Battle of Kashyyyk (Second Imperium Crisis)

The Battle of Kashyyyk was a large raid by the forces of the Second Imperium on Thikkiiana City on Kashyyyk in 23 ABY during the Second Imperium Crisis. Due to Kashyyyk's strategic importance as a major exporter of computer technology in the New Republic, the planet was targeted by the Second Imperium in order to obtain its valuable computer units for their war effort. Having won his place as the Shadow Academy's "Darkest Knight"—commander of the Imperium's Dark Jedi, Zekk was assigned command of this task force dispatched to Kashyyyk to capture the computer systems. However, his former friends and now Jedi trainees the Solo twins —Jacen and Jaina Solo— and their fellow companions Tenel Ka Djo and the Wookiee Lowbacca were also going to Thikkiiana city for a brief trip. Also, Lowbacca's sister Sirrakuk was undergoing a dangerous rite-of-passage ritual and needed the supported of her older brother Lowie.

An Imperium commando force used holographic image disguisers—which allowed them to take on the shapes of Wookiees—when infiltrating the Thikkiiana computer fabrication facility's control tower. There, they disabled Kashyyyk's orbital defense systems and triggered the automatic lock-out systems. Meanwhile, the main Imperial force landed at the plant on an Imperial Assault Shuttle and quickly overwhelmed the Wookiee workers before making off with the computer units. In the skies above Thikkiiana, Imperial starfighters distracted the Wookiee defense forces through diversionary attacks on the surrounding suburbs.

In an act of petty vengeance, Garowyn attempted to "recover" her stolen personal starship "Shadow Chaser" from Jaina and her Wookiee friend Chewbacca but was killed instead. Having received a distress signal from the fabrication plant, Jacen, Tenel Ka, Lowie and Sirrakuk arrived only to encounter Zekk, Vonnda Ra and a contingent of stormtroopers. The Jedi trainees fled down an escape hatch into the dangerous Shadowlands in the lower depths of Kashyyyk's world-spanning tropical jungles; hotly pursued by the Dark Jedi and Imperials. During this pursuit, the outnumbered Jedi used mixture of their Force abilities and the dangerous ecosystem to eliminate most of their pursuers. Most of the stormtroopers were eliminated by a giant slug whereas Vonnda Ra met her demise at the maw of a carnivorous syren plant.

Meanwhile, Jaina encountered her former friend Zekk while searching for her friends in the Shadowlands. Despite his indoctrination, Zekk was unable to kill one of his former friends but instead warned her of the Second Imperium's impending attack on the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4; telling her to stay away from it. He then quickly departed to rendezvous with a fast transport. Knowing of the impending threat to the Academy, the Jedi quickly headed back to Yavin 4 while the Second Imperium made its way under the orders of the "Emperor Palpatine".

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