Skirmish on Kinooine

Several skirmishes on the planet Kinooine stemmed from a series of events that began when a scouting party sent there by Alliance of Free Planets Commander Luke Skywalker was abducted and murdered by Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith. Skywalker took notice of their disappearance and, along with fellow pilots Kiro and the Zeltron female Dani, traveled to Kinooine in search of them. Upon their arrival, Lumiya brutally attacked Kiro and Dani, taking the Zeltron prisoner while leaving her companion for dead. Skywalker managed to save Kiro before leaving in search of Lumiya. He located and engaged her in a duel which resulted in his capture and subsequent imprisonment within Lumiya's underground lair. The Dark Lady meanwhile went to finalize preparations for the arrival of the Nagai invasion fleet, with whom she planned to finally crush the rebellion.

Kiro infiltrated Lumiya's base in her absence, killing a Nagai warrior in the process before rescuing Luke Skywalker. Together they found and confronted Lumiya, who fully expected to once again defeat Skywalker in combat; she was unprepared, however, for the Jedi's use of two lightsabers—one long and one short—and was beaten before being stripped of her armor and exposed as former Imperial Intelligence agent Shira Elan Colla Brie. The Nagai fleet arrived at that moment, forcing Skywalker and Kiro to take Lumiya into custody and hasten their plan to rescue Dani from the bowels Lumiya's lair. They were ultimately successful, though not without casualty; Kiro had been lost in combat with Lumiya's Nagai cohort Den Siva. With the invaders rapidly dispersed over Kinooine, Luke Skywalker and Dani were forced to abandon Lumiya and flee the planet, also leaving Kiro—whom they believed to be dead.

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