Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire
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Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire is a five-part story arc in the Tales of the Jedi series of comic books written by Kevin J. Anderson. The first issue was published on 6 May 1998 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the Star Wars galaxy 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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[edit] Synopsis
When Jori Daragon arrives back on Koros Major, she is quickly arrested, and the Starbreaker 12 is given to Ssk Kahorr as recompense for his destroyed drone ship.
Meanwhile, on Khar Delba, Ludo Kressh's flagship returns to Naga Sadow's decoy fortress. Sadow tells Gav Daragon, his reluctant apprentice, to push a button on the wall. He does so, causing Kressh's ship to explode in a globe of flame, presumably killing him.
On Koros Major, Jori Daragon is sentenced to work on the colony world of Ronika. She is transported there, but is soon able to escape by commandeering an ore shuttle. She flies it back to Empress Teta's palace in Cinnagar, and informs the Empress of the imminent Sith invasion. Odan-Urr confirms the similarity between Jori's claim and his vision, and Teta begins rallying her forces in preparation for the upcoming war.
High above Khar Shian, Naga Sadow appoints Gav Daragon as commander of the Koros Major invasion fleet, as the Dark Lord's incredible mass of ships heads into hyperspace towards the Republic.
While testing out the Starbreaker 12, Ssk Kahorr and his assistant Gorrm are shot down by the invading Sith warships; Gav Daragon can only hope that his sister was not aboard. Meanwhile, Memit Nadill arrives on Coruscant to defend the Republic hub from the Sith Empire alongside Tuknatan and Sonam-Ha'ar. Master Nadill arrives just in time, as mere moments after he's touched down in Republic City, the Massassi forces begin rampaging the Republic capital.
As the Jedi Knights struggle to defeat the Sith army in the Battle of Coruscant, former leader of the rebellion on Kirrek, Commander Llaban, vows to Empress Teta to defend Kirrek against the Sith Empire.
Meanwhile, as the Sith invade Koros Major, Odan-Urr hands Jori Daragon a lightsaber to defend herself with, and Odan-Urr flies off to the upcoming Battle of Kirrek. Gav Daragon, commander of the Koros Major invasion fleet, flies down to the surface, flanked by a group of Massassi bodyguards, to look for his sister Jori. He walks into Aarrba's repair dock, and Aarrba is quickly killed by the Massassi, much to Gav's shock and horror. Jori walks in and, assuming it was Gav who killed Aarrba, attacks him with her lightsaber.
On Kirrek, Odan-Urr and his Master Ooroo prepare themselves, as the Sith dropships land on Kirrek's surface, unleashing thousands of Massassi and war beasts upon the battlefield.
Gav Daragon flees the attack of his sister Jori, and flies to Primus Goluud, Jori trailing behind him. Gav fires on Naga Sadow's meditation sphere, floating high above the red supergiant, causing much of the Sith forces on Coruscant to fade, being merely an illusion made to give off the impression of a much larger army. With this knowledge, the Republic forces and Jedi are able to defeat the Massassi warriors. Sadow lures Gav into his meditation sphere, but when Gav arrives, the Dark Lord is nowhere to be found.
Meanwhile, as the Battle of Kirrek rages on, Ooroo shatters his own cyanogen tank, spreading the fumes across the battlefield and into the nostrils of hundreds of Massassi, killing them in seconds. However, being a Celegian, Ooroo dies soon after, poisoned by the oxygen in the air. But his sacrifice was not in vain, as the prisoners from Ronika arrive to assist the Koros troops, turning the tide in their favor, and soon winning the battle.
Above Primus Goluud, a fleet of Teta's ships (led by the Empress herself) and Jori Daragon arrive, soon followed by Naga Sadow's fleet. Gav transmits the Sith Empire coordinates to Empress Teta, as Sadow uses a superweapon attached to his ship to activate several solar flares on Primus Goluud's surface. The Sith fleet flees, and Teta's ships do the same. Gav, unable to pilot the severely damaged meditation sphere, is killed in the explosion.
As Naga Sadow's fleet returns to the Sith Empire, he is confronted by the presumed-dead Ludo Kressh, who had in fact sent a decoy ship to Khar Delba. Kressh declares himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith, but is soon killed when Sadow willingly crashes one of his ships into the hull of Kressh's flagship. As Empress Teta's fleet approaches, Sadow has Massassi on each of his ships kill the Sith Lords commanding them, creating a large barrier between the Dark Lord and Teta's fleet, and allowing Sadow to escape to Yavin IV, where he will spend the rest of his days, attempting to rebuild the once-great Sith Empire.
Meanwhile, on Koros Major, Odan-Urr discovers a Sith Holocron in one of the Empire's abandoned ships, which he will use to create the Great Jedi Library on Ossus, and Jori Daragon becomes the new owner of Aarrba's repair dock.
