme Commander Darth Vader , were dead . While the Grand Vizier Sate Pestage officially took control of the Empire , his right to rule was almost immediately contested . Many other Imperials declared themselves independent . After a sixth - month reign , Pestage ' s command was circumvented by Ysanne Isard , Director of Imperial Intelligence . While Isard succeeded in maintaining the Empire and fending off aggressive warlords for a time , a majority of the Empire ' s Grand Moffs united under the banner of the Central Committee of Grand Moffs , in an attempt to subvert her claim to rule the Empire . Since rumors had long circulated that the late Palpatine had sired a three - eyed mutant son , the unspoken leader of the Central Committee , Bertroff Hissa , sought to use these superstitions . The Grand Moffs conspired with Trioculus , Hissa ' s lifelong protégé and Supreme Slavelord of Kessel , under the guise that he was indeed Palpatine ’ s long - lost heir . Meanwhile , the so - called Supreme Prophet Kadann — who had in fact been replaced by a Bimm con artist named Rajah Ubooki — revealed the existence of the indestructible right - hand glove of Darth Vader , claiming that only the man who could locate that glove and wear it would rule the Empire . Although Ubooki and his Prophets were frauds , their Church of the Dark Side had been created to entice the Imperial populace , and the Bimm ' s " prophecies " had powerful influence . The Coronation . Almost as soon as the general public heard of the glove of Darth Vader , the Central Committee decided to hold a massive gathering in the stadium of Kessendra , the capital city of the planet Kessel , intent on using the place to promote their proposed champion for the Imperial throne . The Central Committee summoned thousands of attendants from all the levels of the Imperial hierarchy , from the decorated warlords and grand admirals to the stormtroopers and lower - ranking officers . Even the slaves and the droids were invited , along with their overseers . Unbeknownst to the Imperials , the enemy New Republic acquired intelligence that the gathering would take place through its Senate Planetary Intelligence Network . Because of that , the New Republic droid partners C - 3PO and R2 - D2 were sent to the Kessendra Stadium disguised as Kessel mining units so they could spy on the gathering . Grand Moff Hissa revealed that the rumored son of Palpatine did exist , and that he had lived on Kessel for years . Upon the announcement , the audience collectively gasped in awe , and a grand admiral inquired about the identity of the alleged Imperial heir . Supreme Slavelord Trioculus then made a dramatic entrance , which plunged the ceremony ' s attendants into silent terror . Trioculus then delivered a brief speech , insisting on the continuity between the reign of his " father " and his future rule . When Hissa ordered the gathered Imperials to bow and accept their new Emperor , a certain Royal Guard stood up in the crowd . The Guard objected there were others who claimed to be the new ruler of the Empire , including Grand Admiral Josef Grunger . Almost immediately , a grand admiral rose and expressed his concerned that Trioculus did not wear the Glove of Darth Vader , as the prophecy required . In response , the Supreme Slavelord invoked his purported lightning power of the Dark Side " to torture the two dissenters . That display of mystic force had an immediate impact on the attendants , who pressed to pledge their loyalty to him . What the audience did not know was that their new Emperor was not even Force - sensitive and wore a implanted device that allowed him to shoot lightning bolts . Aftermath . While the bulk of the shattered Imperial Navy — including Captain Gilad Pellaeon and his " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Chimaera " — remained loyal to Isard , a significant number of Imperials still ranged themselves under Trioculus ' banner . Following the success of the Coronation , the new Emperor met the Grand Moffs and the Grand Admiral Miltin Takel in his palace . Since many pro - Imperial citizens had faith in the pseudo Kadann ' s prophecy , the new Emperor ordered the Moffs to begin a galaxy - wide search for the lost glove of Vader in order to gain the support of the self - proclaimed Prophet . At the same time , he tasked the Moffs with finding a location for his new headquarters and started campaigning against the burgeoning New Republic . In the mean time , unbeknownst to even the Central Committee , Palpatine had returned to life in a clone body on the Deep Core world of Byss . Through the Church of the Dark Side and Sate Pestage , he manipulated Trioculus , filling him with dreams of grandeur . In reality , the mutant slavelord was merely a lightning rod to distract the New Republic while the original Galactic Emperor kept hiding in a secret citadel , preparing the rise of a new Dark Empire .