Battle of Bakura ( 28 ABY ) A battle took place between forces of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and the Ssi - ruuvi Imperium in 28 ABY , during the Yuuzhan Vong War . Prior to the battle , the unscrupulous Prime Minister of Bakura Molierre Cundertol had agreed to betray his people as entechment subjects to the Imperium in exchange for being transferred into a Human replica droid . Creating a faux popular rising by the P ' w ' eck slave caste under the mutant , multi - colored Ssi - ruu known as the Keeramak , the Imperium made peace overtures to the Bakurans and the Galactic Alliance ; lulling the planet into a false sense of peace . Given the Ssi - ruu k and P ' w ' eck s ' fear of dying on an unconsecrated world , the P ' w ' ecks offered to seal their peace agreement with the Bakurans in a consecration ceremony . However , the ceremony was interrupted by a bomb attack planted by the Deputy Prime Minister Blaine Harris who had plotted to overthrow Cundertol in order to install himself as prime minister . Luckily , heavy casualties were averted by the efforts of the Jedi Knight Jaina Solo and her mother Leia Organa Solo who managed to apprehend Harris . Taking advantage of the ensuing chaos , the orbiting Ssi - ruuvi ships launched a ground and space offensive , taking the Bakurans and the Alliance by surprise on land and space . However , the Ssi - ruuk were defeated due to the death of their leader , Keeramak , at the hands of the P ' w ' eck leader Lwothin . The Keeramak ' s death sparked a real P ' w ' eck uprising which quickly turned the tide of the battle in favor of the Alliance and Bakurans . Cundertol escaped into Ssi - ruuvi Space only to be killed by the Ssi - ruu general E ' thinaa , who was an undercover Yuuzhan Vong agent . Battle . Background . Having suffered losses during the Invasion of Bakura , the Ssi - ruu k had retreated to their star cluster where they would remain sequestered for years . To prevent a second Ssi - ruuvi attack on the worlds on the edge of Wild Space , the Rebel Alliance ' s successor state — the New Republic — organized an invasion force for an expedition into the Ssi - Ruuvi Imperium ' s territory . This task force consisted of the captured " Shriwirr " which had been renamed " Sibwarra " , 12 Nebulon - B2 frigate s and several escort warships . The New Republic also provided the fragmented Imperial warlords with intelligence on the Ssi - ruuk in the hopes of a securing a second joint attack on the Ssi - Ruuk . However when the New Republic fleet emerged in Ssi - ruuvi space , they discovered that the Chiss Ascendancy under Force Commander Thrawn had already launched a blistering campaign in Ssi - ruuvi territory ; devastating the Imperium capital of Lwhekk and fragmenting the Ssi - ruuvi socio - economic caste system . The Chiss had attacked in retaliation for attacks on several Chiss worlds which had seen several of their citizens entech ed . Above the wrecked Ssi - ruuvi capital world , the New Republic fleet clashed with the remnants of the Ssi - ruuvi fleet under Ivpikkis . Having reached a stalemate , the New Republic attempted to negotiate unsuccessfully with the Ssi - ruuk . With the Ssi - ruuk unable to mount another campaign for an unforeseen period and with the growing conflict with the fragmented Imperial warlords looming in the horizon , Chief of State Mon Mothma ordered the withdrawal of the New Republic fleet from Ssi - ruuvi space for an attack on imperial - held Clak ' dor VII . So great was the devastation of the Chiss attack that it was not until many years later that the Ssi - ruuvi contemplated renewing their expansion . Three major events occurred in that time . One was the birth of the Keeramak — a mutant Ssi - ruu of mixed ancestry with all the colors of the different castes — an event of major significance in the Ssi - ruuvi religion . The Keeramak himself was a master strategist and politician . The Imperium ’ s leadership organized a faux P ' w ' eck slave uprising by the P ' w ' eck Emancipation Movement under Lwothin , positing the Keeramak as its leader in 23 ABY . The second event in the fields of Ssi - ruuvi technology was the development of a means to preserve enteched souls for a longer period of time with distilled concentrations of algae and microscopic lifeforms . The other event was