Orinda campaign

The Orinda campaign of 13 ABY was the first campaign waged by Gilad Pellaeon in his capacity of commander of the Starfleet of the Imperial Remnant.

Following the retirement of Admiral Daala and his own promotion to Fleet Admiral earlier that year, Pellaeon decided that a decisive offensive thrust was needed, not only to restore Imperial morale but also to prove to both the New Republic and Imperial doubters that the Galactic Civil War was far from over.

Within the space of a few weeks, Pellaeon's forces had captured Orinda and six other nearby worlds in the Mid Rim. At the same time, an attempt to covertly subjugate Dathomir and its witches was also made.

The New Republic finally reacted, by dispatching a fleet under General Wedge Antilles to recapture Orinda. The expedition was a debacle, and the New Republic abandoned any furhter attempt to recover the planet. While the subjugation of Dathomir was foiled by an alliance of convenience between several Jedi and the renegade Royal Guardsman Kir Kanos, presumably the Empire managed to hold onto the other six worlds as well.

The Orinda campaign was followed by five years of relative calm in the Civil War, as the New Republic was largely occupied with consolidation and the dealing with internal crises with Corellia and the Dushkan League. The calm would be broken by a major New Republic offensive in 18 ABY, followed by peace accords the next year.