Battle of the Murgo Choke The Battle of the Murgo Choke was a battle that occurred during the Dark Nest Crisis , and a conflict which led into the beginning of the Swarm War . It was fought between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances , with the help of the New Jedi Order , against the Killik Colony and the Dark Nest behind it . Background . The Murgo Choke was a group of four blue - white stars near the Utegetu Nebula . The intense gravity wells exerted by the four stars prevented any sort of hyperspace travel , hence the name " Murgo Choke " . The Killik s had built fifteen nest ship s , with which they were going to leave Utegetu and attack both the Chiss and the Galactic Alliance . The Fifth Fleet , under the command of the Bothan Admiral Nek Bwua ' tu , had blockaded the Choke as Killik nests violated the Qoribu Truce and expanded on Chiss space again . Leia Organa Solo and Saba Sebatyne were being held on the " Admiral Ackbar " as they were trying to rescue Han Solo and Luke Skywalker who were on Woteba , the headquarters of UnuThul and the Colony . Their team of Jedi in StealthX s , Mara Jade Skywalker among them , had no choice but to put themselves in Jedi trances and wait for rescue . The battle . Bwua ' tu wanted to capture these StealthX pilots . Meanwhile , Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , Jae Juun , and Tarfang were trying to find and kill Lomi Plo , the Queen of Gorog , the Dark Nest . To achieve this end , they traced the Dark Nest to the Tusken ' s Eye and stowed away on the Gorog nest ship . Earlier on , the partnership of Juun and Tarfang had delivered Killik spinglass busts of Bwua ' tu to the " Admiral Ackbar " . Unbeknownst to them , the busts each contained a number of tiny Gorog assassin bugs , which were released at about the same time as the Killik nest ships jumped from the Tusken ' s Eye to the Choke and made their move on the blockade . The blockade largely consisted of the " Admiral Ackbar " , the " Mon Mothma " , and the capital ships ' starfighter squadrons . With his ship being infiltrated and the Killiks trying to break his blockade , Bwua ' tu ordered Mara ' s team , together with the newly arrived squadron led by Kyp Durron , onto his ship for refueling , then to go out and fight . Although Bwua ' tu and his crew fought bravely , with the aid of Leia Organa Solo and Saba Sebatyne , they could not hold the " Ackbar " and were forced to abandon it . UnuThul , on his flagship of a " Lancer " - class frigate , used the Force to deflect Alliance turbolaser bolts and attempted to neutralize Leia through a mental Force attack . The Killiks , led by Alema Rar , seized the " Ackbar " and left the Choke to attack the Chiss . Meanwhile , Skywalker and his team had to face down Lomi Plo on the surface of the Gorog nest ship . They managed to send Plo into retreat , but Skywalker was hurt . The battle ended with four Killik nest ships and the " Ackbar " escaping the Choke . Aftermath . Which side gained victory is questionable . The Galactic Alliance managed to partially hold their blockade and keep eleven nest ships at the Choke , including " Bug One " , the Dark Nest ' s nest ship . In order to make the Colony think twice before further advancing , Bwua ' tu ordered Darklighter to initiate aggressive actions to maintain the Alliance blockade . The Chiss Ascendancy , on the other hand , believed that the Alliance had actually given the " Ackbar " to the Killiks to use against them . Regardless , with the Chiss determined to take aggressive actions against the Colony , and the trust between the Chiss , the Alliance , and the Jedi broken , the Swarm War began .