Servants of the Empire : Imperial Justice Servants of the Empire : Imperial Justice is the third novel by Jason Fry in the " Star Wars Rebels " " " junior novel series . The book was released on July 7 , 2015 . In November 2014 , Fry completed his first rough draft for the novel , with its official title being revealed in March 2015 . Publisher ' s summary . " What if you uncovered a conspiracy that reached to every corner of the Galactic Empire - - and you were the only one who knew about it ? This action - packed junior novel tells an original story of intrigue , espionage , and coming of age , all set in the world of Star Wars Rebels . " " As a new student at Lothal ' s Imperial Academy , Zare Leonis does everything it takes to pass a model cadet . But he is a hidden enemy among Imperial loyalists , determined to discover the truth about his missing sister and to bring down the Empire . Luckily , he has his tech - savvy girlfriend , Merei , by his side , willing to help him however she can — even if means dealing with criminals in the shadiest parts of Capital City . In the meantime , Zare must face down a dangerous foe of his own : Captain Roddance , who seems bent on pushing Zare to his breaking point . Join these rebellious cadets as they risk everything to take on the fearsome Empire . " Plot summary . Zare Leonis ' point of view . Following the rebel attack on the Imperial Academy , Zare Leonis continues his training as an Imperial cadet . During one field exercise , he encounters Captain Piers Roddance , who orders the cadets to secure droid s that have been designated as " high priority targets . " While most of the staff and his fellow cadets accept Leonis ' story that he had heroically resisted the rebel attackers , the antagonistic Nazhros Oleg believes that he is a rebel sympathizer working with Dev Morgan and makes life difficult for him . However , the other cadets stand up for Zare due to their dislike for the self - centered Oleg . Later , Zare and his fellow cadets from Squad NRC - 077 are questioned by the Academy authorities about their knowledge of seditious activities in the light of the rebel attack . There are also rumors of a crackdown at other Imperial academies on Lothal including the Pretor Flats Academy . Leonis is interrogated by Captain Roddance , who rightfully believed that Zare was involved in seditious activities due to his past associations with several known rebels including Beck Ollet , Jai Kell , and Morgan . Since he is unable to find any compelling evidence , Roddance is forced to release Zare but warns that cadet that he is watching him . Roddance also subjects Leonis to a strange test which he realizes is a test for Force sensitivity . During the winter break , Zare returns home from the Imperial Academy and stays with his parents Leo and Tepha . While on holiday , he advises his girlfriend Merei to stop dealing with Laxo . However , Merei is unwilling and unable to do so since that would involve her having to come clean about her illegal activities . In private , Leonis discusses his plan to travel to Arkanis to rescue his sister Dhara with his mother , who fears that she would lose both her children . Leonis also witnesses the Empire ' s growing repression on Lothal and later learns that the Imperial authorities have launched a security crackdown on Lothal . Following the winter break , Leonis and his fellow cadets are conscripted to assist the Imperial crackdown . Their operations include questioning local residents about their knowledge of illegal activities and detaining the children of fugitives . For these operations , Zare is paired up with his nemesis Oleg as part of Roddance ' s efforts to provoke him into breaking the law and getting him expelled from the Academy . To project Leonis from Roddance ' s machinations , his mentor Lieutenant Chiron arranges for Leonis to be transferred to the Arkanis Academy the next Fall . Ultimately , Roddance ' s scheme backfires when Zare takes charge during an anti - smuggling operation where Oleg attempts to shield his uncles from prosecution . As a result , Oleg is expelled from the Academy . After the anti - smuggling operation , Zare is summoned for a private meeting with Captain Roddance and the Inquisitor , who inform him that his transfer to the Arkanis Academy had been fast - tracked as a " reward " for his loyalty to the Empire . While collecting his class - three code cylinder , Leonis encountered the rebel astromech droid Chopper , who passes him a scribbled note from Dev Morgan . After bidding his mentor Chiron farewell , Leonis meets up with Morgan and informs him that the Empire is staging a massive operation at the Lothal City Capitol Building . Before he can learn Morgan ' s real name , they are interrupted by stormtroopers and Morgan is forced to