{"id":71230,"date":"2025-05-13T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=71230"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:35:10","slug":"star-wars-killed-off-an-important-character-on-star-wars-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/star-wars-killed-off-an-important-character-on-star-wars-day\/71230\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars killed off an important character on Star Wars Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"726\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?s=Star+Wars\"><strong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"100\">Star Wars<\/strong><\/a> surprised fans with a brand new series on <strong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"160\">Star Wars Day<\/strong> (May 4), dropping a fresh show on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tag\/disney-plus\/\"><strong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"206\">Disney+<\/strong><\/a> called <em data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"239\">Tales of the Underworld<\/em>. But the excitement didn\u2019t stop there, during the show, they also killed off a major <strong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"338\">Inquisitor<\/strong> just a few minutes after introducing him. The series continued the <strong data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"415\">Tales<\/strong> anthology-style tradition, with two sets of three episodes that focused on <strong data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"509\">Asajj Ventress<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"526\">Cad Bane<\/strong>. The marketing had teased fans with the appearance of the <strong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"604\" data-is-only-node=\"\">16th Inquisitor<\/strong> from Star Wars lore, showing him in trailers and on posters, so expectations were high that he\u2019d play a significant role.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"1178\">The first three episodes, which focused on <strong data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"789\">Asajj Ventress<\/strong>, actually answered a big question fans had. Some were confused because Ventress had died in a canon novel, but was still appearing in shows like <em data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"960\">Tales of the Underworld<\/em> and <em data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"980\">The Bad Batch<\/em>, which happened after her death in the timeline. The first episode of <em data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1076\">Tales of the Underworld<\/em>, titled <strong data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1104\">\u201cA Way Forward\u201d<\/strong>, introduced the <strong data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1139\">new Inquisitor<\/strong>, just like the trailers had promised.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJO-Xc3tXob\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJO-Xc3tXob\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; 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They head to a docking bay to catch a ship off the planet, but just as they\u2019re about to leave, the Inquisitor appears, igniting his lightsaber. Ventress pulls out her <strong data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1502\">yellow lightsaber<\/strong>, and a fierce duel breaks out between the two.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1551\" data-end=\"2171\">The marketing for <em data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1594\">Tales of the Underworld<\/em> had hyped up the Inquisitor, making it seem like he\u2019d be an important part of the storyline. But in a surprising twist, his role was very short-lived, he was killed off in just a few minutes. What was even more shocking was that <strong data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1835\">Ventress<\/strong> wasn\u2019t the one who finished him off. In a dramatic turn, when the Inquisitor had Ventress cornered and was about to strike the killing blow, <strong data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"1987\">Strata<\/strong>, the young boy, took matters into his own hands. He used Ventress\u2019 <strong data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2069\">lightsaber<\/strong> along with his own and stabbed the Inquisitor in the back, not once, but twice, killing him instantly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2487\">So, despite all the buildup and marketing for the <strong data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2236\">Inquisitor<\/strong>\u2019s role, <em data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2270\">Tales of the Underworld<\/em> didn\u2019t keep him around long at all. This wasn\u2019t the first time Star Wars has thrown in a twist like this, where a character gets a huge build-up, only to be killed off almost immediately after their big introduction.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em>, you might have experienced a bit of <strong>deja vu<\/strong> while watching the first episode of <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em>. That\u2019s because, in 2022, <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em> did something very similar, introducing a brand new <strong>Inquisitor<\/strong> only to kill him off just moments later.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em>, Ahsoka has a confrontation with the <strong>Eleventh Brother<\/strong>, an Inquisitor who also gets a lot of attention in the marketing for the show. However, just like in <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em>, he\u2019s killed off in a <strong>lightsaber duel<\/strong> just a few minutes after being introduced. His storyline in <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em> follows a very similar pattern to the <strong>Inquisitor\u2019s arc<\/strong> in <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em>. Both were promoted as key characters in their respective series, only for fans to see them quickly meet their end right after making their big debut.<\/p>\n<p>One difference, though, is that viewers at least <strong>learned the Eleventh Brother\u2019s name<\/strong> in <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em>. In <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em>, the <strong>Inquisitor\u2019s name<\/strong> is never revealed, and in the credits, he\u2019s simply listed as \u201c<strong>Inquisitor<\/strong>.\u201d So while <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em> gave us some background, <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em> kept things more mysterious.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2487\">\n<h2 id=\"will-tales-of-the-jedis-inquisitor-show-up-again\"><strong>Will tales of the Jedi\u2019s Inquisitor show up in Star Wars again?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the <em>Star Wars<\/em> universe, some <strong>Inquisitors<\/strong> have played massive, pivotal roles in the storyline, while others have been more background characters. For instance, <strong>Reva<\/strong>, the <strong>Third Sister<\/strong>, was a key figure in <em>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em>, whereas the <strong>Eleventh Brother<\/strong> from <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em> had a more fleeting and less important role.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s possible that the <strong>Inquisitor<\/strong> from <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em> could make a return in future <em>Star Wars<\/em> projects. His arc in the show was strikingly similar to the <strong>Eleventh Brother\u2019s<\/strong> in <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em>, and we\u2019ve seen before that characters who have brief moments in one show can be brought back later. Fans might remember that the <strong>Eleventh Brother<\/strong>, despite dying early in <em>Tales of the Jedi<\/em>, was later featured in <em>Tales of the Empire, <\/em>although he had a minor role, it showed that even characters with quick exits can make a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the <strong>Inquisitor<\/strong> from <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em> could be reintroduced in another series or even in a completely different form. Now that he\u2019s been introduced, there are plenty of opportunities for him to be used in upcoming <em>Star Wars<\/em> stories, whether that\u2019s in TV shows, films, or even <strong>canon novels<\/strong>. <em>Star Wars<\/em> novels often expand on characters we\u2019ve seen in the TV shows or movies, so it wouldn\u2019t be surprising if this Inquisitor were explored further in an upcoming book, where fans could learn more about his backstory and motivations.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it\u2019s worth noting that <strong>Asajj Ventress<\/strong>, a character who was thought to be permanently dead, was resurrected in later stories. So even though this <strong>Inquisitor<\/strong> was killed off in <em>Tales of the Underworld<\/em>, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean his story is over. Like many things in the <em>Star Wars<\/em> universe, death doesn\u2019t always mean the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Wars introduces and kills off a new Inquisitor, again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":71231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[27111,1243],"class_list":["post-71230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-jedi","tag-star-wars"],"reading_time":"5 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}