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| name = The Grand Inquisitor

| image = Grand Inquisitor (Star Wars).png

| caption = The Grand Inquisitor, as depicted in ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]''.

| series = [[Star Wars]]

| first = {{ubl|'''As Temple Guard''': ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]''<br />"[[The Wrong Jedi]]"<br />(2013; first confirmed appearance, retroactively)|'''As Inquisitor''': ''[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]''<br />"[[Spark of Rebellion]]" (2014; extended [[cold opening]])<br />"[[List of Star Wars Rebels episodes#ep5|Rise of the Old Masters]]"<br />(2014; full appearance)|'''As Sentinel''': ''[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]''<br />"[[Shroud of Darkness]]"<br/>(2016)}}

| last_major = [[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]

| last_minor = [[Part VI (Obi-Wan Kenobi)|Part VI]]

| last_date = (2022)

| creator = {{ubl|'''As Temple Guard''':|[[Dave Filoni]]|Charles Murray<hr>|'''As Inquisitor'''/'''Sentinel''':|[[Simon Kinberg]]|[[Henry Gilroy]]}}

| based_on = {{based_on|[[Inquisitorius]]|Bill Slavicsek & Curtis Smith|Michael Allen Horne & Carol Hutchings}}

| adapted_by = [[Charles Soule]] ([[Star Wars comics|comics]])<br>[[Joby Harold]] & [[Deborah Chow]] (''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'')

| title = {{ubl |[[Jedi]] [[Knight]]|[[wiktionary:sentinel|Sentinel]]<hr>|[[Grand Inquisitor]]|'''Succeeded by:'''|— [[Reva Sevander]] (first successor)|— [[Inquisitorius|Unnamed inquisitor]] (second successor)}}

| occupation = {{ubl|[[Team leader|Master]] of the [[Inquisitorius]]|[[Jedi Temple|Temple]] [[Prison guard|Guard]]}}

| species = [[Pau'an]]

| gender = [[Male]]

| affiliation = {{ubl|[[Jedi Order]] (formerly)|[[Inquisitorius]]|[[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]]}}

| lbl1 = Voiced by

| data1 = [[Jason Isaacs]] (''[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Star-Wars-Rebels/Inquisitor|title=The Grand Inquisitor Voices (''Star Wars'')|date=February 16, 2022|work=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=February 16, 2022|postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>)<br>[[Ashley Eckstein]] (''[[Ahsoka (novel)|Ahsoka]]'' [[audiobook]])

| lbl2 = Portrayed by

| data2 = [[Rupert Friend]] (''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''<ref name="Friend" />)

| lbl21 = Master

| data21 = [[Darth Vader]]

| lbl22 = Homeworld

| data22 = [[Utapau]]

}}

'''The Grand Inquisitor''', introduced simply as '''The Inquisitor''' and also known as the '''Master of the Inquisitorius''', is a [[fiction]]al [[Character (arts)|character]] in the [[Star Wars|''Star Wars'' franchise]]. Created by [[Dave Filoni]], based on a character concept from the ''[[Star Wars Sourcebook|Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]s'', he is introduced as the main antagonist of the [[Star Wars Rebels (season 1)|first season]] of the [[animated series]] ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' (2014–2018), in which he is voiced by [[Jason Isaacs]]. However, the character was later revealed to had once been of the masked [[Jedi]] Temple Guards as seen in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' (2008–2014; 2020), making that his first appearance.

A member of the [[Pau'an]] species, the Grand Inquisitor becomes disillusioned with the Jedi Order due to the actions of the Jedi Council during the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]], and ultimately defects from it during [[Order 66 (Star Wars)|Order 66]], joining the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]]. Trained by [[Darth Vader]] alongside the other [[Inquisitorius|Inquisitors]], he is tasked with hunting down all remaining Jedi throughout the galaxy, a mission which eventually brings him into conflict with Jedi Padawan [[Kanan Jarrus]], the leader of a [[Rebel Alliance|Rebel]] cell on the planet [[Lothal (Star Wars)|Lothal]]. Following his defeat by Jarrus, the Grand Inquisitor opts to commit [[suicide]] to avoid Vader's punishment for his failure. Later, his redemeed [[Force ghost|spirit]], known as '''The Sentinel''', helps Jarrus complete his Jedi training in order to become a Jedi Knight, before being enslaved by the [[Sith]] as a Temple Guard once more.