the secret takeover of the Imperium by the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong , who secretly placed made one of their own , E ' thinaa , a ranking general . Meanwhile on Bakura , when her uncle Yeorg retired from public life , Gaeriel won the election to succeed him as Prime Minister , and had the distinction of being Bakura ' s youngest Prime Minister . One of her main accomplishments was the establishment of the Bakuran Defense Fleet ; she placed Pter Thanas , the former commander of the Imperial garrison on Bakura , in command of it . In 18 ABY , Bakura withdrew from the New Republic in protest of the misuse of its Defense Force during the attack on Centerpoint Station during the Corellian Crisis . Unwilling to make the same mistakes as the Old Republic which adopted a hard - nosed attitude towards the Separatist movement , the New Republic did not interfere with Bakura ' s decision . E ' thinaa and the Keeramak devised a new strategy for continuing the invasion . They made a secret deal with the Prime Minister of Bakura , Molierre Cundertol . In exchange for gaining “ immortality ” by being entech ed into the body of a Human replica droid constructed by the company Onadax Droid Technologies , Cundertol would betray his people to the saurian Ssi - ruuk as entechment stock . In 28 ABY , the Bakuran public and a Galactic Alliance delegation including Han Solo , Leia Organa Solo , their Jedi daughter Jaina and C - 3PO were deceived into believing that the Keeramak had led a popular uprising of the lower classes which toppled the Imperium and introduced reforms including the abolition of forced entechment . Consecration . To demonize the opposition and to deflect public attention , Cundertol arranged for himself to be kidnapped by members of the anti - New Republic Freedom resistance movement under Malinza Thanas . Freedom was secretly backed by Cundertol ' s deputy Blaine Harris as a means of reaching his goal of thwarting Cundertol and becoming the new Prime Minister . In order to allow a successful occupation of Bakura , Lwothin and the Keeramak arranged for Bakura to be “ consecrated ” during a public ceremony at a Salis D ’ aar podium . In space , a Ssi - ruuvi contingent consisting of the two " Sh ' ner " - class planetary assault carriers " Errinung ' ka " and " Firrinree " and a host of P ' w ' eck - powered " Swarm " - class battle droids arrived with the Keeramak . Unaware of the plot , the Bakuran Defense Force and the Galactic Alliance naval contingent including Jagged Fel ’ s Twin Suns Squadron welcomed their presence . When the Keeramak and his P ’ w ’ eck entourage arrived , the stadium was packed with thousands of Bakurans . Due to his ability to speak and translate almost any language , C - 3PO was commissioned as a translator . Meanwhile , the Keeramak used both his reputation as a liberation leader and his speech - making skills to lull the Bakuran and Alliance delegates as a means of lowering their guard . Meanwhile Jedi Knights Tahiri Veila and her Ryn companion Goure spotted Harris and his Rodian accomplice Salkeli leading the missing Jaina , Malinza and Vyram through a backdoor in the stadium . The unscrupulous Deputy Prime Minister Harris had planned to frame Jaina by forcing her at gunpoint to trigger a remote detonator in the stadium near a row of seats where the Bakuran leadership and Alliance delegates were seated . The bomb would detonate ; killing many Senators including Cundertol and creating a power vacuum which would allow Harris to assume power as Prime Minister . Harris would then claim later that Jaina had coerced the escaped Freedom operative Malinza into kidnapping him and then turning against Jaina too late when learning that she had planted a bomb . By then , it would be too late for the bomb to be defused and the ensuing explosion would kill Jaina and Malinza , leaving Harris as the sole survivor . However , Jaina — sensing her Jedi comrade Tahiri was nearby — managed to used her Force - abilities to overpower Harris and Salkeli . She then freed Malinza and Vyram from their bonds with a flash from her lightsaber before using the Force to project a warning to her mother who was seated with the delegates . Meanwhile at the consecration ceremony , Leia received the warning of danger from Jaina and was able to alert her husband