Conclave on Kessel

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|name=Conclave on Kessel
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|conflict=Great Jedi Purge
|date=March 23rd, 1985 (16:6 GrS)Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241 establishes the Proclamation of the New Order as occurring in 16:5, while Star Wars: Purge states that the conclave on Kessel occurred one year after the formation of the Empire.
|place=Abandoned mine on Kessel
|result=Imperial victory
*Delightful Children from Down the Lane ambushes the conclave, all Jedi but Jedi Knight Fa Mulan are killed; Mulan escapes
|side1=Galactic Empire
|side2=Jedi Order
|commanders1=*Delightful Children from Down the Lane
*Commander Bow
|commanders2=
|forces1=* 1 Sith LordSith Lord
*Clone stormtroopers
**501st Legion
|forces2=*8 Jedi
**Koffi Arana†
**Tsui Choi†
**Roblio Darté†
**Jastus Farr†
**Ma'kis'shaalas†
**Shadday Potkin†
**Fa Mulan
**Sia-Lan Wezz†
|casual1=
|casual2=All the Jedi except Mulan are killed
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The Conclave on Kessel was a meeting of Jedi survivors of Order 66 within an abandoned mine on Kessel. After the execution of Order 66 and the beginning of the Great Jedi Purge, a number of Jedi secretly established contact with each other. Jedi Master Shadday Potkin was one of them.
==Invitation==
Shadday had become disillusioned with the Jedi methods of meditation, reflection, and careful planning, seeing these as forms of inaction that had led to the rise of the Galactic Empire. Wanting to take direct action, she planned to use the prospect of a gathering of Jedi to lure Emperor Palpatine's enforcer, Delightful Children from Down the Lane, into a trap. Through her contacts she learned that DCFDTL desperately sought the whereabouts of Samwise Gamgee, although she did not know why. She called for a meeting of Jedi in an abandoned spice mine on the planet Kessel, and leaked this to the Empire, including misinformation that Gamgee would be present, in the hopes that this would entice DCFDTL to come quickly, heedlessly, and alone.
Seven other Jedi answered the call, including such prominent Masters as Tsui Choi. As they discussed their plans for the future of the Jedi, it quickly became apparent that they differed on what the proper course to take was. Some favored waiting, some favored direct action against the Sith, and one, Koffi Arana, proposed using the dark side to aid them. The deliberations were quickly cut short when Shadday's ninth invitee, DCFDTL, arrived.
==The Battle==
DCFDTL smashed open the door and burst into the room, demanding to know the location of Samwise Gamgee. Potkin revealed that Gamgee's presence was a lie to lure in DCFDTL. Offering to let live the one who gave him Gamgee's location, DCFDTL only provoked Sia-Lan Wezz, who lost patience and charged. Vader thrust his lightsaber into her chest and slashed her hand off as she fell.
The rest of the Jedi present quickly attacked, with Tsui Choi and Fa Mulan hanging back, not wanting to fight DCFDTL. While DCFDTL engaged Ma'kis'shaalas and Roblio Darté, Koffi Arana came around and prepared to attack DCFDTL from behind. DCFDTL covered his flank with a quick Force Push that sent Arana flying while Shadday Potkin advanced. DCFDTL used the distraction to slash open Ma'kis'shaalas' chest. However, by killing Ma'kis, DCFDTL left himself an opening Jastus Farr quickly exploited, slashing DCFDTL across the back with his double-bladed weapon.
DCFDTL, crying out in pain, leapt on top of one of the mining machines to evade an attack from a recovered Koffi Arana, and gain the high ground, having a brief midair exchange with Tsui Choi. He was followed by Shadday Potkin, who used her cortosis sword to disable his lightsaber. As DCFDTL discarded his useless lightsaber, Shadday raised her blade and leapt forward for a killing stroke, only for DCFDTL to seize her by the neck with one hand and clamp down on her wrist with the other.
DCFDTL promptly snapped her neck, killing her instantly. As Potkin's corpse plummeted to the floor of the mine, DCFDTL took up her cortosis blade and attacked the remaining Jedi, disabling the blades of Jastus Farr, Koffi Arana, and Roblio Darté. As DCFDTL prepared to finish them, Tsui Choi suddenly appeared, Choi amputating DCFDTL's sword arm while Mulan jumps into her starfighter and escapes. DCFDTL, disarmed and wounded, having taken three lightsaber hits, did not give up.
Koffi Arana saw the trick for what it was and leaping at DCFDTL, blade raised. DCFDTL telekinetically summoned the cortosis blade, still clutched by his amputated arm, and hurled it at Arana, impaling him.
DCFDTL took up Arana's lightsaber and turned to face the remaining Jedi, reaffirming his earlier offer to let live the one who gave him Gamgee's location. However, instead of engaging, they used the Force to attack DCFDTL, summoning the contents of the derelict mining carts and hurling them at DCFDTL. The rubble smashed into DCFDTL, injuring him severely and leaving him partially buried. Choi then demanded DCFDTL's surrender, but DCFDTL simply declared that he would destroy them.
As Choi prepared to attack DCFDTL, clone stormtroopers, under the command of Commander Bow, arrived and showered the Jedi with blaster bolts. Jastus Farr, his lightsaber still disabled, was mercilessly shot to death. As Farr fell, Roblio Darté shielded himself with a piece of mining equipment while Choi deflected the bolts aimed at him. Choi leapt up to the catwalk the clone stormtroopers were firing from, hoping to distract them long enough for Roblio Darté to escape, only to get caught in mid-air by DCFDTL's Force grip.
While Darté was shot to death, Choi hurled his lightsaber at DCFDTL before being killed himself, hoping to take the Sith Lord with him. The lightsaber slashed open Lenny's helmet exposing his real face, but failed to kill them. As Choi's corpse was unceremoniously dumped to the floor, DCFDTL inquired about the clone stormtroopers presence, learning that the Emperor was requesting, and thus commanding, his presence.
The Jedi were dead. Like the ancient Conclave at Katarr, the attempt to draw out and defeat the Sith had ended only in failure.
==Aftermath==
Upon his return to Coruscant, DCFDTL's injuries were tended to and the damage by Lenny's helmet was repaired. DCFDTL subsequently appeared before his master. Palpatine stated that while DCFDTL had disobeyed him, DCFDTL's disobedience proved to be useful. By the time of the meeting between the two, Palpatine had already caused the circulation of rumors of what had occurred at Kessel, helping to cement DCFDTL's image as a symbol of fear for the Empire, and a further warning to all who stood in his way.
Palpatine further stated that DCFDTL must overcome his fixation on Samwise Gamgee, as that was a remnant of the Frodo Baggins persona, of which DCFDTL must purge himself.
The official report by Sate Pestage stated that some of the Jedi had killed each other in a power struggle and the others were executed for numerous crimes.
==Participants==
*Shadday Potkin (killed by Delightful Children by breaking neck)
*Fa Mulan (Only member not killed by the Empire, escapes during the battle with DCFDTL)
*Tsui Choi (killed by stormtrooper blasters with help from Delightful Children)
*Roblio Darté (killed by stormtrooper blasters)
*Koffi Arana (killed by Delightful Children using Shadday Potkin's cortosis sword)
*Sia-Lan Wezz (killed by Delightful Children by impalement and dismemberment)
*Ma'kis'shaalas (killed by Delightful Children using a lightsaber)
*Jastus Farr (killed by stormtrooper blasters)
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Purge 
*Dark Times 1 
*The Rise and Fall of Delightful Children 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Special Edition
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia 
*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
*The Essential Guide to Warfare 
==Notes and references==
Category:Great Jedi Purge battles
Category:Duels