Second Duel on the Anakin Solo

"It's not wrong to mourn your brother's loss, Jaina – just don't forget who he is now."

- Luke Skywalker speaking to Jaina Solo about Darth Caedus

The Second Duel on the Anakin Solo was a lightsaber duel between the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Caedus and the "Sword of the Jedi", Jaina Solo. This duel was the most pivotal battle of the Second Galactic Civil War as it resulted in the death of Darth Caedus, an outcome which marked the end of that conflict.

Prelude
"Jaina?"

- Darth Caedus as Jaina Solo stabs him in the stomach

After Darth Caedus devastated Kashyyyk, his sister, Jaina Solo, realized she needed to live up to her role as the Sword of the Jedi and save the Galaxy by taking her brother down. Jagged Fel told her that even though she had been refining her lightsaber skills, Caedus wouldn't fight her fairly as another Jedi would. He suggested that she learn unconventional fighting techniques to effectively counter Caedus's massive Force powers. After this Jaina realized she would need to train with Boba Fett, a man infamous for defeating Jedi. She traveled to Mandalore and convinced Fett to train her in Mandalorian fighting techniques. After training with the Mandalore for over a month, Jaina left him at the Battle of Roche to hunt down her brother.

She fought him during the Battle of Nickel One but she couldn't beat the Dark Lord, even after cutting off his arm she was forced to retreat. During the Battle of Shedu Maad, Jaina boarded Caedus's Star Destroyer, the Anakin Solo, and eventually found him in the Biodisposal Pit where the Sith Lord was attempting to burn the body of his most recent victim, Prince Isolder. Caedus had just been informed that the Moff Council had sent a nanovirus to kill his former lover Tenel Ka and their daughter Allana. He was about to leave to save them when Jaina snuck up on him and stabbed him in the stomach.

The duel


"Jaina, listen to me. You need to get out of my way. I'm trying to save Tenel Ka and Allana." "Sure you are, just like you saved Isolder." "Isolder would have made the same choice. In fact, he did. Jaina we don't have time for this." "So die already."

- Darth Caedus and Jaina Solo

This alone would have incapacitated anybody else, but Caedus immediately Force blasted her in the chest which sent her flying. Jaina felt agonizing pain as she crashed into the far side of the corridor. Jaina was amazed that Caedus was still standing despite the thumb sized hole under his ribs. Caedus then unleashed the power of his Force lightning on Jaina, who managed to bring her lightsaber up in time to block it and Force push him through a nearby door. Jaina sprang through the door and was attacked by Caedus, now wielding his crimson lightsaber. After exchanging many blows Caedus dropped his lightsaber, Jaina reached out for it but Caedus used Force pull to bring the saber back to his hand, deactivating the blade. Caedus told Jaina that time was running out for his former love and their child.

Jaina didn't listen to him and lunged at Caedus planning to strike him down before he could reactivate his lightsaber. Caedus, who was likely to have expected this, Force pushed her towards the incinerator he was taking the body of Isolder in earlier. Jaina managed to pull herself out of the way but still slammed into the wall a half meter away scorching with heat. Jaina, screaming in rage and agony, opened herself to the Force and drew on the love of the Jacen Solo she had grown up with and loved. Caedus had turned and was trying to leave the ship to go to Tenel Ka. Jaina used the Force to close the door on his face. Caedus once again shot Force lightning at Jaina which she deflected. Caedus re-entered the melee by slashing his blade at Jaina’s shoulder. Jaina dodged the strike and positioned her arm to block a kick she sensed coming. Caedus then ruthlessly snapped her arm over his leg. Both of them quickly whipped their blades around to strike and they both made contact. Caedus's blade slashed across Jaina's abdomen, while Jaina's met with her brother's Achilles' tendon and sent him staggering. The fight was over as Jaina rose to strike down the Sith Lord, who couldn't even stand up straight. Caedus tried to engage her, but couldn't pivot without falling. Jaina then moved in for the final blow. Although she left herself open to counterstrike, Caedus accepted his fate and used his final moments to warn Tenel Ka through the Force that there was danger, to take Allana and... But he couldn't finish his message as Jaina's blade cut through his heart.

Aftermath
"It's Jacen. Jaina got him"

- Leia Organa Solo to Han Solo

Jaina then sat on the floor holding Caedus's head in her lap as Jagged Fel and her parents came to her aid. Han and Leia tried to avoid looking at their son's body but quickly broke into tears. Jaina would later say that she thought Caedus reaching out to Tenel Ka meant that he became Jacen before his death, and that she felt Jacen die through her twin bond, not Caedus. Han then stated that she would have died if she let him live. This could be wishful thinking on Jaina's part like when she thought there was good in him earlier at the Second Battle of Roche when he redirected fire from her to an illusion of Luke Skywalker.

Soon after the Dark Lord of the Sith was killed, Ben Skywalker engaged his Sith apprentice, Tahiri Veila, in a duel and ended up taking her into Jedi custody. Lumiya's Sith order was now finished.

Appearances

 * Invincible

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