and the seated delegates to the presence of a bomb . This prompted a hasty evacuation of the seats just seconds to the detonation . While this saved the life of most of the delegates , the ensuing blast killed two senators , two guests and six guards and wounded 40 guests including Cundertol who was knocked unconscious . Luckily , Jaina and her companions were unharmed due to their proximity from the epicenter of the blast . Amid the rubble and burning wreckage , she came across an emotionally - shattered Tahiri who had succumbed to her Vong programming following her ordeal on Yavin 4 . Jaina reasoned that she had survived because she had used a Force bubble to shield herself from the debris . Meanwhile , Bakuran rescue teams had arrived at the stadium and begun evacuating the wounded and survivors . In response to the bombing , General Panib had declared marshall law from the " Bakura " - class destroyer " Sentinel " . Jag Fel also received reports from Captain Todra Mayn of increased activity at Salis D ' aar spaceport where the P ' w ' eck ships were parked . Meanwhile , news had spread of the arrest of Harris due to his involvement in the bombing . Back at the stadium , the Keeramak and his P ’ w ’ eck entourage had survived the blast and were continuing the Consecration ceremony . Meanwhile , reinforcements in the form of three " D ' kee " - class landing ships arrived in the skies over the wrecked shell of the former stadium . The invasion . In space , the Ssi - ruuvi warships jammed all transmissions between Bakura and the orbiting Alliance and Bakuran fleets . Colonel Jagged Fel — son of the esteemed Imperial fighter ace Soontir Fel — and the rest of Twin Suns Squadron found themselves engaged in a ferocious dog fight against swarms of Swarm - class droid fighters and the rarer but more powerful " V ' sett " - class fighters which were piloted by living Ssi - ruuvi fighter aces . Jag attempted to communicate with the Alliance frigate " Selonia " only to find his transmissions jammed . Meanwhile , the droid fighters — which had been flying in formation with their Bakuran counterparts as an honor guard shortly before the battle — began using their tractor beam projectors to capture the Bakuran fighters . The captured starfighters would be dragged into the hangar bays of the orbiting Ssi - ruuvi carriers and their pilots would be enteched . Assessing the situation , Jag and his squadron intervened and came to the rescue of the Bakurans ; opening fire on the droid fighters . However , this had little impact due to the tough deflector shields . By now , the " Bakura " - class destroyers " Sentinel " and " Defender " had gotten hand of the Ssi - ruuvi tactic and launched more starfighters in an effort to rescue the “ kidnapped ” fighters . The Twin Suns Squadron meanwhile found itself engaged against enemy fighters over the dangerous dense and volatile orbits around the planet Bakura . Piloting his vaunted Chiss Clawcraft , Jag took two V ’ sett fighters on a wild chase over the rocky surfaces of one of Bakura ’ s two moons . Luckily for Fel , his pursuers were destroyed by a passing BTL Y - wing starfighter . Using their superior firepower , the two Ssi - ruuvi " Sh ' ner " - class carriers and their fighters had inflicted a withering attack on the " Sentinel " and " Defender " — which formed the backbone of the tiny Bakuran Defense Fleet . Clusters of captured fighters hung around the Ssi - ruuvi carriers waiting processing and entechment . Emerging from his pursuit , Fel found himself trapped by the combined tractor beam projectors of seven V ’ sett fighters . Back on the ground , the three “ D ’ kee ” - class landing ships landed at the stadium and began disgorging rows of armed red - scaled Ssi - ruu warriors . It turned that the Consecration ceremony was little more than a smokescreen for a full - scale invasion of Bakura . Upon landing , the Bakuran troops fired upon the advancing Ssi - ruuk who retaliated by firing their paddle beamer s . Using their trichoid physiology and large size , the Ssi - ruuk overpowered the Bakurans ; forcing them to retreat . The bomb survivors and remaining troops fled into a series of underground tunnels under the stadium with the Ssi - ruuk close behind them . On the way , the Solos and C - 3PO stumbled upon a bound Harris who demanded that