Aftermath : Life Debt Aftermath : Life Debt is a canon novel written by Chuck Wendig . It is the second book in , which started with " Aftermath " , and was released on July 12 , 2016 . The title was given a paperback release on March 28 , 2017 . Publisher ' s summary . " The galaxy is changing , and with peace now a possibility , some dare to imagine new beginnings and new destinies . For Han Solo , that means settling his last outstanding debt , by helping Chewbacca liberate the Wookiee s home world of Kashyyyk . " " Meanwhile , Norra Wexley and her band of rebels pursue Admiral Rae Sloane and the remaining Imperial leadership across the galaxy . Sloane , increasingly wary of the mysterious fleet admiral , desperately searches for a means to save the crumbling Empire from oblivion . Even as Imperial forces fight to regain lost ground , Prince ss Leia and the New Republic seek to broker a lasting peace . " " But the rebel ' s hunt for Admiral Sloane is cut short after the disappearance of Han Solo and Chewbacca . Desperate to save them , Leia conscripts Norra , Sinjir , Jas , and the rest of their team to find the missing smuggler s and help them in their fight for freedom . " Plot summary . Prelude . Three decades before 5 ABY , a twelve - year old Gallius Rax stumbles upon an excavation project in the deserts of the planet Jakku . The excavation party includes Adviser Yupe Tashu . He sneaks aboard a starship . Part One . On the planet Chandrila , Senator Leia Organa talks with her husband Han Solo via hologram , who is searching for his co - pilot Chewbacca after being separated during a failed attempt to liberate the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . Leia wants to lobby the New Republic ' s Galactic Senate to liberate Kashyyyk and hopes that her husband , who is a General in the New Republic military , can sway the senators . However , Han has resigned his commission in order to find Chewbacca . He promises to come home but their conversation is interrupted . Leia realizes her husband is in trouble . Meanwhile , the New Republic starfighter pilot Norra Wexley and her allies Jom Barell , former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus , and the bounty hunter Jas Emari infiltrate the palace of the Vorlaggn crime lord Slussen Clanker on the planet Vorlag . The rebels are hunting down the former Imperial Vice Admiral Perwin Gedde as part of their campaign to hunt down Imperial fugitives . Norra ' s team has already snared six Imperial fugitives including Commandant Stradd , Prefect Kosh , Moff s Keong and Nyall , Vice General Adambo and the former Imperial Security Bureau minister Venn Eowelt . Their plan is to kidnap Gedde and then get her son Temmin Wexley to evacuate them in their ship " Halo " . However , they are captured by Slussen ' s guards and Jas pretends to turn on her friends . The rebels are locked into cages which hang above several Hroth - beast s . Sinjir manages to free himself and his comrades using a key that Jas had attached to the neck of one of the beasts . Following a brief struggle , they managed to escape the dungeon by flinging rotten meat at the guards , who are then devoured by the Hroth - beasts . Using a lava tube , Nora and her team sneak into Gedde ' s room where they find that Jas has already disarmed the Vice Admiral , who is addicted to spice . The rebels then escape with the Admiral aboard the " Halo " . Their ship is pursued by TIE fighters but Temmin , who is training as a pilot , shoots down two of the fighters and they leave Vorlag . Elsewhere , Grand Admiral Rae Sloane , the command of the Imperial Navy and de facto leader of the Galactic Empire , gives a propaganda broadcast on behalf of the Office of Imperial Promotion , Galactic Truth , and Fact Correction ( OIP ) , a remnant of the former Commission for the Preservation of the New Order ( COMPNOR ) . Her chief information officer Ferric Obdur has also produced posters attacking the New Republic and the two discuss propaganda strategies . Sloane ' s aide Adea Rite , who had escaped from Akiva with the connivance of Fleet Admiral Rax , enters the room to inform her commander that the Fleet Admiral is requesting a meeting with Sloane . Inside Rax ' s office , the Fleet Admiral likens his counter - strategy against the Empire to an opera play . Rax orders Sloane to fetch him