Second Battle of Onderon The Second Battle of Onderon occurred during the Freedon Nadd Uprising in the year 3998 BBY , resultant of Galactic Republic Military intervention solicited by the Tchuukthai Jedi Master Thon . Along with his apprentice Nomi Sunrider , Thon attended the Galactic Senate ' s Ministry of Defense hearing called to discuss the growing dark side threat on Onderon . Sunrider was chosen to lead the Republic fleet in battle against the worshipers of Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd , who were united under the banner of Onderon ' s ruler , King Ommin . Upon arrival in Onderonian space under escort of the full Republic Navy , Nomi Sunrider and a team of four other Jedi Knights engaged Ommin and his Naddist army . The battle commenced just as Tetan aristocrats Satal and Aleema Keto arrived on Onderon with the intentions of deciphering an ancient Sith spellbook . Caught in the midst of battle , the Ketos were shot down and crashed into Iziz , where , after searching for a time , were led to Ommin , who introduced them to Sith lore . Before he could begin their initiation into Sith teachings , they were ambushed by the Jedi Knights . The Jedi ultimately triumphed over the sorcerer King , rescued the imprisoned Jedi Master Arca Jeth , defeated Ommin ' s army , and freed Onderon of Nadd ' s dark influence . The Ketos also escaped Onderon , and , armed with their Sith artifacts , became the new Sith apprentices of Nadd . Background . Meeting of the Defense Committee . In the year 4000 BBY , Jedi Master Arca Jeth and his three apprentices , as watchmen of the Onderon system , discovered that the dark side held the planet Onderon under its sway . Over the course of the next two years , the Jedi revealed that the Onderonian royal family had been carrying on the legacy of the long - dead Sith Lord Freedon Nadd . As a result , the Knights had become embroiled in war against the rulers of Onderon and their Naddist followers . Realizing the threat to be more than a match for just four Jedi , Jeth requested assistance from the watchman of the Stenness system , the Tchuukthai Master Thon . Thon gladly obliged , sending his student Oss Wilum to assist Jeth and his apprentices with the uprising on Onderon . Thon however , felt it was time to also seek the Republic ' s intervention . Traveling to the galactic capital Coruscant with his new protégé , Nomi Sunrider , Thon attended an already - in - progress session of the Galactic Senate ' s Defense Ministry . The senators had recently received a garbled distress message sent to Coruscant by Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma . In response , the senators engaged in a heated debate over whether to send aid to Onderon , or let the Jedi handle their own affairs . Thon and Sunrider entered the Grand Convocation Chamber , where , through Sunrider ' s translating of his native Tchuukthese , Thon addressed the Senate . Thon implored the assembly to come to the Jedi ' s aid , reminding them that the Order had aided the Republic for generations , and that once the dark side subdued Onderon , it would sweep across the galaxy indiscriminately . The Jedi Master also had a surprise in store for his apprentice . Sunrider learned that Onderon was to be her first real mission as a Jedi , joining her fellow Knights in . Thon won the senators over with his rousing pleas , and Sunrider was chosen to command the full might of the Galactic Republic Navy against the followers of Freedon Nadd immediately . Around the same time , two young nobles from the Empress Teta system had also arrived on Coruscant . Satal Keto and his cousin , Aleema , the heirs to the Tetan Monarchy , visited Coruscant ' s Galactic Museum , in search of dark side knowledge . They stole a Sith spellbook from an exhibit and fled back to their lodging quarters , but quickly realized that they were unable to decipher the book ' s text . The Ketos ' hope was renewed , however , when they heard a news report about Dark Side Adepts on Onderon , who practiced ancient Sith magic . They knew that Onderon was where the secrets of the book had any chance of being revealed to them , and immediately left for that planet . Trouble in Iziz . Back on Onderon , the Jedi , and drexl - mounted Beast Riders of the planet ' s wilderness , were engaged in fierce combat with the Naddists in the capital city of Iziz . Arca Jeth , Ulic Qel - Droma , and Queen Galia , daughter of the Onderonian ruler , the Sith sorcerer King Ommin , located the King and his Dark Sider Army within the catacombs under the Royal Palace , and Master Jeth confronted him over the sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd . Ommin revealed that he had been in league with Nadd ' s ghost all along , even as the specter of the Dark Lord rose up behind him . Nadd then ordered the armored Dark Jedi Warb Null to engage Qel - Droma , but the duel was only a ruse of the Dark Lord , and Null ' s Master , Ommin . The real prize was Arca Jeth , whom Ommin attempted to capture while Qel - Droma and Null fought . Newly empowered by the sudden arrival of Nadd , Ommin captured Jeth and carried him