Rebellion on Akiva The rebellion on Akiva took place on the planet Akiva during the Galactic Civil War , months after the Battle of Endor . The rebellion was waged on the surface and in space over the Outer Rim planet Akiva , between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire . While on a scouting mission above Akiva , the Republic starfighter pilot Wedge Antilles was captured by Admiral Rae Sloane ; who was convening an emergency summit on Akiva known as the Imperial Future Council . Sloane then blockaded the planet and established a garrison in the capital city Myrra . After learning about Wedge and the Imperial conference , the Republic pilot Norra Wexley , her son Temmin Wexley , the B1 battle droid " Mister Bones " joined forces with the bounty hunter Jas Emari and the former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus to inspire a rebellion on Akiva . The rebel affiliates succeeded in taking over an Imperial communication station and transmitting a Republic propaganda broadcast . This had the effect of sparking a public uprising on Myrra which forced a closure to the Imperial summit . Admiral Sloane managed to capture Wexley and her band with the help of the crime lord Surat Nuat . However , the rebels escaped with Temmin ' s help and when the Imperial yacht " Golden Harp " crashed - landed into the hangar bay of Sloane ' s Star Destroyer " Vigilance " . The Akiva rebellion coincided with the arrival of a New Republic Special Forces soldier named Jom Barell and a Republic fleet led by Commander Kyrsta Agate . With the defeat of the Imperial fleet and garrison , the Satrapy of Myrra capitulated and Akiva became the first Outer Rim world to join the New Republic . However , Admiral Sloane managed to escape Akiva . Prelude . Akiva was a backwater Outer Rim world that was ruled by the Galactic Empire . The planet ' s aristocratic elites , the Satrapy of Myrra collaborated with the Empire and enforced the Empire ' s rules and policies . Some Akivans like Brentin Lore Wexley supported the Rebel Alliance by carrying messages and were imprisoned by the Imperial authorities . His wife Norra Wexley left Akiva to find her husband no subsequently became a starfighter pilot in the Rebel fleet . Their son Temmin Wexley became an independent junk dealer in the capital city Myrra . The Battle of Endor was a catastrophic defeat for the Galactic Empire . With the death s of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader , the Empire was bereft of its leadership and rebellion broke out throughout the galaxy . The Rebel Alliance reorganized themselves into a new galactic government called the New Republic , which established a Galactic Senate on Chandrila . The New Republic scored several victories against the Empire and was boosted by defecting Imperials and planets . While scouting the Outer Rim for Imperial activity , the New Republic Captain Wedge Antilles spotted two Imperial Star Destroyers above Akiva . Before he could report their presence to the Republic , he was captured by Admiral Rae Sloane . Despite his capture , Antilles managed to send out a distress transmission to Akiva . Admiral Sloane had traveled to Akiva to organize an emergency summit to discuss the future of the Empire . Shortly later , she was joined by several other Imperial officials and commanders including the financier and slaver Arsin Crassus , Grand Moff Valco Pandion , General Jylia Shale , and the Imperial Adviser Yupe Tashu . This group became known as the Imperial Future Council and met at Satrap Isstra Dirus ' s palace Rebellion on Akiva . Forming a team . Captain Antilles ' s signal was picked up by Norra , who had returned to Myrra to find her son and bring him off world . However , Temmin refused to leave and sabotaged his mother ' s attempt to escape off world in a freighter . Mother and son subsequently fled their Imperial pursuers on a stolen speeder bike . Not trusting his mother , Temmin told his mother to meet him at his Aunt Esmelle ' s house before jumping off the bike . Shortly later , Temmin was captured by the crime lord Surat Nuat , who wanted to settle a score with the boy for stealing a shipment of data cube s . Surat attempted to rip out Temmin ' s tongue but was thwarted by the bounty hunter Jas Emari and her fellow inmate Sinjir Rath Velus , a former Imperial loyalty officer . Jas had traveled to Akiva to collect a bounty on the Imperial slaver Arsin Crassus but had been captured by Surat . After joining forces with Sinjir and rescuing Temmin , they fled on Norra ' s Bala - bala speeder . They then fled to Esmelle ' s house where they were