Attack on the Executive Center

Around 19 BBY, shortly before Separatist Reintegration Day, the former Separatist Alliance operative Soujen Vak-Nhalis attempted an attack on the Imperial Executive Building on the Galactic Empire's capital of Coruscant, hoping to kill Emperor Palpatine. However, Vak-Nhalis's efforts were thwarted by Senator Mon Mothma, who had attempted to convince him to testify before the Imperial Senate but had instead been taken captive. Mothma was in possession of the trigger words for the explosive built into Vak-Nhalis's body and, in an effort to prevent the chaos that would follow from Vak-Nhalis's attack, used them to detonate the former Separatist while he was still approaching the Federal District in an airspeeder.

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