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Amission to the Maw was undertaken by a joint alliance ofJedi andSith in44 ABY. The Jedi hoped to stop thedark side beingAbeloth from continuing to cause amysterious psychosis among several of theJedi Order'sJedi Knights, while theSith, who pretended to have the goal of protecting theirapprentices from the psychosis, secretlyplanned to force Abeloth to join them and thenkill the Jedi. Shortly after the alliance was formed, JediGrand MasterLuke Skywalker suggested that the allied forces wait for the help of his friend,Lando Calrissian, who owned anasteroid tug which they could use for navigation inthe Maw. The Sith agreed, and thefleet decided to wait atKlatooine, where the Sith's leader,High LordSarasu Taalon, discovered the sacredFountain of Ancients and became obsessed with it. During the stopover, theForce-sensitiveDyon Stadd, who had accompanied the Jedi, succumbed to the psychosis. Luke's son,Ben, along with the SithVestara Khai, managed to help capture Stadd, who was sedated and placed aboard theSkywalkers' ship.
The allies left Klatooine to await Calrissian just outside the Maw, and Taalon left twofrigates behind to wait for Calrissian in case something went wrong, although their actual intent was to takewintrium samples from the Fountain. Theirraid went poorly, however, andone frigate was captured. Its crew was put on trial by the recently arrived Calrissian and Jedi KnightJaina Solo and condemned to death. Calrissian, Solo, and theother frigate then met up with the rest of the fleet and entered the Maw. After they discovered that thespace stationSinkhole Station had been destroyed, the allies traveled toAbeloth's planet, where Taalon, Luke,Sith SaberGavar Khai, andCaptainLeeha Faal walkedbeyond shadows. They failed to locate Abeloth, but Vestara placed ahoming beacon on Stadd—who, being under Abeloth's influence, knew where to find her—and set him free, allowing the allies to track him to Abeloth. She attempted in vain to convince Luke that she was his former lover,Callista, and the strike team attacked her.
Inorbit, Solo found theMeditation SphereShip—who was also under Abeloth's control—andattacked the Sphere in herStealthX. Shortly into the battle the Sith betrayed the Jedi—Gavar attacked Luke, and the rest of the Sith created acontrol web to capture Abeloth. Ben intervened anddueled Gavar, which allowed Luke to fight Abeloth while the other Sith tried to capture her. Abeloth suddenly scattered them with aForce blast and fled; the Jedi and Sith recovered quickly and ran after her. Luke found her first and, despite another attempt of hers to trick him, stabbed her in the chest, which apparently resulted in her death. Ship suddenly fled theplanet, and the psychosis that had affected Jedi throughoutthe galaxy was terminated. The Jedi and Sith then agreed to repair their alliance, ordering Calrissian, Solo, and the entireSith armada to leave while Taalon, the Skywalkers, and the Khais remained to investigate further into Abeloth. They soon discovered that Abeloth had actually switched bodies with Stadd, and was still alive. Although their alliance was dissolved, the Sith and Jedi chased Abeloth to themoonPydyr, and againconfronted her.(Read more…)
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