Jedi Council: Acts of War 4

Jedi Council: Acts of War 4

Publisher's summary[]

The Jedi Council's quest nears its end as the hiding place of the Yinchorri High Command is at last revealed. But the Yinchorri aren't about to surrender without a fight, and Jedi blood has already been spilled. How many lives -- on both sides -- will Jedi Master Mace Windu risk to bring the warlike aliens to justice? A handful of lightsabers is all that stands between a relatively peaceful Republic and galactic war. Action and heroism in the grand Jedi tradition!

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In33 BBY, theJedi Order dispatched a Jedi mission consisting of threeConsular-class space cruisers to theYinchorri system in an attempt to end theYinchorri Uprising. Upon arriving in the Yinchorri system, the Jedi cruisers were pursued and attacked byYinchorri starfighters but managed to evade their pursuers and land in their designated destinations. Their mission was to find and disable the Yinchorri command center.Jedi MasterAdi Gallia's team lands on the watery moon ofYitheeth where they captured theDevaronian mercenaryOlmar Grahrk, who was part of aSith conspiracy to pit theYinchorri species against theGalactic Republic and their Jedi defenders. Meanwhile, MasterMicah Giiett's team landed on Yibikkoror only to be trapped by their Yinchorri pursuers but were rescued by Gallia's team. Finally, MasterMace Windu's team onYinchorr was besieged by a Yinchorri army. However, they were reinforced by Gallia and Giiett's teams who helped fight off the Yinchorri. However, during the fighting, MasterLilit Twoseas and thePadawanTheen Fida were killed.

In the exposition, the remaining Jedi leaders meet at theJedi Temple onCoruscant. Since the three Jedi teams had found no trace of the Yinchorri command center on the inhabited worlds of theYinchorri system, MasterYaddle had consulted theholocron ofTharence Wo and found out that there was a fourth world within the star system known asUhanayih. It was a lifeless rock that translated from theYinchorri intoGalactic Basic Standard as "Within World" and was associated with Yinchorri beliefs about the afterlife. She also suggested that the name was not only use figuratively but carried a literal meaning as well. MasterDepa Billaba concurred and suggested that Uhanayih contained a base or city. MasterOppo Rancisis added that this explain why no trace of the Yinchorri base had been found on the other worlds. At that point, Bayts entered the room to informed the other Jedi that Windu was contacting them viahologram.

After interrogating the captured Devaronian arms dealer Olmar Grahrk, the Jedi mission found out that the Yinchorri command center was indeed located on Uhanayih. Windu also told his Jedi compatriots on Coruscant to relay the planet's coordinates toSupreme ChancellorFinis Valorum. Back on Yinchorr, MastersMicah Giiett andPlo Koon's team of Jedi were guarding the battlefield near theConsular-class space cruiser when Giiett was shot in the back by aYinchorri sniper. The grievously wounded Giiett then told his comrades to move towards one of theYinchorri tanks. He also reiterated that his comrades should not allow feelings of grief, sentiment, and revenge to distort their judgment. He also urged his Jedi to stop the Yinchorri but warned them against excessive violence. He also prophesied that MasterQui-Gon Jinn and his PadawanObi-Wan Kenobi were somehow destined to be Jedi of some renown. Finally, he told his friend Koon tha he would miss his company.

Master Giiett opted to remain behind to fend off the Yinchorri reinforcements while his comrades continued their mission to find the Yinchorri command center. As soon as his companions had left, Micah was surrounded by a squad of Yinchorri. He told them to come closer on the pretext of revealing "Jedi secrets" to them. When they did, he told them that the Jedi were not afraid to die for a worthy cause before activating his lightsaber, plunging the blade into the tank's fuel cell. The resulting explosion killed Giiett, and many of the Yinchorri. Giiett's death was transmitted by the Force and felt by his Jedi companions all over the galaxy. Even Darth Sidious himself felt it in the Force. The Dark Lord then ordered his apprenticeDarth Maul to contactVilmarh Grahrk, the cousin of Olmar and an arms dealer working for theSith Order. However, the Devaronian had already fled along with his relatives. However, Sidious was not worried because he was unable to reveal the existence of the Sith since he did not know the identity of Darth Sidious, who was in factSenatorPalpatine ofNaboo.

