Sacking of Coruscant The Sacking of Coruscant , also known as the Battle of Coruscant , occurred at the end of the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire . Centuries after the supposed destruction of the original Empire , a surviving faction of the Sith returned from the Unknown Regions and waged a massive war against the Republic . After decades of fighting , the Republic was overwhelmed and inundated both economically and militarily , while the Empire continued to gain ground . At what seemed to be the height of their campaign , the Sith surprised the galaxy and extended an offer of peace to the Republic . Although cautious of the Empire ' s intentions , the Galactic Senate of the Republic accepted the much - needed reprieve . Unbeknownst to the Republic , the Sith had no intention of allowing the war to come to a peaceful conclusion . While Republic and Imperial delegations convened on Alderaan for treaty negotiations , the Imperial - employed Mandalorian Shae Vizla traveled to the Republic capital world of Coruscant and deactivated the planet ' s defense grid . This allowed for the Sith Lord Darth Malgus to enter the Jedi Temple alongside a group of fifty Sith Warrior s and lay siege to the ancient edifice . The Warriors had a violent altercation with the Temple ' s Jedi defenders , led by Master Ven Zallow , but were victorious in their mission . With the Jedi defeated , a fleet of Sith warships under the command of the Lord Darth Angral descended upon the planet , bombarding the cityscape and deploying Imperial soldier s and warriors to the surface . Although the surviving members of the Jedi Order and the Republic Special Forces Division attempted to defend their capital , the Sith forces overwhelmed them . By the time the fighting had ended , the Jedi Temple had been reduced to rubble , six members of the Jedi High Council had been killed , and Lord Angral had assassinated the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic . All communications into and out of Coruscant were locked down , leaving the rest of the galaxy to guess at the carnage that was unfolding on the surface . For two days , the Empire blockaded Coruscant and occupied the world , ruling it under martial law . The Coruscanti people were prohibited from leaving the world , and travel across planet was heavily restricted . Darth Angral became the provisional governor of Coruscant , while his subordinate , Darth Malgus , oversaw the orbital security . During this time , the Sith looted the world , executed Republic senators , and kidnapped a number of locals . On the second day of the occupation , renegade Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer targeted Malgus for his hand in the destruction of the Jedi Temple . Her hunt led to a number of breaches in the security of the Sith quarantine force , but the Imperial hold over Coruscant remained . It was estimated by both Sith and Jedi that the death toll lay somewhere between the tens of thousands and one hundred thousand . With the Republic ' s capital securely in their grip , the Empire was able to take command of the negotiations on Alderaan . After the two - day long occupation and the destruction of much of Galactic City , the Republic delegation was forced to sign the controversial Treaty of Coruscant . Although it brought an end to the Great Galactic War and returned the capital to its original occupants , the treaty ' s highly biased mandates set the stage for the Cold War and forced the Republic into a debilitating position of weakness within the galaxy . As such , reconstruction of Coruscant was delayed and then drawn out for several years , with residents in the poorer areas of the planet being forced to make a living in the ruin left behind by the Sith . The planet ' s lower levels fell under gang control , and were largely ignored by the Republic government , which was headquartered on the very same world . Prelude . A galaxy in flames . After the supposed defeat of the ancient Sith Empire during the Great Hyperspace War , the Galactic Republic believed the Sith to be extinct . However , unbeknownst to the galaxy at large , a faction of the original Sith had survived the destruction of the Empire and fled to the Unknown Regions , where they spent a millennium building a massive war machine to exact their revenge upon the Republic and its Jedi Order . Led by a Dark Lord of the Sith known only as the Sith Emperor , the Empire became a shadowy force of power prior to its return to galactic prominence in 3681 BBY . That year , the Empire unleashed a massive onslaught against the Republic , igniting the Great Galactic War that eventually engulfed the entire galaxy . Although the fighting was initially contained to the Outer Rim Territories , far from the Republic ' s heart , the Emperor intended for his dominion to quickly defeat its enemy and become the preeminent galactic political body . Ultimately , the quick victory he expected would not be delivered , and the war dragged on for nearly three decades , exhausting both the Sith and the Republic . Once the Imperials had a secure hold on the outer regions , they pushed towards the Galactic Core , aided by the Mandalorian warrior clans . Led by Mandalore the Lesser , the warriors blockaded the Hydian Way in the last decade of the war , crippling the Republic economy and pushing some members of the Galactic Senate to call for surrender to the Empire . After the intervention of a rogue smuggling ring , the Mandalorian gambit failed and the war entered a stalemate , although the Empire had still been largely more successful in military endeavors than the Republic . After the failure of the blockade , Jedi victories at Alderaan and Rhen Var , and the repulsion of Imperial forces from the galaxy ' s Core Worlds , many on the Republic ' s capital world of Coruscant adopted the idyllic hope that the Jedi and the Republic Military would be able to keep Coruscant safe . Conversely , these defeats led the Emperor ' s Dark Council to seek a quick end to the war , and so they extended an offer of peace to the Republic Senate in 3653 BBY . The offer came as a complete surprise to the Republic , as it had appeared that the Empire was on the verge of victory in many combat theaters . While the Jedi High Council urged caution , the Senate accepted the offer , as the combined efforts of the Sith and Mandalorians had brought the Republic to its knees and ruined its economy . The Sith understood this fact , and planned to exploit the Republic in the coming negotiations . It was decided that the Imperial delegation would require a trump card while deliberating with Republic and Jedi representatives , so plans were made for a massive assault on the Republic ' s capital , Coruscant . Preparing the endgame . Plans for the invasion began as early as c . 