Anti - Republic Liberation Front The Anti - Republic Liberation Front , also known as the ARLF by its members , was a small group of revolutionary separatists who were dedicated to overthrowing the Galactic Republic . At some point after the defeat of the Brotherhood of Darkness in 1000 BBY , the Force - sensitive Human male Hetton founded the group on the planet Serenno . It gathered a variety of beings dissatisfied with the Galactic Republic ' s policies and influence on the galaxy , particularly on Serenno , and formed them into an organized group that could effectively combine their resources and use them to damage the Republic . Financing itself through several rich and powerful members of upper - class families on Serenno , including Hetton , who was related to one of the Great Houses of Serenno , the Anti - Republic Liberation Front was extremely cautious when admitting new members to their ranks . The group was ambitious , and they chose high profile targets in the hopes of doing as much damage to the Republic as possible . In 990 BBY , Darth Zannah , apprentice to Darth Bane , the only Dark Lord to survive the destruction of the Brotherhood , infiltrated a small band of Anti - Republic Liberation Front members and convinced them to assassinate Tarsus Valorum , the former Supreme Chancellor of the Republic . Several members of the group ambushed Valorum outside the estate of the Nalju family , one of the six Great Houses , but the attempt failed due to the interference of Johun Othone , Valorum ' s Jedi advisor . After their failure , Zannah was detained and taken by two of the surviving assassins to meet Hetton personally . Impressed by the combat techniques and Force abilities she used to incapacitate two of his soldiers , Hetton believed that he would become Zannah ' s apprentice if he helped her kill her Master , and he accompanied her back to the Sith camp on the planet Ambria . However , upon their arrival at the camp , Zannah abandoned Hetton ; without her help , he could not defeat Bane and was subsequently killed . Bane and Zannah dismantled the group shortly after Hetton ' s death . Description . The Anti - Republic Liberation Front was formed to oppose the Galactic Republic and its policies . The methods used by the group to achieve their goals were often violent , and their plans were formulated with the goal of gaining the attention of their enemies , so that they would be recognized as a serious threat and so that other revolutionary groups would be inspired to directly oppose the Republic . Many members of the Anti - Republic Liberation Front were wealthy and willing to use their money to fund the organization . The group ' s collective wealth allowed it to purchase high - quality weapons and equipment , including explosives , and some members used specialized weapons suited to their particular combat style , such as the Lethan Twi ' lek Kelad ' den ' s crescent - shaped blades . Hetton owned a collection of Sith artifacts and a green lightsaber , though he did not let the other members of the group know about his collection . The organization was based on the planet Serenno . Its members worked out of several locations in the city Carannia , including the basement of a cantina , as well as Hetton ' s family estate , which was located in a region directly outside Carannia . History . Formation . At some point prior to 990 BBY , after the destruction of the Brotherhood of Darkness on the planet Ruusan in 1000 BBY , Hetton — a Force - sensitive Human male who was related to the Demici family , one of the Great Houses of Serenno — formed a group called the Anti - Republic Liberation Front . He gathered followers with skills and talents that he considered unique , all of whom were dissatisfied with the influence of the Galactic Republic and its policies on the galaxy and wanted to actively work toward its destruction . They argued that the Galactic Senate was incapable of acting on the behalf of the galaxy , particularly after the Ruusan Reformation s , a policy that planned to reduce the millions of political sectors in the Republic to 1024 . They also argued that other star systems should become independent and secede from the Republic . The structure of the group allowed its members to combine their strength , resources , and power into a single organized collective that could effectively damage the Republic through plans that utilized all the available resources , thus improving their probability of success . They were ambitious , and targeted high - profile targets to attack in the hopes of gaining the attention of their enemies . Hetton had been trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force from an early age by Gula Dwan , a Force - sensitive bounty hunter and assassin , and though he did not have any actual Sith training , he still hoped to destroy the Jedi Order as well as the Galactic Republic . While doing so , he believed that any living Sith would come to his aid . For Hetton , the group provided a useful cover for his other goal : the resurrection of the Sith Order . Even though he was the founder of an organization that uniformly despised both the Jedi and the Republic , Hetton did not reveal his personal goals to his followers in the Anti - Republic Liberation Front , as he was wary of what their response would be . Assassination attempt on Valorum . In 990 BBY , Darth Zannah — apprentice to Darth Bane , the only Dark Lord of