Ambush at Corellia Ambush at Corellia is the first book in " The Corellian Trilogy " by Roger MacBride Allen , published by Bantam Spectra in February 1995 . Publisher ' s summary . " A trade summit on Corellia brings Han Solo back to the home world he left many years before . Arriving on the distant planet with Leia , their children , and Chewbacca , Han finds Corellia overrun with agents of the New Republic Intelligence and finds himself part of a deceptive plan whose aim not even he understands . One thing is clear : the five inhabited worlds of the sector are on the brink of civil war and the once peaceful coexistence of the three leading races — Human , Selonian and Drallan — has come to an end . " " Suddenly all that Han , Leia , and others of the Alliance have fought for is threatened . As jammership s block all communication with Luke Skywalker and the outside universe , Han and Leia find themselves trapped on a world about to explode in violence unless they can meet a fanatical Rebel leader ' s impossible demands . . . " Plot summary . Taking place eighteen years after the Battle of Yavin . This story was centered around the Corellian system , consisting of a group of habitable planets known as the Five Brothers : Corellia , Selonia , Drall , Talus , and Tralus . Because the system was known for possessing an inward - looking political structure , and was not recipient to any of the radical changes produced by the rapid overhauls in government of the last forty years , it came as a pleasant surprise then that the New Republic was able to set up a trade summit on Corellia to open the sector to the rest of the galaxy . Leia Organa Solo was then sent to spearhead the Coruscant delegation . Han Solo saw it as a good opportunity to bring his children along and show them where their old man grew up , make a vacation out of the proceedings . While he was prepping the " Millennium Falcon " on Coruscant , he was approached by New Republic Intelligence ( NRI ) operative Lieutenant Belindi Kalenda , who warned him that six previous NRI operatives had been dispatched to Corellia to assess its political climate and had not been heard from since . She also requested that Han acted as suspicious as possible during his visit to distract whoever may be working against them , so that the NRI could insert more teams without their awareness . After Kalenda left , Han spotted , and with the help of Chewbacca , destroyed a reprogrammed Imperial probe droid which had been listening in on their conversation . Unbeknownst to Han , the droid was revealed to have been dispatched by Pharnis Gleasry , an agent of the Human League , working a mission for an elusive figure known only as the Hidden Leader . Gleasry ’ s primary mission objective was to deliver an encoded message with Luke Skywalker to Corellia , but only after Leia had already departed . Han did not reveal the probe droid incident to his wife , and the state of unrest in the Corellian sector and the possible danger they all face puts strains on the Solo family . Meanwhile , Luke , who was struggling with being an unneeded old war hero in a time of peace , was assigned a mission by Mon Mothma ( who could relate to his condition ) , mostly to keep him occupied . She predicts that Luke will soon inevitably delve into politics , where he would be needed more , in an interesting contrast to his sister ' s Jedi training . He was told to meet Lando Calrissian and travel with him on his quest to find a wife , which would presumably boost Luke ' s public relations skills as part of his political training . Lt . Kalenda made her way back to Corellia ahead of the Solo family , undercover as a lower - class trader with engine troubles . Her entry to the system was immediately greeted by hostile fire from a Pocket Patrol Boat ( PPB ) , thus indicating that the NRI had been compromised . She crashed into the sea , with just enough strength to swim to shore . Luke sees the Solo family off and meets Lando in his newly - constructed Dometown , his latest ( and simplest ) project . Lando showed Luke a list he had compiled of potential wives , all women with money who were interested in marrying a young entrepreneur that could turn their fortune into an even bigger one . They set off to meet the first candidate , which forces Gleasry , who assumed that Luke would have been traveling to Corellia , to use an alternative delivery method for his encoded message . Lando ’ s first attempt at finding a partner nearly ends in death , when his potential suitor winds up being a life - witch . When the Solos arrived at Corellia , they were fired on by a trio of Uglies , which were destroyed by a group of PPB ’ s manned by the Corellian Defense Force . Han concluded that it had been a staged attack and rescue , meant to get Han to trust the CDF . He played along with the ruse . Pharnis Gleasry , needing a new courier after Skywalker ’ s departure , chose Mara Jade as the recipient of the encoded message , who was en route to the same Corellian trade summit . The Solo family , then on - planet , settled into a villa , discretely observed from an adjacent building by Lt . Kalenda , who had made it her mission to oversee the Chief of State ’ s safety . Leia hires a Drall tutor named Ebrihim to educate the children on Corellia ’ s history , while Han visited the capital city of Coronet . His findings were grim : the city was dilapidated and empty , save for a parade of drunk Human League members who took it upon themselves to knock him out and imprison him simply for being Han Solo . The Hidden Leader , still unrevealed , ordered his release , as a vague warning to the rest of the family . The following evening , Han and Leia met with Corellia ’ s New Republic - appointed Governor - General , Micamberlecto . The Frozian explained that he was largely ignored by the native populations of Corellia , as the absence of a tyrannical Empire had left them without the obligation to obey . Furthermore , the three primary races comprised the population ( the Drall , Selonian s , and Humans ) were forming various alliances and enemies on the Five Brothers and made factions difficult to discern . The Solo family played sightseers for a while , waiting for the tipping point , and Ebrihim took them to a vast archaeological dig , manned by a staff bearing similar uniforms to the Human League . The dig was allegedly for the purpose of uncovering historical artifacts , but the cover story was thin . During a guided tour , little Anakin , using his special Force - sensitivity , sneaked away from the group , followed by his siblings , and found a secret pyramidal chamber , as of yet undiscovered by the diggers . The three children covered the vault entrance back up and rejoined their parents , without telling them of their discovery . Upon their return home , Han ushered his family ahead to Corona House , Micamberlecto ’ s residence and site of the upcoming summit . He doubled back to the villa and weeded out Lt . Kalenda , whom he had discovered was spying on them . He brought her food and instructed her to be on call for any potential trouble . Meanwhile , Lando ’ s next suitor lead him to Sacorria , an outlier world of the Corellian sector . Lando liked the new woman , Tendra Risant , enough to set up a future rendezvous with her before he and Luke were abruptly kicked off planet by the local government for unknown reasons . Lando considered his search concluded , so they started to make their way towards Corellia to meet up with the Solos . On the night of the trade summit at Corona House , everything came to a head . Mara Jade arrived with the encoded message , addressed to Leia . It was from the Hidden Leader , informing them that if his future demands were not met , he would begin to trigger supernova explosions within a number of stars in the Corellian system . Included were coordinates for those specific stars and the last on the list was Corell itself . The message was deemed credible since the first star on the list already had gone nova sixteen days prior . Hours after the message was decoded , uprisings all over the system began simultaneously . Corona House was attacked , and in the ensuing carnage , Han escaped to assist Lt . Kalenda in getting off - planet to deliver a distress message back to Coruscant . She stole a ship with the help of his explosive diversion , but Han was captured . Chewbacca grabbed the kids and flew the Falcon away in the company of Ebrihim , but his hyperdrive was damaged in the escape attempt . They decide instead to attempt to reach Drall at sublight speeds . Leia alone remained trapped in Corona House , awaiting demands . The following morning , the Hidden Leader made his first public appearance on holovid , revealing himself to be Thrackan Sal - Solo , Han ’ s sadistic cousin . He declared secession from the New Republic and demanded deportation of all non - human species from Corellia . The book concluded with Luke and Lando abruptly yanked out of hyperspace at the edges of the Corellian system by an interdiction field , the largest known one in history . The field prevented any rescue attempts from outside forces , but helpless to do anything else , they immediately turned around and started the journey back to Coruscant to get help . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " Ambush at Corellia " .