3660 BBY , in the aftermath of the Rim Campaign . The Sith planned to take advantage of the thin spread of the Republic forces , which were primarily stationed in outlying systems along the Imperial border by order of Supreme Commander Rans . The Dark Council decided that the strike force was to be led by the prominent Sith Lord known as Darth Angral , while a smaller , secondary force led by the Sith Lord Darth Malgus was to be dispatched directly to the Jedi Temple . Although Malgus wished to lead the assault on the Temple alone , Angral insisted that their fellow Lord Adraas , a political ally of his and a rival of Malgus , serve as a second - in - command in the attack . Before any of the Sith could proceed however , the defense grid protecting Coruscant had to be disabled . The task fell to the Mandalorian Shae Vizla , who traveled to the ecumenopolis in advance of the Sith . Darth Malgus also traveled to the world prior to the battle , accompanied by his slave and lover , Eleena Daru . Malgus , who had expertise in organizing surprise attacks , orchestrated a plan for entering the Jedi Temple that involved a hijacked NR2 gully jumper depositing fifty Sith Warrior s directly into the building . This plan required that Malgus serve as a distraction for the Jedi while the vessel entered the airspace of the Temple district . As they waited for Vizla to complete her objective and for his warriors to get into place , Malgus toured Coruscant with Daru , admiring and criticizing the world one final time before its destruction . Meanwhile , the peace summit was being held on the Core World Alderaan , a planet that had previously come under attack by the Empire . The Republic delegation , led by Senator Paran Am - Ris and Jedi Master Dar ' Nala , met with the Imperial delegation led by the Sith Lord Darth Baras to discuss a possible cessation of hostilities . Baras maintained the facade of a peace - seeking diplomat early in the negotiation process , which was made all the more believable by the Sith ' s withdrawal from their offensive in the Minos Cluster . As the peace conference began , however , Darth Malgus received word on Coruscant that Vizla had compromised the defense grid without alerting Republic authorities and that the drop ship was in position to begin its descent . With that , the Sith unleashed their assault on the world . The invasion . Assault on the Jedi Temple . Darth Malgus and Eleena Daru traveled to the Jedi Temple on foot , approaching the ancient edifice via the Processional Way . As they neared the Temple ' s main entrance , the two were surrounded by Republic soldier s who had been assigned to guard the building while most Jedi were away either fighting the Sith or participating in the peace talks . Malgus quickly dispatched all of the security personnel in his path and continued into the Temple itself . Meanwhile , Shae Vizla infiltrated the Temple Ziggurat through an exposed hatch in order to join the Sith in their fight within . The Mandalorian continued to battle Republic security forces in the Temple ' s upper levels , while throngs of curious Jedi confronted Malgus and Daru below . Padawans gathered on upper mezzanines to see the Sith as he was confronted by a cadre of six Jedi Knights led by one Master , Ven Zallow . As Zallow and the Knights approached Malgus to bar him from penetrating any further into the Temple , the Sith Warriors within the Republic drop ship piloted the vessel directly into the large doorway shielding the main entrance . The drop ship smashed through the large gate that served as the Temple ' s main entrance and continued on to reduce much of the entrance hall to rubble . The careening ship and the huge mass of rubble it created crushed a number of Jedi before coming to a halt directly behind Malgus and Daru . The drop ship ' s hatch blew open to reveal the fifty Sith Warriors led by Lord Adraas , as well as several Imperial soldier s . After disembarking from the craft , the Sith forces were attacked by dozens of Jedi in defense of the Temple . The Jedi and Sith fought viciously , battling one another with the Force and their lightsabers while Daru darted through the battlefield , assisting her lover . When the Twi ' lek slave was nearly killed by a Zabrak Padawan , Malgus intervened and killed the Jedi . Meanwhile , Adraas cut a swath through the fray , using telekinetic powers to throw the few surviving Republic soldiers across the hall . As Malgus loosed bolts of Force lightning against a number of his opponents , Vizla revealed herself and engaged Republic soldiers with rockets and a flamethrower . Immersed in the dark side of the Force , Malgus continued on to slay many of the Temple ' s defenders while his Twi ' lek lover provided support for him and the other Sith . Malgus ' s primary goal during the melee was to hunt down and kill Zallow , whom he felt was the only combatant worthy of his attention . Zallow was meanwhile making headway against the Sith Warriors , killing a number of them and rebuffing Adraas ' s attacks . When Malgus finally located the Jedi Master , Daru attempted to assist him by firing at Zallow . This tactic backfired , however , and Zallow deflected Daru ' s blaster bolts back into her body before throwing her against a column with the Force . Zallow ' s attack on Daru enraged Malgus , who unleashed a Force scream that toppled some of the surrounding architecture . The Sith Lord and the Jedi Master closed the distance between one another , killing any who crossed their paths . Upon meeting , Zallow and Malgus entered into a fierce duel , fighting one another back toward the Processional Way . Although their duel was interrupted by fellow Jedi and Sith who wanted to intervene , the two defeated all of their other opponents and focused on one another . Zallow was able to defend against Malgus for a time and avoid many of his attacks , but the Jedi Master eventually fell to the Sith Lord , who thrust his lightsaber through Zallow ' s abdomen . With their leading Master dead , the Jedi were quickly defeated . Among the Jedi who fell were a pair of married Jedi Knights , the Togruta Rolend and Yanila Zavros . The skirmish won , Sith secured the Temple and destroyed the defense grid mainframe that lay within the structure before Adraas signaled to Darth Angral that the strike had been a success . Angral ' s naval forces entered Coruscant space and were hailed by Orbital Security Station Six , a Coruscant Security space station monitoring all incoming traffic to Coruscant . Femi , a Twi ' lek aboard the station , did not recognize the vessels , and addressed the incoming Sith warships in request of a clearance code . Darth Angral responded by ordering his admiral to open fire on the station , thereby killing Femi and everyone else on board . The fleet , led by Angral ' s flagship , " Darkness " , pushed forward into Coruscant ' s atmosphere and began ravaging the cityscape . As " Mark VI Supremacy " - class starfighters , B28 " Extinction " - class bombers , Sith battlecruisers , and Imperial war droids razed the Temple district , Malgus and his fellow warriors sat at the ruined entrance of the Jedi Temple and watched Galactic City burn . Coruscant falls . The first wave of ground forces were delivered to Coruscant ' s surface via landing shuttle . The squads of Imperial soldier s aboard were intended to be little more than cannon fodder to distract the Republic ' s defenses while their superiors moved onwards towards their primary targets , but one young officer — the Human Hesker — refused to be so easily disposed . Instead , he rallied and led his fellow soldiers in a vicious assault that broke the Republic ' s first lines of defense . Hesker ' s leadership turned the early stages of the battle into a rout , allowing for the rest of Coruscant to fall quickly . Meanwhile , Angral ' s fleet of battle cruisers continued its descent toward Coruscant , focused on the Senate District . Angral ordered that he and a strike team be deployed outside the Senate Building , while the remainder of the Sith forces continue their attack on the city . As the warships began bombarding the Senate District , Angral and his troops landed outside the Senate , where they were confronted by Jedi Master Orgus Din and Lieutenant Harron Tavus of the Republic Military . While Tavus and several Coruscant Security personnel battled the Sith troopers , Angral attacked Din . The pair entered into a fierce lightsaber duel , with Angral soon gaining the upper hand . The Sith was ultimately able to disarm Master Din and force him to the ground , holding him at lightsaber point . Although Angral wished to make Din his first Jedi kill of the day , a badly damaged Imperial warship fell from the sky and collided with a nearby building , resulting in an explosion that sent both Din and the Sith Lord flying . This gave Din an opening to leap across a broken bridge and head toward the Jedi Temple , which was under heavy bombardment . Angral ordered his men to allow the Jedi to escape , as their objective was in the Senate . In the Senate Building , the Republic ' s chief executive , Supreme Chancellor Berooken , attempted to contact Senator Am - Ris on Alderaan . As Republic senators and his own office staff fled the building , the Mon Calamari Chancellor remained behind , warning the Cerean Senator of the Sith ' s treachery and urging him to pull out of the peace talks . Before he could finish his message , however , Angral smashed into the Senate and killed the Chancellor . Berooken ' s assassination , which was not part of the original invasion plan , was witnessed by the participants of the Alderaan Peace Conference , spurring a short conflict between the Republic and Imperial delegations . As the battle continued on Coruscant , a number of senators were killed by the invasion force , and the late Chancellor ' s majestic and powerful executive cruiser was obliterated . Jedi Master Usma , one of the Order ' s most celebrated duelists , was among the casualties in the fighting on the ground , having been killed by Darth Angral ' s apprentice , Lord Praven . Praven also killed a Republic soldier whose son , Fir Megsan , would later set a bounty on the Sith ' s head in an attempt to gain revenge . The Sith armada continued heavy orbital bombardment of the planet , while Imperial troops raided the city ' s towers . Under the command of Sith Lord Javis Koldor , fleets of " Harrower " - class cruisers inflicted particularly severe losses on Coruscant . Koldor ' s flagship , the " Scream of Ragnos " killed untold numbers of civilians and defenders , thereby gaining a reputation as a symbol of Imperial might . The Senate District sustained heavy damage , and the Senate Dome was captured by Sith forces . The Temple Precinct suffered heavily as well , with starfighters strafing the area and Sith war droids marching on the Temple itself . The few civilian airspeeders that remained airborne were actively pursued by Imperial fighters and shot down , while Republic Military craft were destroyed before they could even join the battle . The cityscape was engulfed in hundreds of fires , and Imperial bombers eventually struck a power station that sent a massive flare of plasma half a kilometer into the sky . During the fighting , six members of the Jedi High Council were killed . In addition , Darth Malgus and his warriors used the explosives they had brought with them aboard the hijacked drop ship to bring down the Jedi Temple . Master Din and Lieutenant Tavus attempted to reach the structure before it fell , but arrived just as it began to crumble . The centuries - old edifice collapsed completely , either killing or trapping any surviving Jedi within . Imperial troopers joined Malgus ' group in fighting off survivors at the Temple , with a soldier named Westro priding himself on shooting a Jedi in the back . Several Jedi elsewhere on Coruscant attempted to stage a counterstrike against a vessel of the Imperial Navy , but were repelled by the ship ' s commander , Rycus Kilran . Despite heavy wounds sustained during the attempt , Kilran continued to participate in the battle and inflicted heavy damage upon the city . The Republic ' s General Var Suthra led defense forces against the Empire as well , but to no avail — the day instead belonged to Imperial champions like Darth Lachris . One highly successful Republic defender was Jedi Master Kellian Jarro ; in the streets of the city , Master Jarro single - handedly killed more than one hundred Mandalorian veterans who had accompanied the Sith in their attack . Jarro ' s victims — most of which were from Clan Spar — fell to his deflections of heavy blaster bolts and Force - assisted slams that crushed armor and exploded jetpacks . As the Empire ' s primary objectives were the Senate and the Jedi Temple , Coruscant ' s lower levels offered a sanctuary for those Coruscanti who could escape the hailstorm in the upper city . Many natives fled downward in search of safety , but these deeper regions of the city became a target as well , and were similarly hit by heavy orbital bombardment . Despite being under the protection of surviving Jedi and Republic Military forces , the refugees were devastated by the bombardment , which resulted in many civilian deaths . While wounded Imperial forces were taken for recuperation on medical ships in orbit , the Sith continued to bombard the planet , killing tens of thousands , if not more . Above the planet , the privateer Free Spacers Fleet , led by Republic freelancer Admiral Zale Barrows , clashed with the Imperial Navy . The Sith attackers were successful in securing their orbital position , and the engagement marked the last action of the privateer fleet . The Sith completed their capture of Coruscant by destroying or removing all orbital satellites , thereby initiating a communications blackout between the capital and the rest of the galaxy . Although the original plan behind the attack included the razing and complete destruction of Galactic City , the final bombardment never came — instead , the Emperor ordered that Lord Baras continue negotiations on Alderaan , and use the situation on Coruscant as leverage . As the Republic delegation was unable to open communications with the Senate , Dar ' Nala and Am - Ris were therefore unaware of the severity of the events . The Jedi and Republic diplomats were forced to accept Lord Baras ' s appraisal of the situation , which asserted that any reluctance to comply with the Empire ' s demands would cause further repercussions