Commandant Brendol Hux and his bastard son . Rax intends to establish a Shadow Council to guide the resurgence of the Empire from behind the scenes . Rax also advocates starting up a breeding program among the remnants of the Empire to build up their strength against the Republic . Due to her conversation with Rax , Sloane comes to distrust the Grand Admiral and his cult - like ideas . Later , Sloane meets with her aide Adea and orders her to commission an inventory of Imperial ships , arrange a meeting with the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift , and to write a draft for a new breeding program . Later , Senator Leia and Chancellor Mon Mothma have a secret meeting with Grand Vizier Mas Amedda on Kolo - ha , an atoll on the ocean planet of Velusia . With Coruscant facing a civil war , Amedda offers to surrender himself to the New Republic . However , Leia and Mothma reject his offer and instead order him to find a way to secure the Empire ' s surrender . Back on Vorlag , Jom and Norra angrily confront Jas Emari over her " betrayal " during the mission to kidnap Vice - Admiral Gedde . Jas admits planning to double - cross them but insists that she planned to double - cross Slussen and Gedde . Temmin admits being privy to Jas ' s plans which leads to a fight between Jom and Jas . However , the two quickly repair their relationship and fall in love . Norra and her team fly the " Halo " into Chandrila ' s Hanna City where Sinjir gets his wounded arm treated . Upon arriving , Temmin and his B1 battle droid Mister Bones are greeted by the fighter pilot Wedge Antilles , who has become a mentor to Temmin . However , their reunion is soured by the news that Gedde died in transit ; preventing the New Republic from interrogating him . Jas determines that the Admiral was poisoned with Kytrogorgia . Shortly later , Norra receives news that Princess Leia wants an audience with her . In Leia ' s office , the Princess recounts how her husband Han Solo departed on a half - baked mission which turned out to be a trap set by the Empire . Chewbacca was captured and Han has since been trying to find his companion . Leia fears for her husband ' s safety and tells her that he was last sighted in the Outer Rim Territories near Wild Space . Norra agrees to help Leia , whom she respects . Meanwhile , Grand Admiral Sloane travels incognito to the besieged galactic capital Coruscant , which is being held by a paltry Imperial Security Bureau fleet . Together , the two travel to the Hall of Imperial Register to search for records on the Empire ' s Super Star Destroyers . With the destruction of six Dreadnoughts in space battles with the Rebellion including Darth Vader ' s " Executor " , three in the hands of the New Republic , one captured by pirate s , and two more lost in accidents , Sloane ' s " Ravager " is officially the only remaining Dreadnought in Imperial hands . However , Sloane discovers evidence that the Emperor ' s Super Star Destroyer " Eclipse " was not destroyed as claimed . She also finds an image of Palpatine , Grand Vizier Amedda , several now - dead Imperial officials and a mysterious boy . On Coronet City in Corellia , the detective Erno questions a young teenaged boy who was caught spray - painting an image of the late Vader with the message " VADER LIVES " . The boy is a member of a group called the Acolytes of the Beyond . When Erno tells the boy of Vader ' s death at Endor , the boy replies that death is not the end and calls himself Oblivion . While interrogating the boy , the Acolytes storm the Peace and Security station and attack the officers . The boy manages to escape and the desk officer Kiza identifies herself as a member of the cult . She uses a lightsaber to cut off one of his hands . Back on Chandrila , Sinjir drinks caf with the New Republic slicer Conder Kyl and the two men develop feelings for each other . Two other patrons Mister Browscar and Miss Scowlface pick a fight with Sinjir for being an ex - Imperial . Sinjir wants to fight back but Conder convinces him to leave together in peace . Later , Sinjir returns and beats up Browscar and Scowlface , leaving them unconscious . He awakens from his drunken stupor to find Jas in the bar . When he confronts her about her earlier betrayal , she responds that she merely needed the Credits . After exiting the Hall of Imperial