Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar The Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar , also known as the Recapture of Coruscant or the Second Battle of Coruscant , was the final battle of the Yuuzhan Vong War , fought between the Galactic Alliance and its allies against Yuuzhan Vong empire . After the arrival of the living planet Zonama Sekot to the Coruscant system , and the retreat of the fleet under Warmaster Nas Choka from the battle at Mon Calamari , the Galactic Alliance set route to Coruscant , or Yuuzhan ' tar as the invaders had renamed it , to take it back and end the war . The battle was long , with the biggest fleets both combatants could gather . The fighting had several fronts in space and on the surface of terraformed Yuuzhan ' tar , and at the end , the Galactic Alliance was victorious , helped by Yuuzhan Vong followers of the " Jeedai " heresy , the Shamed Ones and Workers . It ended with the death of Supreme Overlord Shimrra and his secret puppeteer Onimi , and afterwards , the Yuuzhan Vong went to exile on Zonama Sekot so they could redefine their culture in peace . Prelude . The arrival of Zonama Sekot caused mass panic and awe amongst the Yuuzhan Vong . The prophet Yu ' shaa , in truth Nom Anor , had been preaching to the Shamed Ones that Zonama Sekot ' s arrival would signal the fall of the Elite ' s oppression of the Shamed Ones . The Shamed Ones , seeing their hour at hand , went into open revolt , dividing the forces of the Warrior caste . Zonama Sekot also dispersed the Rainbow Bridge of asteroids , causing the planet ' s Dovin basal s to focus on keeping asteroids from falling to the planet . Already engaged at Mon Calamari , Warmaster Nas Choka ordered the Yuuzhan Vong fleet to return to Yuuzhan ' tar , and recalled forces from many other planets in the Yuuzhan Vong empire . However , some Domain s refused to acknowledge the order , for fear they would have to attack Zonama Sekot . Regardless , Choka was able to amass a huge force , ready to attack the planetary intruder . When it was assembled , Shimrra Jamaane , the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong , ordered them to hold position . Shimrra was utterly terrified of Zonama Sekot . His ascension to the throne had come about by overthrowing Supreme Overlord Quoreal , who had balked at invading over the presence of Zonama Sekot . However , he reasoned that since its technology was similar to Yuuzhan Vong Shaping protocol s , it thus could fall to things designed to attack the Yuuzhan Vong . Shimrra thus ordered a Slayer ship infected with the Alpha Red virus to crash into Zonama Sekot . But things just got worse for Shimrra . Sekot had furnished the Jedi Knights with Zonama Sekotan fighter s , which were living vessels , just like the Yuuzhan Vong ' s ships . Saying that the Gods had provided Sekot with the Vessels in punishment of allowing the " Jeedai " heresy to continue , Shimrra ordered all Shamed Ones executed at once , placing Nom Anor in charge of the killing squads . However , apparently believing he was going to lose , Shimrra commanded the World Brain to begin a series of fire and earthquakes that would ultimately render the planet uninhabitable . Anor , believing Shimrra psychotic , defected over to the Shamed Ones . The battle . Meanwhile the rest of the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet hurried to reach Yuuzhan ' tar and opened fire with all their guns over the dovin basal screen that protected the planet . Many battle groups jumped to hyperspace from Mon Calamari , Eriadu , Hapes and other planets and focused their vessels on the planets near Yuuzhan ' tar , such as Muscave and Stentat . The Jedi arrived at Zonama Sekot , and there they met with Master Luke Skywalker , who told them of the events that had happened since his team began their quest for the legendary world . Some Jedi were selected by Sekot to fly Zonama Sekotan Fighters , among them Kyp Durron , Corran Horn , and Alema Rar ; however , Jaina Solo wasn ' t chosen . She was to be part of a Jedi team that would get into the surface of the planet , with Luke , Mara Jade , Kenth Hamner , Jacen Solo and Tahiri Veila . The reasoning behind this was that the psychological impact at seeing both Solo twins together on Yuuzhan ' tar would affect the superstitious Yuuzhan Vong . Meanwhile Han and Leia Solo and the Yuuzhan Vong priest Harrar would go to the Well of the World Brain to neutralize the dhuryam , for Shimrra