Attack on the Elders ' spaceport The war on the planet Melida / Daan between the Young — a group of children — and the Elders , the world ' s oldest residents , of 44 BBY reached its climax when the Young attacked the spaceport where the Elders refueled their starfighters . The Elders were making the tactical error of refueling all of their fighters , which were their primary advantage in the war , at the same time , and a Young strike team infiltrated the hangar through an underground shaft in an attempt to eliminate this advantage . After a brief skirmish , the fighters were successfully disabled , and a time bomb destroyed most of the spaceport . With the Elders ' advantage gone , the planet ' s Middle Generation , which had remained neutral in the war up to this point , allied with the Young , who declared victory in the war . Prelude . For centuries , the planet of Melida / Daan had been locked in a civil war as the two native tribes , the Melida and the Daan , fought over years - old grudges . In 44 BBY , a group of children from both tribes known as the Young made a bid for peace by attacking both tribes ' weapons storehouses , capturing both sides ' weapons , and marching on the capital city of Zehava . However , the two tribes joined forces as the Elders and retaliated with hidden starfighters , giving them an advantage over the Young . After fourteen days of fighting , Obi - Wan Kenobi — a Young leader who had resigned from the Jedi Order to join the fight , feeling that the Young ' s cause was greater than that of the Jedi — noticed that the Elders were making the critical error of refueling all five of their fighters at the same time , and created a plan to take advantage of this . Another Young leader , Mawat , excavated a tunnel from the Young ' s underground headquarters to a power shaft under the Elders ' spaceport , and a strike team consisting of Kenobi , Nield , Cerasi , and Roenni used this path to gain access to the hangar during refueling . The attack . The Young ' s plan was to have Roenni , the youngest member of the team , quietly disable the power converters on the fighters with a fusioncutter while the other three team members stood guard . This worked for the first three fighters , which were near the Young ' s entry point , but the other two ships were closer to the Elder ' s guards , and Roenni was too afraid to cross the hangar alone . Kenobi moved to her side and ran to the last two fighters with her . During this maneuver , however , a utility droid bumped a barrel , which rolled up to Kenobi and Roenni . A guard turned around and spotted the two infiltrators , but before he could act , Kenobi leaped through the air and hit the guard — taking him out of the fight — then knocked a second guard out . The other four guards opened fire with their blasters , and as Roenni worked on disabling the fourth ship , Nield , Cerasi , and Kenobi returned fire . Roenni finished with the fighter and moved to the last one . Two guards moved to either side of the spaceport in an attempt to get behind the Young strike team , and Kenobi moved to compensate for the guards ' tactic . Finished with the last fighter , Roenni — who didn ' t know about the guards ' maneuver — jumped down from the ship and was immediately spotted by one of the flanking guards , who turned to fire on her . Kenobi responded by knocking the guard ' s blaster from his hand with the Force before running to Roenni ' s side and bringing her back to relative safety . Kenobi then pushed the barrel that had been knocked over by the droid earlier toward the guards . It hit one guard , knocking him into a second guard and pushing both of them into the other guards ' line of fire . Taking advantage of the guards ' distraction , the strike team bolted for the shaft they had used to enter the hangar . Cerasi , Roenni , and Nield quickly jumped down through the hole , followed by Kenobi , who tossed a time bomb onto a nearby fuel tank . The resulting explosion destroyed the bulk of the spaceport . Aftermath . The Middle Generation — the few remaining middle - aged natives after most had been wiped out in the prior war — had indicated to the Young prior to the attack that they would be willing to ally with the Young if victory in the war was close , and they did so after the Young notified them of their success in disabling the starfighters . With the new numbers advantage provided by the alliance , the Young declared victory in the war , and a government was formed by the Young . The government was able to keep the peace for a short time , but after infighting broke out over policies , it quickly fell apart . Soon after , the now - divided Young battled once more , this time against itself . The intervention of Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn , who had been summoned to the planet by Kenobi to keep the peace , stopped the fight , and a strong peace agreement was soon reached between the Elders and the Young . Behind the scenes . The attack on the spaceport appears at the beginning of the sixth book in the young readers " Jedi Apprentice " series , " " , written by Jude Watson and published in February 2000 by Scholastic . " The Uncertain Path " is so far the attack ' s only appearance or mention .