Resistance

The **Resistance** was a small military force founded by Leia Organa to combat the First Order. The origins of the Resistance, which took inspiration from the Alliance to Restore the Republic, dated to the end of the Galactic Civil War, when the New Republic passed the Military Disarmament Act in the wake of the signing of the Galactic Concordance with the Galactic Empire. Organa argued that the Empire, which retreated into the Unknown Regions, could not be trusted to abide by the treaty. When the First Order arose from the ashes of the Empire, Organa urged the Republic to take the threat seriously. Rebuffed and being labeled a paranoid warmonger, Organa was disgraced in the eyes of the New Republic's Senate following the revelation that her father was Darth Vader. Ignored particularly by the growing Centrists faction, many of which were in direct collusion with the rising First Order, she formed the Resistance to combat the threat she had discovered.

During their conflict with the First Order, the Resistance sought the help of the missing Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. During their search, they launched a battle to destroy Starkiller Base, the First Order superweapon that destroyed the Hosnian system and, with it, the Galactic Senate that had quietly tolerated the Resistance's activities. The assault on the Starkiller was successful and, shortly thereafter, the Resistance found Skywalker living in exile.

This victory was short-lived, however, as the First Order's subsequent counterattack and pursuit nearly wiped out the Resistance's military forces. Nonetheless, the Resistance managed to narrowly escape complete destruction during the Battle of Crait, and subsequently sought to rebuild on Corona in Outer rim.

## History

### Formation

"*The sun is setting on the New Republic. It's time for the Resistance to rise.*"
―Leia Organa
At the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Empire suffered their final defeat against the New Republic during the Battle of Jakku. The once-powerful Empire signed a peace treaty with the Republic called the Galactic Concordance, which mandated that they keep the peace with the Republic[4] and remain inside predetermined borders within the Core Worlds and the Inner Rim.[6] After the signing of the treaty, the Imperial starfleetdisappeared into the Unknown Regions, where they quietly formed the First Order from the ashes of the Empire. Meanwhile, the Republic carried out the demilitarization of the New Republic Defense Fleet, cutting down on much of its military force in the interest of pursuing peace and preventing a galactic war from ever occurring again. Princess Leia Organa, who had been one of the leaders of the Rebel Alliance during the war, argued strongly against the demilitarization policies and said that the Republic could not trust that the Empire would honor the peace. She urged the Republic to take the threat of the First Order seriously once it arose, but was considered a warmonger.

Leia Organa herself had formerly been an influential member of the Republic's Senate, but lost almost all credibility with the organization and was forced to resign following the public revelation of her father having been Darth Vader. Following the Mission to Sibensko, Leia was partially vindicated when she discovered evidence that a paramilitary faction called the Amaxine warriors was colluding with Rinnrivin Di's cartel to overthrow the New Republic. While Leia warned that there were more threats, much of the Senate disagreed with some accusing her of warmongering. Realizing that the Senate could not protect the New Republic, Leia along with the few remaining allies she could trust, such as Gial Ackbar, C-3PO, Joph Seastriker, and Temmin Wexley, formed a paramilitary outfit called the Resistance.

Fearing an occupation of their independent homeworld, Ryloth, by the First Order during their rise of power, numerous Twi'leks pledged their allegiance to Leia Organa and the Resistance.

### Early skirmishes against the First Order[1]

"*We're on the brink of war again—one we may not survive.*"
―General Leia Organa
[2]The Resistance headquartered in an old Alliance base on D'Qar.
To be a check on the designs of the First Order, Organa formed the Resistance with a base on D'Qar, in an outpost that was once intended as an Alliance base during the war. The Resistance was a splinter group from the Republic's military and operated wholly independently of the Republic chain of command. The Republic quietly tolerated Organa's activities, as she pursued evidence that the First Order was violating the Galactic Concordance, while some members of the Galactic Senate secretly supported her actions with their funding and sympathies. The Resistance went into combat against the First Order on a few occasions and even exposed the New Republic senator Erudo Ro-Kiintor as a First Order agent.

#### Early search for Lor San Tekka[3]

"*I'm a Republic officer, General. I swore an oath to protect the Republic, to—*"
"*No, you misunderstand. I like it. It was rash of you, as I said, it was foolish. But we could use some rash these days, and foolish and passionate are often confused, and passion is something we desperately need.*"
―Poe Dameron and Leia Organa
Following Operation: Sabre Strike, General Organa knew that the Resistance would need more help, so she hoped to find her missing brother, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who had gone into exile after the destruction of his new generation of Jedi. Believing that Lor San Tekka held the key to finding Skywalker, General Organa sent Poe and his Black Squadron on a quest to find the ancient explorer. Using the information acquired during Operation: Sabre Strike, Black Squadron undertook a mission to Ovanis to question the Crèche cultists about Tekka's whereabouts.

