Night of the Upside - Down Meteor The Night of the Upside - Down Meteor was a skirmish which took place on Kesh in 3960 BBY in the Takara Mountains . The skirmish took place Jelph Marrian ' s farm between the former Jedi Knight Jelph Marrian and the ex - Sith Saber Orielle Kitai against the Sith Grand Lord Lillia Venn and her forces : the two Sith Lords brothers Sawj Luzo and Flen Luzo and four Sith Saber s . Through Orielle ' s mother Candra Kitai , Lillia Venn had learnt about the existence of Jelph ' s Aurek - class tactical strikefighter . Kitai had sold her daughter out in return for " improved working conditions . " Venn and her closest allies traveled quickly to Marrian ' s farm to find the starfighter shortly after Orielle and Marrian arrived . Kitai confronted Venn and her followers while Marrian attacked the Sith visitors with blasters . When Venn attempted to lift off from the ground in Marrian ' s vessel , she tripped a safety line which Marrian had connected to the fighter , causing the detonation of the proton torpedoes which Marrian had placed beneath the ground . The ensuing explosion destroyed the entire farm and killed Venn and her allies . History . Background . In 3963 BBY , the former Jedi Shadow Jelph Marrian had become stranded on the planet Kesh after his " Aurek " - class tactical strikefighter was caught in a meteor storm . For the next three years , he secretly repaired the starfighter while working as a local horticulturalist . He eventually developed a romantic relationship with a local Sith Saber Orielle Kitai , the daughter of High Lord Candra Kitai . In 3960 BBY , Kitai and her mother were wrongfully implicated in an attempted assassination attempt on the ruling Grand Lord Lillia Venn who had them reduced to the status of slaves . Orielle later learnt about the existence of Jelph ' s starfighter and alerted her mother to its existence in an attempt to regain her family ' s former status . Her mother advised her to inform four other High Lords by using the architect Gadin Badolfa as their intermediary . However , Candra secretly informed Lillia about the existence of the starship in exchange for improved working conditions . Unaware of her mother ' s secret deal , Kitai subsequently reconciled with Marrian and the two concocted a scheme to fool the High Lords by claiming that she had discovered four blasters at Jelph Marrian ' s farm ; a technology unknown to the Tribe . The Skirmish . While flying back to Marrian ' s farm near the Marisota River on an uvak , Jelph and Orielle were pursued by several uvaks but managed to evade their pursuers . After touching down , Jelph fled out of sight to avoid detection . Meanwhile , Orielle confronted the visitors only to encounter Lillia and her followers . Lillia then revealed that Candra had informed Lillia herself . Lillia ' s bodyguards subsequently took Orielle captive and entered the barn where they found Jelph ' s starfighter . Lillia ' s entourage included the two Luzo brothers Flen and Sawj Luzo , who had been Orielle ' s rivals since the days she had been training as a Sith Tyro . Venn was initially jubilant that she had discovered a way for the Tribe to reach the stars and create an interstellar empire . Unknown to the other visitors , Marrian had managed to use the Force to levitate the sack of blasters towards him . Ori witnessed this and heard Jelph ' s telepathic call but did not inform the others . At the right moment , she fell down to the ground and surprised her captors . This distraction gave Jelph enough time to emerge from the farmhouse and open fire on Venn ' s entourage . The Sith Sabers were unfamiliar with blaster technology and a few were struck down . The remaining Sith attempted to use their lightsabers to deflect the blaster bolts . Ori took advantage of the chaos to break free and steal one of her captors ' lightsabers . Meanwhile , Venn entered the Aurek starfighter ' s cockpit while the Luzo brothers guarded the barn ' s doorway . Jelph quickly arrived and helped Ori out of the skirmish while firing upon the Luzo brothers and the other Sith guards . Without explaining his plans , Marrian grabbed Ori and pushed her into the Marisota river . Marrian then jumped into the waters after her . Shortly later , the Aurek starfighter and the barn exploded ; killing the Grand Lord , the Luzo brothers , and the remaining Sith Saber . Unknown to both Ori and the Sith visitors , Marrian had already rigged the starfighter with explosives . Following his arrival on Kesh , Jelp had already buried thousands of kilograms of volatile ammonium - nitrate explosives beneath the starfighter as a fail - safe in the event that the Aurek starfighter was discovered . The ensuing explosion also leveled the surrounding riverbank and wiped out all evidence of the farm and its occupants . Aftermath . The events of that night would be remembered in Keshiri history as the " Night of the Upside - Down Meteor " and ushered in a power struggle known as " the Time of the Rot " which lasted almost a millennium . Lillia Venn ' s enemies , the Red and Gold Faction s , had attacked and killed her supporters . These factions then fought each other and splintered into twenty factions . Since there were no survivors , few Sith knew the details about that notorious Night . By 3000 BBY , much of Keshtah Minor lay in ruins and the Tribe had been reduced to a few thousand individuals , threatening their survival as a race . That year , the Caretaker Varner Hilts succeeded in reuniting the Tribe and instituted the Hilts Restoration . Meanwhile , Ori and Jelph managed to escape by submerging underwater in the river . Little trace of Venn , her entourage , and Jelph ' s farm survived since the explosion had caused the surrounding riverbank to collapse into the Marisota River . After eight weeks of traveling deep into the jungle , Ori and Jelph established a remote homestead in the forest . Jelph also destroyed the last remaining evidence of his offworld origins : a transmitter . The Jedi had destroyed the machine after intercepting transmissions which revealed that the Jedi had collapsed into factions and were engaged in a civil war . Finally Jelph and Ori established a romantic relationship and eventually started a family in their new jungle home . Behind the scenes . The Night of the Upside - Down Meteor appeared as the climax of John Jackson Miller ' s EBook " " , which was released on February 21 , 2011 . It was told from the point - of - view of Orielle Kitai , one of the main protagonists . It was later officially named in Miller ' s sequel story " " , which was told from the point - of - view of Varner Hilts . The Night of the Upside - Down Meteor was also mentioned in the fifth issue of Miller ' s stand - alone comic story " " , which debuted on December 12 , 2012 .