Keeramak Revolt The Keeramak Revolt ( 22 ABY – 23 ABY ) was a local conflict within the remote Ssi - ruuk Star Cluster between the ruling Ssi - ruuvi government and a pro - Keeramak Ssi - ruuvi faction which used the P ' w ' eck Emancipation Movement to create a faux P ' w ' eck slave uprising . Officially , it was a successful popular uprising by the lowly P ' w ' eck and the outcast brown - scaled Ssi - ruuk mix - breeds that toppled the Ssi - ruuvi Imperium . In reality , the revolt was manipulated by several disguised Yuuzhan Vong operatives as a ploy to weaken the Imperium in anticipation of a Vong invasion in coordination with their attacks on the greater Galaxy . The Keeramak ' s faction , which included the Ssi - ruuvi military , clergy and several P ' w ' eck slaves , attempted to invade Bakura in 28 ABY . However , the revolt was thwarted by a genuine P ' w ' eck uprising and a Galactic Alliance / Bakuran counter - attack which defeated the Keeramak ' s faction . During the fighting , the Keeramak himself was slain by P ' w ' eck leader Lwothin . Shortly after , the Yuuzhan Vong invaded Ssi - ruuvi space itself . Background . In 4 ABY , the Ssi - ruuvi launched expeditionary forces against several Outer Rim worlds and the neighboring Chiss Ascendancy around the time of the Battle of Endor . However , neither expedition was very successful : the Ssi - ruuvi only narrowly succeeded in conquering the Human world of Cattamascar , and were utterly defeated at Bakura , when it became known that Palpatine , having just been killed , would no longer be able to fulfill his promise . Likewise , although several minor Chiss worlds were taken , the Chiss retaliation was massive and unexpected . In retaliation for attacks on several Chiss worlds which had seen several of their citizens enteched , the Chiss had launched a blistering campaign in Ssi - ruuvi territory , devastating the Imperium capital of Lwhekk and fragmenting of the Ssi - ruuvi socio - economic caste system . Voren Na ' al of New Republic Intelligence later referred to the battle as the " Bakura Incident " , and believed that it would be best if the New Republic attempted to prevent widespread public knowledge about the Ssi - Ruuk , advice that was taken controversially at best . 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 - B escort frigates and several escort warships . However when the New Republic fleet emerged in Ssi - ruuvi space , they discovered an already weakened foe . Above Lwhekk , 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 . Details . 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 . Two major developments occurred during that time which would have repercussions in the latter years . One was the birth of the Keeramak , an event of major significance in the Ssi - ruuvi religion . The Keeramak itself was a hermaphroditic mutant multi - colored Ssi - ruu , was a master strategist and politician . The Keeramak was the offspring of an “ illegitimate ” relationship between two Ssi - ruuk from separate castes . In Ssi - ruuvi culture , the brown - scaled offspring of mixed parents were ostracized by society and treated like outcasts . However , the fact that the Keeramak had all the colors of the various Ssi - ruuk castes made it an enigma . Since it fulfilled a religious prophecy , its birth was warmly received by the Ssi - ruuk . According to that prophecy , the Keeramak would lead the oppressed P ' w ' eck slaves and the brown - scaled outcasts in an uprising against their class oppressors . Hoping that the Keeramak could be used as a moral booster , the Imperium leadership ensured that it was raised well and trained to lead the Imperium in the future . The Keeramak became respected among the Ssi - ruuk and P ' w ' ecks as a wise and firm leader who challenged the Conclave and Elder ' s Council . The other development 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 . In the fields of technology , the Ssi - ruuvi made advances in entechment by developing a means of sustaining enteched souls ; allowing them to last longer . By 14 ABY , the Ssi - ruuk scientists had succeeded in developing analogs from reverse - engineered captured Imperial starship technology including shield generators and sensor array systems . Seeing the Keeramak ' s potential in future developments , the Vong infiltrator E ' thinaa ' s faction backed the Keeramak against the ruling Shreeftut . In 22 ABY , E ' thinaa ' s Imperium faction organized a faux P ' w ' eck slave uprising by the P ' w ' eck Emancipation Movement led by the Keeramak and the P ' w ' eck leader Lwothin . By 23 ABY , the Keeramak ' s faction had managed to capture the capital Lwhekk and the Keeramak was installed as the new Shreeftut . Aftermath . Sometime between 23 ABY to 28 ABY , the Keeramak then made a secret deal with the Prime Minister of Bakura , Molierre Cundertol . In exchange for gaining “ immortality ” by being enteched 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 . As the nearest planet in the known Galaxy to the Imperium , Bakura would prove an ideal beachhead for a Ssi - ruuvi invasion . As part of their strategy , the faux P ' w ' eck rebels would make overtures of peace to the Bakurans and the New Republic ' s successor government — the Galactic Alliance . Lwothin would also claim 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 and slavery . To distract attention from the P ' w ' ecks , Cundertol arranged himself to be kidnapped by members of the anti - New Republic insurgent group Freedom . When a Galactic Alliance delegation including three members of the Solo family and starfighter pilot Jagged Fel arrived in Bakura in 28 ABY , Lwothin was able to lull them into a sense of false security . Following a Consecration Ceremony at a podium in the capital Salis D ' aar , Bakura was soon attacked by the Keeramak ' s escort fleet which quickly overwhelmed the Bakuran and Alliance defenders . However , the tide of the battle changed when the Keeramak itself was assassinated by Lwothin . This was the signal for a genuine P ' w ' eck revolt which quickly turned the tables on the Ssi - ruuk . With the group forces routed and the two orbiting " Sh ' ner " - class planetary assault carriers captured by Alliance fighters and P ' w ' eck mutineers , the remaining Ssi - ruuk capitulated . Later , Bakura signed a treaty of alliance with the P ' w ' eck Emancipation Movement for a joint effort against the Imperium . Meanwhile , the Yuuzhan Vong launched an invasion of the Ssi - ruuk Star Cluster and massacred many Ssi - ruuk . Cundertol escaped back to Ssi - ruuvi space only to meet his end at the hands of E ' thinaa who revealed his true identity as a Yuuzhan Vong infiltrator .