Registry , Sloane is ambushed by several rebels , who want to take her prisoner . However , she is rescued by the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift and the two escape on a speeder . She then sends him on a mission to rescue Commandant Hux and his son from the planet Arkanis . Elsewhere , on the stolen Super Star Destroyer " Annihilator " , the reptilian pirate Eleodie Maracavanya watches as the ship ' s tractor beam hauls in a New Republic CR90 corvette . Later , the hermaphrodite pirate addresses his captives and offers them the opportunity to leave in escape pods or join his crew . A rebellious young woman named Kartessa volunteers to join the pirate ' s crew and her reluctant mother comes along . Meanwhile , Norra , her son , and her rebel team discuss several things including Gedde ' s poisoning and the missing Han Solo , who has resigned his commission as general . Jas reveals that she already know ' s the details about Solo ' s disappearance from her astute observations of current developments . The group also discuss Leia ' s pregnancy with Mister Bones breaking out into a song . In private , Jas proposes to Sinjir that they make money by charging Leia a high bounty to find her husband . On Coruscant , a despondent Mas Amedda attempts to kill himself but stops when he recognizes a crystal showing him Palpatine , several Imperial officials , and a mysterious boy . When Sloane inquires about the boy , Amedda reveals that the boy is none other than Fleet Admiral Rax . Sloane learns that droids containing Rax ' s secrets are in the wreckage of the " Imperialis " on Quantxi , the junk moon of Ord Mantell . Part Two . Elsewhere , Teven Gale and other members of the Alderaan Flotilla , a group of Alderaanian s who survived the destruction of Alderaan , received large chunks of scraps from the destroyed Death Star . The Alderaanian survivors decide to use the pieces of the Death Star to build a space station . Meanwhile , Norra and Wedge Antilles travel on the " Moth " to the last known coordinates of Han ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " . Instead , they discover scrap and find themselves under attack by the Imperial Star Destroyer " Scythe " . Fortunately , they are rescued by two New Republic ships commanded by Commodore Kyrsta Agate . Back on Chandrila , Sinjir and Temmin visit the Imperial prison to talk to some Imperial prisoners . They first meet General Jylia Shale , who has been housed in comfortable quarters in return for cooperating with the New Republic . She is unable to help them find Imperial fugitives but suggests that they talk to fellow inmate Adviser Yupe Tashu . Sinjir and Temmin find that the New Republic interrogators have been unable to break Tashu who is housed in a cage . Tashu is guarded by a blonde Chandrilan guard , who has been given orders not to open the cage . Still , Sinjir orders him to open the cage so that he can question Tashu . Meanwhile , Jas Emari takes Jom Barell to her haunt on the moon Nar Shaddaa , which is a crime haven . Before they can leave , they are surrounded by several Nikto gangsters led by Underboss Rynscar , who has been sent by the Black Sun crime syndicate to collect Jas ' debts . Jas manages to convince Rynscar to spare her life in return for paying twice what she owes . If she fails , she promises to turn herself in . Jas also asks for information about Han Solo from Rynscar . Rynscar tells Emari about a planet near Wild Space called Irudiru . Using this information , Jas contacts Sinjir who then asks Tashu about Irudiru . Tashu tells him that Irudiru is home to a prison maker . Several days after the events on Coruscant , Grand Admiral Sloane convenes a meeting of Admiral Rax ' s Shadow Council . The members include Commandant Brendol Hux , Grand Moff Randd , General Hodnar Borrum , and Imperial propagandist Ferric Obdur . The Shadow Council members discuss the bleak state of the Empire and Brendol ' s son Armitage Hux . Obdur suggests that the Empire play the tune of the underdog . Pleased with the Shadow Council ' s ideas , Fleet Admiral Rax enters the chamber and reveals that he has amassed several Imperial fleets in six nebulae including the Vulpinus Nebula , the Almagest , the Recluse ' s Nebula , the Queluhan Nebula , the Ro - Loo Triangle , and the Inamorata . Despite the loss of key worlds including