House Vahali House Vahali , members of which were known as the Vahalii , was a Great House that was based on the planet Kaikielius during the rule of the Galactic Republic . Along with its rivals , House Juoni and House Praji , House Vahali formed part of the Triad , and the three families collectively held much influence on the planet Coruscant , the Republic ' s capital . Eventually , House Juoni collapsed and House Praji departed Kaikielius , leaving the world to the Vahalii . Members of House Vahali were elected to all levels of the Kaikieli government , but the family faced problems as a result of the rising power of criminal factions on Kaikielius . However , the criminals were eventually driven from Kaikielius in 4225 BBY , leaving House Vahali free to reconstruct the world . Thousands of years later , Nahdonnis Praji of House Praji conquered Kaikielius during Operation Shadow Hand , shattering House Vahali ' s power base . The Vahalii later reemerged on the planet Denon , where they attempted to build a new sphere of influence for themselves . History . House Vahali was an aristocratic family that lived on the planet Kaikielius during the rule of the Galactic Republic . From early in their history , the Vahalii considered themselves the enemies of House Praji , another Kaikieli family . According to legend , the Vahalii were descended from the original colonists of Kaikielius , who had fragmented as a result of a doctrinal dispute and divided themselves into three groups — House Vahali , House Praji , and House Juoni . However , the historian Doctor Gabrel Treon later speculated that the legend was untrue and that the three Houses were just the strongest of a number of families vying for control on Kaikielius . Regardless of their origins , the Vahalii , the Juonii , and the Prajii eventually institutionalized themselves and became Great House s that were collectively known as the Triad . Jointly , the three houses held much influence on the planet Coruscant , the capital of the Republic . The families began competing against each other , and , on occasion , the Vahalii absorbed lesser Kaikieli families into themselves or bribed them into working against the interests of the Juonii and the Prajii . House Juonii eventually collapsed as a result of its role in the First Alsakan Conflict , leaving Kaikielius to House Vahali and House Praji . The two houses continued to plot against each other , and their dissension prevented Kaikielius from gaining primacy over its rival world , Koros . Following the unification of the Koros system in 5000 BBY , Kaikielius experienced large - scale industrial growth in an attempt to compete with Koros , leading to widespread urban development on Kaikielius . As a result , the world attracted the attention of the Hutts , and both the Vahalii and the Prajii began losing credits as a result of Hutt operations on Kaikielius . The Praji family relocated to Coruscant in 4800 BBY , and , in their absence , members of House Vahali were elected to positions at all levels of Kaikielius ' government . However , criminal factions began to become increasingly powerful on the world , and the Vahalii struggled to maintain control . For sixty years , Emppu Praji - Barck , the Republic Minister of State and a member of the Praji family , prevented the Republic from coming to the aide of House Vahali , and conditions on Kaikielius worsened . Eventually , the Prajii bribed the Hutt Odominic kajidic into supplying arms to criminals on Kaikielius , causing a war to develop on the planet between the criminal gangs and the world ' s police force . The escalated conflict forced the Republic to intervene , and it sent troops to Kaikielius in 4225 BBY , during what became known as the Kaikieli Reconquista . The Jedi Padawan Derrica Praji , another member of the Praji family , fought alongside the Republic forces on Kaikielius and helped them to retake the planet from the criminals , despite knowing that by doing so , he was aiding the Vahalii and thereby negating centuries of scheming carried out by his family . In the aftermath of the Reconquista , House Vahali was left free to reconstruct Kaikielius , and the Prajii were angered that their schemes against the Vahalii had failed . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , over four thousand years later , House Vahali had established its headquarters in a skyhook that orbited Kaikielius . During Operation Shadow Hand in 10 ABY , Nahdonnis Praji of the Praji family led Imperial forces in an attack on Kaikielius , and he knocked the Vahalii skyhook out of orbit . The destruction of its headquarters and the subsequent Imperial occupation of Kaikielius shattered the power base of House Vahali , forcing it into poverty . The Vahalii eventually resurfaced on the planet Denon , where they attempted to build a new sphere of influence for themselves . Gabrel Treon later wrote about the Vahalii in " " , a history of the Praji family that was published in the " Byblos Journal of Historical Science " in 104 ABY . Behind the scenes . House Vahali was created by Nathan O ' Keefe and featured in " Tinker , Tailor , Soldier , Praji " , an article that was published in the section of the website StarWars . com in 2009 .