Mission to Myrkr

"I witnessed the death of perhaps the greatest of them all, the one called Anakin Solo, who gave up his life so that the ones he loved might live."

- Nom Anor

Co-inciding with the Fall of Coruscant, the Mission to Myrkr was one of the greatest New Republic losses during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.

The mission
The Yuuzhan Vong war was raging. More worlds were falling and with the birth of his son, Ben Skywalker, Luke was now more than ever determined to drive back the aliens. After the discovery of the Jedi killing voxyn, several Jedi were assigned to destroy the cloning facility on Myrkr which included Anakin, Jacen and Jaina Solo, Tenel Ka, and Zekk.

Lando Calrissian and Tendra Risant pretended to be Yuuzhan Vong sympathizers from Talfaglio, a planet under Vong blockade. They delivered the seventeen Jedi to a rendezvous point with a Yuuzhan Vong scout ship, which delivered the team through the heavily mined Vong frontier to Myrkr. During their captivity, the Jedi were badly injured by Vong torture, and one, Ulaha Kore, a Bith, almost died and Anakin was injured. Using the battle meld, introduced by Eelysa's Wild Knights, the Jedi managed to survive. They then turned on their captors and, with the help of two of Lando's YVH droids, secured the ship in hyperspace.

On arrival in the Myrkr system, several Vong ships pursued the Jedi frigate, led by Nom Anor and Vergere on the frigate Ksstarr. Ulaha sacrificed her life to allow the Jedi strike team to land on the worldship Baanu Rass and led the enemy away while Anakin's force entered the ship. Ulaha perished soon after the Jedi were offloaded. Following their entrance into Baanu Rass, the Jedi encountered a Nightsister, Lomi Plo, and her apprentice, a Dark Jedi named Welk. They agreed to assist the Jedi in finding the voxyn queen in return for safety and protection.

The entire mission was highlighted by Anakin's bravery and leadership. Under his guidance, the team avoided a trap onboard a captured AT-AT, home to an insect nest, and also managed to escape another in a slave city. Nom Anor and Vergere relentlessly pursued the group towards the voxyn queen's lair throughout the journey. However, after the encounter in the slave city, Anakin was badly wounded with internal injuries, and the remaining mission was an attempt to stay away from the Vong long enough for Anakin to go into a healing trance. Not long afterward, the Jedi reached an arena-like area nearby the shaper damutek where the queen hid from them.

As they neared the arena, they found a freighter named the Tachyon Flier, which they attempted to repair as a means of escape. While Lowbacca repaired the crashed ship, Raynar recovered from his recent injuries. Lomi Plo and Welk showed their true colors here, though, stealing the ship with Raynar on it and flying off into the Unknown Regions. Resigned to their fate, Anakin and the others continued, but in a rearguard action, Anakin fought many Yuuzhan Vong and got wounded many time before falling, to allow his brother and sister time to escape. He also levitated a thermal detonator to destroy the remaining Voxyn tissue so no more could be cloned. It was said that Anakin was a blinding pillar of light, with the force flowing truly through him, before he fell. Anakin died and passed into the Force. Jacen continued on to kill the voxyn queen, but Jaina, blinded by her grief, drifted into the dark side of the Force to retrieve Anakin's body. After killing the queen, Jacen, assisted by Vergere, was captured by Nom Anor. Jaina, Tenel Ka, Zekk, Tahiri Veila, Tesar Sebatyne, Alema Rar, Ganner Rhysode, Tekli, and Lowbacca returned in the frigate Ksstarr.

Aftermath
After Anakin's death and the mission's failure Jaina would wrest with the dark side, Jacen would face Embrace of Pain, the Solo family would go into a deep depression and Raynar Thul along with The Dark Jedi would start the Dark Nest Crisis after the war's end. Due to the excessive use of the mind meld that was employed during the mission and afterwards, the surviviors, except for Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka, were found to be easier to be converted into Joiners.

Jedi Knights

 * Anakin Solo (died)
 * Jacen Solo (captured, survived)
 * Jaina Solo
 * Tenel Ka
 * Zekk
 * Raynar Thul (MIA)
 * Alema Rar (died after returning)
 * Tahiri Veila
 * Lowbacca
 * Jovan Drark (died)
 * Eryl Besa (died)
 * Tekli
 * Ganner Rhysode (died after returning)
 * Tesar Sebatyne
 * Bela Hara (died)
 * Krasov Hara (died)
 * Ulaha Kore (died)

Yuuzhan Vong

 * Executor Nom Anor
 * Vergere
 * Master Shaper Yal Phaath
 * Commander Duman Yaght

Appearances

 * ''Star by Star