Kuat , Rax plans to use the Outer Rim worlds of Zhadalene , Korrus , and Belladoon as a cord to strangle the New Republic . Elsewhere , Commodore Agate reprimands Norra for going on an unauthorized mission to find Han Solo . Norra and Wedge share drinks in anticipation for her meeting with Fleet Admiral Ackbar . While listening to the opera piece " The Cantata of Cora Vessora " , Fleet Admiral Rax and his lover Adea Rite discuss the recent destruction of the Star Destroyer " Scythe " . Rax rationalizes that the sacrifice of the " Scythe " was necessary because its Commander Valent was encouraging factionalism . Meanwhile , Sloane analyses communications from the " Scythe " and comes to suspect that Rax deliberately abetted the Star Destroyer ' s destruction by blocking its incoming messages and distress signals . She realizes that Rax is eliminating rivals including Commander Valent . At Maz Kanata ' s castle on the planet Takodana , the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Romwell Krass Junior mourns the loss of his wife Yileen , his son Qarwell , and his father Romwell Krass Senior during a rebel uprising at the black - site prison on the Hyborean Moon . The New Republic fleet had bombarded his family ' s home . Seeking vengeance for his fallen family , Romwell attacks several New Republic pilots . The fight is broken up by Maz Kanata ' s droid ME - 8D9 . After separating him from the rebels , Maz talks to Romwell in private . While sympathetic to his pain , she explains that the scales are balanced . Instead of punishing him , Kanata counsels him to find peace for himself or no good will come to him . Back on Chandrila ' s Hanna City , Lieutenant Norra , Temmin , Mister Bones , Sinjir , Jas Emari , and Jom Barell meet with Admiral Ackbar , Commodore Agate , Wedge , and Princess Leia . While Leia has taken the blame for Norra ' s actions , Admiral Ackbar orders Norra and her team to cease searching for Solo and to resume hunting Imperial war criminals . Unwilling to abandon her search , Norra resigns her commission in the New Republic Defense Fleet . She and her team resolve to find Han Solo . Part Three . Norra Wexley and her team travel to the planet Irudiru after learning that Han Solo and the " Falcon " were last spotted near Warrin Station . Based on the information that Sinjir had obtained from Tashu , Norra ' s team has decided to question the Siniteen prison designer Golas Aram , who has designed several prisons for the Empire . Aram ' s compound is well defended by ghosted lasers , land mines , turret - droids , and carnivorous thirstgrass . While surveying Aram ' s compound , the rebels encounter none other than Han Solo himself . Norra ' s team and Han meet at a nearby cantina . Han reveals that Chewbacca has been imprisoned at the Imperial prison Ashmead ' s Lock on Kashyyyk and that he plans to question Aram on how to enter the prison . Mister Bones accidentally subdues Han after mistaking him for a threat . Unknown to them , they are being monitored by a Bith spy who works for Gallius Rax . Rax orders his spy to continue monitoring Norra ' s team and Han Solo . Elsewhere , Princess Leia attends a high - level New Republic meeting with Admiral Ackbar , Mon Mothma , and the advisers Hostis Ij and Auxi Kray Korbin . Since the New Republic is preoccupied with other matters , Leia is unable to secure sufficient ships and military forces to liberate the Wookiees of Kashyyyk , who have been enslaved and brutalized by the Empire . While frustrated with the endless bickering of the New Republic leadership , Leia views it as a lesser evil to the authoritarianism of the late Emperor Palpatine . While meditating with a potted plant from Endor , Leia receives a revelation that the child in her womb will be a boy and a fighter . Aboard the " Ravager " , Fleet Admiral Rax confronts Grand Admiral Sloane about their differences . He informs her that he is aware that she despises him . Rax also tells her that he has been made aware of her recent trip to Mas Amedda . Knowing that Sloane distrusts him , Rax pleads with her to give him a second chance and reveals that he plans to strike at Chandrila , the heart of the New Republic . While he is vague about the details , he tells her that " all the pieces are almost in place . " On Tatooine , Jabba ' s former bestmaster Malakili reflects