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Kanan 12

Attribution information

Writer

Greg Weisman

Penciller

Andrea Broccardo

Inker

Andrea Broccardo

Publication information

Publisher

Marvel Comics

Publication date

March 16,2016^[1]

UPC

759606081585

Chronological information

Timeline

4 BBY^[2]

Series

Star Wars: Kanan

Issue number

Preceded by

Kanan 11

Kanan 12 is the twelfth and final issue of thecanon comic book seriesStar Wars: Kanan. The issue was written byGreg Weisman, illustrated byAndrea Broccardo, and published onMarch 16,2016 byMarvel Comics.

Publisher's summary[]

The rebels' adventures on Kaller come to an end! But when a friend from Kanan's past needs help, he stays behind…The look into the past of the former Jedi concludes here!

Opening crawl[]

FIRST BLOOD Part VI
It is a time of discontent. Fourteen [sic] years after thedefeat of the Jedi Order, Emperor Palpatine nowrules the galaxy with an iron fist. Rebels havebanded together to fight back. Among them isformer Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume, who now goes bythe name Kanan Jarrus.On what was supposed to be a simple milk-run of amission to pick up supplies from the planet Kaller,Kanan has faced old ghosts, encounteredsmugglers, and battled stormtroopers; all whilevividly recalling significant events of his former life.Now physically recovered, Kanan is ready to join hisrebel crewmates aboard the Ghost and leaveKaller behind for good. But one last specter fromhis past remains....

FIRST BLOOD
Part VI

It is a time of discontent. Fourteen [sic] years after thedefeat of the Jedi Order, Emperor Palpatine nowrules the galaxy with an iron fist. Rebels havebanded together to fight back. Among them isformer Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume, who now goes bythe name Kanan Jarrus.On what was supposed to be a simple milk-run of amission to pick up supplies from the planet Kaller,Kanan has faced old ghosts, encounteredsmugglers, and battled stormtroopers; all whilevividly recalling significant events of his former life.Now physically recovered, Kanan is ready to join hisrebel crewmates aboard the Ghost and leaveKaller behind for good. But one last specter fromhis past remains....

Plot summary[]

Helping an old friend[]

Kanan Jarrus reflects on theSpectres' mission toKaller to pick up supplies for theTarkintown refugees onLothal. Having escaped from thestormtroopers atPlateau City, Kanan and his apprenticeEzra Bridger stay behind while the rest of the crew of theGhost depart with the supplies for Tarkintown.

Kanan has decided to stay behind after receiving a message from an old friend. He meets with his new "friend", the planet's provincialgovernor Gamut Key, to answer the call. While traveling aboard Key's luxurious ship, Kanan tells Ezra that he received a coded message thatMorfizo needed their help. When Key asks how they can be sure that it is not a trap, Kanan says that Morfizo is not rebel.

Just then, their ship arrives above the planetMoraga. After landing, they are greeted by Morfizo's wifeMorfizia and her children. She informs them that her husband had joined a rebel cell and been imprisoned by theGalactic Empire on the planetLahn. While Ezra and Kanan play with the children, Kanan agrees to help but advises Morfizia that it is no longer safe for her family to stay on Moraga. Kanan convinces Governor Key to give Morfizia and her children new identities on Kaller. Kanan shows Ezra his secret starshipEscape, which is hidden in a hangar.

Mission to Lahn[]

While traveling to Lahn, Ezra asks Kanan about his secret ship. Kanan responds that Hera's shipGhost is their home and that they already have thePhantom but that Morfizo has been keeping theEscape safe for him for several years just in case. After landing on Lahn, Ezra and Kanan head to the Imperial outpost at theIllmek Island Spaceport.

Using a scanner, Kanan determines that Morfiza is being held inside a building with two morestormtroopers and anImperial officer. Under Kanan's orders, Ezra agrees to create a diversion to lure away the two stormtroopers guarding the door so that Kanan can sneak through the roof and liberate his friend. Ezra agrees to meet back at theEscape once they are done.

Putting their plans into action, Ezra tries to distract the stormtroopers by claiming that a girl is painting anti-Imperial graffiti at the spaceport. However, the stormtroopers do not fall for his trap and one of them attempts to detain him. Ezra fires anenergy slingshot at the stormtroopers and leads them on a chase. Kanan watches from the roof while hoping that he does not have to rescue Ezra.

Kanan useshis lightsaber to dig a hole through the roof and break into the prison. He dispatches the two stormtroopers guarding Morfizo's cell with hisblaster. However, the Imperial officer fires at the energy field outside Morfizo's cell. The officer tells him that she did not miss because she did not intend to kill him, revealing herself asVice Admiral Rae Sloane. She orders Kanan to drop his weapon, describing him as her "hobby."

Rae Sloane reveals that she has been tracking Kanan down ever since their last encounter during theGorse Conflict. She realized that Kanan was more than apilot and investigated his history, finding that Kanan did not "exist" before meeting Morfizo on Moraga. Morfizo remarks that Kanan lied to him. Sloane surmises that Kanan doesn't trust even his closest friends and asks whether he was truthful with the "Twi'lek pilot" Hera.

Kanan refuses to answer that question and asks whether she imprisoned Morfizo in order to lure him into a trap. Sloane orders him to keep his distance and to put his hands up. She responds that she arrested Morfizo for being a rebel but privately hope that his arrest would somehow lead her to Kanan. Kanan uses the Force to shove her against the energy shield outside Morfizo's cell, knocking her out.

Reunion[]

Back at theEscape, Morfizo asks Kanan why he did not tell him about being a Jedi. Kanan responds that he wasn't a Jedi at the time. Kanan asks him to keep his Jedi identity a secret, which Morfizo agrees to. Shortly later, they are joined by Ezra Bridger. When Kanan asks Ezra if he encountered any problems, Ezra responds that it wasn't something he couldn't handle. Kanan, Ezra, and Morfizo leave Lahn on theEscape.

At the wrecked Imperial outpost, Vice-Admiral Sloane is visited by theGrand Inquisitor, who demands that she tell him everything that she knows about her "hobby."

Homeward bound[]

Returning to Kaller, Governor Key tells Kanan and Ezra that he has arranged new identities for Morfizo, his wife Morfizia, and their three children. He has also found a safe place to hide theEscape. Key asks Kanan howhis rebellion survived without him but Kanan replies that is only on a need to know basis.

Ezra tells Kanan that he was cornered at a dead-end alley by the two stormtroopers but that some "random guy" helped him out. When Kanan inquires about the "random guy," Ezra replies that the guy didn't stop to sk and that he said thanks before taking off. Kanan replies that sounds like a plan and says he cannot wait to leave Kaller.

Old friends[]

Meanwhile, aboard theKasmiri,Kleeve asksJanus Kasmir why he was so late. Janus tells him that he saved a "random kid" who was being cornered by two stormtroopers. When Kleeve asks who was it, Kasmiri replies that the kid just said thanks and took off. When Kleeve asks Kasmir why he got involved, Kasmir says he doesn't know but that the kid reminded him of someone they used to know.