Over one year since the last fight with the First Order, Nien Nunb follows the Resistance to relocate to Ajan Kloss, where they discuss how they are going to defeat the resurrected Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) and his Sith Empire. Minutes before take-off, as the Resistance plan their final offensive, Nunb suggests to the Resistance that there aren't enough of them to defeat Palpatine's Sith fleet. Poe persuades him and all of the Resistance that that is what Palpatine wants them to think - but it is not true. During the climatic final Battle on Exegol, Nunb flies the "Tantive IV", Leia's personal craft. He loses control of the ship when Palpatine uses Force lightning to disable all of the Resistance ships in an attempt to stop them from destroying his fleet. While Nunb's fate is left ambiguous in the film, its novelization confirms that the crew of the "Tantive IV", including Nunb, are among those killed by Palpatine.