The outbreak of the Black Fleet Crisis ends a period of relative
peace in the
galaxy. While the war against the remnants of the Empire continued, the New Republic had pushed the Empire back enough to acquire some breathing room to attend to personal concerns.
Yevethan forces (former
Imperial slaves who overthrew their masters) using captured Imperial ships begin a
genocidal campaign to conquer the Koornacht Cluster by killing all non-Yevethans. The
New Republic is forced to fight in its own defense, as well as to rescue hostages held by the Yevethans (including
Han Solo). After obtaining an image of Han as a battered hostage,
Chewbacca goes on a desperate rescue mission.
Luke Skywalker travels with Akanah Norand Goss Pell to seek out what he's told are his mother's people, the Fallanassi, to learn about them. Luke finds that the Fallanassi are a mysterious and secretive sect of
Force users who are total
pacifists. Luke learns new Force techniques and
philosophies from them, and gains their help to aid the New Republic in one battle. Leia is the only person who doesn't have a chance to rest, who because of her
fame, what others expect of her, and her sense of
duty and
obligation, she has become a prisoner of the
Presidency. But she is far too tired, stressed beyond her limits, and emotionally fragile, and she is only two steps away from a serious personal crisis of her confidence. Nil Spaar, the
Machiavellian
Viceroy of the Yevethan
Protectorate, sees that as an opportunity he can exploit and an opportunity to destroy the New Republic from within. ==See also==