deeper into the catacombs of his lair , as Qel - Droma finished with Null , but could not save Jeth . Realizing that pursuing the King was a futile plan at best , Qel - Droma and Galia escaped the tunnels , closely followed by a contingent of her father ' s Dark Side Army . They emerged only to find battle fully underway aboveground , where they met up with Jedi Tott Doneeta , who ferried Galia away to the " Nebulon Ranger " while Qel - Droma went to meet with his brother Cay and Galia ' s new husband , the Beast - Lord Oron Kira . Kira , the Beast Riders , and the remaining Jedi had been held up for two days fighting the Naddists . The enemy had retaken the palace , and Kira was preparing to retreat to his own fortress just as Ulic Qel - Droma arrived . Qel - Droma had sent a distress call to the Republic in hopes that they would send reinforcements , though he was unsure if it was received . Determined to save Jeth from Ommin ' s clutches , but surrounded by Naddists on all sides , the Jedi Knights and the armies of Oron Kira were left with only one option : to survive long enough for reinforcements to arrive . The battle . Republic relief . As Sunrider and the Republic Naval fleet entered Onderonian space , they began to stage their orbital attack run while preparing to deploy ground forces and a contingent of air - to - ground troops as well . The generals were finalizing their battle plans when an unidentified civilian yacht recognized as being of Tetan origin exited hyperspace right in the middle of the Republic Navy ' s bombardment . Despite warnings to steer clear of the security military zone , the civilian craft ignored the Navy ' s warnings and continued straight for the planet . As Republic rocket - jumpers began their air - to - ground assault over Iziz , the civilian vessel , carrying the Ketos , was caught in the crossfire , and crashed to the ground . The Ketos were able to escape the wreckage with their lives , and while searching through the city streets , managed to seek out authentic practitioners of the dark side . These Darksider s in turn brought them before Ommin . Jedi offensive . Meanwhile , a team of Jedi Knights including Dace Diath , Qrrrl Toq , Shoaneb Culu , and Kith Kark arrived on Onderon with Sunrider to assist Oss Wilum , Tott Doneeta , Ulic and Cay Qel - Droma , who themselves were trapped inside Kira ' s forest citadel , taking heavy fire from the Naddist armies . Sunrider ' s Jedi team created a shield - wall with the Force as they fought towards their besieged comrades , and Sunrider used her battle meditation to sway the tide of the conflict . Sunrider ' s meditation skills were proving most beneficial to the Jedi , and though their fighting spirit was restored as a result , Kark died when he was shot down by the Naddists , becoming one with the Force . The Jedi were also affected by the suppression of the dark side in the Onderonian atmosphere , feeling their connections to the Force slowly being diminished . Sunrider managed to pinpoint the source to an old , incapacitated man , focusing his dark power somewhere nearby . The old man felt the novice Jedi woman ' s probe through the Force , and he lashed back at her with the dark side . Sunrider was knocked from her feet , just as Ulic Qel - Droma came up to her on the battlefield . It was their first meeting . Alarmed by the sight of a beautiful Jedi woman felled in battle , Qel - Droma rushed to her side . After conversing with her , Qel - Droma discovered that the old man whom she had felt attack her through the Force was indeed King Ommin . He told Sunrider that Ommin ruled Onderon under the power of Sith magic , and that with his powers he subdued Jeth . Gathering the rest of the Jedi Knights , Qel - Droma led them through the tunnels under the palace , into Ommin ' s lair . Confronting King Ommin . At the same time , the Ketos met with the crippled and seemingly weak Ommin , who was depending on a steel armature for physical support . Satal showed the old King their stolen Sith spellbook and asked Ommin to translate it for them . Ommin in turn gave him an ancient Sith amulet , one of many Ommin had received from the last Dark Lord of the Sith , Freedon Nadd himself . With the amulet Satal was able to understand the ancient writings with ease . Ommin then took the book and gave it to his assistant Novar for duplicating . As Novar had the book transcribed , Ommin showed the Tetan heirs his " most prized possession , " a Jedi Master , hanging on the wall and bound by the King ' s Sith magic . Aleema gasped in horror as Ommin explained his plan to crush Jeth under the power of the dark side and raise him back up as a Dark Jedi . Ommin then leaned close to Jeth , who was whispering the King that his time was up , and that his Jedi Knights had arrived . As if on cue , seven Jedi Knights rushed into Ommin ' s lair , destroying many Sith Elite Warbot s in the process . In the midst of the skirmish , Cay Qel - Droma was attacked from a blind spot and lost his droid arm . However , the Jedi pressed their way to Ommin and his Tetan visitors , who were completely surprised by the ambush . Ommin proved