Mist Encounter

Mist Encounter is a short story written by Timothy Zahn and illustrated by Doug Shuler, originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 by West End Games in August 1995. It was later printed in the paperback version of Outbound Flight which was published by Del Rey in January 2007, and has also been made available online at Star Wars Hyperspace; however, at least the version in the paperback of Outbound Flight contains some changes made presumably to fit in with the events in the prequels since the story's original printing. One such edit includes an early mention of Palpatine as "Chancellor" of the Republic and his reorganization of the government into the Galactic Empire, two details not revealed until the release of The Phantom Menace in 1999 and Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Mist Encounter is also included in a Czech-language anthology Setkání v mlze.

Plot
This story is about how the exiled Mitth'raw'nuruodo came into Imperial service.

Imperial Star Destroyer Strikefast is chasing the smuggler Booster Terrik into the Unknown Regions. With no other choice, Terrik lands on an unidentified planet to hole up in a cave. The Imperials follow, but experience surprising resistance from a mysterious alien who uses the planet's flora and fauna in ingenious ways...