In addition to the animated series, the character appears in [[Marvel Comics]]' 2017–2018 [[Limited series (comics)|comic book series]] ''[[Star Wars: Darth Vader|Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith]]'', written by [[Charles Soule]], and the 2022 [[Disney+]] series ''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'', written by [[Joby Harold]] and directed by [[Deborah Chow]], both [[prequel]]s that depict him leading the Inquisitors in the hunt for other Jedi, such as [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. The character also reappears in the 2020 [[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|fourteenth volume of ''Star Wars'']] (also written by Soule), a [[sequel]] storyline in which his [[Force spirit]] faces [[Luke Skywalker]] in combat.

Isaacs' performance as the Grand Inquisitor received positive critical reception, leading to interest in him reprising his role in live-action media on [[Disney+]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/disney-plus-star-wars-halloween-special-trailer|title=The new Disney+ ''Star Wars'' Halloween special looks like a fever dream in hyperdrive|last=Towers|first=Andrea|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 7, 2021|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/the-lego-star-wars-movies-are-canon-adjacent|title=The LEGO ''Star Wars'' movies are "canon adjacent"|magazine=[[Games Radar]]|date=October 4, 2021|access-date=October 4, 2021|last1=Bennett|first1=Tara|last2=Shepherd|first2=Jack}}</ref> Ultimately, [[Rupert Friend]] was cast as the Grand Inquisitor, portraying the character in his first live-action appearance in ''Obi-Wan Kenobi''.<ref name="Friend">{{Cite web |url=https://bespinbulletin.com/2022/02/exclusive-rupert-friend-is-playing-the-grand-inquisitor-in-obi-wan-kenobi/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Rupert Friend is playing the Grand Inquisitor in Obi-Wan Kenobi |date=8 February 2022 |publisher=Bespin Bulletin |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>

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==Concept and creation==

The concept of a Grand Inquisitor originated from the 1987 ''[[Star Wars Sourcebook]]'' by [[Bill Slavicsek]] and Curtis Smith, where the death of "Torbin, the Grand Inquisitor" is mentioned in passing. In the 1993 ''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]'' by Michael Allen Horne and Carol Hutchings, an outline of the role of Torbin and the [[Sith]] [[Inquisitorius]] as conceived of by Slavicsek and Smith was written — [[The Force|Force-wielders]] affiliated with the [[Sith]] (but not Sith themselves) who would hunt [[Jedi]] on the behest of [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]] following [[Order 66 (Star Wars)|Order 66]]. After another Grand Inquisitor, Ja'ce Yiaso, was included as an antagonist of the ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'' expansion pack ''[[Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed|Jump to Lightspeed]]'', a succession of Grand Inquisitors leading the Inquisitorius were introduced in the novel series ''[[Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi]]'', written by [[Jude Watson]] from 2005 to 2008 and set between ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]'' and ''[[Star Wars (film)|Episode IV – A New Hope]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-inquisitors-palpatine-true-sith-limit-why|title=''Star Wars'': Why Inquisitors Are Kept From Becoming True Sith|website=[[Screen Rant]]|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 1, 2021|last=Miller|first=David}}</ref> these works (and many others) were rebranded as ''[[Star Wars Legends]]'' and rendered non-[[Star Wars canon|canon]] in 2014 by [[Lucasfilm]] following the company's purchase by the [[Walt Disney Corporation]], with a new version of the group, initially embodied by a lone Inquisitor (voiced by [[Jason Isaacs]]) visually based on "Torbin, the Grand Inquisitor", reentering canon in the 2014 [[3D animated]] television series ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'', created by [[Dave Filoni]], [[Simon Kinberg]], and [[Henry Gilroy]], and described as an "intimidating figure" and "Jedi Hunter" active during the same time period as the book series,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/star-wars-rebels-villain-revealed-647874|title=Disney, Lucasfilm Unveil {{‘}}''Star Wars Rebels''{{’}} Villain (Photo)|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 12, 2013|access-date=October 12, 2013|last=Ng|first=Philiana}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/28/star-wars-rebels-dave-filoni-on-the-luminara-twist-in-rise-of-the-old-masters|title=''Star Wars Rebels'': Dave Filoni on the Luminara Twist in "Rise of the Old Masters"|website=[[IGN]]|date=October 28, 2014|access-date=October 28, 2014|last=Goldman|first=Eric}}</ref> designed to avoid being a "carbon copy" of [[Darth Vader]] or [[Darth Maul]] with a "creaturely, terrifying, and nightmarish look."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/video/star-wars-rebels-meet-the-inquisitor-the-empire-s-jedi-hunter|title=''Star Wars Rebels'': Meet the Inquisitor, the Empire's Jedi Hunter|website=[[StarWars.com]]|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