he be released and installed as Prime Minister ; thinking Cundertol was dead . All of a sudden , the supposedly dead Cundertol stepped out of the shadows . He then revealed that he had been working for the Ssi - ruuk all along . Discovering Harris ’ treachery , Cundertol proceeded to kill his deputy with a blaster shot . Revealing his plans to betray the others to the Ssi - ruuk , Cundertol uttered a phrase in the Ssi - ruuvi tongue — a feat physiologically impossible for Humans . Soon , two parties of Ssi - ruuk warriors arrived including a large , beautiful female followed by the Keeramak and his entourage of P ' w ' eck guards and golden - scaled Ssi - ruuk priests — who had been disguised as P ' w ' ecks during the Ceremony . Through C - 3PO , the Keeramak gave them an offer of being assigned " productive " tasks following entechment if they would surrender peacefully . However , many of the survivors including the Solos rejected the offer despite the efforts of the collaborator Cundertol to persuade them ; claiming that it was immortality . The Keeramak then ordered his P ' w ' eck guards under Lwothin to execute the prisoners . Turning the tables . Lwothin gripped his paddle beamer and with a startling cry , fired point blank . But instead of opening fire on the Solos and their companions , he instead incapacitated his master the Keeramak ; killing him with a shot to the chest . This proved to be the signal for a genuine P ’ w ’ eck uprising against their Ssi - ruuvi overlords . Taking advantage of the shock , the P ’ w ’ ecks attacked the remaining Ssi - ruuk which fought back doggedly despite the death of their leader . Realizing that the P ’ w ’ ecks were their allies after all , the Solos and their companions entered the battle fray . Using the Force and igniting her lightsaber , Jaina killed a Ssi - ruu which would have slain Lwothin with a quick slice to the neck while deflecting the paddle beamer beam from another . Demoralized and outnumbered , the surviving Ssi - ruuk quickly capitulated and handed over their paddle beamers to a jubilant Han Solo who prompted to hand them over to the Bakurans . A bitter Cundertol blamed the Keeramak for the turn in events . In response to his remark , a cocky Han Solo commented that he did not see anyone else complaining . Meanwhile , Lwothin informed his allies that the jamming had been interrupted temporarily to allow the Alliance leadership to communicate with the capital ship " Pride of Selonia " and the hard - bitten Bakuran and Alliance starfighter pilots . Lwothin also told Leia to order the starfighter pilots to allow themselves to be captured by the Ssi - ruuvi fleet . Despite skepticism to Lwothin ’ s plan , Leia and Han reluctantly agreed to give the order to Captain Todra Mayn on the " Pride of Selonia " who would in turn transmit the message to the starfighters . Back in space , Mayn openly addressed the Alliance and Bakuran pilots via open frequency ; instructing them to submit to the Ssi - ruuvi fighters or the Ssi - ruuk would unleash paralysis weapons capable of immobilizing an entire city on the capital Salis D ’ aar . Unaware of the new developments , Jag questioned her orders . To convince him to cooperate , Mayn claimed that the Ssi - ruuk had taken his girlfriend Jaina captive . With hundreds of other fighters , Jag was drawn into the space under the " Errinung ' ka " s powerful shields . Meanwhile on the Ssi - ruuvi cruisers , the P ’ w ’ eck crew launched a full - scale mutiny in coordination with Lwothin ’ s assassination of the Keeramak . Back at the scene , the P ’ w ’ eck droid fighters quickly lowered the tractor beams holding the Alliance and Bakuran fighters ; setting them free . Jag quickly realized that the P ’ w ’ ecks were really rebelling against the Ssi - ruuk . As part of their plan , they had delivered the undamaged Alliance and Bakuran starfighters under the shields of the carrier " Errinung ' ka " in order to launch an attack . Lowering the shields to receive reinforcements would leave the carrier open to Bakuran firepower . Jag hastily signaled his fellow pilots by clicking three times rapidly on his dash board . With the shields lowered , Jag then sent the signal to his wing mates to attack . Free of the tractor beam , the resurgent Alliance and Bakuran fighters launched a counter - offensive