[edit] Issues
- Fall of the Sith Empire: Desperate Measures
- Fall of the Sith Empire: Forces in Collision
- Fall of the Sith Empire: First Encounter
- Fall of the Sith Empire: The Dogs of War
- Fall of the Sith Empire: End of an Empire
[edit] Major battles
The Fall of the Sith Empire occurs during the Great Hyperspace War, a period of time in which battles were common. The following are a series of battles that are chronicled in the series.
[edit] Coruscant
The Battle of Coruscant was the first battle between the Galactic Republic and Naga Sadow's Sith Empire.
Memit Nadill, trusting in Odan-Urr's judgement, came to Coruscant to rally the Jedi before the Sith were to attack, but the invasion fleet came early. The Coruscant defense forces led by Jedi Guardian Anavus Svag quickly defended the planet as other Republic forces and Jedi joined the defense.
The size of the Dark Lord's army was visually exaggerated and influenced by Sadow himself, meditating in his meditation sphere high above Primus Goluud.
When Gav Daragon fired on the sphere, Naga Sadow's concentration was disrupted, causing much of the army on Coruscant to fade. This increased the confidence and resolve of the Jedi and Republic soldiers, allowing them to take advantage and repel the Sith invasion.
[edit] Koros Major
The Battle of Koros Major was fought between the army of Koros and the Sith Empire. Due to Naga Sadow's focus being on the Battle of Coruscant, he had appointed his prisoner Gav Daragon as commander of the Koros Major invasion fleet. As the battle began, Gav landed on the planet to look for his sister Jori, with a group of Massassi bodyguards.
As Gav entered Aarrba the Hutt's repair dock, his bodyguards saw the Hutt as a threat, and attacked and killed him. Jori entered at that exact moment and attacked Gav with a lightsaber given to her by Odan-Urr, assuming he had killed Aarrba. But Gav was able to escape and flee the planet, leaving Teta's men to battle the Sith to eventual victory.
[edit] Kirrek
The Battle of Kirrek was fought between the army of Koros and the Sith Empire. Prior to the battle, Empress Teta had made an agreement with Commander Llaban, commander of the rebellion in the earlier Battle of Kirrek, to fight alongside each other to defend Kirrek against the Sith, earning amnesty for the ex-rebels. She had also decided to let the prisoners mining the colony world of Ronika to fight in the defense of Kirrek, but they were absent for the beginning of the battle.
Early in the battle, Odan-Urr attempted to use his Battle Meditation as he did during the Unification Wars, but the fury and determination of the Massassi warriors was infallible. Led by the Sith Lord, Shar Dakhan, the Massassi broke through the line of defenders and began climbing the wall. Separating much of the defenders from the Sith onslaught, Odan-Urr's Master Ooroo; a Celegian who survives by floating in a tank of cyanogen, which is toxic to most species; ordered the Kirrek rebels to find cover. He then tipped himself over, shattering his cyanogen tank and sending the fumes into the breaths of several Massassi, led by Shar Dakhan, killing them instantly. This killed Ooroo as well, as oxygen is just as toxic to him as cyanogen is to the Massassi.
As the prisoners from Ronika arrived, and with the death of the Sith commander, victory for the Tetans quickly became a foregone conclusion.
[edit] Primus Goluud
The Battle of Primus Goluud took place above the red supergiant Primus Goluud between Empress Teta's forces and the Sith Empire of Naga Sadow. Jori Daragon led Empress Teta to her brother Gav, presuming he had entirely turned to the Dark Side. Gav, trapped in Naga Sadow's meditation sphere, proved he was still on their side by transmitting the coordinates to Korriban to Teta's ship.
Soon, the Dark Lord's ships arrived and engaged the Koros battalion. Sadow wasted no time in using a superweapon attached to his flagship to trigger solar flares across Primus Goluud. The Sith forces retreated to the Sith Empire, closely followed by Teta's ships, as Gav was left to die in the meditation sphere.
[edit] Korriban
The First Battle of Korriban was fought between Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh's respective war fleets high above the Sith funeral world of Korriban.
Fleeing the Battle of Primus Goluud, Naga Sadow's fleet were confronted by Ludo Kressh, who declared himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith and banished Sadow from the Sith Empire. A fierce battle between the Sith Lords ensued, until Sadow crashed one of his ships into Kressh's flagship, killing the new Dark Lord.
The Second Battle of Korriban immediately followed the first battle. The Tetan forces, using coordinates given to them by Gav Daragon, came out of hyperspace very soon after the death of Ludo Kressh in the First Battle of Korriban, catching Naga Sadow by surprise. This allowed the Koros ships to quickly put the Sith Empire's forces at a disadvantage.
But Sadow had another trick up his sleeve; the Dark Lord ordered his Massassi to kill their commanders on each ship, leaving a massive, impassable barricade between himself and the Koros fleet. Naga Sadow then fled to Yavin 4 with his one remaining ship, to hopefully rebuild the once glorious Sith legacy.
[edit] Covers
 Desperate Measures |
 Forces in Collision |
 First Encounter |
 Dogs of War |
 End of an Empire |
 The Fall of the Sith Empire |