As theConsular cruiser departed Yinchorr for Uhanayih, Qui-Gon tried to comfort Mace Windu by telling him not to blame himself since death was the inevitable outcome of war and the Jedi had known the dangers before embarking on the Yinchorri mission. Windu was warmed by Qui-Gon's words but admitted that he still felt guilty about knowing the Jedi had laid dow their lives. Plo Koon intervened to ask whether it was harder to bear guilt or grief. Back at theGalactic Republic's capital ofCoruscant, Chancellor Valorum met Jedi MasterYoda outside theGalactic Senate and informed him that the Senate had agreed to dispatch fourRepublic Navy attack groups to Uhanayih. While Yoda welcomed these new developments, he sensed that Valorum was troubled because he had to make many concessions in order to convince his supporters in the Senate to support a technological embargo against the Yinchorri. According to Valorum, this situation reflected a growing tendency among the Galactic Republic's citizens to view the Jedi as unwanted intruders rather than as protectors.

Eventually, the Jedi arrived at Uhanayih. However, they were met by a massive Yinchorri fleet and soon under attack. Luckily for the Jedi, help came in the form of a Republic Navy fleet consisting ofRepublic light assault cruisers and armedCorellian Star Shuttles. Soon, much of the Yinchorri fleet had been destroyed or immobilized, allowing the Jedi to make their way to Uhanayih. Master Windu then ordered Qui-Gon to contact theAdmiral in charge of the Republic forces and request for an escort for their trip to the Yinchorri high command. Thus, the Jedi cruiser approached the moon with the escort and entered a huge tunnel which led to the Yinchorri base.

Having arrived and seeing no place to land, the Jedi cruiser crash-landed into the high command's war room before the defending Yinchorri could close its blast shutters. Meanwhile, in the war room, one of the Yinchorri remarked to his companion that the Devaronian Vilmarh Grahrk had assured him that the Republic would not intervene. His friend then replied that Vilmarh and his men had fled and then ordered the blast shutters to be shut. However, it was too late. The cruiser wrecked the war room, causing heavy damage to the Yinchorri. The commander would then beg the victorious Jedi not to kill them. Mace Windu then replied by remarking that those Yinchorri were responsible for the chaos and then asked Adi Gallia about what MasterOppo Rancisis had said about the philosophy of "might makes right". Gallia replied by telling him that that philosophy is "often recanted" upon encountering a more powerful foe.

Following the Yinchorri surrender, Valorum contacted theJedi Council on Coruscant to inform them that a quarantine had been imposed on the Yinchorri system. The Republic authorities believed that Vilmarh Grahrk had been the main instigator behind the Yinchorri Uprising and vowed to apprehend and bring him to justice. However, Yoda believed that both the Devaronian man and the Yinchorri had been pawns of an unknown party. Valorum also expressed the Republic's gratitude to the Jedi Order and explained that he had dispatched a ship to bring home the Jedi team before departing to attend to other matters. The surviving Jedi team landed in Coruscant on a Corellian Star Shuttle carrying their dead to theJedi Temple where they were presumably cremated. During a debriefing meeting of the Jedi Council, Mace Windu decided to leave the Yinchorri to the Senate and Vilmarh and his accomplices to theJudicial Department.

Due to the death of Micah Giiett on Yinchorr, the Council had to fill his empty seat. Windu recommended theCereanJedi KnightKi-Adi-Mundi as a candidate since he had previously stood in for Giiett and had demonstrated judgment and valor as a former Padawan of Yoda. Windu was reluctant to consider Master Qui-Gon's application since he found him to be headstrong and willful. Master Yoda agreed to consider Mundi's application but expressed that he was still troubled about finding the identity of Vilmarh's true employer. He reiterated that the Devaronian lacked the motive to incite the Yinchorri to revolt against the Republic and thus concluded that he had been working for an unknown party.

This party turned out to be Darth Sidious, the leader of the underground Sith Order which now adhered toDarth Bane's tenet known as theRule of Two. Darth Maul was uncomfortable that the Jedi had won. However, his Master Sidious disagreed since the Jedi and the Senate had unwitting helped the Sith cause by eliminating the Yinchorri as a potential impediment to the Sith's plans ofgalactic domination. Maul then expressed his disappointment that he had not been able to go to Yinchorr and kill more Jedi. However, Sidious advised his apprentice to be patient and reiterated that the time would come when he could fulfill his blood lust. For now, he believed that the Sith should relished the resolution of the Yinchorri Uprising as a small victory that the Jedi Council had delivered unknowingly to their Sith opponents.

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Collected in[]

• Star Wars: Jedi Council: Acts of War trade paperback
• Star Wars Omnibus: Rise of the Sith
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith Vol. 1
• Star Wars Legends: Rise of the Sith Omnibus

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• Star Wars: Jedi Council - Acts of War #4 (of 4) onDark Horse Comics'official website(backup link)
• Star Wars: Jedi Council - Acts of War (2000) #4 onMarvel Comics'official website(backup link)