Battle of Moorjhone

In the year 20 BBY, the planet Moorjhone was the site of a conflict between two Nightbrothers and the Galactic Republic. After killing an agent of the Rim Mining Company in a random act of violence, the recently resurfaced former Sith apprentice Darth Maul and his brother, Savage Opress, found themselves on the run from bounty hunters acting under the interest of Ja'Boag, the leader of the Mining Company who placed a large bounty on their heads. Darth Maul opted to tackle the issue directly by killing Ja'Boag, who operated out of the mining facilities on the desert planet Moorjhone. After infiltrating the main facility and attempting to assassinate the Gossam, Maul and Savage were intercepted by a Jedi strike team consisting of Salmara, Judd, and Dray, who froze Savage in carbonite and wounded Maul, who managed to limp away into the surrounding desert.

Savage was stowed away as an ornament in Ja'Boag's office, while Maul eventually found himself in the company of natives who had recently found themselves ousted from their caves upon the arrival of the Mining Company. As the Day of Three Suns approached its next cycle, during which all life on the planet's surface would burn under the intensity of three suns, the natives found themselves desperate to reclaim their home in the caves. Darth Maul rallied the natives, who revered him as the "Demon in the Light", into conflict with the army of the Mining Company in an attempt to save his captured brother. Eventually, the 212th Attack Battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic led by General Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived and outnumbered the frail native forces, who were armed with primitive weaponry. Maul provoked the clone trooper forces into opening fire on the surrendering native forces (against the wishes of General Kenobi), providing a distraction for him to slip into the Mining Company base during the chaos.

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