on Coruscant — specifically , further loss of civilian life . The occupation . Martial law . In the hours following the initial invasion and capture of Coruscant , Imperial military forces transitioned from combat protocols to occupation procedures . While bombers returned to their cruisers , starfighters adopted patrol formations and began periodic sweeps of the cityscape . As theater commander , Darth Angral took control of the world and declared martial law , thereby prohibiting any vessels from leaving the surface and refusing access to all inbound traffic . The Sith Lord formed a blockade around Coruscant , comprised of at least two battlecruisers , while a third cruiser orbited one of the world ' s moons . Any non - Imperial ship that approached Coruscant during this time was swiftly met by Sith interceptors and impounded aboard one of the cruisers . Captain Jard , commander of Darth Malgus ' s cruiser , the " Valor " , was one of the ranking officers of the blockade fleet and oversaw operations on the ship while Malgus was on - planet . Meanwhile , patrols of Imperial war droids were sent into the lower reaches of Galactic City to root out civilians who had fled there during the invasion . Angral commandeered the office of the deceased Chancellor and turned it into his own command headquarters , with Officer Roon Neele serving as his attaché . From those offices , the Sith Lord disbanded the Galactic Senate and ordered that many of the surviving senators be executed . Despite the harshness with which he dealt with the enemy government , Angral allowed search and rescue teams to begin efforts to recover those who had been wounded and lost in the initial assault . Simultaneously , he ordered that Imperial forces take control of a local hospital , so that wounded Imperial troopers and Sith Warriors could be triaged before being transported to medical ships , like the " Steadfast " . In defiance of Darth Malgus ' s orders to have his lover Daru immediately transported to the " Steadfast " , Lord Adraas instead redirected her to the hospital , where she was left behind by the other Imperials who eventually moved up to the medical ship . Meanwhile , Angral attempted to raise Malgus on his comlink ; when the subordinate Sith failed to respond , Angral instead sought out Adraas and asked him to speak in Malgus ' s stead . While Adraas reported on the raid of the Jedi Temple , Malgus waited at the ruins of the ancient building , unaware that an occupation had been initiated — the Sith Lord still believed that the Empire was planning on bombarding the planet from orbit and destroying the ecumenopolis . When he discovered otherwise , he hurried to Angral ' s headquarters in the Senate Building to protest the move toward occupation . In his meeting with Angral , Malgus committed a number of political faux pas that ultimately lowered his command status within the Coruscant invasion and occupational force . Upon departing from the Senate Building , Malgus traveled to the hospital where Daru was being treated so that he might collect and transport her to a more appropriate medical facility aboard the " Valor " . The hospital , which had been relieved from Imperial control , had become inundated with the wounded from across the city . When Malgus arrived outside the facility , a large crowd of grieving and injured Coruscanti civilians recognized him as a Sith Lord and cajoled him for his participation in the attack . After a member of the crowd threw a chunk of duracrete at him , Malgus was forced to disperse the mob with a telekinetic Force wave . The effort killed a number of the hecklers and provided the Sith Lord with a clear entry into the hospital , wherein he found Daru and relieved her from the care of the Republic medical doctors . Angral later placed Malgus in command of the naval blockade around the planet , charging him with the responsibility of securing the hyperspace lanes in and out of the area . Security breaches . While Malgus was in control of the Imperial fleet , he oversaw the arrival of supply superfreighter convoys and their frigate escorts . The first day after the capture of Coruscant , the blockade was alerted to the arrival of a " Dragonfly " - class drop ship that was not registered to any Sith forces . As per security procedures , the vessel was surrounded by Mk . VII advanced interceptor s and electromagnetically tugged to the " Valor " , where its pilot , former Imperial sniper – turned – bounty hunter Vrath Xizor , was arrested and questioned . Xizor cooperated with the Imperials , and was eventually granted an audience with Malgus — he furnished the Sith Lord with information that a spice smuggler by the name of Zeerid Korr was bound for Coruscant , and would attempt to run the blockade and ferry the renegade Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer to the surface . Leneer , the former Padawan of Ven Zallow , had abandoned her post at the ongoing peace negotiations on Alderaan in order to travel to Coruscant and avenge her fallen Master . Xizor ' s prediction was ultimately proven to be accurate ; in an XS stock light freighter known as the " Fatman " , Korr and Leneer covertly entered Coruscant space after piggybacking on the hyperspace jump of the superfreighter convoy . After successfully avoiding detection for a short period by attaching themselves to the hull of one of the superfreighters , the " Fatman " was discovered by Imperial shuttle s searching for anomalies in the convoy . Understanding that an inconspicuous entry into Coruscant ' s atmosphere was no longer a viable option , Korr piloted the " Fatman " close enough to one of the freighters to prevent Sith forces from firing on his vessel . Under the orders of Darth Malgus , the freighter convoy and its frigate escorts dispersed , leaving the XS light freighter open to fire from the " Valor " . The Sith Lord was intrigued by Leneer , however , and so chose to impound the ship instead of destroying it . As the " Fatman " raced toward Coruscant ' s atmosphere , it was trapped in the " Valor " tractor beam but was able to escape its pull . Malgus ' s weapons officer , Lieutenant Makk , immediately opened fire on the fleeing vessel and managed to destroy the " Fatman " shortly after it entered the atmosphere . Leneer and Korr escaped the doomed ship by jumping from the cockpit just before it was completely destroyed . They freefell to the surface from the upper atmosphere , and survived only through Leneer ' s expert use of the Force to slow their descent . As they gained their bearings and prepared to accomplish their objectives , Malgus confined Xizor to Coruscant ' s surface for the duration of the occupation . Meanwhile , the Sith Lord provided Daru with a list of names and technologies that were to be taken from the ecumenopolis ; the people were to be made prisoners of war , while the technology was to be taken as spoils from the successful invasion . Daru was placed in command of Imperial Captain Kerse and his squad , and together they traveled to the Sith - controlled Liston Spaceport in a set of three Imperial shuttles . Concurrently , Leneer and Korr traveled to the destroyed Jedi Temple in the hopes of finding evidence regarding the individual who had killed Zallow . Although Leneer was certain that a Sith had committed the murder , she was unaware that it was Malgus who had killed her Master . After accessing the intact lower levels of the Temple via The Works , Leneer learned of Malgus ' s offense and Daru ' s participation by watching security holorecordings captured during the Sith Lord ' s attack . She and Korr left with a lone survivor of the Temple ' s destruction — Zallow ' s astromech droid , T7 - O1 — and began making plans to board the " Valor " and confront Malgus . Final day . Leneer remained in a bombed - out apartment building while Korr reconnoitered the Liston Spaceport in hopes of finding a suitable transport to ferry them to the " Valor " . While doing so , he realized that the Twi ' lek woman who had assisted Malgus in the attack on the Temple was present at Liston . He returned to the apartment building to inform Leneer , but she had already departed ; the Jedi Knight was returning to the Temple ruins to contemplate her Master ' s death . Malgus , who had researched Leneer ' s past and had deduced her intent on Coruscant , was waiting at the ruins to strike against the woman . The two found one another and engaged in a short but fierce duel . The melee ended without a decisive victor , as Leneer fled in an Armin speeder piloted by Korr . Angered by the outcome of the duel , the Jedi resolved to make Malgus suffer emotionally before their next engagement . To that end , she decided to kill Daru before moving against the Sith . While Leneer and Korr broke into the Liston Spaceport landing bay , Malgus raced after them to protect Daru . With the aid of T7 - O1 , the Jedi and the smuggler were able to trick the occupying Imperials into evacuating the spaceport by falsifying a fuel gas leak . Despite this , Daru and several Imperial commandos donned breath masks and chose to remain in the spaceport to continue loading their shuttles with the pillaged loot . Leneer found and confronted Daru in the hold of one of the ships , but chose to remain true to her Jedi teachings and spare the Twi ' lek ' s life . Instead , the Jedi knocked her target unconscious and carried her inert body to the landing bay floor . Meanwhile , Korr broke into Vrath Xizor ' s impounded drop ship with the intention of hijacking it . He succeeded in boarding the vessel and escaping from the surface , but was forced to kill the bounty hunter in the process . While he made his escape , Malgus discovered Leneer with Daru ' s body and engaged the Jedi in a pitched battle , during which she was able to ensure Korr ' s safe passage out of the system by threatening the Twi ' lek ' s life . Malgus ordered that the commandeered drop ship be allowed to leave Coruscant , but then proceeded to attack and defeat Leneer . The Jedi was rendered unconscious by a concentrated blast of Force lightning , but ultimately survived the encounter — grateful that she had spared Daru ' s life , Malgus decided to allow the Jedi to leave Coruscant unharmed . He then killed Daru himself , having decided that her existence served only to weaken him . Meanwhile , on Alderaan , the negotiators reached a breakthrough . After several days of discussion , Lord Baras introduced the Republic diplomats to the Treaty of Coruscant — an agreement greatly biased towards the Sith that would shape galactic events for the coming decades . Although the representatives ' reactions were mixed , Senator Am - Ris and Master Dar ' Nala agreed to the terms . The Great Galactic War was ended , and the Sith Empire began to pull out of Coruscant . The only remaining vestiges of Imperial forces on the world were war droids that were left in the Underlevels by the Sith . One group of patrol droids located and engaged Master Orgus Din , who had joined with members of the Republic Military in order to protect the civilians hiding in the lower levels . Din and Lieutenant Harron Tavus destroyed the droids and returned to the surface for reconnaissance . Having no previous news of the situation on the planet ' s upper levels , the two were surprised to find the Sith gone and the city left in ruins . Aftermath . Galactic change . With the Treaty of Coruscant signed and Imperial forces withdrawn from Coruscant , the Republic went about the process of recovering . Senator Am - Ris returned to the capital to oversee the operations of the Senate in an interim position , while Jedi Grand Master Zym worked alongside the Cerean to ensure the Jedi Order ' s compliance with the treaty . Pursuant to the terms of the agreement , Republic forces were recalled from all battlefronts across the galaxy , and support to long - time allies was rescinded . For many systems , the loss of Republic support meant a quick fall to the Empire ' s forces , further shrinking the already dwindling jurisdiction of the government . Other worlds , particularly those in the galaxy ' s outer regions , were directly handed over to the Empire as per the mandates of the treaty . When members of the Jedi Order returned to Coruscant to salvage what was once their Temple , they were met with an outraged Senate that placed blame for the Republic ' s misfortune on the Order ' s shoulders . Despite his friendship with Zym , Am - Ris was forced to delay the rebuilding of the Jedi Temple , and in 3650 BBY the Senate declared that the Temple ' s reconstruction would be delayed indefinitely . With public opinion against them and their home on the capital gone , the Jedi decided to relocate their headquarters from Coruscant to their ancestral homeworld of Tython . As hostilities ended and the two major galactic governments attempted to coexist , a Cold War emerged . Coruscant continued to suffer in the early days of this stalemate , as the rogue Jedi Master Dar ' Nala committed terrorist acts in the Senate District . When the Galactic Senate did finally reconvene , its members unanimously voted to install the Human Dorian Janarus as the new Supreme Chancellor . Having served as the senator for Coruscant during the war years , Janarus gained a reputation for strong leadership that helped to reunify the planet after the attack . Despite the popularity of its new leader , the Republic continued its descent into major economic depression as chaos broke out in the streets of Coruscant during the reconstruction process . Legislative and financial oversight for the rebuilding process came from the Resource Management Council , which was widely seen to be ineffective at its job . Although the Empire ' s hostility toward Coruscant was officially ended , several elements within the Sith hierarchy still wished to bring down the capital . Darth Angral was outraged that Baras had negotiated a release of the planet , and Darth Malgus saw the decision as a failure for the Dark Council , the Emperor , and the Empire as a whole . The Imperial Minister of Intelligence chose to install a number of his agents within the Republic government . Thus , Informer Ula Vii infiltrated the staff of the Republic ' s Supreme