on the death of his rancor Pateesa and the death of his master . Jabba ' s death has led to a civil war among the Hutt s . After seeing the agonizing throes of the sarlacc in the Great Pit of Carkoon , Malakili is ambushed by several Red Key Raiders , who work for a new mining conglomerate that is actually a front for a crime syndicate . Before the gangsters can kill him , he is saved by three individuals including a man in Mandalorian armor who calls himself Cobb Vanth , law man and de - facto mayor of Freetown and the Twi ' lek Issa - Or . After learning that Malakili is a beastmaster , the two solicit his services in taming a pair of unruly ronto s and a young Hutt . Rediscovering his sense of purpose , Malakili agrees to help but insists on treating the young Hutt as a sentient being rather than an animal . Despite the " misunderstanding " with Mister Bones , Han Solo agrees to help Norra and her team infiltrate Aram ' s compound . After disabling Aram ' s droids and his landmines , Norra and her team manage to breach the Siniteen ' s residence . Jas and Sinjir manage to disable his house ' s power systems and Norra succeeds in stunning Aram . The captured prison designer is brought aboard the " Halo " where Sinjir proceeds to interrogate him . After Sinjir threatens to cause him brain damage , Golas Aram supplies them with information about Ashmead ' s Lock . As a result , Han befriends Sinjir and praises the former Imperial for his interrogation skills . After fetching supplies , Norra ' s team and Han depart for Kashyyyk . Part Four . Norra ' s team and Han Solo travel aboard the " Millennium Falcon " and the " Halo " to Kashyyyk , which has been reduced to a worldwide labor camp by the Empire called G5 - 623 . The planet is blockaded by three Imperial Star Destroyers . The rebels managed to secure permission to land by posing as a repair team sent to service the automated prison Ashmead ' s Lock by Grand Admrial Sloane . However , Rear Admiral Urian Orlan contacts Grand Admiral Sloane to inform her about the two ships . She recognizes one of the ships as the " Millennium Falcon " and orders Orlan to send a team to investigate . However , Fleet Admiral Rax overrules her and instead orders Sloane to tell Orlan that they approved of the repairs at Ashmed ' s Lock . Despite the presence of the rebel team , Rax does not want to provoke the New Republic prior to their planned attack on Chandrila . Orlan then enlists Sloane ' s help . The rebel ships approach Ashmead ' s Lock , which was an old Predori ship built during the days of the Old Republic . The ship had crash - landed on Kashyyyk millennia ago . The rebel team enters the prison only to be confronted by the ship ' s computer system Synthesized Operating Layer , Grid - Based Drive Array ( SOL - GDA ) , which requests their passcode . When the rebels fail to supply the passcode , SOL - GDA sends droids to incorporate them into the prison . The rebels fight and flee the droids but Sinjir and Norra are captured . While being taken for processing , Norra discovers her husband Brentin Lore Wexley inside a stasis pod . At the urging of Temmin , Solo and Jas disable the cables connecting the power generator to the prison pods . Elsewhere , in the city of Binjai - Tin on the planet Nag Ubdur , the Queen of the Core Network journalist Tracene Kane and her Trandoshan cameraman Lug are embedded with the New Republic Thirty - First . They are covering the battle between the New Republic and the Empire . After Lug is crushed to death by a stricken TIE fighter , an emotional Kane addresses the camera and gives a moving memorial speech devoted to her fallen friend . After SOL - GDA is disabled , Norra and her team free a hundred Rebel Alliance prisoners including Brentin and Chewbacca . However , this development pleases Fleet Admiral Rax who decides to proceed with his attack on Chandrila . Meanwhile , Admiral Ackbar commands the successful New Republic assault on Kuat Drive Yards from aboard the MC80 star cruiser " Home One " . The sector governor Moff Pollus Maksim and the guild head of Kuat Drive Yards have just capitulated following a great fleet battle . Corresponding via hologram , Princess Leia congratulates the Fleet Admiral for his victory . Chancellor Mon Mothma joins the hologram conversation to inform them that they have received contact from