Uprising The Uprising was an insurgency movement that fought the Galactic Empire in the Anoat sector in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor . It started after the Imperial Governor Adelhard , upon hearing of Emperor Palpatine ' s death at Endor , locked his sector down and established the Iron Blockade . The Uprising consisted of civilians , bounty hunter s , assassin s , gangster s , and smuggler s . The Alliance to Restore the Republic was relatively weak within the Anoat sector when the blockade was established , so almost all Alliance members were locked out , with very few members trapped inside and unable to contact the rest of the Alliance . While these rebels supported the Uprising , most members of the Uprising were independent and not in contact with the main Alliance . History . After twenty - three years of ruling his Galactic Empire , the malevolent Emperor Palpatine was killed during the Battle of Endor by his own apprentice , Anakin Skywalker . Not only was the Emperor dead , but his Death Star II battle station was destroyed by the enemy Alliance to Restore the Republic . Upon hearing of Palpatine ' s demise at Endor , the Imperial Governor locked the Anoat sector down , establishing the Iron Blockade . With the help of Commander Bragh and his heavily - armor ed Purge Trooper s , the governor started eliminating those who opposed his blockade . A few months into the blockade , a young smuggler from the mining world of Burnin Konn became a rising star of the smuggling milieu . During a raid on the Imperial facilities on Nar Hypa , the Smuggler discovered a recorded message from Leia Organa , Prince ss of Alderaan and figurehead of the Alliance , informing the galaxy of the Empire ' s defeat at Endor and the death of Palpatine . Following that discovery , the Smuggler , Riley and all of their associates were branded public enemies , and became the target of Bragh ' s Purge Troopers . Intent on taking revenge on the Empire , the Smuggler and Riley set off on a quest to find powerful allies . The first faction the siblings managed to convince was the Ivax Syndicate , a criminal enterprise whose leader was Voras the Hutt . Later on , the Smuggler went to negotiate with representants of the Noble Court , a group of exiled aristocrats hiding from the Empire . After getting rid of the renegade Earl Alner , the Smuggler got into the good graces of Her Majesty , head of the Noble Court , who agreed to ally her forces with the Syndicate against Adelhard and Bragh . Eventually , the Smuggler was contacted by the Kouhun , an initiatory order of assassin s . Although reluctant to work with them at first , the young hero ended up enrolling the Kouhun in the new resistance movement . That unlikely tripartite alliance came to be known as the Uprising . Despite having very different philosophies , the nobles , the criminals , and the murder cultists shared an interest in getting rid of the Empire , and they were all crystallized around the figure of the promising Smuggler . The newly created Uprising came to the conclusion that kidnapping Commander Bragh would give them leverage on Governor Adelhard . In order to do so , their first joined operation consisted in arming the Noble Court ' s ceremonial Throneship s , failing which they could never beat Bragh ' s " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer . To that aim , the Smuggler established three camp sites on the gelid planet of Hoth , whose icy plains were littered with wreckages of military ships . In addition to several turbolaser batteries , the Uprising also managed to recover a rare and volatile stardrop torpedo . It was Deathstick , leader of the Kouhun , who outlined the plan to abduct Commander Bragh . Having leaked that the Smuggler and Riley would be hiding in the ruins of Anoat city , Deathstick would set up an ambush . The Kouhun leader presumed that Bragh would first send his troopers to deal with the Smuggler , but would eventually be forced to personally lead his men to the surface . At that moment , the ambushed Kouhun assassins would spring their trap , killing the troopers and capturing Bragh . Meanwhile , in orbit , the rearmed Throneships of the nobles would be ready to take on Bragh ' s Star Destroyer . Unbeknownst to the Smuggler and all other members of the Uprising , Riley struck a deal with Bragh : the Empire would be allowed to capture the leaders of the Noble Court and Kouhun in exchange for amnesty for Riley and her sibling . Bragh ' s men sprang the trap on Anoat and captured Her Majesty and several Kouhun assassins , including Loathe . While Riley insisted that her plan was the only way they could remove their death mark , the Smuggler felt responsible and enlisted the help of Tam Bastion , leader of the Rebels in the sector , to free their allies , sending him Princess Leia ' s recording . Bastion said that their allies were likely being held in the Crypt , a high - security , heavily - guarded Imperial prison on a lifeless moon of Pujool . Bastion and the Smuggler formed a plan to send out a sector - wide broadcast of Leia ' s recording as a diversion . The ensuing turmoil would draw Imperial attention away from the Crypt , giving the Smuggler enough of a window to break in and free their allies . With technical support from the Rebels , the Smuggler used Cloud City ' s comm array to hack into Imperial networks and broadcast the Princess ' s message of freedom . Riots soon broke out on several planets , including Delphon and Council . Following the broadcast , the Smuggler reconnected with Riley , who decided to support her sibling in the rescue mission . In a series of strikes on several of the compounds on Pujool , the Smuggler gained the support of the Kouhun , the Noble Court , and the Trade Spine League to free as many prisoners as they could , including Her Majesty . Soon after , Riley and her sibling located a command compound on Pujool where Bragh was undoubtedly waiting for them . The Smuggler traveled to the compound to confront Bragh and defeated him . Governor Adelhard was present via hologram and , with Bragh ' s death , assured the Smuggler that the Empire would hunt the Uprising down relentlessly to ensure that the Emperor ' s legacy lived on . At Cloud City , the Smuggler called together the leaders of the Trade League , Ivax Syndicate , Noble Court , Kouhun , and the Rebels . Despite their differences , they realized their cooperation at the Crypt was what succeeded in the end . The Smuggler convinced all of them that working together in a formal Uprising was the only way they could liberate the sector from the Empire ' s reign . All faction leaders agreed to join , with Bastion recommending a location for a potential base .