Commander Stantorrs , and a Cipher Agent was placed in the offices of the Republic ' s Strategic Information Systems . Coruscant ' s long road back . As the Resource Management Council went about the work of designating priority regions for government attention , unrest on Coruscant grew . The only regions of the planet that were sufficiently rebuilt were those that were required for governance and trade ; vast regions of the ecumenopolis were left untouched after the invasion , much of the infrastructure was left in ruins , and the booming refugee population resulted in an increasingly desperate class of criminals and paupers . Food riots , separatist uprisings , and rampant looting swept the planet ' s lower levels , as the destitute populace was forced to eek out a living in the ruins left by the Sith . The areas that saw such strife were left to rebuild on their own , but quickly fell to the control of gangs during the Cold War . The Black Sun criminal organization became particularly prominent in certain districts , including in Gnawer ' s Roost . In the Old Galactic Market sector , alien war refugees and Coruscant natives whose homes had been destroyed by Imperial bombs overran and occupied the commercial hub . The squatters took the market as their own , and when they were commanded to leave by Republic authorities , they rioted , turning the entire sector into a warzone . The refugees eventually came under both the protection and exploitation of the Migrant Merchants ' Guild — a criminal syndicate that , alongside the Black Sun , led an armed insurrection that greatly hindered the rebuilding of Coruscant . The rise of gang activity quickly led to the creation of a radical group of vigilantes known as the Justicars ' Brigade . These bloodthirsty marauders established a law of their own and fought against criminal activity , but primarily in the interest of maintaining their own territory , as opposed to protecting average citizenry . While the Justicars were known for extremely violent responses to street crime , there were other interests that set out to help the downtrodden in the post - sacking Coruscant Underworld . One such individual was Larin Moxla , a former Republic trooper who busied herself by wandering the areas of the planet that had been hard - hit by the Sith , attempting to root out crime and aid the defenseless where she could . Senator Oranda oversaw the repair of ruined water , power , and waste infrastructure that had been neglected for nearly a decade after the Sith attack . With the aid of protocol droids from the Gree Enclave , Oranda moved forward with reconstruction projects that most other officials had given up on . However , most of the responsibility for reconstruction fell on the shoulders of Vanara Kayl , the Coruscanti politician who replaced Supreme Chancellor Janarus as senator and governor of the capital . In the early years of the undertaking , donations from across the Republic aided in Kayl ' s efforts , but the corruption and political inefficiencies of government resulted in a lengthy , drawn - out reconstruction . In light of the challenges , a frustrated Senator Kayl delivered a passionate speech on the state of Coruscant that implied that interference with the ongoing reconstruction process verged on treason ; the diatribe impressed the Chancellor , who granted the senator full authority over the project . Kayl eventually expanded the scope of her focus to include cleaning up gangs and protecting Coruscant from anarchist terror cells , but the Coruscant Security Force found it difficult to complete the tasks on its own . After having lost much of its personnel during the sacking , the police force was asked to perform riot control duties and stage military interventions in civilian centers — orders that were expected in the immediate aftermath of the occupation , but continued to be given over the course of the following decade . These factors resulted in jaded police officers and an exhausted force that was largely ineffective against organized crime groups motivated by profit . Although the rest of the Republic government did little to aid the victims of the Sith invasion , it did commission a memorial known as the Cenotaph of the Innocents . The Cenotaph was comprised of asaari tree s , one for each victim of the Empire ' s attack on the Jedi Temple . By 3643 BBY , the memorial had developed into a growing forest that became a popular place of reflection and remembrance for the people of Coruscant . Several years after the battle , the events surrounding the Sacking of Coruscant were chronicled by Jedi Master Gnost - Dural for the Jedi Archives on Tython , and were later mentioned in the third edition of " " . By the end of the New Sith Wars around 2 , 653 years later , Coruscant was once again considered to be the glorious center of the Republic . Notable participants . Galactic Republic and Jedi Order . Master Ven Zallow . The Jedi Master Ven Zallow remained in the Jedi Temple during the negotiations on Alderaan . Zallow took command of the Temple ' s defenses during the initial assault , and he and his comrades were the first of the Order to attempt a defense of Coruscant . Zallow performed skillfully during his duel with Darth Malgus , and the Sith Lord found him to be a worthy opponent . Although he killed many Sith Warriors , Zallow ultimately fell to his enemy ' s blade — a death that was felt light year s away by his former Padawan , Aryn Leneer . The Jedi Master ' s body was buried beneath the rubble of the Temple when the edifice was brought down by the Sith . Zallow ' s droid , T7 - O1 , survived the Temple ' s destruction and later helped Aryn Leneer discover the identity of their former Master ' s killer . Master Orgus Din . In the days before the Sacking of Coruscant , Master Orgus Din was in the Minos Cluster and personally witnessed the Imperial withdrawal from the region . After delivering an optimistic report on the matter to the Senate , Din exited the capital building , only to find that Coruscant had become the Empire ' s new target . He defended the Senate District from Darth Angral ' s first landing force and personally engaged the Sith Lord in combat . Din was nearly killed , but he escaped in an attempt to prevent the Jedi Temple from falling to the Empire . He failed in this mission , and instead diverted his efforts to protecting citizens who had fled to the Underworld for protection . He remained in the Underlevels for the duration of the occupation , working alongside members of the Republic Military to defend the surviving populace . Lieutenant Harron Tavus . Special Forces Lieutenant Harron Tavus served alongside Master Din a number of times throughout the war and accompanied the Jedi while he made his report to the Senate on the Minos Cluster . When Din was attacked by Angral shortly thereafter , Tavus focused his fire on the Imperial soldiers who were marching into the Senate District . The Lieutenant fled the scene with Din in a rush to the Jedi Temple , but ultimately convinced his compatriot that there was nothing they could do to prevent the ancient building from falling . During the Imperial occupation , Tavus prowled Coruscant ' s lower levels and performed reconnaissance missions for Din and other surviving military personnel . After saving Din from a pair of leftover Sith war droids , Tavus revealed that the Empire had left Coruscant . Angered with the lack of retribution against the Sith , he later participated in a conspiracy to destabilize both the Republic and the Empire in an attempt to negate the treaty . Aryn Leneer . Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer had been selected to accompany Master Dar ' Nala , Senator Am - Ris , and the prominent Knight Satele Shan to Alderaan to participate in the peace negotiations . She broke rank with her superiors when she felt Ven Zallow ' s death through the Force and chose to leave the diplomatic summit in order to exact revenge against the Sith who had killed her Master . To that end , she sought out her former comrade Zeerid Korr , and together the two of them reached the devastated city - planet . In an attempt to ensure the success of the negotiations and the safety of the people of Coruscant , Master Dar ' Nala informed the Sith delegation that Leneer would likely be en route to the capital , and declared that her actions were not to be attributed to either the Jedi Council or the Republic . After discovering that it was Darth Malgus — a Sith Lord whose forces she had engaged years prior on Alderaan — who had committed the offense , Leneer began to stray from the teachings of the Jedi Code and the lessons of her Master to search for revenge . She willfully entered a duel with the Sith in the ruins of the Temple and very nearly killed his lover in cold blood . When she chose not to , Malgus permitted her to live and leave the planet . The ordeal drove Leneer to renounce the Jedi Order during the Cold War . Zeerid Korr . After having served as a commando and pilot for the Republic Special Forces ' Havoc Squad in the war ' s early years , Zeerid Korr mustered out of the army so he could support his crippled daughter , Arra Yooms . He began work as a weapons smuggler for the galactic criminal syndicate known as the Exchange , but remained unable to pay for Arra ' s medical bills or mobility aids . In order to earn enough money to leave the Exchange ' s employ , Korr accepted the spice running mission that required him to deliver engspice to drug dealers on the occupied Coruscant . The bounty hunter Vrath Xizor was hired by the Hutt Cartel to prevent the drop , and so informed Darth Malgus of the imminent threat to the integrity of the Sith blockade . With Aryn Leneer ' s help , he was able to reach the planet , but his ship , the " Fatman " , was destroyed in the upper atmosphere , vaporizing the engspice as well . During his escape from Coruscant , Korr was forced to kill Xizor , for fear that the bounty hunter would inform the Exchange of Arra , whom they had no prior knowledge of . He later went into hiding with his daughter as a farmer on Dantooine . Sith Empire . Darth Angral . Darth Angral was a high - ranking Sith Lord who was selected by the Dark Council to lead the Sacking of Coruscant while his political rival , Darth Baras , led the Imperial delegation on Alderaan . Angral was eager to destroy the Republic after twenty - eight years of open warfare and centuries of hidden planning on behalf of the Empire . Prior to the invasion , the Sith Lord organized his task force commanders so that he would be able to make a power play of his own during the operation : Angral installed Lord Adraas as the second - in - command of the Temple assault , despite the protests of Darth Malgus . When the invasion itself commenced , Angral personally killed the Supreme Chancellor and took the Mon Calamari ' s offices as his own . The unplanned assassination nearly destroyed the careful balance established on Alderaan , but the Republic negotiators were able to overlook Angral ' s wanton violence for the sake of the Coruscanti people . In spite of his desire to destroy the Jedi and the Republic , Angral complied with the amended plan to hold the world hostage while negotiations on Alderaan continued ; the Sith Lord even appeared to support the ideology behind the move before his fellow warriors . Malgus , who was more intent on seeing Coruscant destroyed and was less practiced in the art of Sith politics , fell victim to Darth Angral ' s predations during the occupation . The superior Sith Lord baited Malgus into several embarrassing situations , allowing him to promote Adraas , who served as a political ally to Angral . During the two days of the occupation , he governed the planet with martial law and had Officer Roon Neele serving directly beneath him . When the occupation ended , Darth Angral returned to the Sith holy world of Korriban and accused Darth Baras of superseding his mandate to destroy Coruscant by continuing the negotiation process . The Sith Lord vowed to continue his vendetta against the Republic in spite of the treaty . Darth Malgus . The Sacking of Coruscant proved to be a turning point in Darth Malgus ' s career . In his youth , Malgus had made a pilgrimage to Korriban , where he experienced a Force vision of the galaxy aflame . He interpreted this to mean that the task of destroying the Republic would eventually fall to him — as such , he held high expectations for the invasion of Coruscant , and fully believed that the Empire would end the war with a massive , concentrated bombardment of the planet that would wipe out its inhabitants and gut both the Republic and its Jedi Order . Although he was angered by Adraas ' s presence during the Jedi Temple invasion , Malgus nonetheless fought skillfully . His murder of Ven Zallow , which would prove to be his most famous kill in later years , earned him the ire of Aryn Leneer . Likewise , his defense of his Twi ' lek companion Eleena Daru earned him the suspicion of his Human elitist Sith comrades . When Malgus discovered that Coruscant was not to be destroyed , he argued against Darth Angral and Lord Adraas , and began to question the policies of both the Dark Council and the Emperor . His lack of skill in Sith political etiquette caused him to falter in his disagreements with Angral , which ultimately landed him in the menial position of overseeing the blockade . Upon discovering that Leneer ' s actions had been betrayed to the Sith by the Jedi themselves , he began to see the renegade as a kindred spirit — he felt similarly betrayed by the Sith , who were apparently compromising their most essential philosophies for political advantage . This revelation ultimately compelled him to ignore a direct order for the first time in his career ; instead of outright destroying the " Fatman " on sight , Malgus ordered that it be tractor beamed onto the " Valor " . This allowed Leneer and Zeerid Korr an opportunity to reach Coruscant ' s surface and investigate Zallow ' s death . Malgus engaged Leneer on the surface on two separate occasions , but chose to spare her life . However , his interactions with her led him to see Daru as a liability . He killed his lover and used the pain