could use him to destroy Yuuzhan ' tar . The Supreme Overlord was doing precisely that . He convinced the World Brain to cause great fires to cleanse the parts damaged by the groundquakes and magma streams to remove the fallen buildings . The World Brain had to obey Shimrra ' s orders , but he was conscious that he was causing a great deal of damage to the planet that he was bred to take care of . Warmaster Nas Choka could see the damage to Yuuzhan ' tar from space , but he was convinced that Shimrra would take care of it , and his only worry was to stop the Alliance assault . Choka ordered the Alpha Red infected Slayer ship to be ingested by a larger warship , so it could safely arrive at Zonama Sekot and successfully poison the planet . With large parts of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet fighting Alliance forces in the system ’ s other planets , Yuuzhan ' tar was relatively unprotected , and its defensive screen of dovin basals were fully occupied stopping the asteroids from falling . Even so the fighting was fierce , and many ships were destroyed . Three transports carried Page ' s Commandos and other ground forces , however one was destroyed in space and another crashed into the surface . Nevertheless the Alliance successfully put soldiers on the ground of Yuuzhan ' tar , and several starfighters passed through the dovin basal screen to attack planetary objectives . On the streets and squares of Yuuzhan ' tar , the heretics and Shamed Ones rebelled against the Elite . They were poorly armed , but there were so many that the warriors sent to kill them were hard pressed . The " Millennium Falcon " arrived to the surface and its crew reunited with the commanders of the ground forces , and several commandos went to help the heretics and Shamed Ones . Luke asked Mara to go with them , and she grudgingly accepted , taking Tahiri and Kenth with her . The Yuuzhan Vong rebels were being overwhelmed ; however the Alliance reinforcements came to support them . When they saw the Jedi the heretics ' morale soared , and they fiercely attacked the warriors , who were now trapped between two forces . Tahiri caught sight of Nom Anor , and Mara went after him . Anor tried to kill her , but Mara defeated and apprehended him . Han , Leia , their Noghri bodyguards , Harrar , and the droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO went aboard the " Millennium Falcon " to the Well of the World Brain . The only entrance was a maze of thorns hard as durasteel with a potent neurotoxin , but with Han Solo ' s piloting abilities the " Falcon " made it to the atrium . There Most High Priest Jakan , High Prefect Drathul and Master Shaper Qelah Kwaad were about to sacrifice several captives , and their warriors captured the Solos and Harrar to sacrifice them too . A small group of heretics arrived , however they were only two dozen badly - armed rebels against fifty able warriors . Among the heretics were Mara , Tahiri , and Kenth , guided by Nom Anor . Before both groups could engage each other , fifty more warriors arrived and the heretics and Solos lost all hope . Fortunately , the new arrivals joined the heretics and together they defeated the forces of the Elite . Nom Anor killed Drathul , and Harrar overpowered Jakan and captured Kwaad . On Zonama Sekot the Jedi flew their fighters to protect the planet , but the living ships took some time for the pilots to get used to , and vice versa . Sekot ' s defenses efficiently repelled the enemy yorik - et s , but the number of adversaries continued to grow . In space the fighting was still intense , and with each minute thousands of Yuuzhan Vong warriors and Galactic Alliance soldiers were killed . Nas Choka was satisfied ; it was only a matter of time until the ship infected with Alpha Red reached the planet so the war could end . Meanwhile , Luke , Jacen , Jaina and Page ' s Commandos were reaching Shimrra ' s Citadel . The Jedi jumped with Force assistance , and the commandos followed them the best they could with their jetpacks . Even so , on one point the road was blocked by Tu - Scart and Sgauru , the huge battle beasts that destroyed refugee settlements on Duro three years before , and the attacks by Chazrach slave troops and " rakamat s " was constant . Jacen communicated with the World Brain so he could convince the war beasts to stop their attacks . Jacen and the World Brain had a special bond , since it had been the young Jedi who chose which dhuryam would become