Star Wars: 10 Things Everyone Forgets About Tatooine
9. Heroes Of The Resistance
The First Order-Resistance War was a one-year-long war between the First Order, the new Empire, and the Resistance, the latest version of the Rebellion led by Senator Leia Skywalker Organa Solo. The First Order used its super-weapon Starkiller Base to destroy the New Republic capital on Hosnian Prime, the entire Hosnian System, and the New Republic Senate and Defense Fleet. The New Republic collapsed and the First Order seized control of the galaxy.
As with the first rebellion, heroes emerged and sacrifices had to be made. Scrapper turned potential Jedi Rey, brave and cocky pilot Poe Dameron, his loyal droid BB-8, and former Stormtrooper Finn joined Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and eventually Luke Skywalker to take down the First Order. Starkiller Base was destroyed but at the loss of Han Solo. The Resistance managed to escape at the Battle of Crait but at the cost of Luke Skywalker. The resurrected Palatine was destroyed at Exegol and Rey was resurrected but it cost the redeemed Ben Solo.
When Lando Calrissian arrived with the massive citizens’ fleet to join Poe Dameron’s forces, they decimated the First Order forces and ended the war, restoring peace to the galaxy once again. Rey traveled to Tatooine and buried Luke and Leia’s lightsabers in the sand near the Lars family farm and took the last name of “Skywalker” as her own.