Stark Hyperspace War

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The Stark Hyperspace War (44 BBY) is a fictional conflict described in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

The last major conflict in the galaxy prior to the battle of Naboo pitted the Galactic Republic against the Stark Commercial Combine, led by the pirate Iaco Stark. The war was used by the Trade Federation to increase their droid army to protect their ships from attack by pirates.

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The Stark Hyperspace War began when pirate Iaco Stark created the Stark Commercial Combine, a group of smugglers from areas in the Outer Rim territories. The Combine began to attack ships, conquering them and stealing their bacta for Outer Rim systems, claiming that there was a dire need for it.

The Senate was outraged. Senator Finis Valorum, Senator Nute Gunray, and Senator Ranulph Tarkin discussed the issue with the Wookiee Jedi Master and Jedi Council member Tyvokka, who believed the shortage was a fake. Their decision was to send a team of Jedi (Plo Koon, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Tholme), backed up by the Republic army, to meet and consult with Stark.

However, when they arrived to meet with Stark, they found out the meeting was a trap. Their navcomputers were infected with a technovirus that prevented them from traveling through hyperspace, leaving them stranded and surrounded by Stark's forces.

Tyvokka continued to investigate, but was ambushed and killed by Stark's men, leaving the Jedi without a leader. However, Plo Koon bravely stood up and lead the group to an astounding victory with help from Plo's niece, Sha, preventing Stark from taking control of the Republic's hyperspace lines.

These actions won Plo Koon a lifetime seat on the Jedi Council.

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