the one who would shape Yuuzhan ' tar , so he was the only one who could convince the World Brain to disobey Shimrra . The World Brain was angered with Jacen because of the heretics arrival at the Well , as he thought they were going to kill him . Nevertheless Jacen convinced him to side with the Galactic Alliance to put an end to the war , and his destructive actions ceased . The World Brain ordered Tu - Scart and Sgauru to help Jacen , so the Jedi could enter the Citadel . The Chazrach were angered by the apparent betrayal of the war beasts , and attacked them . The " rakamats " felt betrayed in turn because the Chazrach were attacking Tu - Scart and Sgauru and attacked them , and soon the area around the Citadel was under Alliance control . On Zonama Sekot the Jedi fighters abruptly descended to the surface , leaving the Jedi perplexed . No one could explain what just happened , but with the Smugglers ' Alliance having told them about the vessel infected with Alpha Red , everybody feared the worst : that the infected ship had reached the planet . Corran Horn believed that Sekot was trying to contain the Alpha Red to prevent its spread , but in any case , for the moment the Jedi on Zonama Sekot were out of the battle . Shimrra was informed that the Jedi had arrived at the Citadel , and ordered his Slayers to let them enter , so he could witness their deaths . The three Jedi went though the seldom used paths and found few warriors , although when they reached Shimrra the Supreme Overlord was protected by fifteen Slayers . These modified warriors were so powerful that even Kyp Durron wasn ' t able to defeat one of them on Caluula , but the three Jedi proved that the Force was with them that day and were able to defeat several . They were helped by the fact that the Citadel would spontaneously tremble , causing the slayers to lose balance and giving the Jedi the advantage . During the fighting , Jaina noticed that behind Shimrra was Onimi , and following her instincts , went after him . Luke and Jacen didn ' t understand Jaina ' s departure , and the Slayers still outnumbered them . Wounded , the Jedi kept on fighting , and Luke became a maelstrom of the Force , keeping their enemies at bay . Jaina was ambushed by Onimi , who poisoned her with his enormous fang . Jaina was shocked , however , for before Onimi knocked her down she felt him through the Force . Meanwhile Galactic Alliance reinforcements arrived to Coruscant system , including Admiral Traest Kre ' fey ' s forces . The space battle was going badly for the Galactic Alliance , although the Yuuzhan Vong also suffered heavy losses . Since the beginning of the battle , the fleets of the Generals Wedge Antilles and Keyan Farlander had been constantly attacked , though Alliance reinforcements kept coming up to keep the field even . However , Warmaster Choka still was confident that the Gods weren ' t going to abandon the Yuuzhan Vong with victory so close at hand . Inside the Citadel , Shimrra moved to attack Luke Skywalker . The Supreme Overlord was huge and powerful , the greatest warrior of the Yuuzhan Vong . He wielded a special amphistaff , the Scepter of Power , bigger and more powerful than the common ones , which he used to poison Luke . With the Scepter asphyxiating the Jedi Master , to the amazement of Luke and Jacen , Shimrra produced from his ceremonial robes Anakin Solo ' s lightsaber , with the intent of killing his hated foe with his kinsman ' s weapon . Nevertheless , Luke cut the Scepter of Power with his own lightsaber and , using the Force to pull Anakin ' s , used both sabers to behead the astonished Shimrra . Jacen wanted to help his uncle , visibly affected by the powerful poison , but was instead instructed to go after Jaina . Han , Leia , Mara , Tahiri and Kenth were guided by Nom Anor to Shimrra ' s throne , where they found the wounded Jedi Master and the dead Supreme Overlord . This last sight shocked the executor , for never before had the Yuuzhan Vong been without a Supreme Overlord . While Mara and Tahiri took Luke , Han , Leia and Anor went after the Solo twins and Onimi , however that moment the Citadel rose to space , at Onimi ' s command . Without knowing about Shimrra ' s death , Nas Choka thought that the Citadel ' s arrival was his Supreme Overlord ' s personal support , which renewed his warrior ' s spirit . Meanwhile , Sekot told Danni Quee that its only interest was to welcome home the Yuuzhan Vong , stunning everyone present , Jedi and