Destruction of the Cauldron Nebula The Destruction of the Cauldron Nebula occurred in 11 ABY , when Kyp Durron used the Sun Crusher to attack Admiral Natasi Daala ' s forces in the Cauldron Nebula . Origins . Following her defeat in the attack on Mon Calamari , Daala had her forces retreat to the Cauldron Nebula . She began to plan an attack on Coruscant , where she would move the majority of her personnel to the " Gorgon " and leave a skeleton crew aboard the " Basilisk " , who would detonate it above the planet , killing themselves in the process . Meanwhile , under the influence of the spirit of the Sith Lord , Exar Kun , the fallen Jedi Kyp Durron pulled the Sun Crusher out of the gas - giant , Yavin Prime , and left with it to destroy the remnants of the Galactic Empire . Kun told him the location of Daala ' s forces and he set out to destroy them , to signal to the other Imperial warlords the fate that was about to befall them . The destruction of the nebula . Kyp arrived in the nebula and used the Force to find the exact location of Daala ' s ships . He fired off seven resonance torpedo s , one for each star in the nebula , and pulled away to wait until the stars exploded a few hours later . However , as he waited , the Star Destroyers began powering up their sublight drive s , to leave for Coruscant . Kyp became angry and decided to try and make Daala stay there . As the Star Destroyers prepared to engage their hyperdrives , he opened fire on the " Gorgon " with the Sun Crusher ' s laser cannons . Captain Mullinore informed Daala that he had identified the attacker as the Sun Crusher and she ordered two TIE / LN starfighter squadrons to launch to try and capture it . The Sun Crusher began to fly away and Daala wondered why it was no longer attacking them , as she ordered her ships to move about , so as to lock their tractor beams onto the Sun Crusher . Commander Kratas told her that this would be difficult , due to the Sun Crusher ' s high speed , but she ordered him to try anyway . Kyp then commed the " Gorgon " with a voice - only transmission and revealed to Daala his identity . She told him that , if he surrendered the Sun Crusher to them intact , she would take him to any planet of his choice . He refused and ended the conversation . The " Gorgon " s sensor chief then informed Daala that he was getting some unusual readings from the stars and she realized what Kyp had done . She ordered the two Star Destroyers to turn around and leave immediately . The " Gorgon " s navicomputer had lost its lock on Coruscant , so the ship was forced to randomly jump into hyperspace . Seconds later , the stars exploded and destroyed the more slower moving " Basilisk " and the two TIE Fighter squadrons . Aftermath . Kyp believed Daala to be dead and left one of the Sun Crusher ' s message cylinders so that the galaxy would know who caused her death . He then left for the world of Carida , which he destroyed soon after . The " Gorgon " emerged in an uninhabited void in the Outer Rim , where the crew set about repairing the damage caused to it as the inferno surrounded it as it jumped to hyperspace , in preparation for its return to the Maw Installation .