Huk War/Legends

The Huk War was a long conflict waged between the neighboring Kaleesh of the planet Kalee and the Yam'rii of the planet Huk.

Origins
The conflict lasted for generations as the greedy and technologically-superior insectoid Yam'rii overran neighboring planets (such as Abbaji and Tovarskl), ruthlessly colonizing them and plundering their wealth. The insatiable Yam'rii eventually attacked Kalee, seeking to enslave the native Kaleesh. Not ones to be oppressed, the Kaleesh rebelled and the two races soon became locked in violent combat. This led many Kaleesh to derogatively refer to the Yam'rii as Huks, translating as "soulless bug".

The Rise of General Grievous
Out of this carnage arose two seamingly invincible Kaleesh warriors, the deadly Qymaen jai Sheelal and Ronderu lij Kummar. The two fought courageously together, butchering dozens of Yam'rii in countless campaigns, their reputations raising to the level of demigods. Unfortunately, Ronderu lij Kummar eventually fell in battle against the Yam'rii on the beaches of Kalee, and a distraught Sheelal soon came to adopt the name "Grievous", surrounding himself with a legion of handpicked "elite", known as the Izvoshra, and becoming an even more violent and rageful warlord. Leading the brigades of the kolkpravis fighting force, Grievous massacred large numbers of Yam'rii in revenge, finally driving them from Kalee.

His bloodlust did not stop there, and Grievous led his warriors to the Yam'rii colony worlds, decimating both military and civilian targets, ranging as far as Tovarskl until the Yam'rii desperately petitioned the Republic for help. The Senate inserted itself into the conflict, ruling on behalf of the Yam'rii and dispatching a Jedi taskforce led by Masters T'chooka D'oon and Jmmaar to stop the war. The Republic leveled harsh sanctions and reperations against the Kaleesh for their aggression, and Kalee descended into economic devastation. Grievous watched helplessly as his wives starved, his hatred for the Republic growing.

The Separatist Movement Enters
Having little choice, Grievous became an enforcer for the InterGalactic Banking Clan, which promised to help alleviate Kalee's plight. However, when Grievous learned that the Yam'rii went unpunished by the Republic as they desecrated Kaleesh burial grounds on the colony worlds, he broke his commitment to the IBC, and he and his Kaleesh elite boarded a troop shuttle, preparing to return and reinitiate the Huk War. Grievous' plans were aborted, however, when his shuttle was destroyed by a secretly planted ion bomb, and he had to be reconstructed as a cyborg as a means of clinging to life.

Though the Huk War finally seemed over, the War's legacy was touched upon during the Clone Wars when Grievous returned to Tovarskl with his droid armies, and destroyed the Yam'rii populace and finished what he had started years earlier, Eliminating the last Huk colony in the galaxy.

Appearances

 * The Eyes of Revolution