Ferroan alike . Onimi had tied Jaina ' s hands , and calling her " Yun - Harla " , told her his story ; when he implanted yammosk neural tissue in his brain and gained the power to control others , even Shimrra – which made him the real power behind the throne . Nevertheless his experiments made him a Shamed One , something he blamed on Jaina - Yun - Harla and the other Gods , who he hated . As the true Supreme Overlord , Onimi had the intention to kill Zonama Sekot , which he believed would grant him the powers of a god , and kill every living being in the galaxy as well . Jacen arrived to confront Onimi , who had the ability to create toxins and poisons manipulating his body ' s chemicals , but Jacen entered a state of oneness with the Force and , shining with the full power of the Force , neutralized all the venoms that Onimi threw him . Such was Jacen ' s power that he reverted Onimi ' s deformities , thus reverting the latter ' s use of the Force , and his foe died victim of his own unchecked poisons within his body , dissolving him completely . Han , Leia and Anor arrived just in time to see Jacen ' s victory . With the death of the true Supreme Overlord , the ship they were in started to die , and Nom Anor guided the Solo family to a waste disposal system , making them believe that they were going to an escape pod . However , Jacen discovered his deceit and stood in front of Anor ' s plaeryin bol poison , directed at his father and sister . Leia cut the treacherous executor ' s hand with her lightsaber , stopping him from releasing a gas that would render them unconscious to die with the Citadel . Jacen and Han offered Nom Anor another opportunity to go with them , but he refused saying that he wanted no part in whatever was going to happen next , and he chose to die with Onimi . The Solos used the escape pod , which was picked up by Mara Jade , piloting the " Falcon " . Inside the ship Jacen , at Vergere ' s suggestion , used Mara ' s tears and his own to make an antidote to Shimrra ' s Scepter poison , saving Luke . Meanwhile Zonama Sekot released small insectile craft that took the Slayer ship to deep space , saving the planet from destruction . The aftermath . Witnessing the destruction of Shimrra ' s Citadel , Nas Choka knew that the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong was dead , and therefore the gods had abandoned them . Horrified , the Warmaster communicated with his Supreme Commanders and told them that , as the gods had abandoned the Yuuzhan Vong , anyone who wished to fight until death or commit suicide was allowed to do so , and he himself would surrender to the Galactic Alliance . Most of his command staff chose death , and barely after Nas Choka ' s transmission ended many opened themselves with coufee s , and hundreds ( or thousands ) of coralskippers and pickets became living missiles , hurling themselves towards Alliance vessels . The Liberation of Coruscant was a success and the planet was once again renamed Coruscant . Many Yuuzhan Vong survivors surrendered , shocked by what just happened , although others said they would keep fighting to the death . Warmaster Choka formally surrendered to the Alliance , and grudgingly accepted the Yuuzhan Vong ' s exile to Zonama Sekot , revealed as the heir of their long lost home , Yuuzhan ' tar . The Sekot Accords were the peace treaty that , at last , ended the war . However , Coruscant had been strongly Vongformed , and though there still was a substantial quantity of working technology underneath the foliage , many years would pass until it became habitable again . Many Yuuzhan Vong refused Nas Choka ' s call to surrender , and kept fighting for at least several more months . While the war had been won , the casualties were incalculable on the side of the Galactic Alliance . In the final battle alone , five million were killed , and ten million were wounded ; it was said that the death toll of four years of war was 365 trillion . There were dozens of devastated planets – Vongformed like Tynna , ravaged like Ithor , or outright destroyed like Sernpidal . Many species went extinct , and there were still millions of homeless refugees . Additionally , remnants of Yuuzhan Vong activity , such as dovin basal mines , were still all over the galaxy . Nevertheless , the galaxy had united like never before , and the main factions and governments worked together towards a common goal . The Alliance had plenty of work ahead , but there was the will to do it .