Battle of Iziz A battle , fought in the year 4000 BBY , was the culmination of a centuries - long planetary conflict known as the Beast Wars of Onderon . The battle began after three Jedi Knights arrived on Onderon to oversee an attempt at a peaceful existence between the people of Onderon ' s lone city , Iziz , led by the Queen Amanoa , and the Beast Riders from the planet ' s wilderness . However , the Jedi ' s negotiations with Amanoa were suddenly halted when Beast Warrior Commando s raided the Iziz Royal Palace , during which time Princess Galia , Amanoa ' s daughter , was kidnapped . Upon orders from the queen to retrieve the princess , the Jedi successfully located Galia at the Beast Rider ' s jungle citadel , Fortress Kira , and discovered that she was in the process of marrying Oron Kira , son of Beast - Lord Modon Kira . The Jedi learned during the reception that Amanoa ruled Iziz through the power of an ancient Dark Lord of the Sith named Freedon Nadd , and that the Beast Riders ' refusal to submit to her will was what sparked the war . They convinced Galia and Kira to return with them to Iziz to present their marriage to Amanoa as an end to the conflict , but the queen rejected the proposal outright . In a gesture that shocked them all , Amanoa invoked the spirit of Nadd , while ordering her armies to engage the Beast Riders in war . Following Amanoa ' s refusal , Oron Kira contacted his army , which was the largest gathering of Beast Riders ever assembled , and commanded them to begin their attacks on Iziz . Both sides suffered many casualties early on in the battle . The tide steadily turned in favor of the Beast Riders , who had managed to capture the city and surround the Royal Palace . However , Amanoa and the Naddist s , city - dwelling worshipers of Freedon Nadd , employed the power of the dark side of the Force , for which the Beast Riders had no defense . Slowly , the direction of battle swayed , this time in favor of Amanoa and the city - dwellers . Not until the arrival of Jedi Master Arca Jeth , who exercised his mastery of Jedi battle meditation against the Naddists , was victory delivered into the hands of the Beast Riders . During the battle , Amanoa was killed , having been released from Nadd ' s influence and unable to withstand the potency of Jeth ' s light side power . With the death of her mother , Galia assumed the throne of Iziz , with Kira ruling at her side as king . Background . Civil unrest in the Onderon system . In the year 4000 BBY , Princess Galia of the planet Onderon was kidnapped by the outlaws from her planet ' s wilderness , known as the Beast Riders . Led by Beast - Lord Oron Kira , the Beast Riders assaulted the Royal Palace of Iziz , Onderon ' s only city , just as a trio of Jedi Knights consisting of Ulic Qel - Droma , his brother Cay , and the Twi ' lek Tott Doneeta , arrived to mediate a peaceful end to the centuries - long civil war between Kira ' s people and the city - dwellers . Specialized Beast Warrior Commando s breached the throne room of the palace and successfully abducted the princess , whom they spirited away into the wilds of Onderon immediately after . Queen Amanoa , Galia ' s mother , demanded in the name of the Galactic Republic that the Jedi rescue her daughter . The three Jedi agreed to free Galia , and immediately set out in search of her . After their starship , the " Nebulon Ranger " , was shot down and crash - landed in the jungles of Onderon , the Jedi encountered and tamed wild boma - beasts , who led them to the Beast Rider stronghold where the princess was . Much to their surprise , the Jedi saw that Galia and Kira were engaged in a wedding ceremony , in the presence of nearly 400 Beast Riders . The Jedi interrupted the ceremony in an attempt to rescue Galia , who seemed like she was being forced into the union . However , the princess revealed that she was binding herself to Kira of her own accord and refused to return to Iziz . The astonished Jedi were then invited to join the remainder of the ceremony by Oron Kira ' s father , Modon . During the reception , the Jedi learned that Amanoa was secretly a practitioner of Sith magic and was harnessing it through the spirit of Freedon Nadd , an ancient and deceased Dark Lord of the Sith . Through Amanoa , the citizens of Iziz — the Naddist s — worshiped the memory of Nadd , and those who refused to submit themselves to his power were banished to the wilderness beyond the walls — left to be devoured by the wild beasts whose domain it was . These exiles managed to conquer the beasts and amass themselves into a sizable beast - riding army with which to eventually combat Amanoa ' s forces . After spending years trading information and conspiring with the city ' s political underground , Modon felt as though the time had come to act . Ulic Qel - Droma convinced Galia and Oron to present their union as a truce before Amanoa , with hopes that she would end her war and make peace with her enemies . Modon , however , was skeptical in the chance that diplomacy would prevail , and instead gathered the other Beast - Lords in preparation for war , in the event the Jedi peace mission was unsuccessful . Under his banner , thousands of Beast Riders rallied in the wilderness , united in the largest host ever gathered up to that point on Onderon for the final battle against the citizens of Iziz . Confronting the Queen . With Galia accompanying them onboard the " Nebulon Ranger " , the Jedi returned to the walled city , under escort of Kira and several other Beast Riders mounted on flying beasts . After being initially attacked by Iziz ' s defense towers , they were allowed to land in the city after it was revealed that Galia was with them . The royal advisor Novar met them at the Iziz spaceport and quickly escorted Galia , Kira , and the three Jedi into Amanoa ' s throne room . The queen was less than pleased to learn that her daughter had married into the Beast Rider ' s fold . Nevertheless , she did entertain them , as the Jedi again offered her a place within the Republic , while Galia implored her mother to embrace the light . The opportunity to sway Amanoa vanished when Kira offered her an ultimatum : recognize his and Galia ' s marriage as an end to their war , or the Beast Riders would rise up against her in battle . Amanoa rebuked Galia and her companions , and then called upon the spirit of Freedon Nadd and literally summoned darkness ; the power of which rapidly overtook the throne room and the palace . She further commanded her Royal Protector bodyguards to surround the party , and eliminate their chance to escape . The Jedi made short work of most of the Protectors , however , while Kira commed both his father and Commander Gobee , advising them to commence their counterstrike , as the peace negotiations had failed . Kira ' s arm was singed by enemy blaster fire at that moment , a painful realization that the final battle for Iziz was officially underway . The battle . Iziz under siege . Outside the walls of Iziz , both Gobee and Modon Kira received orders from Oron to begin the counterstrike . As Kira attempted to make his own departure from the palace , Gobee led his wings of Beast Riders in an aerial assault on both the north and eastern walls of Iziz , while Modon ' s forces advanced in boma - mounted ground formation . Their attack was met with turbolaser and ion cannon resistance , but Iziz ' s wall defenses were soon overwhelmed by the superior strength in Beast Rider numbers . At some point during battle , Gobee touched his beast down and continued to lead the siege from the ground , managing to overtake the ramparts of the northern wall . In a coordinated attack , Gobee and his ground troops then scaled the defense towers as his flying squads rained heavy blaster fire from above . The commander and his troops successfully captured the towers and killed the Naddist Wave gunner s who manned them . With the northern wall secured , the Beast Riders entered the city and overran the soldiers in the streets of Iziz . However , the Royal Palace itself remained impregnable , and the Beast Riders took their heaviest losses at its feet . Gobee nonetheless held his position near the citadel , which was from where Kira ' s last transmission had originated . When one of his soldiers informed him of the severe casualties being dealt to the Beast Riders by the palace resistance , Gobee commanded Flight leader Kurt to disengage the enemy in the east and suppress the fire coming from the palace roof . Gobee was soon met by Kira , whom he joined in command of their forces . The Beast Riders eventually subdued the city from all sides and converged on the Royal Palace . Amanoa ' s power . Inside the palace , Amanoa ' s royal guardsmen had the Jedi pinned down . Recognizing the threat she presented with her dark side powers , Cay Qel - Droma seized the queen and demanded that she cease her spell - casting . He was then attacked from behind by one of her Royal Protectors , causing his lightsaber to careen into the leg of an adjacent Royal Protector . Before Qel - Droma could retrieve his weapon , a third Protector attacked him and severed his left arm . Amanoa used the distraction to steal away into the depths of the palace , all the while invoking the spirit of Freedon Nadd to further bolster the might of her armies . Ulic Qel - Droma fought back intense enemy fire to rescue his brother . With Cay in tow , Ulic then retreated to the abandoned laboratory of Galia ' s father , where Ulic dressed Cay ' s wound . Cay spotted a dilapidated XT - 6 service droid whose parts could be adapted for Human use , and proceeded to configure one of the droid ' s arms as a prosthetic replacement for himself . Ulic also advised him that Galia had been taken to the " Nebulon Ranger " by Tott Doneeta , and that Kira had