Referred to simply as "The Inquisitor" in the first season, the character is posthumously rebranded "The Grand Inquisitor" in the second season and all subsequent media featuring the character,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-grand-inquisitor-jedi-hunter|title=''Star Wars'': The Grand Inquisitor, From Devoted Jedi... to Jedi Hunter|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2020|last=Yang|first=Paul}}</ref> where-in his former subordinates, the [[Inquisitorius]], compete to succeed him as the group's leader, establishing the group to hold an "acolyte, monastic sensibility where they're stripped of their names, but they know, in order, which one they are."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/08/nycc-2015-star-wars-rebels-faces-the-seventh-sister-in-season-2|title=NYCC 2015: ''Star Wars Rebels'' Faces the Seventh Sister in Season 2|website=[[IGN]]|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=October 9, 2015|last=Ratcliffe|first=Amy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/28/star-wars-rebels-dave-filoni-talks-inquisitors-ahsoka-and-rex-and-where-the-jedi-characters-are-during-the-movies|title=''Star Wars Rebels'': Dave Filoni Talks Inquisitors, Ahsoka and Rex and Where the Jedi Characters are During the Movies|website=[[IGN]]|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=October 28, 2015|last=Goldman|first=Eric}}</ref>

===Characterization and portrayal===

The Grand Inquisitor is voiced by [[Jason Isaacs]] in [[List of Star Wars Rebels episodes|the first two seasons]] of the [[Disney XD]] [[animated series]] ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' (2014–2018).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/comic-con/2014/07/24/star-wars-rebels-inquisitor-fight|title={{‘}}''Star Wars Rebels''{{’}} fight scene: The Inquisitor has a tricky lightsaber|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 24, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2014|last=Hibberd|first=James}}</ref> Despite Isaacs' interest in reprising the role in live-action,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/scoob-jason-isaacs-interview-star-wars|title=What If {{‘}}''Scoob!''{{’}} Star Jason Isaacs Played a Live Action {{‘}}''Star Wars''{{’}} Inquisitor?|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=May 14, 2020|access-date=May 14, 2020|last=Nemiroff|first=Perri}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/star-wars-rebels-live-action-inquisitor-jason-isaacs-interview|title={{'}}''Star Wars''{{'}}: Jason Isaacs on the Possibility of Playing a Live-Action Inquisitor: "It Could Happen"|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 19, 2021|last=Nemiroff|first=Perri}}</ref> [[Rupert Friend]] was cast to portray the Grand Inquisitor in the [[Disney+]] live-action [[Miniseries|limited series]] ''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'' (2022).<ref name="Friend" />

