


The Jedi would soon join the New Republic after the Battle of Dantooine where a New Republic outpost was devastated by the Chiss and Empire. Emperor Dracule seeing the chance to destroying the Jedi and the Republic, quickly accepts, entering into the Chiss War that they will practically fund and run. The Chiss soon ask for aid from the newly reformed Sith Empire. The Chiss declared war on the New Republic several days later after finalizing the casualties, which were seventy-three civilians and thirty-seven citizens. The New Republic should be grateful the Chiss haven't been able to recreate it - likely because they lack the kyber to do so.The beginning of the Chiss War came when a New Republic Star Destroyer made a crash landing on Csilla. Grand Admiral Thrawn is a master tactician, and he'd make the most of his one shot with Starflash, potentially doing phenomenal damage to his enemies and threatening The Mandalorian time period. Star Wars has always been associated with superweapons, and it's interesting to see one in the hands of someone other than the Emperor. If so, it's possible Thrawn could yet draw upon Starflash to deal with his foes. He appears to have returned in The Mandalorian era, with former Jedi Ahsoka Tano believing Thrawn is responsible for organizing an Imperial resurgence in the Outer Rim. Thrawn remained with the Empire longer than he had expected, but was blasted back into the Unknown Regions in the dramatic finale of Star Wars Rebels. A skilled military tactician, he was assigned to a false exile in order to enter the Empire and assess whether they could serve as allies for the Chiss. Grand Admiral Thrawn is one of the few Chiss to know about Starflash. The other has been kept secret by the Chiss, with only a handful even knowing of its existence. They deployed one Starflash, drawing on the energy of the star their homeworld Csilla orbited while it was effective, it left Csilla in the grips of an ice age, with the sun's energy output permanently reduced.

There are hints the Chiss took Starflash from the Sith, who they had confronted millennia ago when the Sith Empire flourished in the Unknown Regions although Starflash seems to be a single-use weapon, the Chiss acquired two copies. Timothy Zahn's novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil suggests an ancient Sith superweapon still exists Starflash, a device similar to Starkiller Base that draws on the power of a star in order to project a destructive energy beam. Related: Star Wars Confirms Palpatine's Rise of Skywalker Return Is Luke's Fault There have been hints the First Order had other superweapons, concealed in the Unknown Regions but never deployed. Palpatine was obsessed with power, and the only way he knew to rule was through fear, meaning he had a wave of destructive superweapons constructed. Meanwhile, miniaturized Death Star technology was installed on the Emperor's hidden Imperial Star Destroyers in the depths of the Unknown Regions.

Meanwhile, Imperial scientists set about converting the planet Ilum into Starkiller Base, a project that was only completed decades later, in the days of the First Order. The first Death Star destroyed Jedha and Alderaan, and a second was almost completed over the forest moon of Endor. The secret to superpowered weaponry was rediscovered by the scientist Galen Erso, and the Emperor wasted no time in creating a wave of superweapons. However, it now seems that the franchise has reintroduced the concept with an all-new design. " Long ago in forgotten times," he observed, " when the Sith and Jedi fought for control of the galaxy, weapons there were, of unimaginable power." Many of these Sith superweapons were powered by kyber, although that particular secret seems to have been lost in the mists of time. In Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Master Yoda remembered the darkest days of the Sith Empire. Star Wars has set up what seems to be a new Sith superweapon - one that still exists in the time of The Mandalorian.