escaped the palace to join his Beast Riders in battle . They both noted that Amanoa ' s whereabouts were unknown . Amanoa had retreated to the tunnels under the palace and was drawing on the power of Freedon Nadd ' s tomb . Planetside , darkness blackened the sky , and the Jedi felt as though their ability to use the Force had been stifled . Victory soon turned in favor of Amanoa ' s forces , as her spell gave them an increased will to fight while sapping the strength of their enemies . The armies of Iziz managed to retake the northern wall while their armored companies moved in , whose artillery bombardments were enough to completely drive off the already retreating Beast Riders from Iziz . In just a few short moments , the city once again belonged to the city - dwellers . Having taken up command in a sensor tower along the wall of Iziz , Kira was surprised when Gobee appeared with Novar , a prisoner - of - war . However , the royal advisor openly mocked the Beast Riders with their impending defeat ; he began to reinforce Amanoa ' s spell through his own strength in the dark side , and Kira and Gobee immediately began suffering from its effects . Novar then prepared to kill them , when the unexpected arrival of an off - world starship and the being onboard reversed the ebb and flow of battle yet again . Influence of a Jedi Master . In the skies above Iziz , Arkanian Jedi Master Arca Jeth began to reaffirm the Beast Riders ' resolve from his starship through use of an ancient Jedi Force technique known as battle meditation . Amanoa ' s darkness receded from the atmosphere of Onderon as quickly as it had appeared in the face of his light - side assault . Almost instantly , the Beast Riders ' courage was restored . They fought with a renewed zeal to swiftly defeat the worshipers of Freedon Nadd , who were conversely suffering from the demoralizing effects of Jeth ' s meditation , and the battle was won . In the sensor tower above the city streets , Novar was also beaten , having been overcome by the physical prowess of Kira . Upon landing his ship , Jeth was greeted by all three of his apprentices , who could sense the disdain emanating from their Master . Jeth had sent his apprentices to Onderon in his stead only three days prior , but felt that his intervention was required since things had fallen out of his students ' control . After the battle , Jeth focused on locating Amanoa and the source of her dark side power . Accompanied by Galia , Tott Doneeta , Ulic , and Cay Qel - Droma , Jeth descended into the lower levels under the palace , intent on confronting the queen sorceress . Led by the Force , Jeth and his companions followed a path that led to a tomb under the palace , until they came upon Amanoa , who was kneeling at the feet of the sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd and chanting his name in reverence . Jeth ' s strength was enough to drive Nadd ' s influence from the catacombs , and Amanoa also died , as the power that supported her was gone . Jeth then threw back the massive lid of Nadd ' s coffin to reveal the skeletal remains of the deceased Sith Master , still brimming with potent dark side energies . Removing Nadd ' s ancient lightsaber from the tomb , Jeth proclaimed the Dark Lord ' s power broken and declared Galia finally free of its power . Aftermath . With the centuries - long war between the peoples of Onderon finally over , the marriage of Kira and Galia , the new king and queen of Onderon , was made official under Republic law , and the institution of peace could begin through their union . Also , to ensure the complete purge of Nadd ' s influence on the planet , Arca Jeth ordered the erection of a new tomb on Onderon ' s closest moon called Dxun , constructed of lightsaber - resistant Mandalorian iron . Nadd ' s remains were to be housed there , as well as Amanoa ' s , to be left under the protection of the moon ' s natural fauna . After their formal union , the new king and queen oversaw the funeral procession of Amanoa and Nadd , in the presence of their Jedi allies , whose assistance in the battle of Iziz helped unify the warring peoples of Onderon under one banner . Behind the scenes . The battle at Iziz was written and conceived by author Tom Veitch for the " " comic series , in the storyarc of " " , released in the fall of 1993 . The battle also appeared in the audio rendition of that same comic . Veitch laid a substantial foundation for Freedon Nadd ' s backstory in the audio drama , which he would later expand on in the subsequent " " , and " " storyarcs . Veitch also used this battle to kill off the character of Amanoa . There are two conflicting stories with regards to the loss of Cay Qel - Droma ' s arm . In the comic version , Qel - Droma ' s arm is severed by a Royal Protector with a bladed weapon . However , in the audio drama , his arm is blasted off by Novar , who runs off laughing afterward .