Tesla’s Attempt to Break Yimmon

The Last Jedi

Tesla seeks Vader’s approval by studying and manipulating Yimmon, but his ambition and misreading of the prisoner leave him exposed to Jax’s rescue.

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The Watcher Assigned The Watcher Assigned from "The Last Jedi". Observation Instead of Interrogation Vader’s Orders Vader tells Tesla to observe Yimmon without interrogating him or using the Force beyond reading his moods.

The Watcher Assigned from "The Last Jedi". Observation Instead of Interrogation Vader’s Orders Vader tells Tesla to observe Yimmon without interrogating him or using the Force beyond reading his moods.

Observation Instead of Interrogation Vader’s Orders Vader tells Tesla to observe Yimmon without interrogating him or using the Force beyond reading his moods. Tesla is frustrated by the limits but welcomes proximity to the prisoner. Ambition Beneath Obedience Tesla hopes that careful observation will win Vader’s confidence. His private ambition influences what he sees, making him eager to find a weakness he can claim as his own discovery.

A Mind Like a Deep Pool A Mind Like a Deep Pool from "The Last Jedi". The Prisoner’s Depths A Disturbing Contact Tesla probes Yimmon’s quiet consciousness and experiences a sense of being watched.

A Mind Like a Deep Pool from "The Last Jedi". The Prisoner’s Depths A Disturbing Contact Tesla probes Yimmon’s quiet consciousness and experiences a sense of being watched.

The Prisoner’s Depths A Disturbing Contact Tesla probes Yimmon’s quiet consciousness and experiences a sense of being watched. The impression unsettles him because it reverses the usual relation between interrogator and prisoner. A Temptation to Push Further Rather than retreat, Tesla treats the mystery as an opportunity to prove himself. He believes he can understand Yimmon without respecting Vader’s limits.

Hope Used as Leverage Hope Used as Leverage from "The Last Jedi". Testing the Prisoner A Provocation Tesla tells Yimmon that the resistance may have been shattered and that Jax and Laranth are dead.

Hope Used as Leverage from "The Last Jedi". Testing the Prisoner A Provocation Tesla tells Yimmon that the resistance may have been shattered and that Jax and Laranth are dead.

Testing the Prisoner A Provocation Tesla tells Yimmon that the resistance may have been shattered and that Jax and Laranth are dead. He expects despair to expose the prisoner’s mental defenses. A Misleading Response Yimmon’s calm contains hope rather than surrender. Tesla senses certainty but assumes it is fantasy, underestimating the prisoner’s ability to leave a misleading trail.

The Surgery Recommendation The Surgery Recommendation from "The Last Jedi". Divide and Conquer A Theory of Vulnerability Tesla proposes separating Yimmon’s brain cortices, believing that one part can no longer support the other.

The Surgery Recommendation from "The Last Jedi". Divide and Conquer A Theory of Vulnerability Tesla proposes separating Yimmon’s brain cortices, believing that one part can no longer support the other.

Divide and Conquer A Theory of Vulnerability Tesla proposes separating Yimmon’s brain cortices, believing that one part can no longer support the other. Vader orders the prisoner moved to the medical facility. Ambition Takes Shape Tesla sees the decision as proof of his insight and expects to gain standing. His effort to impress Vader makes him more invested in an operation whose danger he has not fully considered.

The Apprentice’s Fatal Error The Apprentice’s Fatal Error from "The Last Jedi". A False Success The Probe Tesla reaches into the drugged Yimmon’s mind just as Jax enters the station through a separate route.

The Apprentice’s Fatal Error from "The Last Jedi". A False Success The Probe Tesla reaches into the drugged Yimmon’s mind just as Jax enters the station through a separate route.

A False Success The Probe Tesla reaches into the drugged Yimmon’s mind just as Jax enters the station through a separate route. Jax realizes the planned surgery threatens Yimmon and changes course toward the ward. The Confrontation Tesla encounters Jax and is killed by Sacha wielding the Sith blade. His ambition to master Yimmon ends before he can report his discoveries to Vader.

After Vader leaves Kantaros for Coruscant

During Tesla’s first extended sessions with Yimmon

After Tesla hints that Whiplash has fallen

When Vader prepares to leave Kantaros again

During the medical-ward rescue