Combined Clans Center Building The Combined Clans Center Building , simply referred to as the Combined Clans Building , was a building in the planet Bothawui ' s capital city of Drev ' starn that housed the heads of the Bothan Combined Clans . The building served as the governing center for the Bothan clans that controlled legislature throughout Bothan Space . During the 19 ABY Caamas Document Crisis — brought about by the discovery of a document that implicated the involvement of Bothans in the destruction of Caamas — the center was host to a devastating riot incited by Imperials just prior to a clash with the New Republic . Description . The Combined Clans Center Building , located near Merchant ' s Square in the planet Bothawui ' s capital city of Drev ' starn , consisted of a three - story atrium , with the top two floors hosting wide observation galleries facing the building ' s front . The atrium filled the front third of the building and contained doors leading to the outside . An ornamental stairway ran between the first two floors , yet only a standard stairway connected the top two floors . Public offices lined the perimeter of the atrium , and more private offices filled the second and third floors , which were decorated with borscii vine s , kafvris vine s , short trees , and outdoor balconies . The records room of the building , marked " ARCHIVES , " was located on the third floor . Security for the building included two armed guards at the base of the stairs and built - in , camouflaged static barrier pole s in the staircase banisters . During the Caamas Document Crisis riot of 19 ABY , more armed guards were posted at the stairway . History . Following the Bothan implication in the Galactic Empire ' s destruction of Caamas after the Caamas Document came to light in 19 ABY , members of the New Republic sought restitution from Bothawui . As Borsk Fey ' lya — New Republic Senate representative to Bothawui — claimed the Bothans did not have sufficient funds to aid in the relocation of Caamasi citizens , President Ponc Gavrisom sent High Councilor Leia Organa Solo to the Combined Clans Center Building on Bothawui in order to examine the financial records of the Bothan Combined Clans , the governing body of the Bothan clans . Concurrent with Councilor Solo ' s trip to Bothawui with her husband and Noghri bodyguards , an Imperial faction organized by Moff Vilim Disra , hoping to capitalize on the civil unrest stirred up by the recently - discovered Caamas Document , sent a team led by Imperial Intelligence agent Drend Navett to the city of Drev ' starn . The Intelligence agents laid plans to foment a riot in Merchant ' s Square , outside the building . Klif , a member of Navett ' s team , pulled together a large , mixed crowd , including several Leresai , a species known for their harsh justice system , and Froffli , a species whose government adamantly demanded sanctions against the Bothans . As the angry crowd stormed toward the building , Askar Clan leader Rayl ' skar appealed to the citizens for calm from a balcony of the Combined Clans Building . Before he could appease the unruly mob , well - placed sniper shots appearing to originate both from Rayl ' skar on the second floor , and Han Solo — scouting out the situation from the building ' s third - floor balcony — set off the bedlam . Although visibly emanating on a trajectory derived from the building , the initially invisible blaster bolts in fact came from Xerrol Nightstinger blaster rifles , fired by Drend Navett and his agents . The bolts in turn were redirected through multifaceted crystals and Tibanna gas - filled blast tubes placed on the balconies , designed to aim the shots at the crowd . When the crowd broke into the atrium of the Combined Clans Center Building , Leia Organa Solo answered First Secretary Orou ' cya ' s pleas for help and attempted to stop the rioters before more violence could occur . However , Bothan guards fired shots into the crowd that resulted in the destruction of the entire first floor . Han Solo was forced to cut through the ceremonial staircase linking the first two floors with his wife ' s lightsaber , in order to prevent the mob from gaining access to the upper levels . As a result of the tumultuous uproar , approximately forty individuals were injured , and twenty - seven additional rioters were killed . The deaths included two Leresai , and the species was quick to join the ranks of governments demanding justice against the Bothans . Behind the scenes . The Combined Clans Center Building first appeared in the late 1990s " The Hand of Thrawn Duology " by acclaimed science fiction author Timothy Zahn , where it served as the focal point for a devastating riot in " Specter of the Past " ( 1997 ) . It later garnered a few brief mentions in the second book of the same two - part series , " Vision of the Future " ( 1998 ) .