joined by Temmin ' s modified B1 battle droid " Mister Bones " . Jas wanted to rescue Wedge and collect the bounties on the Imperial officials from the Imperial Future Council . However , Norra believed that she was outmatched and wanted to leave Akiva with Temmin . Norra changed her mind after Temmin agreed to help Jas and Sinjir assured everyone that he had genuinely defected from the Empire . Having formed an informal team , Norra then put her plan into action . Temmin , Sinjir , and Mister Bones forced their way into a local Imperial communications station and uploaded a propaganda broadcast urging the people of Akiva to rise up . The broadcast consisted of faux footage of an " Imperial officer " ( actually Sinjir ) shooting dead a youth followed by short speeches from Norra and Prince ss Leia Organa . This had the effect of sparking a riot in Myrra which turned into an uprising . Meanwhile , Norra killed two TIE fighter pilot s and stole a TIE fighter . She managed to destroy four TIE fighters and several parked " Lambda " - class shuttles outside the Satrap ' s palace before being shot down by a turbolaser emplacement . Disrupting the Imperial summit . Meanwhile , the New Republic Admiral Gial Ackbar received intelligence from a mysterious Imperial source known as the Operator about the Imperial emergency summit taking place on Akiva . After conferring with several other Republic officers and Chancellor Mon Mothma , Ackbar dispatched a six - member suborbital landing squad of New Republic Special Forces soldiers led by Sergeant major Jom Barell . The Republic officers opted to delay sending a fleet to Akiva in order to avoid raising tensions . While Captain Saff Melor opined that Akiva held little strategic value , Mon Mothma insisted on liberating the Akivan people . As a compromise , a small landing squad was dispatch to investigate the situation on Akiva . Ackbar oversaw Sergeant Major Barell ' s team as it was deployed to Akiva on a transport . The landing squad was equipped with parawings that would allow them to glide down to the planet ' s surface . However , the transport and most of the soldiers were killed by Imperial turbolasers . The sole survivor was Barell who managed to land safely in the streets of Myrra . After killing three stormtrooper s , Barell managed to hide in the city . Despite the attempted Republic landing , Admiral Sloane decided to proceed with the Imperial summit . The Imperial Future Council failed to produce a consensus due to bickering and infighting among the delegates . The summit was complicated by Wedge ' s escape attempt and Norra ' s propaganda broadcast pointing out the meeting ' s location . With the Imperial summit exposed , Admiral Rae was forced to end the Imperial Future Council ' s proceedings . However , the Imperials ' departure plans were complicated by the destruction of their shuttle s at the hands of Norra . The Imperials ' predicament was further complicated when an Akivan crowd tried to storm the Satrap ' s palace . Akivans even had a scarecrow that looked like the dark Imperial enforcer Darth Vader , it was set on fire as a protest . Meanwhile , Norra managed to bail out of her derelict TIE fighter and reunited with her comrades at a bar called Pok ' s Place . Norra ' s rebel then retreated to Temmin ' s shop where the youth went to his " hidey - hike - nook - and - cubby " to fetch several maps of the catacombs beneath Myrra . The rebel band planned to use the catacombs to infiltrate the palace , rescue Wedge , and capture the Imperials . In secret , Temmin contacted Surat and negotiated a deal to get himself , Norra , and Mister Bones safe passage of Akiva in return for selling Sinjir and Jas Emari to the Empire . Surat accepted the deal but secretly negotiated another deal with Admiral Sloane to capture Norra as well . Norra ' s rebel band traveled through the catacombs and narrowly escaped a horde of Uugteen primitives that had taken over a former Separatist droid factory . They managed to reach the Satrap ' s palace but were capture by Sloane and her stormtroopers . With Surat corresponding via hologram , Sloane agreed to release Temmin but took the others into custody . Escaping Imperial entanglements . When Temmin protested , Sloane and her troops disintegrated Mister Bones with their blaster s . After instructing her men to throw Temmin off a rooftop , Sloane ordered her stormtroopers to take the captives and Wedge aboard Arsin ' s yacht , the " Golden Harp " . From the street a few rocks , thrown by the yelling crowd , fruitlessly pelt the underside of the yacht and stormtroopers , stood over