Wookieepedia:Featured article queue

This is the queue for featured articles scheduled to appear on the Main Page. The dates listed indicate when they will be showcased. For a list of articles already featured on the main page, see History and History 2005.

July 16, 2006 – Mara Jade Skywalker
Mara Jade Skywalker was a female Human of many talents. She was, during different times in her life, an Emperor's Hand, a smuggler and later a Jedi Master.

As an Emperor's Hand, she received Palpatine's last command to kill Luke Skywalker, but instead allied with her enemy and defeated the insane clone Joruus C'baoth. Later on, after a period of seperation, the two fell in love and married in 19 ABY.

Mara offically joined the Jedi Order and was eventually promoted to Jedi Master, but shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong war, she fell ill via deadly coomb spores. Using the Force to slow its progress, the disease was only purged from her system after the birth of her son Ben in 26 ABY. Afterwards, Mara then participated in Jedi offensives against both the Yuuzhan Vong and the Dark Nest.

July 23, 2006 – Empire Reborn
The Empire Reborn was an Imperial Remnant faction led by the Dark Jedi Hethrir, a former student of Darth Vader and Imperial Procurator of Justice. A secret movement arising after the destruction of the second Death Star at Endor, it infiltrated the New Republic for a number of years as it built up its power base.

Lord Hethrir recruited powerful allies to his cause including Admiral Galak Fyyar, former Jedi student Desann, and shadowy Inquisitor Tremayne. Financed by slavery, the Empire Reborn trained a large army of Force-sensitive warriors that assaulted the Jedi Praxeum in 12 ABY. After that plan failed, they kidnapped the three Solo children to sacrifice to the demigod Waru, part of a sinister pact to gain absolute power in the Force for its leader.

The combined efforts of the Jedi Knights Luke Skywalker and Kyle Katarn, and the New Republic heroes Han Solo and Leia Organa, foiled its plans, bringing about the movement’s ruin.

July 30, 2006 – Freedon Nadd
Freedon Nadd was an ancient Jedi apprentice. He later fell to the dark side of the Force and apprenticed himself to Naga Sadow, an ancient Dark Lord of the Sith. Freedon Nadd claimed the rank of Dark Lord by murdering his master, and crowned himself as the King of Onderon. After his physical death, Nadd's spirit attempted to resurrect himself and have revenge on the Jedi. Nadd was completely destroyed on Yavin 4 by Exar Kun, the would be Dark Lord. Freedon Nadd was the first Dark Lord of the Sith after the fall of the Sith Empire.

August 6, 2006 – Stark Hyperspace War
The Stark Hyperspace War, also known as the Stark War, Stark Conflict, and the Stark Hyperspace Conflict, was a regional military conflict that took place in 44 BBY and was fought almost entirely in the Qotile system. The Galactic Republic, with the aid of the Jedi, fought against the Stark Commercial Combine, a group of pirates, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and assassins united together under the charismatic leadership of fellow pirate Iaco Stark. The Combine had received some aid from the Trade Federation and the bacta-supplying company, Xucphra.

August 13, 2006 – Darth Maul
Darth Maul was a Dark Lord of the Sith and the first known apprentice of Darth Sidious. As a young child, Maul was kidnapped by Sidious and secretly trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force. Growing up under this dark side tutelage of Darth Sidious, the only emotions Maul learned were those of bloodlust and rage.

Maul was a master of Juyo, Jar'Kai, and Teräs Käsi, and chose to use a double-bladed lightsaber for combat. In the years leading up to the Battle of Naboo, Sidious had sent Maul on several political assassination missions, but Maul longed to encounter and kill Jedi.

In 32 BBY, Maul was dispatched by Sidious to kill Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi. After tracking them to Tatooine and then to Naboo, he engaged both Jedi during the Second Battle of Theed. Maul had slain Jinn, but made a fatal mistake when he underestimated Kenobi. After a brief battle, Kenobi had slain the Zabrak Sith Lord.

August 20, 2006 – Second Imperium
The Second Imperium was a faction of the Imperial Remnant led by the Dark Jedi Brakiss and the Nightsister Tamith Kai, who both served under the leadership of Emperor Palpatine, in actuality a hologram projection created by four Imperial Royal Guards. The ultimate goal of these individuals was to bring about the return of the order of the Galactic Empire.

The Second Imperium was a thorn not only in the side of the New Republic, but also Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Praxeum. Things got personal for the Solo Twins when their friend, Zekk, was named the Second Imperium's Darkest Knight.

The Second Imperium's reign finally came to an end during the Battle of the Jedi Praxeum. During this battle, Zekk was turned back to the light side of the Force, the Imperium's ground forces were disseminated, and Brakiss perished when the Shadow Academy's self-destruct mechanism was activated.

August 27, 2006 – Plo Koon
Plo Koon was a male Kel Dor from Dorin who became a Jedi Master and a lifetime member of the Jedi High Council, holding the position from before the Battle of Naboo to the end of the Republic in 19 BBY. During the Clone Wars, Koon served as a High Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic. Plo Koon was also an accomplished starfighter pilot.

Plo had a niece, Sha Koon, who was also a member of the Jedi Order, and served as a personal communicator between the Jedi strike force and the rest of the Republic during the Stark Hyperspace War. He was a close friend of fellow Masters Qui-Gon Jinn (whom he fought alongside during the Stark Hyperspace War), Micah Giett and noted fighter pilot Saesee Tiin.