Their mission was complicated when the First Order dispatched Agent Terex to recover the information that Poe had acquired during Operation: Sabre Strike. While Poe dealt with the Crèche and Terex's landing party, Black Squadron at the urging of L'ulo L'ampar attacked Terex's TIE fighters and landing platform. The fighting was complicated when two large winged creatures hatched from the Crèche egg and fought. Ultimately, Poe was able to defeat Terex in physical combat and forced the First Order agent to withdraw his forces. Having obtained the information from the Crèche elder, Poe and Black Squadron departed Ovanis.

Continuing their search for Lor San Tekka, General Organa managed to bribe Warden Luta into letting Black Squadron enter Megalox prison on the high gravity world of Megalox Beta to question Grakkus the Hutt. However, Terex found his way first and managed to bribe Luta into abandoning Black Squadron inside the prison. Despite Terex's tactics, Poe and his fellow pilots managed to reach Grakkus' fortress. Grakkus then offered to sell the information to whoever got him out of the prison first. In response, Poe got BB-8 and the other astromech droids to embark on a mission to disable Megalox space station's gravity shield. Jess's droid O-R10N was destroyed by a security droid.

When Terex hired an army of gangsters to attack Grakkus' fortress, Black Squadron joined Grakkus' posse in fighting off the rival gangs. They managed to hold out long enough for BB-8 and his team to deactivate the gravity shield. While Terex and the other gangsters were crushed under the weight of Megalox Beta's high gravity, Poe and his fellow pilots were unaffected since they wore gravity belts. After rescuing Grakkus, they managed to convince Luta to let them go in return for restoring control of the prison. Before escorting Grakkus into hyperspace, Black Squadron stopped Terex's starship *Carrion Spike* from attacking the Megalox prison shuttles rushing to evacuate the prisoners. Having extracted the necessary information from Grakkus, Black Squadron allowed him to flee into hyperspace.

#### Spy games[4]

Despite outsmarting the First Order, Poe and General Organa realized that the First Order had a spy among their ranks and suspended the search for Tekka. Poe subsequently embarked on a solo mission to the Inner Rim gas giant of Pheryon to meet with the *Galaxy Beacon* journalist Suralinda Javos, who wanted to sell information about the First Order's illegal rearmament efforts to General Organa. During the course of the mission, the two were captured by the First Order Security Bureau Agent Weel. Javos managed to kill Weel and free Poe. After escaping, Javos experienced a change of heart and decided to join the Resistance.

At the request of General Organa's spymaster C-3PO, Poe along with BB-8 and the technician Oddy Muvaundertook a mission to Kaddak to retrieve a member of the Resistance spy droid network who had obtained data on the First Order including the location of Supreme Leader Snoke. However, Agent Terex had planted the data as part of a rogue mission to destroy the Resistance. Terex had retaken control of the Ranc gang and was determined to continue his pursuit for Poe. Poe, BB-8, and C-3PO managed to retrieve the spy droid, who turned out to be the BX-series droid commando N1-ZX.

Poe's mission was complicated further by Oddy Muva embarking on a mission to rescue his wife Sowa Chuan, who had been kidnapped by Terex in order to exert leverage against Oddy. Terex had forced Oddy to spy on Poe and Black Squadron. Meanwhile, Poe realized that Terex was planning to track him back down to the Resistance Base on D'Qar. Poe and the droids crashlanded on an desert world in an attempt to evade Terex and his Ranc gang. Poe's Black Squadron mates soon arrived and fought with Terex's "Uglies". The Resistance pilot L'ulo L'ampar and N1-ZX were killed during the skirmish. Terex's forces were wiped out by First Order forces under Commander Malarus, who had been sent to chastise the prodigal First Order agent. Poe allowed Malarus to arrest Terex and the two factions departed peacefully in effort to avoid open warfare.

### Road to open war[5]

"*It was the Republic. The First Order, they've done it.*"
―Finn to Han Solo after witnessing the Hosnian Cataclysm from Takodana
[6]Dameron leads X-wing squadrons against the Starkiller weapon
Following a series of adventures, Organa sent her most trusted pilot, Commander Poe Dameron, to Jakku to find a segment of a star map that was in the possession of the legendary explorer Lor San Tekka. Tekka gave Dameron the map, who in turn trusted it to his astromech droid BB-8 just before Dameron was captured. The map came into the possession of Finn, a stormtrooper who defected from the First Order, and a desert scavenger named Rey. With the help of former Alliance General and famed smuggler Han Solo and his first mate Chewbacca, Finn and Rey set off on a mission to return BB-8 to the Resistance. They sought the help of the pirate Maz Kanata on Takodana, where they were tracked by the First Order. Dameron, who had escaped from the First Order with Finn's help, arrived with several starfighter squadrons and fought the First Order off, though Rey was captured as part of the First Order's quest to find Skywalker as well.

Finn, Solo, and Chewbacca made it to the Resistance base, where BB-8's map was kept safe. Their more pressing concern was Starkiller Base, the First Order superweapon that had destroyed the Hosnian system and, with it, the Galactic Senate and much of the Republic fleet. The Resistance put a plan in motion to destroy the Starkiller weapon before it could target the Resistance. Finn, Solo, and Chewbacca, who also intended to rescue Rey from the base, arrived at the Starkiller first and disabled the shields protecting a thermal oscillator, the destruction of which would cause the base to be destroyed. Dameron led starfighter squadrons against the oscillator and ultimately prevailed.