the edge of the roof to fire their blasters down indiscriminately into the crowd . However , Temmin survived his fall after being rescued by the crowd . Climbing up the palace ' s wall , Temmin managed to infiltrate the " Golden Harp " , which was carrying the departing Imperial officials and their rebel prisoner s . Prior to the Imperial departure , Satrap Isstra begged Admiral Sloane to take him with them in order to avoid the raging mob . Rae rejected his pleas since the Satrap had outlived his usefulness and her stormtroopers killed two of his guards when they tried to intervene . Meanwhile , Jom Barrel managed to make his way to the turbolaser emplacement outside of the Satrap ' s Palace . After killing four stormtroopers , Barrel confronted a young gunnery officer , a mere boy who had graduated from the Imperial Academy . Barrel attempted to convince the officer to surrender but the officer tried to shoot him with his blaster . Despite sustaining a broken arm , Jom managed to overpower the boy and lock him in a footlocker trunk . Taking control of the turbolaser , Jom used the cannon to shoot a hole in Arsin ' s yacht . This did not bring down the ship but killed several stormtroopers and Royal Guards who had been cornering Temmin . After freeing the yacht ' s captain , Temmin managed to enter the maintenance hatch which led to the compartment where his mother , Sinjir , and Jas were being held by Grand Moff Pandion and several Imperials . While Sinjir remonstrated with Pandion , Temmin managed to free Jas and Norra from their restraints . As Admiral Rae and her pilot Morna Kee brought the shuttle into space , they found the Imperial ships including their home ship " Vigilance " under attack from a New Republic fleet led by Commander Kyrsta Agate on board of the Alderaanian frigate " Sunspire " . Under enemy fire , Sloane decided to land their yacht on the " Vigilance " and escape onto a shuttle there . Back in the passenger section , Jas managed to break free and hold Pandion at gunpoint . Before a firefight could break out , the " Golden Harp " crashlanded in the " Vigilance " hangar bay . The rebels survived the landing but Arsin and several stormtroopers were killed . Jas managed to stun and capture General Shale and Adviser Tashu . While the other rebels evacuated Wedge , Sloane ' s aide Adea Rite , and the other Imperial prisoners , Norra took a TIE fighter and pursued Admiral Sloane , Morna , and Pandion , who had escaped aboard a shuttle . Meanwhile , the New Republic fleet destroyed the Star Destroyer s " Vigilance " and " Ascent " . Rae and Morna took their shuttle to Grand Moff Pandion ' s Star Destroyer " Vanquish " . On the way , Pandion attempted to force Sloane to relinquish her Super Star Destroyer " Ravager " . Following a scuffle , Sloane managed to throw Pandion out of the cockpit and jettison the main compartment , which collided with Norra ' s starfighter . She then took control of the " Vanquish " and retreated into hyperspace . Meanwhile , the New Republic fleet wiped out the remaining Imperial forces on Akiva . Conclusion . Following the rebellion on Akiva , the planet became the first Outer Rim world to join the New Republic . Realizing that the Empire had abandoned them and the public anger , the satraps of Akiva ceded part of their power to the New Republic . The Republic then launched a crackdown on organized crime including Surat Nuat ' s gang . Surat fled but most of his gang was imprisoned . Others died in a final stand against the new authorities . Using Temmin ' s stolen data cube s , the New Republic uncovered intelligence detailing the Empire ' s dealings with crime syndicates including the Hutt s . Their activities included operating black site prisons for the Empire . After recovering from her injuries on Chandrila , Norra and her son Temmin reconciled and rebuilt Mister Bones as a family project . They then joined forces with Jom Barell , Sinjir , and Jas Emari to hunt down Imperial fugitives across the galaxy . Norra and Temmin hoped to find Brentin again . Behind the scenes . The Rebellion on Akiva first appeared in Chuck Wendig ' s novel " Aftermath " , which was first released on September 4 , 2015 as part of the multimedia " " . The Akiva arc forms the main storyline of the novel and is told through the points of view of Norra Wexley , Temmin Wexley , Rae Sloane , Sinjir , Jas Emari , and Jom Barell . The battle was later officially named in Wendig ' s sequel " " , which debuted on July 12 , 2016 . The battle was indirectly mentioned in the Dorling Kindersley reference book " " , which was released on December 2015 .