the mysterious Operator . Grand Admiral Sloane poses as the Operator and offers to participate in peace talks on Chandrila . Back on Kashyyyk , Norra , who has sustained broken ribs , leaves with her son Temmin , Mister Bones , and the hundred prisoners aboard the " Millennium Falcon " for Chandrila . Following a crammed space journey , the rebels and the liberated prisoners are greeted at Hanna City by Leia Organa and Wedge Antilles . Norra reassures Leia that her husband is safe . Back on Kashyyyk , Han , Chewie , Sinjir , Jas and Jom discuss their next plan : the liberation of the Wookiees on Kashyyyk . All the Wookiees on the planet have been implanted with inhibitor chips by Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck , who is hiding on an island fortress . Han , Chewie , and their comrades plan to disable the inhibitor chips . Part Five . A month after the liberation of Ashmead ' s Lock , Norra has found work as a shuttle pilot for the Galactic Senate . The Senate has arranged a meeting with Grand Admiral Sloane for the upcoming peace talks . Norra meets with her former commander Wedge to discuss the problems she has been having with her teenage son Temmin . Her son is upset because his father has been changed by his prison experiences . Norra herself senses that something is not right about her husband . Since Temmin has missed out on too many starfighter classes , he won ' t be taking part in the Liberation Day celebrations . Meanwhile , Temmin talks with his long - time companion Mister Bones and claims he is fine . However , the droid discerns that he is stressed about his father Brentin . Since his imprisonment , Brentin has been a shell of his former self . At the Eleutherian Plaza outside the Senate Building on Chandrila , Mon Mothma is preparing for the celebrations and peace talks when Leia tries to lobby the Chancellor to launch an official incursion against Kashyyyk . Mothma fears that launching an attack on Imperial space would imperil the peace talks but Leia insists that the freedom and dignity of the Wookiees be a non - negotiable matter . Back at the Wexley family home , Norra meets with her moody son Temmin , who is eating a pakarna dish . Brentin ' s mental state has taken a toll on the relationship between mother and son . Temmin is disinterested in the starfighter lessons and the upcoming Liberation Day ceremonies . On Kashyyyk , Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck hunts and kills a Wookiee near his island fortress . Later , he is briefed by his attache Odair Bel - Opis about the presence of an insurgent cell on the planet . After corresponding with Commandant Theodane Sardo via hologram , Grand Moff Tolruck receives a visiting dignitary sent by Grand Admiral Sloane named Lieutenant Jorrin Turnbull . Turnbull is interested in a captive that Tolruck ' s forces have recently captured : Jom Barell . While examining Wanted posters on a holoscreen , Tolruck realizes that the dignitary is actually the rebel fugitive and Imperial traitor Sinjir . Tolruck disables Sinjir by stabbing him in the calf with a kishakk blade . Meanwhile , Han , Chewie , Jas and several insurgents including the former Wookiee slave Greybok , the Weequay Hatchet , and the Quarren Palabar survey the Imperial prison camp Camp Sardo from a Wroshyr tree . They intend to destroy the camp ' s deflector shield generator but come under attack from forest trooper s . Meanwhile , Tolruck forces Sinjir to fight Odair for his amusement . Despite being beaten in the fight , Sinjir rolls a trick up his sleeve by revealing that he has smuggled a hyperwave transceiver spike inside his boot which neutralizes Tolruck ' s control module , that controls the Wookiee implant chips . This fries the Wookiee implant chips and sparks a mass planetwide uprising . Despite being attacked by Imperials and a LAIT gunship , Jas manages to take out the shield generator with a slugthrower . The rebels then join forces with the liberated Wookiees . Back at Tolrucks ' s fortress , Odair is ripped apart by several enraged Wookiee slaves while Sinjir frees himself and Jom . The Wookiees quickly overwhelm the forest troopers and Imperial walkers at Camp Sardo . Jas and Hatchet fly the " Halo " and shoot down several Imperial LAIT gunships . Sinjir and Jom later confront Tolruck in his throne room but the Grand Moff