Duel on the Resort of Gilatter VIII

The Duel on the Resort of Gilatter VIII took place aboard a resort orbiting Gilatter VIII in 40 ABY during the Second Galactic Civil War. Concurrent with the Battle of Gilatter VIII, the duel actually consisted of two separate lightsaber duels; while Grand Master Luke Skywalker dueled the Dark Lady of the Sith, Lumiya, his twin sister, Jedi Knight Leia Organa Solo confronted the Dark Jedi Alema Rar.

Prelude
Having learnt that the Confederation planned to elect a Supreme Commander, and that the intended location of the election ceremony was a resort station orbiting the world of Gilatter VIII, the Galactic Alliance immediatly recognised the need to disrupt such a meeting of important Confederation politicians. Though many plans of attack were considered, Admiral Cha Niathal ultimately settled on a slightly altered version of a battle plan formulated by the head of the Galactic Alliance Guard, Jacen Solo.

Colonel Solo's plan involved Jedi-piloted StealthX's secretly infiltrating the Gilatter system, so as to gain information on Confederation forces assembled there, before directing Alliance forces into the atmosphere of Gilatter VII which was so dense that vessels could be stationed there undetected. The Jedi were to then signal upon the commencment of the Confederation ceremony, upon which the Alliance forces would move in.

Solo, secretly the Sith apprentice of the Sith Lady Lumiya, was tasked with the mission of infiltrating the Confederation meeting, though he was secretly accompained by his Master, the Dark Lady of the Sith. Solo was soon confronted by a large hologram of the rescently elected Supreme Commander of the Confederation, Turr Phennir, who had orchestrated the false meeting in the hopes of drawing the Alliance into a trap; its forces, commanded by Admiral Niathal, was surrounded by mines. Unfortunatly for Phennir, Solo was able to communicate with his uncle, Luke Skywalker, through the Force, and warn him of the trap.

Grand Master Skywalker, and his wife Jedi Master Mara Jade Skywalker, infiltrated the resort station so as to rescue his nephew, who had been assaulted by Confederation troops within. Lumiya, unable to aid Jacen without revealing their affiliation, plotted with her ally, the Dark Jedi Alema Rar, who planned to murder Master Jade Skywalker, and Han Solo, in front of their respective spouses, so as to cause them pain, before killing them too. Rar sensed that Leia Organa Solo and her husband were making their way to the station to rescue ther son, along with the Masters Skywalker; positioning the final two pawns into place. Upon the elimination of the Solos and the Skywalkers, Rar believed that "The Balance" would be restored.

The Dark Lady vs. the Grand Master
"I guess this settles the question of whether you're dead or not.''" "Of course. I thought you knew. I am'' dead. I have been for decades."

- Luke Skywalker and Lumiya

While making their way through the melee to their nephew, who continuously refused the help of his aunt and uncle, relations between them having cooled, the Masters Skywalker were intercepted by Lumiya. While Luke engaged the Dark Lady, Mara defended against the massing security officers that quickly surrounded her.

Igniting his shoto, his lightsaber already activated, Luke deflected the blows of Lumiya's lightwhip. As the Solo's arrived, Han attempted to fire at the Dark Lady, who being aware of him, simply avoided his blaster bolt and again engaged the Grand Master. Catching a crack of Lumiya's lightwhip with his long balde, Luke darted in close to the Sith, attempting to slash her with his shoto, however, through an exertion of the Force, she sent a severed human head into her adversaries path, causing him to strike it instead.

Using a similar tactic, Luke used the Force to direct a tablecloth at Lumiya, which swept up on her from behind, though she cracked her whip backwards, cutting the tablecloth in two, before continuing the move into a forward attack. Luke deflected the separate tendrils of Lumiya's weapon, utilizing both of his blades to do so, before leaping over the remainder of the tendrils. Luke was forced to leap once again so as to avoid Lumiya's follow up attack. However, to his surprise, Lumiya then lowered her weapon.

The Dark Lady claimed to no longer hate her former love; even offering him her hand, which she took reluctantly. However, despite his reservations, the Grand Master sensed no ill intent in his long time rival.

Enter the Solos
After attempting to fire on Lumiya, and failing, Han followed Leia as she angled towards aiding Luke against the Dark Lady, rather than aiding Mara, who was handling her situation with relative ease. However, the Jedi Knight was knocked off her feet as a table was telekinetically thrown into her path. Leia recovered propmtly, coming to her feet and igniting her lightsaber, to see Alema Rar materialise from the shadows.

Rar vs. Organa Solo
"Mine."

- Leia Organa Solo on battling Alema Rar

Ignoring his wifes demand that she duel Alema with out his intervention, Han attempted to fire on the fallen Jedi, who batted the bolt way with a flick of her lightsaber, before spinning it in a defensive pattern in front of Leia. Organa Solo swung an almost ceaseless flurry of lightsaber blows against her long time rival, however the rogue Jedi simply fell back eachtime Leia got the upper hand; she was fighting defensively, never attempting to attack, which was far from usual for the aggressive Rar.

As Organa Solo batted away at her foe, fighting her into a corner, Han informed her that their son Jacen, whom they'd risked their lives to rescue, had escaped, abandoning them to their fate. Though hurt, Leia did not allow this to dstract her from her battle with the deranged Alema, continuing to wear down the Dark Jedi's defences. However, whilst Leia had been distracted, Alema activated the controls of her ship, which automatically directed into the station, in an attempt to kill her enemies.

Organa Solo used the Force to leap away from her enemy, who had already used the opportunity to begin her escape, and along with her brother, sister-in-law and husband, escaped the destruction of the station.

Aftermath
Alema's attempt to restore the Balance ultimately failed, with each of her prey escaping. Lumiya too escaped the destruction of the station, and continued to train Jacen Solo, who had further ostracised himself from his family after leaving them to die aboard the resort, despite them having arrived with the intent of rescuing him.

Appearances

 * Fury