Project Resurrection

Project Resurrection was a clandestine operation by the First Order to turn child conscripts—thousands of whom were abducted from outlying systems—into a new generation of stormtroopers for the First Order Army. It also included data on the construction of over a hundred vessels within the Unknown Regions for the First Order Navy, including blueprints on the Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought.
==History==
===Origins===
In an attempt to kill the spirit of rebellion, the First Order in 15 ABY targeted the children of leaders from old conflicts, therefore making a leader's child into that leader's enemy.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition Kadara Calrissian,Shadow of the Sith the daughter of Lando Calrissian, who had been a general in the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War, was taken. By 35 ABY,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker as taking place one year after the "Starkiller Incident." As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Starkiller Incident to 34 ABY, it can be deduced the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, and therefore the events of its novelization, take place in 35 ABY. Calrissian still did not know what had happened to her and speculated that she may have been turned into a stormtrooper.
===Resurrection rumors===
Rumours of Project Resurrection eventually reached the Resistance. One of their operatives, Shriv Suurgav, was sent to investigate. The operation was eventually uncovered in the Jinata system by Suurgav's old friend, Del Meeko. After killing Meeko, Gideon Hask was asked by Gleb—the Aqualish protectorate of Vardos and a member of Jinata Security—if the project would continue as planned. Hask stated that it would not be the case, as their operation may have been compromised. Gleb assured Hask that the Pillio operation would be relocated while her men tripled their efforts on Athulla. After Iden Versio's death aboard the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Retribution, Suurgav returned to the Resistance with her daughter Zay Versio, to inform General Leia Organa about the First Order's rearmament program and give her the schematics for the Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought before getting their next mission to the Outer Rim Territories.
===Recruitment during war===
Despite the deaths of Gleb and Hask, Project Resurrection continued. The Hosnian Cataclysm left the New Republic shattered as its forces spread throughout the galaxy. During the next year, First Order began abducting and conscripting even more children from across the galaxy to grow its stormtrooper ranks even further. This was ruthlessly carried out under the direction of General Amret Engell, who enthusiastically supported the new Supreme Leader and strove to create an army that was worthy of his approval. Indeed, some planets such as Kijimi had most, if not all, of their children taken for conscription at the start of its occupation.
===Sith Troopers===
Unknown to both the Resistance and even the highest echelons of the First Order, Project Resurrection went even deeper than anyone suspected. Since its inception, thousands, if not millions, of children were culled and "disappeared" by Sith loyalist spies in the First Order and sent to Exegol to be raised and trained by the Sith Eternal into a new breed of stormtroopers. These Sith Troopers were even more superior to those of the First Order, their ultimate purpose to serve as the army for the new empire of the resurrected Sith Emperor Darth Sidious who sought to restore his rule over the galaxy. Star Wars Battlefront II
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Battlefront II 
*Before the Awakening 
*Phasma 
*Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran 
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*Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization 
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel 
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens Graphic Novel Adaptation 
*The Force Awakens: Finn's Story 
*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition 
*Resistance Reborn 
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*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
*Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
*Star Wars: On the Front Lines
*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
*The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter 
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
*Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary 
*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
*Star Wars: Timelines
*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:First Order projects and operations