Destruction of Paran

The destruction of the city of Paran on the planet Derilyn was a military operation conducted by the Galactic Empire. After protests encouraged by Senator Wuxod, the Empire dispatched a fleet of Star Destroyers to Derilyn. They conducted an orbital bombardment of the city, levelling it completing and killing over 500,000 people. After the destruction, a resistance group known as the Friends of Paran was established.
==Appearances==
*Operation: Elrood 
==Sources==
*Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Three 
*The Star Wars Planets Collection
*The Essential Atlas 
==Notes and references==
Category:Battles of the Sixty Hour War
Category:Genocides and massacres
Category:Orbital bombardments