Galactic Alliance Guard

The Galactic Alliance Guard (GAG) was a secret police organization that was in existence around 40 ABY. It was created by the Galactic Alliance during the Corellia-GA War in order to spy on Corellian terrorist activity on Coruscant. It was based on the Galactic Justice Center.

Leadership was initially offered to Mara Jade Skywalker, though the thought of a Jedi running a secret police unit troubled her, and she declined. Jedi Knight and aspiring Sith Lord Jacen Solo took command of the unit.

Even though Mara and the other Jedi Masters were against Jedi being involved with the organization, Grand Master Luke Skywalker's own son, Ben Skywalker, joined the force under direction of Jacen Solo.

Jacen was given the Galactic Alliance rank of Colonel and went on to lead the Galactic Alliance Guard on several raids in Galactic City, on the homes of Corellian citizens. The soldiers under Solo's command saw similarities between his command style and Darth Vader's own command style, noting that he "never asked of them what he would not do himself." This viewpoint was strengthened by the fact Jacen discarded his Jedi robes for a black military uniform with a cloak, an appearance Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker noticed to be an imitation of Darth Vader's. Though necessary in some respects, the GAG's actions were mainly a vehicle for Jacen's rise as a Sith.

The GAG interned, deported, and, in some cases, like Ailyn Vel's capture, murdered those they captured on raids. Jacen would personally kill some of those who were captured on those raids. Along with their dark military uniforms, they earned a fast reputation as an uncompromising band of hard-liners. Many of their prey referred to them as "stormies", thus drawing somewhat accurate comparisons with Jacen Solo to his grandfather and with the troops themselves to stormtroopers. The formation of the GAG was directly responsible for the resignation of Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon as Supreme Commander; secret police were one of the aspects of the old Galactic Empire that Pellaeon had hated the most, and thus had removed during his leadership of the Imperial Remnant.

It was on a GAG raid that the young Ben Skywalker made his first kill in combat, an event which shook him to the core. It also shattered his once unblemished view of his mentor, Jacen.

Solo would later lead the GAG in an attempt to arrest his parents, Han and Leia Organa Solo, who, at the time, were believed to be terrorists. Jacen made the warrant for their arrest after hearing of their supposed involvement in the assassination attempt on Queen Mother Tenel Ka.

Anakin Solo was an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer that served as the Galactic Alliance Guard's flagship.

Appearances

 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Sacrifice