Rift Alliance The Rift Alliance was a group of powerful worlds united by their shared protests at Republic " incompetence " and their threat to secede . Losing any one of these planets would have been a catastrophe for the Republic ; losing all of them would have caused the Republic ' s collapse . History . Rift Alliance member Alauni represented Saleucami , the Republic ' s most powerful trade hub in the Outer Rim , while Aeten II — Diab Duin ' s world — produced vital ores and crystals for Republic fleet construction . As tensions with the Sith Empire rose , supplies of the healing fluid kolto from Manaan — Shuuru ' s world — became indispensable . The planet Erigorm , represented by Augin Blaesus , recorded and administrated the Republic ' s finances for centuries ; its secession would have destroyed the Republic ' s financial markets . Not all members of the Rift Alliance were hostile toward the Republic , however . Tai Cordan , a member of Balmorra ' s exiled government , claimed to be seeking powerful allies to help his home . Senator Tobas Grell and his daughter Nadia , representing the planet Sarkhai , joined out of curiosity . The Rift Alliance pooled its economic and military resources together for their mutual protection . A research facility was established on the planet Quesh that was jointly run by the Rift Alliance worlds , though staffed primarily by Selkath . Additionally , troops from the member worlds formed a coalition force to combat the White Maw pirates based on the ice planet Hoth , which harassed trade routes important to the Rift Alliance world . Supreme Chancellor Dorian Janarus knew how devastating the loss of these systems would be and recruited the Jedi Master known as the Barsen ' thor to keep them with the Republic . The Barsen ' thor would ultimately rally the Rift Alliance into a formidable army to battle the Children of the Emperor , culminating in a showdown against the First Son at the climax of the Battle of Corellia . After Janarus ' assassination , his successor , Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh , authorized substantial reparations to the Rift Alliance both in response to their original protests , as well as in gratitude for their efforts to preserve the Republic . It is interesting to note that while the Rift Alliance was nominally a separatist movement , at least half of the members of the Alliance were not secessionists . Balmorra and Manaan were neutral worlds , and thus were not members of the Republic to begin with , while Sarkhai had no apparent intention to secede , as its representatives joined only out of curiosity . It is also curious that Manaan , despite its longstanding neutrality , would send troops and military aid to Hoth , although scientific support for offworlders was not without precedent , as Selkath scientists had secretly supported the Republic at the Hrakert Rift station , while the Order of Shasa was protecting the research facility operated by the Order of Revan on Manaan during this same period . Several years after the Barsen ' thor ' s stint with the Rift Alliance , Jedi Master Kutri O ' a foresaw that in one possible future scenario , an organization called the New Rift Alliance would be formed , and its members would heavily rely on the Barsen ' thor ' s teachings , preserved in his holocron .