==Appearances==

===Television series===

====''The Clone Wars'' (2008–2014; 2020)====

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In October 2015, [[Dave Filoni]] revealed that the Grand Inquisitor had first appeared in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', although the audience watching was unaware of it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/video/rebels-recon-inside-always-two-there-are|title=''Rebels'' Recon: Inside "Always Two There Are"|website=[[StarWars.com]]|date=October 8, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> At a later [[press conference]] to promote the ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' [[Star Wars Rebels (season 2)|second season]] [[Season finale|finale]] "[[Twilight of the Apprentice]]", Filoni confirmed the character had previously appeared in ''The Clone Wars'' [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (season 5)|fifth season]] finale "[[The Wrong Jedi]]," as one of the [[Jedi Temple]] [[Prison guard|Guards]] who escorted [[Ahsoka Tano]] from the Jedi Temple and brought [[Barriss Offee]] to trial before [[Palpatine]] (after the ''Rebels'' episode "[[Shroud of Darkness]]" had established him as a former Jedi Temple Guard). Barris' speech on the Jedi Council's culpability in [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|the Clone Wars]] and injustice Ahsoka faced causes the future Grand Inquisitor to begin questioning the actions of the [[Jedi Order]], ultimately leading him to lose all faith in the Order and join the Empire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lukethompson/2016/03/29/review-star-wars-rebels-season-finale-non-spoiler-and-the-inquisitors-past-revealed|title=Reaction: {{'}}''Star Wars''{{'}} Season Finale [Non-Spoiler], And The Inquisitor's Past Revealed|website=[[Forbes]]|date=March 29, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2016|last=Thompson|first=Luke Y.}}</ref>

====''Rebels'' (2014–2016)====

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In the 2014–2015 [[Star Wars Rebels (season 1)|first season]] of ''Rebels'', the [[Pau'an]] known as "The Grand Inquisitor" first appears in the extended [[cold opening]] of the [[series premiere]] "[[Spark of Rebellion]]", where he is ordered by [[Darth Vader]] on behalf of [[Palpatine|the Emperor]] to hunt down "the children of [[the Force]]" in addition to the [[Jedi]] survivors of [[Order 66 (Star Wars)|Order 66]] he had been hunting, after the Emperor had foreseen that [[Luke Skywalker|one such child]] could be responsible for his own defeat. After learning of the existence of [[Kanan Jarrus]] and [[Ezra Bridger]], the Grand Inquisitor personally elects to hunt the two Jedi down, enlisting [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Imperial]] [[Agent Kallus]] to help him capture the [[Rebel Alliance|rebels]] in their company. After failing to do so several times, the Inquisitor finally manages to capture Kanan. He tortures him and interrogates him about the Rebels' whereabouts, but to no avail, prompting [[Grand Moff Tarkin]] to suggest that they take him to [[Mustafar]], where Vader's castle is located. In the first season finale "[[Fire Across the Galaxy]]", Kanan is rescued by Ezra, and the Jedi engage in a [[lightsaber]] duel with the Inquisitor, who scars Bridger. After being defeated by Kanan, the Grand Inquisitor commits suicide by allowing himself to fall into an exploding reactor core after Kanan refuses to kill him, as he feared Vader's punishment for his failure.

In the 2015–2016 [[Star Wars Rebels (season 2)|second season]] of ''Rebels'', the Grand Inquisitor's death is revealed in "[[Always Two There Are]]" to have caused his former subordinates, the [[Inquisitorius]], to compete to take his former position as leader, each seeking to hunt down Kanan due to him being the one to have defeated him. In "[[Shroud of Darkness]]", the redeemed [[Force ghost|spirit]] of the Grand Inquisitor (summoned by [[Yoda]]) — now known as The Sentinel — appears to Kanan in the [[Jedi Temple]] on [[Lothal]], revealed to have once been a member of the Temple Guard, and a fallen [[Jedi]] [[Knight]]. After defeating Kanan in lightsaber combat and helping him realize that he cannot protect Ezra from "everything" forever, the Sentinel dubs Kanan a Jedi Knight before calling upon the spirits of other Temple Guards to hamper the Inquisitors "Fifth Brother" and "Seventh Sister" in their pursuit of Kanan, Ezra, and [[Ahsoka Tano]], who are surprised to see their former leader's spirit facing them in combat.