against the V ’ sett fighters . Knowing that the droid ships were piloted by allied P ’ w ’ ecks , he ordered the other pilots not to open fire on the droid fighters and to remain in formation . Soon , the mighty cruiser was under attack by swarms of enemy fighters . The Ssi - ruuvi onboard were unable to get reinforcements since that would have meant lowering the shields and being exposed to enemy fire from the Alliance and Bakuran capital ships . Jag and the remnants of his squadron descended on the carrier bays of the " Errinung ’ ka " ; intercepting 12 V ’ sett fighters which were being pursued by six P ' w ' eck fighters . Caught between Twin Suns squadron the P ’ w ’ eck droid ships , the V ’ setts were quickly overwhelmed . Meanwhile , Jag ordered the other pilots to strafe the carrier ’ s tractor beam and deflector - shield projectors . However , he warned them not to inflict serious structural damage since a P ’ w ’ eck mutiny was occurring onboard . Due to a sustained attack inside and outside , the " Errinung ' ka " surrendered to the P ' w ' ecks and their Alliance allies . Eventually , the second Ssi - ruuvi carrier " Firrinree " also capitulated ; effectively ending the Ssi - ruuvi resistance on land and space . News of the change of events for the better in the space battle were transmitted to the ground by the " Selonia " . On the ground , the remaining Ssi - ruuvi hold - outs were presumably defeated . Cundertol escapes . However , the sweetness of victory for the Alliance forces on the ground was shattered by the escape of Cundertol . Using his enhanced abilities infused by his HRD body , the former Prime Minister made an escape and overpowered Vyram . Amid the rubble of the bombed stadium , Cundertol led his pursuer Jaina Solo on a wild chase ; running at a physically - impossible pace . Despite her Force - enhanced abilities , Jaina found that she could not keep up with Cundertol ' s pace — whose body seemed impervious to exhaustion . Using his high vantage position , Cundertol began hurling bolts — something physically impossible for humans . Even with her Force abilities , Jaina was unable to incapacitate him with a Force push . Continuing the chase through the stairwell , Jaina confronted Cundertol in a dark corridor . During the ensuing fight , Cundertol used his enhanced abilities to attack Jaina ; knocking her to the ground and even throwing her five - meters across the corridor . Attempting to block his escape , Jaina used the force to hurl her lightsaber at Cundertol ; severing his arm . Despite his wounds , he was still able to escape using his enhanced HRD body . Hurt from her struggle , Jaina could only watch as her companions caught up with her . When the severed arm was examined , Jaina and her mother Leia noticed the absence of blood and an un - human chemical smell . This led Jaina to suspect that Cundertol was a droid . Later , her suspicions were confirmed by Bakuran lab technicians who concluded that Cundertol was actually a Human replica droid . Meanwhile , Cundertol escaped on a P ' w ' eck shuttle carrying the remains of the slain Keeramak to Lwhekk as a means of appeasing the Ssi - ruuvi leadership . Despite the loss of his arm , Cundertol used his enhanced HRD body to overpower and kill the six P ' w ' eck crew ; hijacking the vessel . He then piloted the shuttle to an abandoned New Republic research base in the borders of Ssi - Ruuvi Space where he had undergone his life - changing operation . Arriving there , his shuttle was picked up by an " Fw ' Sen " - class picket ship which extended docking grapples that attached the former to the latter . By now , the stump of his severed arm had healed itself . Onboard the Picket ship , the former Prime Minister was confronted by general E ' thinaa who expressed pleasure at the turn - of - events on Bakura much to the former ’ s surprise . Cundertol was also horrified to learn that the saurian Ssi - ruu general had sensed his deception despite his HRD body ’ s ability to mask stress and anxiety . Seeking funds to find new contacts and to rebuild his arm , Cundertol demanded his " side " of the bargain from E ' thinaa who refused ; claiming that he had already provided the former with a HRD body and displeased by the debacle of the P ' w ' eck revolt . Desperate , he challenged the Ssi - ruu officer to