the Sith to survive the destruction of the Brotherhood of Darkness and the founder of the Rule of Two , a doctrine that allowed only two Sith to live at any one time — was tasked by her Master with the infiltration of the Anti - Republic Liberation Front for the purpose of goading them into a premature attack on the Republic . The mission was part of a plan to destroy any groups that Bane believed had the potential to damage the Republic before he wanted it to be destroyed , as well as to waste the resources of the Republic and the Jedi — moves that would draw their attention away from the Sith . Under the pseudonym " Rainah , " Zannah became the lover of a high - ranking Twi ' lek , Kelad ' den , which earned her the support of a trusted group member . In order to convince Kelad ' den that she could be useful to the group , she told him that she was employed as an administrative assistant at the Republic embassy . After several months of persuasion , he agreed to let her come to one of the group ' s meetings . Hetton tasked Kelad ' den with kidnapping several public officials during the annual Armistice Celebrations held to commemorate the end of the New Sith Wars . However , because of Zannah ' s manipulation , Kelad ' den believed that more damage would be done if they instead assassinated the former Supreme Chancellor of the Republic , Tarsus Valorum , who was scheduled to land at the private spaceport of the Nalju family , located at their estate . Kelad ' den believed that Valorum had come to Serenno to persuade the Great Houses to directly oppose separatist groups such as their own . The Lethan Twi ' lek took three soldiers to assist him in his mission , as well as Cyndra , a Chiss female assigned to plant explosives on the landing pad , and Paak , a Human male who would pilot the landspeeder that the assassins were to use as an escape vehicle . Disguised as Nalju staff , the assassins waited on the landing pad for Valorum and his Jedi advisor , Johun Othone . When he approached the assassins , Othone realized the danger that the " staff " posed and managed to prevent the former Chancellor from falling to his death off of the small , windswept platform that they were standing on when Cyndra detonated the explosives . The Jedi then killed two of the support soldiers as Kelad ' den killed the third for attempting to escape the fight . Cyndra and Paak escaped in the landspeeder to report back to Hetton , leaving Kelad ' den to fight the Jedi alone , a duel which Kelad ' den lost . Destruction . A week after the failed assassination attempt , Cyndra found Zannah in a Carannia marketplace . She and Paak then escorted Zannah to Hetton ' s estate as a prisoner so that Hetton could question Zannah and determine if she had influenced Kelad ' den ' s decision . When Zannah saw Hetton , she sensed that he had been trained in the use of the dark side of the Force . After a display of power in which she drove Cyndra insane and murdered Paak , Hetton showed her his collection of Sith artifacts , as well as his eight personal Umbaran Shadow Assassin s , and asked that she let him become her apprentice . Shortly afterward , Zannah escorted Hetton and his assassins to the Sith camp on the planet Ambria under the pretense that they would work together to kill Darth Bane . Upon their arrival to the camp , Zannah betrayed Hetton , and without her assistance , Hetton and his assassins were quickly defeated and killed , an act which effectively destroyed the Anti - Republic Liberation Front . Shortly after Hetton ' s death , Bane and Zannah dismantled what was left of the group . Members . The Anti - Republic Liberation Front consisted , for the most part , of beings who had some kind of political , financial , or military power . The group ' s ranks were filled by an unusually high proportion of beings with advanced military experience and training compared to other organizations of similar population . Many group members believed themselves to be heroes , or perhaps eventual martyrs to their cause , which they were all extremely passionate about . Gaining membership to the group was difficult , as current members were highly cautious ; Zannah was forced to wait several months before she was allowed to attend a meeting , even though she was intimately connected with Kelad ' den , a high - ranking member . They did not discriminate against aliens , and allowed beings from all species and sexes to join , including the Chiss female Cyndra and the Twi ' lek male Kelad ' den . Hetton had the social status and money to keep the group protected and well armed , though he still preferred to hire those with their own funds , such as Kelad ' den . The latter was both rich and skilled in combat , and he was placed in charge of the mission to kidnap local officials . He felt that Hetton ' s plans were not infallible , and he would alter them if he considered doing so the best thing to do . Cyndra and Paak did not agree with Kelad ' den ' s disobedience ; they believed that all missions that Hetton gave them should be followed exactly , and not altered . Such differences in ideology caused frequent arguments between the three . Behind the scenes . The Anti - Republic Liberation Front was featured in the novel " " , written by Drew Karpyshyn and released on December 26 , 2007 . It later received a mention in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which was released on December 9 , 2008 .