Beast Wars

The Beast Wars (also called the Beast Wars of Onderon) was a smaller conflict lasting 350 years that ultimately helped to touch off the Great Sith War.

History
It began when the atmospheres of Onderon and its moon Dxun touched, resulting in the beasts of Dxun flying to Onderon and settling there. Soon, the Humans of Onderon built a large, walled city that would come to be known as Iziz. All criminals in Iziz were sent out into the wildlands of Onderon, to be killed by the Dxun beasts&mdash;though, due to the strong dark-side nature of the royal house at the time, half of these "criminals" were simply those who disagreed with the monarchy. However, many of these learned to tame the beasts, and used them to attack Iziz, thus beginning the Beast Wars of Onderon.

In 4,000 BBY, Jedi Master Arca Jeth had been assigned to the Onderon system. He sent his Padawans, Tott Doneeta and Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma, to settle the problem on Onderon. As they arrived in Queen Amanoa's throne room, a group of Beast Riders flew in through the window, and kidnapped Amanoa's daughter, Princess Galia. The Jedi headed for the wildlands to save the Princess, and Tott was able to tame a boma, which led them to the fortress of Beast Lord Modon Kira. The Jedi entered the building, only to discover an ongoing wedding-feast between Galia and Modon's son, Oron Kira.

Ulic attempted to rescue her, but she claimed that she, in fact, wanted to be married. Modon set up a peaceful banquet to discuss things, where the Kiras explained that Onderon was influenced by the dark side of the Force&mdash;that Freedon Nadd, a Dark Jedi, came to Onderon 400 years ago, and became king, creating a long line of darkness within the Onderonian royalty. Galia, Oron, and the Jedi headed back to Iziz to speak with Queen Amanoa, having agreed with Modon that he would launch an attack should they fail.

When they arrived, Amanoa unleashed her dark side powers upon them, forcing them to retreat into a secret passageway. Oron informed his father on the comm that they had failed. And so, Modon's massive gathering of Beast Lords from all over Onderon marched towards Iziz, with the Jedi battling Amanoa's royal guard in the throne room&mdash;one of whom used a halberd to cut off Cay's arm, which is later replaced by an arm from an XT-6 droid.

Amanoa attempted to turn the tide of the battle using the dark side, but was thwarted by the newly-arrived Arca Jeth's Jedi battle meditation, allowing the beast-riders to take advantage, and soon Iziz had fallen. The Jedi, Oron, and Galia descended into the deepest levels of Amanoa's palace, to the tomb of Freedon Nadd. Amanoa was killed instantly by the sheer light side of the Force emanating from Jeth's body, ending the dark side's half-millennium hold of Iziz. Galia and Oron Kira were married, uniting the beast riders and Iziz.

The conflict ended late in the year 4,000 BBY.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Tales of the Jedi (audio)
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords