Skirmish on Ossus

The Battle of Ossus (Galactic Civil War) was a battle between Executor Sedriss's forces and the Jedi Knights Luke Skywalker and Kam Solusar and their Ysanna allies.

Having been guided by a holocron to Ossus, Luke and Kam travelled to the planet on Skywalker's new ship Jedi Explorer. The vehicle was designed to navigate uncharted hyperspace routes and was equipped with an entire compliment of laser and ion weapons, and a cargo bay large enough to hold a Bantha. During the Old Republic era, Ossus had been a cener of Jedi learning. Then in 3,996 BBY, during the Sith War, Ossus was devastated when the Sith caused the planet's sun to go supernova. As a result, Ossus was reduced to a barren world and was forgotten for millenia.

When Skywalker and Kam arrived, they were attacked by an Imperial Probe Droid sent after them by Sedriss. However, the two Jedi defeated the automaton. They then travelled Ossus on their T-77 Experimental Airspeeder. During their journey, they passed through ruins and canyons and they discovered that the Jedi had been strong on Ossus.

They then encountered two Force-sensitive youths tied to a tree at the base of a canyon. Later Skywalker and Kam would learn that the youths were Rayf Ysanna and Jem Ysanna and that they were members of the Ysanna, a tribe of warrior-shamans who were the descendants of survivors of the destruction of Ossus. Luke freed the two youths though they thought he was trying to kill them.

They then encountered more Ysanna who rode on large beasts. The Ysanna - thinking that Luke and Kam were enemies - attacked them with concussion-fired arrows. This was further enforced by the fact that the Ysanna spoke only Ysannan while the two Jedi spoke only Galactic Basic. These Ysanna used the Force to guide their arrows to the target. Luke and Kam were force to defend themselves with their lightsabers as a result. Impressed by the skill the two Jedi displayed, the Ysanna stopped fighting.

The leader of the tribe Chief Okko then confronted them with his Force abilities. The other Ysanna joined in but stopped when they saw that the two Jedi were friends. Though Luke did not bring C-3P0, he was able to communicate with Chief Okko through the Force. Okko then realized that they were the long-lost Jedi Knights. Unfortunately, the Chief's cry of wonder was interrupted by the arrival of a long-range Imperial Hunter.

Upon landing, the vessel deployed a contingent of specially-trained Stormtroopers which were powered by the Dark Side of the Force. However, the Ysanna and the two Jedi fought them. During the confrontation, the force-sensitive Ysanna were pitted against the best Stormtroopers in the Imperial arsenal. With the help of Skywalker and Kam, the Stormtroopers were defeated. However, Sedriss and his cohort Vill Goir were still alive and they confronted the two Jedi Knights.

However, Kam Solusar defeated his former comrade Vill Goir for all time while Luke used the Force to hurl Sedriss to his knees. In desperation, Sedriss took the Ysanna girl Jem hostage. Unfortunately for him, he was standing behind the same tree the two Ysanna had been tied to and the tree was in reality the Neti Jedi Master Ood Bnar. Ood used his roots to grab Sedriss and then used the Force to disintegrate and destroy Sedriss. Unfortunately, Odd Bnar was killed in the process.

On the positive side, the explosion revealed a vault which contained a wealth of ancient Jedi lightsabers. Also, Ood Bnar left a descendant behind. Luke, Kam, Jem and Rayf then took a lightsaber each from the treasure vault. They then discovered that the antiques were still operational. With this, Luke Skywalker took Jem and Rayf Ysanna with him as students to start a new Jedi Order.

Appearances

 * Dark Empire II