Battle of Artorias A battle occurred early in the Yuuzhan Vong War and involved the invasion of the planet Artorias . Prelude . For millennia , the extra - galactic race known as the Yuuzhan Vong had been preparing for a full scale war to claim the galaxy which they believed was their promised land that was given to them by their gods . Thus , they dispatched spies and saboteurs to prepare the way for their forces . This led to a Yuuzhan Vong agent using an Cloaker Masquers to disguise his features making him appear as a native of the planet . Working his way into the confidence of the ruling King of the world , the agent aided in the sabotage of space capable vessels as well as ensured that the Artorias communications center did not receive a distress signal from the " Pythea " which had encountered a Yuuzhan Vong fleet heading to Artorias . Battle . Without a defense force protecting the planet as well as no warning of the approaching fleet emerging from hyperspace , the inhabitants of Artorias were completely unprepared for the invasion forces . Beforehand , the invaders had deployed ground teams to assault the primary settlements , and the warrior caste was successful in sowing terror amongst the natives . Many were wounded or killed in the initial attack until King Caled Galfridian realized that it was an invasion of his home . His initial counterattack involved throwing a thermal detonator at a group of Yuuzhan Vong , but this action did little to slow down the invaders . Understanding the magnitude of the attack , Galfridian signaled for his people to evacuate their world and retreat to the ships in the hangar bay . However , upon reaching it , they discovered that all the ships had been sabotaged , whereupon they learned that someone had betrayed them . The King decided to stall the invaders while his people repaired the ships but , upon exiting the hangar bay , he uncovered that the group of hostiles attacking them had been slain by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker , who had arrived to help the Artorian people . Despite the overwhelming attack , a small force from the New Republic , along with the New Jedi Order , managed to arrive on the planet in order to assist with the evacuation . Master Skywalker was able to arrive at the hangar bay of the besieged Artorian people and defeat the Yuuzhan Vong attacking the facility . After meeting with King Galfridian , Skywalker attempted to convince him to evacuate . While the King was willing to allow his people to leave , he himself decided to stay behind to fight for his home . The Yuuzhan Vong in the meantime had deployed heavy forces to the planet which included their feared Fire Breather s that ravaged the cities on Artorias . Aftermath . As King Galfridian continued to fight the invaders , his loyal aide Dulac was wounded by an amphistaff attack that was aimed for Caled . Caled remained behind to form the Artorias resistance to combat the invaders rule of the planet . At the same time , his son Finn Galfridian was told to evacuate with his people who were protected by a team of New Republic trooper s . However , Skywalker sensed that the boy had a presence in the Force and decided to take him to Yavin 4 so that he could be trained at the Jedi Praxeum in order for him to become a Jedi . Meanwhile , Nina and Kaye Galfridian were captured by the extragalactic invaders who had captured many members of the populace as well as herded them into a slave ship . With this action , the world of Artorias was one of many that had fallen to the Yuuzhan Vong .