Author: Adrian Ruiz

I am just a guy who spends way to much time playing videos games, enjoys popcorn movies more than he should, owns too much nerdy memorabilia and has lots of opinions about all things pop culture. People often underestimate the effects a movie, an actor, or even a video game can have on someone. I wouldn’t be where I am today without pop culture.

In The Mandalorian Chapter 23, we had our first on-screen appearance of the Imperial Shadow Council. Thought to be dissolved by the time of the events of season 3 of The Mandalorian, the organization’s appearance will surely spark a plethora of questions. Especially when looking at its members in the episode, including high-ranking officials like Moff Giedeon, Commandant Brendol Hux, and Captain Gilad Pellaeon. To know the origins of this ominous meeting of the Empire’s top minds, you have to look to the Star Wars novels. The Imperial Shadow Council made its first appearance in Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath: Life Debt.…

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