Invasion of Mon Cala

The invasion of Mon Cala, also known as the subjugation of Dac or Battle of Mon Cala, began after the former Jedi Padawan Ferren Barr began influencing the King of the planet Mon Cala, Lee-Char, in negotiations with the Galactic Empire. When the Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine recognized these negotiation techniques, the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, was dispatched alongside three Inquisitors and a death squad of Purge Troopers to investigate the possible Jedi while an Imperial Military force led by Governor Wilhuff Tarkin stood by. The invasion was intended by the Emperor to be one of the first publicly seen punishments to a planet that dared to dissent from his reign, marking the invasion as an early example of open Imperial oppression.

Shortly after Lord Vader's arrival, Imperial Ambassador Telvar was assassinated by Barr leading to Tarkin, aboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Sovereign, sending forces down to invade Mon Cala. During the initial battle at Dac City, Vader and his troops captured and interrogated Lee-Char. However, they were interrupted by a tsunami created by a school of large fish-like creatures which wiped out the Imperial forces on the surface of Mon Cala. While the Dark Lord of the Sith and his Inquisitors regrouped, the Imperial Colonel Bergon was fighting in Mon Cala's northern regions aboard an aerial landing platform. The Mon Calamari Gial Ackbar led an assault on the platform and destroyed it with Bergon aboard. Around the same time, in the southern regions, the Mon Calamari Admiral Raddus interlinked the shields of merchant ships from the Mon Cala Mercantile Fleet to combat Imperial forces, something which Governor Tarkin commended.

Shortly after, Vader and his group attacked Barr and his disciples and pursued them to the underwater settlement Bel City. While Vader was requested by Tarkin to track down Lee-Char, the Inquisitors and the Purge troopers cornered Barr and his last remaining disciple. Barr, though, used a mind trick to turn the Purge troopers against the Inquisitors, allowing the Padawan to escape. Vader went to capture Lee-Char and forced him to watch as Tarkin began an orbital bombardment of Mon Cala. Barr soon arrived and fought Vader. When the Jedi revealed he'd deliberately kick-started the war, the King panicked and ordered a cease-fire of his forces, although the governor continued it for a while. Vader then killed Barr and arrested Lee-Char. At the same time, Raddus escaped with a handful of his merchant ships.

After being arrested, Lee-Char was imprisoned on Strokill Prime. The Empire proceeded to subjugate Mon Cala. The Mon Calamari, however, launched a mass exodus aboard spaceworthy structures disguised as city buildings. The Mon Calamari became one of the key species of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, supplying capital ships to their fleet, which were converted for war by rebels in the Telaris system.

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