====''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' (2022)====

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In February 2022, [[Rupert Friend]] was announced to have been cast as the Grand Inquisitor in the live-action [[Miniseries|limited series]] ''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'', set five years before ''Star Wars Rebels'' and ten years after ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]''.<ref name="Friend"/>

The Grand Inquisitor, along with the Fifth Brother and Reva Sevander, the Third Sister, hunt for any remaining Jedi they can find, arriving on [[Tatooine]], where they execute a young human who revealed himself to be a fugitive Jedi after using the Force to save a civilian. Later on the planet Daiyu, the Grand Inquisitor is furious to discover that Reva has kidnapped a young [[Princess Leia|Leia Organa]] for use as bait to lure [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] out of hiding. Eventually Reva confronts Kenobi in a cargo bay before he can escape with Leia in a shuttle. The Grand Inquisitor arrives right before Reva engages Kenobi, ordering her to stand down, so he can take care of Kenobi himself. Angry that he would take credit for Kenobi's capture, Reva impales the Grand Inquisitor in the stomach with her lightsaber, although this allows Kenobi to escape with Leia. Believing the Grand Inquisitor to have succumbed to his injury, Reva pins his death on Kenobi when she later reports back to [[Darth Vader]]. Vader dismisses the Grand Inquisitor as unimportant, and offers Reva his former position if she succeeds in finding Kenobi. After tracking Kenobi and a group of Force-sensitive refugees to the planet Jabiim, Reva is given the title of Grand Inquisitor by Vader. However, the original Grand Inquisitor is revealed to have survived Reva's betrayal, attributed to his thirst for revenge. After Reva is seriously wounded by Vader when she attempts to assassinate the Dark Lord, he retakes his position as leader of the Inquisitorius and leaves Reva for dead after mocking her. The Grand Inquisitor then joined Vader in pursuing the refugees, though Vader discarded them to pursue Kenobi against his protest.

===Literature===

====''Ahsoka'' (2016)====

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In the 2016 novel ''[[Ahsoka (novel)|Ahsoka]]'', the Grand Inquisitor dispatches a member of his [[Inquisitorius]] — the Sixth Brother — to the farming moon of Raada to investigate claims of an unknown Force-sensitive [[Resistance movement|resistance]] leader — [[Ahsoka Tano]] — after the Empire learns of their presence. In the [[epilogue]], after learning of the Sixth Brother's death at Ahsoka's hands upon traveling to Raada himself, the Grand Inquisitor leaves to inform Darth Vader that they had found evidence of another survivor of Order 66, unaware of her identity.