a duel ; believing that his HRD body ’ s enhanced abilities would give him the upper hand . However , E ' thinaa used Vong technology to verbally activate a restraining bolt on Cundertol . With Cundertol rendered incapacitated , E ’ thinaa remarked that Cundertol was just a mere pawn and then revealed himself to have been a masked Yuuzhan Vong infiltrator . The Vong agent also informed Cundertol that the Yuuzhan Vong had launched an offensive into Ssi - Ruuvi space ; defeating the Imperium and slaying many Ssi - ruuk as sacrifices . Unleashing his hatred of technology and droids , E ' thinaa ordered his escort of warriors to execute Cundertol . The former leader was lashed and torn apart by the ferocity of the warriors ’ deadly amphistaff till he died ; passing into chaos . Aftermath . Following the battle , the Bakuran government and the P ' w ' eck Emancipation Movement signed a formal treaty which formed an alliance between the two peoples . Some of the terms of the treaty included holding elections in a month , sharing all captured Ssi - ruuvi assets and supporting a liberation program for the P ' w ' ecks in the Imperium . In exchange for tracing the missing credits and a promise not to engage in anymore illicit activities , Freedom agents Vyram and Malinza were exonerated of their kidnapping charges and their organization was allowed to participate in the elections . Despite this turn of events , Bakura chose not to rejoin the New Republic ' s successor government — Galactic Alliance . However , with the Yuuzhan Vong making new strides with the destruction of the HoloNet , Bakura joined the Galactic Alliance , contributing ships to the Defense of Mon Calamari and giving the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet access to the HIMS technology for use during the Recapture of Coruscant . Leia predicted that there would be an influx of P ' w ' eck refugees from the Imperium within months and a possible Ssi - ruuvi invasion within a year . However , the Ssi - ruuvi Imperium appeared to have been weakened by a Yuuzhan Vong attack in coordination with their invasion of the known galaxy . Whether the Imperium attempted to launch another invasion or was weakened by the Vong attack remains unclear . Meanwhile , the deceased Keeramak ' s body was returned on a P ' w ' eck shuttle bound for Lwhekk as a gesture of appeasing the Ssi - ruuvi Conclave while arousing its the Elder ' s Council . En route , the shuttle was hijacked by Cundertol who himself was slain by E ' thinaa upon arriving at scheduled asteroid location . Meanwhile on Bakura , Harris ' accomplice Salkeli received a lengthy imprisonment for his crimes . Later , Bakuran technicians examining Cundertol ' s arm discovered that he was a Human replica droid . While conversing , Jaina and Jag reasoned among themselves that someone in the blackmarket must have made progress in the development of HRD technology since its conception by the Rebel Alliance ' s secret Project Decoy which aimed to replace high - ranking Imperials with programmed droids and Simonelle ' s redevelopment of the AA - 1 VerboBrain . They also reasoned that there had been advances in both HRD and entechment technology which made Cundertol ' s transfer of his life source into a droid body via entechment possible . Unfortunately , Tahiri still remained in an induced coma following the bombing . Behind the scenes . The battle of Bakura first appeared in " " , which was first released on April 29 2003 . The novel was the second book in Sean Williams and Shane Dix ' s " Force Heretic Trilogy " within the larger " " series . It reintroduced and expounded upon some key elements from Kathy Tyers ' s 1994 novel " The Truce at Bakura " including the planet Bakura , the saurian Ssi - ruu k and P ' w ' eck s , Molierre Cundertol and entechment . It forms the climax within the Bakuran subplot of the novel which centers around the activities of Jedi Knight Jaina Solo and her parents Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo . The novel also introduces and expands upon some new concepts including the Keeramak — the resurgent Ssi - ruuk leader , the P ' w ' eck Emancipation Movement and its leader Lwothin . The battle was also referenced in Daniel Wallace and Kevin J . Anderson ' s " The New Essential Chronology " which was published in October 2005 .