September 3, 2006 – Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress was a Dark Jedi and one of Count Dooku's Force-sensitive operatives.

As a child, she was trained as a Jedi on her homeworld of Rattatak by Ky Narec, but she gave into her anger when he was slain and started down the path to the dark side.

After taking up the lightsaber of her dead master in addition to her own, she slew all the warlords on her homeworld. Eventually, her actions came to the attention of Count Dooku, and after a test of her abilities, she became a Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

During the Clone Wars, Ventress had several run-ins with both Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, but after suffering a severe injury inflicted by Skywalker she grew weary of fighting and disappeared into the unknown.

September 10, 2006 – Clone Wars
The Clone Wars (22 BBY–19 BBY), also known as the Clone War and the Great Clone War, was the name given to the major galactic conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. It was thought to be named after the clone troopers used by the Galactic Republic.

Unknown to the bulk of those involved, it was started, maintained and ultimately ended by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, whose ultimate goal was the transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire with him as Emperor as well as the virtual eradication of the Jedi Order.

September 17, 2006 – Ferus Olin
Ferus Olin was the Jedi apprentice of Siri Tachi. Somewhat mature for his age, Olin was well-repected by peers and Jedi Masters alike for his dedication to the Jedi Order. As he grew older, Olin would often clash with fellow Padawan learner Anakin Skywalker, mostly over adherence to Jedi rules and protocol.

Shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars, Olin would resign from the Jedi Order due to the guilt he felt over the inadvertent death of a colleague, only to retrain himself in the Jedi ways with the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi following the rise of the Galactic Empire and the beginning of the Great Jedi Purge.

September 24, 2006 – Tahiri Veila
Tahiri Veila was a Jedi Knight of the New Jedi Order.

Born on Tatooine to a pair of moisture farmers and adopted by the leader of a Tusken Raider tribe, Tahiri was raised as a Tusken Raider and showed skill in the Force. Around 22 ABY, Tahiri was discovered by Jedi Master Tionne Solusar and was brought to the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4. It was at the Praxeum that she met Anakin Solo, with whom she became fast friends and shared many adventures.

During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Tahiri was captured by the invaders during the attack on the Jedi Praxeum and was "shaped" by Mezhan Kwaad and Nen Yim to be a Jedi/Yuuzhan Vong hybrid. After being rescued, Tahiri became an asset to the Jedi as the procedure gave her the ability to speak and understand the Yuuzhan Vong language.

In 27 ABY, she would witness the death of Anakin Solo, whom she had recently begun to think of as more than a friend. Due to the emotional pain she suffered caused by his death, her Yuuzhan Vong implanted personality tried to take over her mind. After successfully unifying both personalities, Tahiri would aid the Galactic Alliance in ending the war.

Later on, she would be banished to Dagobah for revealing Jedi secrets, but she was again an active member of the order by 40 ABY.

October 1, 2006 – Mitth'raw'nuruodo
Mitth'raw'nuruodo, better known by his core name Thrawn, was a male Chiss military officer and an Imperial Grand Admiral.

A brilliant military strategist and the last great military commander of the Galactic Empire, Thrawn led the remnants of the Imperial Navy in a campaign of victories against the New Republic in the years after the disastrous Battle of Endor and reign of Ysanne Isard.

October 8, 2006 – Kreia
Kreia was a Jedi Master during the time before the Mandalorian Wars, and later a Sith Lord under the alias Darth Traya. As the guardian and keeper of the Jedi Archives, Kreia was an ardent observer, a patient scholar and a wise master. Later in life, after she turned to the dark side, the traits that she had exhibited in her former profession suited her new role as master schemer and Sith Lord. A woman who felt the bitter sting of betrayal from both the Jedi and the Sith, she dreamt of revenge not toward both or either group but toward the one that had destined her for such an end: the Force itself. Her story reached its climax when she found the Jedi Exile, a unique being who had the potential of bringing her dream of revenge a step closer to fruition.

October 15, 2006 – Tenel Ka Chume Ta' Djo
Tenel Ka Chume Ta' Djo was a Jedi Knight and the daughter of Prince Isolder, Chume'da of the Hapes Consortium, and the Dathomiri witch Teneniel Djo. Although she was the heir of the Hapes Consortium, she preferred the traditions and customs of her mother's people over those of her father's, which angered some Hapans. After the poisoning death of her mother during the Yuuzhan Vong War, she became Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium over her own personal wishes. In 36 ABY, she gave birth to Jacen Solo's daughter Allana and resigned from the New Jedi Order. Around 40 ABY, Tenel Ka and Allana were marked for death by their own people. ((clear))

October 22, 2006 &dash: Sith trooper
The Sith troopers of Revan's returning armada were traitorous Republic forces, who would later be joined by idealistic volunteers from conquered worlds. The weak would be siphoned out through the merciless Sith training schemes, resulting in an efficient and powerful fighting force. The fear present in each trooper not only spurred them on in battle, but also prevented them from turning traitor for a second time, Following the Jedi Civil War, many of the now-masterless Sith troopers came under the command of Darth Nihilus, participating in the Second battle of Onderon and the Battle of Telos IV.