====''Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith'' (2017–2018)====

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In the 2017–2018 [[Star Wars comics#Return to Marvel (2015–present)|comic book series]] ''[[Star Wars: Darth Vader|Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith]]'', set immediately after the events of ''The Clone Wars'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]'', [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]] recruits the former Temple Guard as Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisitorius, sparing him from [[Order 66 (Star Wars)|Order 66]], promising the former Jedi Knight the chance to read through the secrets of the Jedi Archives, which Jedi [[librarian]] [[Jocasta Nu]] had kept from him. Weeks later, after finding the newly-armoured [[Darth Vader]] in the archives, the Grand Inquisitor mistaking him for a Jedi and Vader mistaking the Grand Inquisitor for another secret apprentice of Sidious', the pair begin dueling, before Vader damages the Grand Inquisitor's lightsaber and the duel is broken up by Sidious, who brings Vader to the Inquisitorius Headquarters to meet with the other Inquisitors. Sometime later, Nu, having remained hidden in the library, confronts the Grand Inquisitor upon finding him going through the archives, who almost kills her before Vader intervenes and apprehends her; after Nu reveals Vader's identity as [[Anakin Skywalker]] to nearby [[Clone troopers|clones]], Vader kills them all (then Nu) to prevent this information from becoming public knowledge, leaving the secretly-watching Grand Inquisitor in awe of his power. Over the following years, the Grand Inquisitor is trained by Vader and leads the Inquisitorius in hunting down various Jedi survivors, standing by as Vader later purges dissenters from within the Inquisitorius ranks, declaring his eternal loyalty to the [[Dark Lord of the Sith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-darth-vader-comic-turned-attack-of-the-clone-1820549363|title=This Week's ''Darth Vader'' Comic Turned ''Attack of the Clones''{{'}} Jedi Librarian Into a Badass|last=Whitbrook|first=James|work=[[Gizmodo]]|date=November 17, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/darth-vader-9-review-dark-lord-vs-librarian|title=''Darth Vader'' #9 Review: The Dark Lord vs the Librarian|last=Davison|first=Joshua|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=December 11, 2017|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref>

====''Force Collector'' (2019)====

In the 2019 young adult novel ''Force Collector'', set sometime before the events of ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'', a Force-sensitive boy, Karr Nuq Sin, discovers the Grand inquisitor's former [[lightsaber]], consequentially experiencing visions of himself as the Grand Inquisitor hunting down and killing Jedi, before having a vision of facing himself. Upon confiding in his great-grandfather, Naq Med, Karr learns he was the [[Jedi Padawan]] the Grand Inquisitor had been facing, having left the Jedi Order years before the Clone Wars in order to start a family. Despite this, he was nonetheless tracked down by the Empire after Order 66, who sent the Grand Inquisitor to kill him. Naq Med managed to break the Grand Inquisitor's lightsaber during their duel and fled to the planet Pam'ba, where he lived out the rest of his life in peace, away from his family in order to guarantee their protection.

===="The Orphanage" (2020)====

In the 2020 [[short story]] "The Orphanage" in the ''Dark Legends'' collection, an in-universe "[[ghost story]]" of ambiguous [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]], the Grand Inquisitor is prevented from taking Force-sensitive children from an [[orphanage]] on the planet Gaaten by a surviving Jedi, Kira Vantala, and a refugee named Elish, before fleeing the planet, never to return.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedirect.com/article/star-wars-rebels-grand-inquisitor-gets-official-new-design-in-dark-legends-image|title=''Star Wars Rebels''{{'}} Grand Inquisitor Gets Official New Design In ''Dark Legends'' Image|last=Eclarinal|first=Aeron Mer|work=The Direct|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

====''The Destiny Path'' (2020)====

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In the 2020 [[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|fourteenth volume]] of [[Star Wars comics#Return to Marvel (2015–present)|Marvel's ''Star Wars'' comic book series]], ''The Destiny Path'', set immediately after the events of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', the Grand Inquisitor's [[Force ghost|spirit]] — now eternally burning in the flames which consumed him — is revealed to have since been trapped on the Outer Rim planet of Tempes by Darth Vader, serving as a guardian over an abandoned [[Star Wars: The High Republic|High Republic]]-era Jedi outpost. When [[Luke Skywalker]] arrives at the temple looking for an ancient [[lightsaber]], having lost his own, he encounters and duels the Grand Inquisitor, defeating him. Vader arrives shortly afterward and expresses his displeasure with the Grand Inquisitor's failure. Before leaving, the Grand Inquisitor asks Vader whether there is any chance that he could be released, only to be dismissed, as Vader calls the Grand Inquisitor a "tool" for his own purposes. Lamenting over his fate, the Grand Inquisitor speaks of how "There are worse things than death" as he fades away into the flames.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/darth-vader-never-forgets-1845080618|title=Darth Vader Never Forgets|last=Whitbrook|first=James|work=[[Gizmodo]]|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dorksideoftheforce.com/2020/09/17/star-wars-6-comic-review-luke-grand-inquisitor|title=''Star Wars'' #6 review: Luke meets the Grand Inquisitor|last=Farr|first=Tom|work=Dork Side of the Force|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2572218/6-star-wars-comics-reveals-enhance-original-trilogy-darth-vader-luke-skywalker-marvel|title=6 ''Star Wars'' Comics Reveals That Enhance The Original Trilogy|last=Joest|first=Mick|work=[[CinemaBlend]]|date=August 23, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>