reveals that he has ordered his Star Destroyers to launch an orbital bombardment of Kashyyyk . Tolruck is then killed by the former slave Cracktooth . Elsewhere , on Darropolis on the planet Hosnian Prime , the New Republic soldier Dade Hetkins accepts a QT - 9 prototype therapy droid instead of a " therapy " Ewok , deeming the creatures as smelly . Meanwhile on Chandrila , Princess Leia awakes from a nightmare to receive news from Conder Kyl that a New Republic probe droid in Kashyyyk has intercepted a transmission of a revolt on the planet and Grand Moff Tolruck ordering his fleet to commence orbital bombardment . While listening to an audio - play on the eve of the peace talks , Grand Admiral Sloane reflects on Rax ' s briefing that she would not be harmed during the attack and her dissatisfaction with the Empire ' s enslavement of its subjects . After working on a valachord , Temmin and his dad Brentin take a stroll . Temmin soon finds his dad chatting with a Chandrilan Senate Guardsman . At the Guardman ' s orders , Brentin stuns his son and stuffs him inside a trunk . Meanwhile , Princess Leia convinces the Alderaanian pilot Evaan Verlaine to fly the " Millennium Falcon " to the Kashyyyk system . Back on Kashyyyk , Han and his rebel team come up with a dangerous plan to take out the orbiting Star Destroyers . Meanwhile on the Twi ' lek homeworld of Ryloth , several Twi ' lek resistance fighters including Yendor discover that the Empire has abandoned their garrisons . The rebels celebrate their victory and Yendor is nominated as the planet ' s ambassador . While reflecting on her childhood , Grand Admiral Sloane arrives on Chandrila in a shuttle . She and her aide Adea are greeted by Chancellor Mon Mothma , who invites them to attend a party prior to the commencement of peace talks . Sloane is displeased that Adea has included the party in her schedule . Meanwhile , Norra and her husband Brentin prepare for the Liberation Day ceremonies , which they have been invited . Elsewhere , Temmin is freed from his trunk by Mister Bones . Together , they resolve to warn Norra that something is wrong with Brentin . Above Kashyyyk , Sinjir , Han , Chewie , and their fellow rebels board the Star Destroyer " Dominion " with Webweaver spider s , which proceed to overwhelm the Imperials . They attempt to fight their way onto the bridge but are captured by stormtroopers . Back on Hanna City , Wedge receives a recorded message from Princess Leia request help from his squadron in Kashyyyk . Grand Admiral Sloane and her entourage watch the Liberation Day ceremonies with Chancellor Mothma when Wedge arrives and requests a private moment with the Chancellor . Offworld , Rax watches the proceedings on Hanna City via hologram and orders Grand Moff Randd to direct the Imperial fleets to certain coordinates . Back on the " Dominion " , Han and his team confront Vice Admiral Domm Korgale . Before he can deal with them , Leia arrives in the " Millennium Falcon " with Wedge ' s Phantom Squadron and Admiral Ackbar ' s " Home One " . Han and his team break free of their restraints and overpower the Imperial crew and guards . Solo then uses the " Dominion " to destroy the Star Destroyer " Vitiator " . Meanwhile , the third Star Destroyer " Neutralizer " surrenders to Admiral Ackbar . Han and Leia experience a passionate reunion in the " Dominion " hangar . At Hanna City , Temmin and Mister Bones try to force their way through the Senate Guards but are denied admission . Meanwhile , Chancellor Mon Mothma begins a speech while Norra witnesses Mister Bones and Temmin fighting with the Senate Guards . Mothma ' s speech is interrupted when Brentin and the other liberated prisoners from Ashmead ' s Lock inexplicably open fire with three - shot hold - out guns . Norra manages to stop her husband from shooting Mothma . Liberation Day descends into chaos and Sloane quickly realizes that this was Rax ' s attack on Chandrila . When Sloane expresses disgust with Rax ' s actions , Adea attempts to assassinate her . Following a struggle , Sloane kills Adea and escapes the Old Gather - House . Temmin confronts his father amidst the chaos . His father attempts to shoot him but Temmin fights back . Brentin manages to escape and punches his son before fleeing . Meanwhile , the rogue Senate Guard frees Yupe Tashu from his cell and informs him of