flee . Later , Leonis encounters Oleg , who wanted to expose him for sedition . After besting his old classmate in combat , he warned Oleg that he would not be so lucky the next time they met again . Leonis then makes his way home to inform his parents of his imminent transfer to Arkanis . Merei Spanjaf ' s point of view . Meanwhile , Merei Spanjaf tries to keep ahead of the Imperial authorities by taking an interest in her parents Gandr and Jessa ' s investigation into the data breach at the Transportation Ministry . Spanjaf lives with the fear that her parents would eventually discover that she was the intruder responsible for the breach . Her problems are further complicated when the Gray Syndicate boss Yahenna Laxo , who had earlier supplied her with the snooper programs , hires her services for several courier jobs in Capital City . Merei hides her illegal activities from her parents by pretending that she is doing revision with her classmates at her school ' s anti - intrusion club . Her dad Gandr also provides his daughter with a locator for security precautions . Unhappy at being indebted to Laxo , Merei confided in her Pantoran classmate Jix Hekyl , who deduced that Laxo was calling a favor from her since one of their snooper programs had been detected by Imperial investigators . In addition , Merei also has to deal with the witness who saw her at the Transportation Ministry and find a way to erase her account at the repeater service Bakiska ' s ; a problem complicated by the fact that her information is stored at a secure warehouse in Capital City . To delay the Imperial investigators , Merei and Jix replace her profile picture with that of a similar - aged schoolgirl named Hestia Tarleton , a student at the Young Ladies ' Seminary of Lothal Settlers . While Jix ' s ploy in changing her photo succeeds in delaying her parents ' investigation , Merei is fearful when she learns that her mother Jessa plans to get a warrant to view accounts at Bakiska ' s . Later that day , Laxo assigns a new job to Merei : collecting Credit s from fugitives who had paid the Gray Syndicate to hide them . During the course of her new job , Merei strikes a friendship with Holshef , an elderly poet and artist who had drawn the ire of the Galactic Empire . During the winter - break , Merei meets up with her boyfriend Leonis but is taken aback by his preoccupation with his problems . Despite being unhappy at working for Laxo , she refuses to go to the authorities since that would expose her role in the data breach at the Transportation Ministry . In response to the Imperial crackdown , Merei and Jix visit Bakiska ' s data warehouse in a desperate attempt to access her account . However , they are rebuffed by the warehouse staff who report their activities to Laxo . Merei ' s problems are further complicated when Morgan ' s rebel associates contact her in an attempt to get to Leonis . Unwilling to draw further attention to herself , Merei tells them to send their droid Chopper to contact Leonis . In a final act of desperation , Merei records a fake hostage message to her parents before visiting Laxo ' s headquarters . As punishment for visiting Bakiska ' s warehouse , Laxo decides to sell her friend Holshef to a bounty hunter . Before he can carry out his plan , Laxo and his fellow criminals are killed during an Imperial raid . Believing that the Gray Syndicate had kidnapped her , the Imperial authorities had launched a raid on the Gray Syndicate ' s headquarters . Following her " rescue " from the Gray Syndicate ' s headquarters , Merei was mollified to learn that her parents had closed their investigation into the data breach at the Transportation Ministry . While she had managed to escape the Imperial authorities ' scrutiny , Merei was horrified that her actions had caused the deaths of Laxo and his associates . After receiving a recorded message from Leonis informing her about his transfer to Arkanis , Merei used her stolen decoder to access the Imperial Security Bureau ' s network . To her horror , she discovered that Leonis ' transfer was not a promotion but was part of a secret investigation by the Inquisitor to determine his Force sensitivity and to investigate his links to Dev Morgan . Merei breaks the news to Tepha Leonis , who feared that she would now lose both her children . Development . Author Jason Fry , while noting that many consider this title their favorite of the " " quartet , describes it as having been a " torture to write " and one that he wasn ' t sure entirely worked . The title also caused him narrative problems that he hadn ' t anticipated when writing the first two titles of the series . One element that did satisfy him was that it was the first title in the series which he got to choose the name for , and one which he considers pretty good .