from the decision to become a vigilante against pro - peace Sith Lords during the Cold War years . Lord Adraas . The Sith Lord Adraas was a practiced Imperial politician , and an ally of Darth Angral . This relationship earned him a position as commander of the Sith Warrior task force aboard the Republic gully jumper bound for the Jedi Temple , despite Darth Malgus ' s displeasure with the decision . The two Sith Lords were heated rivals , particularly due to Adraas ' s interest in outshining the Darth in the Imperial hierarchy . Malgus ' s hatred of Adraas was profound enough for the superior Lord to wish that the politician be killed in combat with the Jedi . During the occupation of Coruscant , Adraas and Angral played a careful game to ensure Malgus ' s fall , and so exploited their target ' s affection for Eleena Daru by rejecting her care on Imperial medical vessels , which were traditionally reserved for Human combatants . Adraas was especially disdainful of Daru , as he held the sentiment that all aliens were below Human Imperials , regardless of their loyalties and valor . This prejudice led him to refer to the Twi ' lek as a " mongrel " — an offense that Malgus later killed him for . Rycus Kilran . Rycus Kilran was an officer of the Imperial Navy who had been cultivating an impressive reputation since the beginning of the war . In the final stages of the conflict , he became known for his brutally effective strikes against the Republic , and was eventually chosen to participate in the Sacking of Coruscant . During the battle , a number of Jedi who had avoided death in their Temple staged a counterstrike against the vessel under Kilran ' s command . Although he received considerable wounds and scarring during the attack , he stood against the Jedi and survived . Kilran ' s actions during the Sacking earned him the moniker of " the Butcher of Coruscant " among Republic civilians and the honorific " Hero of the Battle of Coruscant " within the Empire . He adopted the former with characteristic irony , and was later granted the title of Grand Moff by the Imperial government . Eleena Daru . Eleena Daru was the Twi ' lek slave of Darth Malgus . Despite her subservient standing and the second - class status of aliens in the Empire , Daru existed more comfortably than other slaves — Malgus even treated her as a wife after falling in love with her during the war . Despite their love connection , the two were philosophically opposed to one another ; the Twi ' lek was against the constant war and strife created by the Empire , and even sympathized with the Jedi , while the Sith was adamant that war was both necessary and good . Despite her ethical opposition to the attack , Daru accompanied Malgus to Coruscant and fought alongside him during the assault on the Jedi Temple . She survived the battle despite incurring serious wounds at the hand of Ven Zallow . When the initial assault was won , Malgus tried to ensure that his lover would be treated aboard the Empire ' s orbiting medical ships , but he was undermined by the fervently anti - alien Adraas . Although she continued to serve her lover loyally throughout the remainder of the occupation , Malgus came to see her as a liability to his own strength — one that both Adraas and Angral would attempt to exploit . In order to avoid this , he killed Daru himself on the final day of the occupation . Behind the scenes . The Sacking of Coruscant was a major plot element created for the LucasArts and BioWare " " . The attack on Coruscant was one of the earliest aspects of the lore surrounding the game to be revealed ; it was first mentioned in a short summary describing the game ' s setting before being depicted and referenced in several pieces of concept art released on " The Old Republic " official website in October of 2008 . The events surrounding the battle were expanded upon in " " , the first installment of the Galactic Timeline . The timeline feature is an online chronology available on " The Old Republic " website , narrated by Jedi Master Gnost - Dural , whose voice is provided by actor Lance Henriksen . The Sacking of Coruscant was additionally expanded upon in the " " webcomic , written by Robert Chestney and illustrated by Alex Sanchez . The webcomic series consisted of three different story arcs , all of which explored the battle and its aftermath . It also introduced several characters and locations that are featured in the game itself . The first trailer for the game , titled " Deceived " , was released on June 1 , 2009 and depicted the Sith invasion of the Jedi Temple . The release of the video was followed by an article in " Star Wars Insider 113 " , titled " The Sacking of Coruscant " , which discussed the production of the cinematic trailer . In 2010 , two books set in " The Old Republic " time frame were released — " " and " Red Harvest " . Both stories mentioned the Sacking of Coruscant , with " Fatal Alliance " going into specific detail regarding the state of the Republic and Coruscant following the attack . " Deceived " main character , Darth Malgus , was later featured in Paul S . Kemp ' s 2011 novel " " . The book greatly expanded on the events of the Sacking and added information regarding the Imperial politics behind the occupation of Coruscant . " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , released October 2 , 2012 , recounted some of the Sacking ' s events through its synopsis of " The Old Republic : Deceived " . The book included a behind - the - scenes look at " Deceived " development , which revealed that the novel was originally slated to be written by veteran " Star Wars " novelist James Luceno . Luceno ' s handling of Darth Malgus ' s backstory ran counter to concepts established for the character by LucasArts and BioWare , resulting in his replacement on the project by Kemp . Although Kemp ' s work was much more in - line with LucasArts ' vision , some of his passages — such as a scene depicting victorious Sith playing ball with severed Jedi heads — were cut from the final release for their morbid nature . " The Old Republic " game itself features Coruscant as a playable world that is still reeling from the Sith attack . Conversations with non - player characters and missions on the planet reveal specifics about the attack , and other storylines on other worlds incorporate characters who participated in the sacking . Released in the collectors ' edition of the game was " The Journal of Master Gnost - Dural " , which recounted events the events of the Sacking of Coruscant but also introduced new information , such as Supreme Chancellor Berooken ' s name and Gnost - Dural ' s involvement . In 2012 , Ryder Windham ' s expanded and updated version of " " included images from the " Deceived " trailer and a short synopsis of the battle . The book erroneously stated that the Sacking of Coruscant and the Battle of Alderaan happened concurrently . The Sacking of Coruscant has also garnered mentions in 2010 ' s " " and 2012 ' s " " , both of which acted as in - universe source books told from the viewpoint of members of the Jedi and Sith Orders , respectively .