The base was destroyed and the Resistance returned to the base, though at the cost of Solo and many starfighter pilots. Upon their return, R2-D2 awoke from a years-long slumber and provided the remainder of the map needed to find Skywalker. Organa sent Rey to the planet Ahch-To where she could find Skywalker. When Rey arrived, she presented to Skywalker his father's old lightsaber, kept safe by Maz Kanata for many years, as a symbol of the hope that the galaxy so desperately needed.

### Fight for survival[7]

"*The Rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning.And I'm not longer as last Jedi*"
―Jedi MasterLuke Skywalker Luke Skywalker to Supreme LeaderKylo Ren
While Rey sought to recruit Luke Skywalker to the cause, the Resistance moved to hastily evacuate its primary base on D'Qar. While the destruction of Starkiller Base had saved the planet from immediate destruction, the First Order still knew the base's location, and moved to launch a conventional attack on the Resistance base. With the exception of some small cells, agents, fighting groups, the entire Resistance navy was summoned to help evacuate the planet and search for a new home base.

The First Order Fleet arrived near the end of the evacuation of the base, using a *Mandator IV*-class Siege Dreadnought to destroy it. To give the Resistance fleet time to escape, Wing Commander Poe Dameron bravely attacked the dreadnought head on, destroying its point-defense cannons in a high speed attack run. However, Commander Dameron then disobeyed orders, and led a bomber attack against the dreadnought, rather than retreat. Although this led to the destruction of the dreadnought, the entire Resistance bomber fleet was lost during the battle. For his costly and disobedient action, Dameron was demoted to Captain.

After coming out of hyperspace, the Resistance Fleet headed to Crait, only to find a fleet of First Order ships, including the *Supremacy*. Low on fuel, the fleet was dying, with ship after ship running out of fuel and being destroyed by the *Supremacy*. Kylo Ren then proceeded to make an attack on the fleet with two TIE fighters escorting him. Kylo Ren, sensing Leia, hesitated to fire at the bridge of the Resistance’s flagship, the *Raddus*, but his TIE escorts fired on the bridge anyway, killing Admiral Ackbar and rendering Leia unconscious. Vice AdmiralAmilyn Holdo was assigned to temporarily replace Leia, who remained passive about the Resistance's situation.

Finn and maintenance worker Rose Tico later inform Dameron that the First Order was tracking them through hyperspace and that they needed to get onboard the *Supremacy* to disable the tracking device to allow the Resistance to flee to safety. Knowing Holdo would never sanction their plan, Dameron decided to keep it on a need-to-know basis. Teaming up with Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix, they cover Finn, Rose and BB-8 fleeing the *Raddus* aboard a small transport as they traveled to the casino city of Canto Bight to recruit a master codebreaker to help get past the *Supremacy's* sensor grid.

With the fleet running on fumes, Holdo decides to fuel all transports on board and abandon the Raddus. Furious with the decision, Dameron staged a mutiny on the ship to stop her to buy his friends more time. Unfortunately, his friends were captured aboard the *Supremacy* before they could complete their objective. Subsequently, Leia recovered and knocked Dameron unconscious, allowing Holdo's evacuation plan to go forward. When Dameron regained consciousness, Leia informed him that Holdo was well aware that the First Order was tracking them and thus had the transports cloaked from their sensors so they could reach Crait and wait until the enemy fleet had departed the system.

Unfortunately, Finn's group's codebreaker, DJ, sold out the Resistance to the First Order, allowing the *Supremacy*to spot the fleeing transports and begin firing on them. Holdo subsequently sacrificed herself to destroy the *Supremacy* by ramming the First Order's fleet at light speed.

The transports, although taking heavy losses, arrived on Crait and prepared to send a transmission to their Outer Rim allies. However, the First Order struck again, with Kylo Ren, now Supreme Leader after assassinating Snoke, commanding an attack on the former Rebel base. Finn's group, having escaped, joined the last of the Resistance, whose numbers were rapidly depleted before Rey and Chewbacca, aboard the *Millennium Falcon*, arrived to distract the aerial forces. This still was not enough to slow the First Order's advance. Worse yet, the Resistance's allies had received their message but no help was coming because the communication of Crait and Outer rim legion had been cut after the message from Resistance had already send Corona is one of the allies that send the massage back but can't they send so they send message to Millenium falcon to bring the resistance to Corona and prepare for a great battle, as Leia lamented that the spark of hope had died out and upset. All seemed lost before Jedi Master Luke Skywalker appeared via a Force projection. As Skywalker distracted Ren in a lightsaber duel, Rey helped the remaining Resistance members escape. Before his projection faded and he died from exhaustion, Skywalker stated that the Rebellion would be reborn from the last of the Resistance, and that the legacy of the Jedi would endure through Rey. What remained of the Resistance retreated, on a quest to build their new Rebellion.