Jaunty Cavalier The Jaunty Cavalier was a YT - series freighter owned by the Wookiee Rufarr , who operated it alongside a crew of six beings . The vessel was a common sight around the planet Bakura in the Outer Rim Territories during the conflict fought by the denizens of the galaxy against the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong . In 28 ABY , the crew of the " Jaunty Cavalier " was contracted by Molierre Cundertol , Prime Minister of Bakura , to take delivery of a Human replica droid made in his image and take it to Lwhekk , the Ssi - ruu k homeworld . The crew then staged Cundertol ' s kidnapping to transport the Prime Minister to the same location . Cundertol was in league with the Ssi - ruuk , a reptilian species that inhabited a star cluster near to Bakura . After a failed invasion attempt on Bakura twenty - four years earlier , the Ssi - ruuk were looking to try again . In exchange for using the Ssi - ruuvi entechment process to transfer his life essence into the Human replica droid , Cundertol was to assist them in taking the planet . With the process completed , the " Jaunty Cavalier " took Cundertol back to Bakura . However , to ensure secrecy about his new immortal condition , Cundertol murdered the crew of the " Jaunty Cavalier " and sabotaged the ship . The vessel was destroyed shortly after exiting hyperspace above Bakura , but the Prime Minister ejected in an escape pod . After being rescued , he spun a tale of being kidnapped by the crew of the " Jaunty Cavalier " , escaping and overpowering them before turning the ship around to make it home . Description . The " Jaunty Cavalier " was a Corellian Engineering Corporation YT - series freighter with an asymmetrical design . The ship , which regularly operated with a crew of seven and carried at least one escape pod , was in a state of disrepair by 28 ABY . History . Operating around Bakura . The " Jaunty Cavalier " was a YT - series vessel owned by the Wookiee Rufarr , who captained the ship alongside a crew of six other beings . By 28 ABY , the " Jaunty Cavalier " operated in the Outer Rim Territories close to the planet Bakura and was a regular visitor to the planet . During one such visit , Rufarr ended up owing an operator working with Bakura Orbital Control a sum of credits . Contracted by Cundertol . During the war against the extragalactic invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong , Rufarr and the crew of the " Jaunty Cavalier " were contracted by Prime Minister Molierre Cundertol of Bakura to take delivery of a Human replica droid that had been made in Cundertol ' s image and deliver it to Lwhekk , the Ssi - ruu k homeworld . As part of the deal , the " Jaunty Cavalier " crew were to also transport Cundertol to the location , but it had to be done in secrecy . Cundertol had secretly negotiated an agreement with the Ssi - ruu k , a reptilian species from a nearby star cluster that had previously attempted to invade Bakura twenty - four years earlier . In exchange for using their entechment technology to transfer his life essence to the Human replica droid — in effect , gaining immortality — Cundertol promised to assist in their second attempt to invade Bakura . Rufarr and the " Jaunty Cavalier " crew staged the kidnapping of the Prime Minister and spirited him off to the secret location where the transfer was successfully completed . In doing so , they were implicated as radical members of the Freedom resistance movement , an anti - New Republic organization that supported a more independent Bakura free of outside influence . The " Jaunty Cavalier " was then used to take Cundertol back to Bakura . However , the Prime Minister could not risk the crew of the " Jaunty Cavalier " contradicting any story he came up with to cover his disappearance , so he murdered the crew and sabotaged the ship . Return to Bakura . As the " Jaunty Cavalier " exited hyperspace over Bakura , it went into an uncontrolled spin and its drive units fired at random intervals . The vessel ' s orbital insertion took it close to the " Lancer " - class frigate " Pride of Selonia " , a Galactic Federation of Free Alliances ship that had arrived at Bakura on a mission to re - establish contact with worlds that had been cut off from the galaxy due to the Yuuzhan Vong advance across the galaxy . Since the " Jaunty Cavalier " was out of control and dangerously close to the " Pride of Selonia " , the commander of the Alliance frigate ' s starfighter squadron , Jagged Fel , attempted to hail the vessel , instructing them to change course or action would be taken . When no response was forthcoming , and with the possibility that the " Jaunty Cavalier " might hit the " Pride of Selonia " , Fel requested and received permission from Bakura Orbital Control to attempt to nudge the wayward freighter out of the " Pride " way . Fel — along with four other fighters from Twin Suns Squadron — moved in close , using their shields to gradually move the " Jaunty Cavalier " clear of both the " Pride of Selonia " and Bakura ' s atmosphere . During the maneuver , the " Jaunty Cavalier " engines abruptly flashed and died . Fel , recognizing the beginnings of an explosive drive failure , ordered his fellow pilots to break away from the freighter immediately . The drive unit exploded , destroying much of the vessel . Only part of the forward structural chassis remained recognizable . Despite the force of the " Jaunty Cavalier " explosion , Fel and his fellow pilots managed to escape the blast wave . Cundertol ' s deception . Just prior to the explosion , an escape pod launched from the " Jaunty Cavalier " containing Cundertol . Rescued by Fel , the Prime Minister was taken aboard the " Pride of Selonia " , where he relayed a story to Captain Todra Mayn , the frigate ' s commander , about being kidnapped by the crew of the " Jaunty Cavalier " inside the Bakuran Senate Complex and being smuggled out of the spaceport disguised as a box of records . He told those assembled in the medical bay — which included Fel — that he believed he had been kidnapped with the express intention of being interrogated and then killed . Because of this , Cundertol chose to attempt to escape and managed to get free from his restraints . He told them a tale of how he overpowered the crew , then turned the ship around and headed back to Bakura , where the " Jaunty Cavalier " developed " system rot " and began falling apart around him , barely escaping the vessel in time . Eventually , Cundertol ' s involvement in the subsequent Ssi - ruuvi invasion of Bakura was discovered , and the truth behind the " Jaunty Cavalier " mission and later destruction was revealed . Commanders and crew . The " Jaunty Cavalier " was owned and commanded by Rufarr , a Wookiee . The vessel was crewed by six other beings in addition to Rufarr — four Humans and two Rodians . Behind the scenes . The " Jaunty Cavalier " first appeared in the 2003 novel " " , the second book in " " " Force Heretic Trilogy " , written by Sean Williams and Shane Dix . The " Jaunty Cavalier " entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " indicated that the vessel exploded shortly after exiting hyperspace near Bakura due to Cundertol ' s sabotage ; while Cundertol ' s sabotage did result in the destruction of the ship , it did not happen immediately after reverting to realspace .