the deaths of Shale , Arsin Crassus , and Valco Pandion . Norra tries to capture Sloane but the Grand Admiral escapes following a fist fight . While fleeing , she sustains a blaster bolt injury on her back but manages to escape New Republic custody . On liberated Kashyyyk , Jas Emari tells Sinjir of her plans to leave the team in order to pay her debts . She intends to work for both the New Republic and criminal organizations . With Sinjir wanting to rejoin Norra , Jas offers to fly him back to Chandrila in the aftermath of Liberation . Jas also bids Jom farewell . Meanwhile , Han , Leia and Chewie learn about the attack on Chandrila and Leia makes preparations to return to Chandrila . Han convinces Chewie to stay behind to reunite with his family . Sloane escapes Chandrila on a cargo ship and flees into space . She soon discovers that a vengeful Brentin has stowed aboard . Despite a hostile initial encounter , the two agree to work together to stop Gallius Rax since they share a common enemy . Sloane is then contacted by Mercurial Swift , who has traveled to Quantxi and found that Rax has a connection to the desert world of Jakku . Meanwhile , on the " Ravager " , Rax takes command of the Shadow Council in Sloane ' s alleged death and names himself Counselor to the Empire . Rax orders the Council to prepare for a battle with the New Republic . Back on Chandrila , Norra reflects on the attack on Chandrila and the loss of her husband . Several New Republic senators , diplomats , and officials were killed but Chancellor Mothma survived . Meanwhile , a despondent Temmin practices on an X - wing simulator with Wedge . Temmin longs to fly a real starfighter but Wedge insist that he is not ready . Still , Wedge promises the youth that he can get him back in a ship before the next moon alignment if his scores on the simulator improve . Elsewhere , Sinjir visits the rogue Guardsman Windom Traducier in his cell . Windom had supplied the guns to the liberated Ashmead ' s Lock inmates , who had been fitted with inorganic bio - chips in their brain . Working for the Empire , Windom had planted a transponder on the top of the Hanna City opera house which transmitted an Imperial signal . When Windom denounces the New Republic as weak , Sinjir responds that he is working for neither the New Republic and Empire but himself . Sinjir then personally kills the rogue Guardsman by plunging his vibroknife into his sternum . After being unable to find work as a bounty hunter with the New Republic Security Bureau , Jas decides to rejoin her friend Norra . Aboard the " Moth " , Norra , her son and her team vow to hunt down Grand Admiral Sloane , believing her to be the mastermind behind the attack on Chandrila . They receive the personal and financial backing of their new friend Princess Leia . Meanwhile , Sloane and Brentin arrive on Jakku just in time to see Fleet Admiral Rax ' s Super Star Destroyer " Ravager " and a massive Imperial armada ; setting the stage for the Battle of Jakku . Epilogue . Returning to Gallius Rax ' s flashback thirty years ago , Rax is discovered by Sheev Palpatine . Sensing potential in the boy , Palpatine offers to advance his career in return for him guarding a secret archaeological dig on Jakku . Reception . As of August 6 , 2016 , reception for " Aftermath : Life Debt " has been generally positive , particularly in comparison with the preceding " Aftermath " title . The title carries an overall customer reviewer rating of 3 . 7 / 5 stars on Amazon . com , with 41 % of reviewers giving the title 5 stars and a further 29 % awarding it 4 stars . In comparison , the original " Aftermath " title only carries an overall rating of only 2 . 6 / 5 stars with over 2 , 000 reviews and 67 % of reviewers giving the title 3 stars or less . The reviewer who posted the review of " Aftermath : Life Debt " that visitors to the site voted as most helpful , Andrew Cherry , stated that he was lukewarm towards the original title , but found the second " " hilarious to poingnant [ " sic " ] to shocking and back again " " and also praised the character growth of the characters found in the original title . Max Palas , a reviewer for the " Star Wars " fan site Star Wars Post , described the title as " " Simply , outstandingly great Star Wars " " and praised author Chuck Wendig for bringing fun back to " Star Wars " .