Battle of the Maw The Battle of the Maw in 11 ABY was between the New Republic and Admiral Daala ' s remaining forces including her flagship " Gorgon " and Tol Sivron ' s Death Star prototype . Battle . Buildup . Prior to this , the long dead Sith Lord Exar Kun had been defeated for all time and his grip on Kyp Durron ended . Earlier , under the influence of the Sith Lord , Kyp had destroyed the Cauldron Nebula and Carida . With the vile spirit destroyed , Kyp came back to his senses and surrendered to Han Solo . At the New Republic Senate on Coruscant , Chief of State Mon Mothma decided that the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker should decide the punishment for Kyp Durron . Skywalker decided that the Sun Crusher had to be destroyed and that Kyp Durron would do it to pay back for the carnage he had caused . Together , they would go to the Maw Cluster and plunge the superweapon into the galaxy ' s black holes where it would be destroyed for all time . Meanwhile , with Daala ' s forces driven from the Maw Installation , the New Republic sent a force to occupy it . Accompanying the task force were the Wookiee Chewbacca — who wanted to free the remaining Wookiee slaves at the installation — and the former Imperial scientist Qwi Xux . However , she would never regain her lost memories . The New Republic task force traveled through the dangerous black hole cluster and eventually reached the Maw Installation . Unfortunately , the Twi ' lek administrator Tol Sivron took the Death Star prototype and escaped into space . Battle . Upon capturing the installation , the New Republic troops confiscated documents and unfinished works that had been under development by the scientists at the Installation for use by the New Republic . Though Qwi Xux could not recall any details during her visit , she discovered the true colors of the Empire that she had served and realized that they had misled her . Unfortunately , they were interrupted by the arrival of Daala ' s flagship " Gorgon " — the sole remaining Star Destroyer in her guardian fleet . The other , " Basilisk " , was destroyed when Kyp Durron obliterated the Cauldron Nebula with the Sun Crusher in an attempt to destroy Daala and her fleet . Upon seeing the New Republic stripping away the weapons discoveries in the Maw Installation , she was furious since Grand Moff Tarkin had assigned the station to her and was willing to destroy herself and the New Republic force . With her remaining Star Destroyer , Daala assaulted the New Republic forces as they scrambled to defend themselves . Meanwhile , Tol Sivron took the Death Star Prototype out of the Maw Cluster to the nearby Kessel system and used the superweapon ' s super laser to destroy Kessel ’ s Garrison Moon . However , upon receiving coordinated resistance from Smugglers ' Alliance vessels , Sivron retreated back into the Maw since the prototype had no TIE Fighter escorts and strategic defenses . Unaware of the chaos , Skywalker and Durron arrived at the Maw Cluster on their mission to destroy the Sun Crusher . Upon arriving , they saw the scrambled New Republic forces and an asteroid field which had formerly been Kessel ' s Garrison Moon . Racing towards the Maw Installation , the Jedi watched as the Death Star Prototype appeared in space to join Daala ’ s Star Destroyer . Unknown to Sivron , Han Solo had managed to hide the " Millennium Falcon " within the tangled superstructure of the Prototype as it retreated from Kessel . Along with Lando Calrissian and Mara Jade , Solo worked to sabotage the prototype ' s main reactor before Sivron could fire on the Maw Installation . The " Falcon " retreated from the Prototype as Sivron ’ s teams worked desperately to repair the damage done to the reactor . Meanwhile , Kyp Durron , wanting to make up for the suffering and deaths he had caused , raced back to the Sun Crusher . He used it to engage the Death Star Prototype while Chewbacca led an attack on Daala ' s Star Destroyer . As the New Republic force evacuated the Maw Installation , Daala opened fire on the installation ' s main power reactor which exploded in a brilliant flash , apparently destroying " Gorgon " . However , the explosion blinded the sensors and Daala escaped to the Deep Core to join the remnants of the Empire . Piloting the Sun Crusher , Kyp fired his two remaining resonance torpedo es into the Death Star Prototype , but was dismayed to find that the damage they caused was insufficient to destroy or even disable the battle station . Kyp then led the prototype on a chase through the dangerous black holes of the Maw Cluster . In a final gambit , the Jedi Knight lured the prototype too close to a black hole , but just as the prototype reached the point of no return Tol Sivron managed to score a direct superlaser hit on the Sun Crusher , overwhelming its armor and causing it to lose engine power . As both the Sun Crusher and the Death Star Prototype descended into the bottomless pit of the black hole , a small message pod was launched from the Sun Crusher . When the pod was recovered by Han Solo , he was astonished to find that Durron had managed to cram himself into the pod , breaking a lot of bones in the process . Kyp ' s survival was due to his innate ability to use a Jedi technique almost to the point of suspended animation . Kyp recovered from his wounds and served as a Jedi Knight for the New Republic .