===Video games===

The Grand Inquisitor also appears in several [[Star Wars video games|''Star Wars'' video games]], as described below:

* The Grand Inquisitor is an antagonist in the now-defunct game ''Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions'', released by [[Disney Mobile]] on [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[Windows Store]], a [[side-scrolling]], [[run and gun (video game)|run-and-gun]] [[platform game]].

* The Grand Inquisitor is represented as a [[pig]] in ''[[Angry Birds Star Wars II]]'', in its ''Rebels'' level set.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uucyxHsbYqo|title=''Angry Birds Star Wars II — Rebels'' — New Characters: The Inquisitor|author=GameNews|website=[[YouTube]]|date=October 11, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>

* The Grand Inquisitor is a collectible add-on character for the [[toys-to-life]] video game ''[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]''.

* The Grand Inquisitor is one of the several bonus characters available as downloadable content for ''[[Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'', as part of the ''Star Wars Rebels'' character pack.

* The Grand Inquisitor appears in the [[mobile game|mobile]] [[MOBA]] ''[[Star Wars: Force Arena]]'' as a playable Dark Side squad leader.

* While not appearing in person or heard by the player, the Grand Inquisitor is spoken to by the Inquisitor Ninth Sister in ''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]''.

* The Grand Inquisitor is an unlockable character in the [[turn-based]] [[role-playing game]] ''[[Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes]]'', as the last of six Inquisitor characters introduced in early 2022 that must be unlocked with all the other five.

* The Grand Inquisitor is a bonus playable character available as downloadable content for [[Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga|''Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga'']], as part of the ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' character pack.

==Merchandising==

[[Hasbro]] released a {{convert|3.75|in|adj=on}} Grand Inquisitor action figure as part of its ''Rebels Saga Legends'' series of figures in 2013 and 2014, ahead of the series premiere of ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/112947-star-wars-rebels-offers-another-look-at-their-new-villain-the-inquisitor|title=''Star Wars Rebels'' Offers Another Look at Their New Villain, The Inquisitor|website=ComingSoon.net|first=Silas|last=Lesnick|date=December 30, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2013}}</ref>

==References==

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===Sources===

* {{cite book|title=Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide|year=2014|last=Bray|first=Adam|publisher=[[DK Publishing]]|isbn=978-1409353300}}

* {{cite book|title=Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection|year=2020|last=Wallace|first=Daniel|publisher=Insight Editions|isbn=978-1683839781}}

* {{cite book|title=Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith|date=2017–2018|first=Charles|last=Soule|author-link=Charles Soule|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|isbn=978-1302907440|title-link=Star Wars: Darth Vader}}

* {{cite book|title=[[Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith]]|year=2021|last=Sumerak|first=Marc|author-link=Marc Sumerak|publisher=Insight Kids|isbn=978-1789099416}}

==Further reading==

* {{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-grand-inquisitor-jedi-hunter|title=''Star Wars'': The Grand Inquisitor, From Devoted Jedi... to Jedi Hunter|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2020|last=Yang|first=Paul}}

==External links==

* {{Star Wars Databank|subject=the-grand-inquisitor|text=The Grand Inquisitor}}

* {{Wookieepedia|The Grand Inquisitor}}

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