First duel in Kesla Vein

In 44 ABY, a duel occurred near the pumping station of the city of Kesla Vein on the planet Nam Chorios between ten Sith Sabers of the Lost Tribe of Sith commanded by Saber Tola Annax, and exiled Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker, his son Ben and outcast Sith apprentice Vestara Khai. Both sides were searching for the dark side entity Abeloth, which led to a confrontation near Kesla Vein between three Saber and the Jedi group. Upon defeating the Sith, the Skywalkers and Khai met with the journalist Kandra Nilitz engaging more Sith on the way.

Prelude
In 43.5 ABY the exiled Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker and his son&mdash;the Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker&mdash;discovered that a dark side entity called Abeloth was causing a Force psychosis that had befallen several Jedi Knights of the New Jedi Order. The Lost Tribe of Sith&mdash;a group of Sith from the planet Kesh&mdash;also encountered Abeloth in the Maw and High Lord Sarasu Taalon convinced the Skywalkers to ally themselves with the Sith to defeat Abeloth. However, their attempt to kill the entity was not successfull and the alliance broke. The Skywalkers and the former Sith apprentice Vestara Khai therefore travelled to the planet Nam Chorios to find Abeloth there and defeat her. Luke Skywalker had established a blood trail on Abeloth and was therefore able to locate the entity on the world. The Sith meanwhile also tried to find Abeloth and after Khai sent a secret message to her father, Gavar Khai, they found out that Abeloth and the Jedi group was on Nam Chorios. Khai dispatched several Sith Sabers to the planet in order to find and capture Abeloth and his daughter as well as killing the Skywalkers.

The duel
Led by the Sith Saber Tola Annax, a group consisting of four Sabers found the Skywalkers and Khai near to the town of Kesla Vein. When the Jedi group returned to thei landspeeder, Annax jumped on their vehicle and exchanged some words with Khai before demanding her surrender. Khai neglected and Annax reacted by sending the rest of her team to attack the Jedi and the former Sith apprentice. While the Keshiri Saber stayed behind, the other three engaged all three enemies in one-against-one duels. Khai was put in a fight against a former petty officer of her father and was able to strike her enemy down by |stabbing her blade through his heart. Seconds earlier, Luke Skywalker had cut his enemy in two and rushed to help his son. However, this would be not neccessary as the younger Skywalker beheaded his opponent shortly after. Annax escaped after the defeat of her team, using a cable to climb a ravine before driving away in another landspeeder.

Behind the scenes
The skirmish first appeared in Convinction, the seventh novel of the Fate of the Jedi series. Convinction was writte by Aaron Allston and published in 2011.

Appearances

 * Conviction