to be a most formidable and unexpected adversary as he blasted both Sunrider and Ulic Qel - Droma with waves of dark side energy . Before he could attack Qel - Droma again , the young Jedi slashed through the King ' s body with his lightsaber . Ommin sank to the ground like an Arkanian jellyfish . Before he could complete the transcription of the spellbook , Novar perished , having also been caught in the Jedi ambush . In the midst of all the commotion , Satal and Aleema Keto escaped into the tunnels . The Ketos retreated further into the depths under the castle , where they were met by the spirit of Freedon Nadd , who gave them a trove of Sith artifacts that included their book as well as two Sith sword s that formerly belonged to Ommin . Nadd also told them that they were heirs to a great Sith destiny , and that wherever they went , Nadd would find them and begin their instruction in the ways of the dark side . He directed them to a passage leading to the surface , and the Ketos escaped the melee unscathed . Nadd then appeared by Ommin ' s side , whose life support contraption had been destroyed , rendering him utterly helpless . The Jedi had also successfully rescued Jeth , and upon seeing this , Nadd realized that the old King had failed him . Nadd withdrew his power from Ommin and reminded him that these Jedi did not belong to the dark side . Nadd soon corrected himself , however , stating that perhaps one or two of them might fall to darkness . Jeth denounced Nadd ' s spirit as Ommin passed into darkness himself , and congratulated Qel - Droma on his victory . Nadd only laughed at Jeth and told him that in reality the Jedi had lost that day , as he would soon realize . Aftermath . As the Republic established martial law on Onderon , off - worlders were evacuated to their home planets . The customs personnel were told to stop anyone trying to get dark side weaponry off of Onderon , but Satal and Aleema Keto blended in with the masses and slipped past their check - points . The sarcophagi of King Ommin , his wife , Queen Amanoa , and Freedon Nadd would later be transported to the far side of the Dxun moon , as was originally planned before the Naddist Uprising began . Jeth had succeeded in cleansing Onderon , and the native people took to restoring civilization to their war - torn planet . With the threat of Ommin finally removed , Oron Kira and Galia could rule from the throne of Iziz as King and Queen of Onderon peacefully . The Jedi , after all their efforts , enjoyed a short season of respite on the planet , learning to ride Beast - Riders ' mounts . But for Jeth , there was little room for relaxation . He had not forgotten about the two young Tetan nobles whose curiosity for dark side things led them to Ommin . Hearing news of a recent political political in the Empress Teta system , the Jedi Master suspected that Sith magic had survived defeat on Onderon and made its way to the Tetan worlds . As a result Jeth accepted a Jedi watchman ' s responsibility for Empress Teta , and prepared his Jedi to face the dark side once again . Legacy . Freedon Nadd ' s prophecy , that one or two of the Jedi present would fall to the dark side , indeed came to pass . Of the eight surviving Jedi Knights , two of them became aligned with the Sith . Ulic Qel - Droma would eventually defect and join the Ketos ' Sith - inspired Krath , and would also become a Dark Lord . Oss Wilum would be seduced to the dark side by Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun , and would become possessed by a dark side spirit trapped within Kun ' s stolen Sith holocron . Behind the scenes . The Second Battle of Onderon first appeared in the issue " " of the " " series of comics . The battle was conceived and written by author Tom Veitch , and was drawn by artist Tony Akins . Originally , Veitch was contracted by Dark Horse Comics to do a " one - shot deal , " and the end result was " The Freedon Nadd Uprising " . Eventually , both Veitch and Kevin J . Anderson would use the events portrayed in this battle and the Freedon Nadd Uprising as background details for their joint venture " Dark Lords of the Sith " , where such characters as Aleema and Satal Keto would be explored in depth while playing integral parts to the story line . The battle also provides a backdrop for the Krath Holy Crusade , which was written as part of the larger Great Sith War . The battle was recounted in the " Tales of the Jedi " audio drama , written by John Whitman and based on the original script by Veitch . In the original comic appearance of the Second Battle of Onderon , Nomi Sunrider is on Ossus when she is chosen to lead a team of Jedi in assisting Arca Jeth ' s Knights . She then arrives on Onderon with a team of Jedi Knights including Dace Diath , Shoaneb Culu , Kith Kark , and Qrrrl Toq . In the audio version , however , Sunrider first accompanies Thon to Coruscant , completely bypassing Ossus . It is here that she is chosen to lead not the Jedi , but the Republic Fleet in the battle for Onderon . Also , the other Jedi Knights that arrived on Onderon in the comic with Sunrider were not mentioned in the audio drama .