Second Galactic Civil War

"It’s foolish to cast the Galactic Alliance as the Empire and Corellia as the Rebel Alliance. Because that’s what it might come to, a rebellion–a stupid and unnecessary one."

- Luke Skywalker, 40 ABY

The Second Corellian Insurrection of 40 ABY was a conflict between the state of Corellia and the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. Many people who had fought together during the Galactic Civil War and Yuuzhan Vong invasion found themselves on opposing sides during this conflict.

Origins
Following the conclusion of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Corellia was rewarded by the Galactic Alliance by the removal of the office of the Governor-General. The Five Brothers were united through a system government, with each planet electing its own Head of State and the system led by Prime Minister Aidel Saxan.

While much of the Galaxy had been ravaged by the war, Corellia emerged relatively unscathed, placing it in a position to increase its already impressive economic power and offer reconstruction loans to less fortunate planets. As Corellia prospered, it forgave wartime criminals like Thrackan Sal-Solo, who was subsequently elected the system’s Minister of War and Head of State of Corellia, and began to chaff against the Galactic Alliance as it had the New Republic and Galactic Republic before it.

Over the decade following the defeat of the Yuuzhan Vong, Corellia’s desire for independence festered and spread, tapping the natural haughty pride of Corellia. Corellia began to delay its conscription contributions and tax payments to the Alliance, while making use of Alliance infrastructure and trade benefits. It also stood against the defense limits imposed by the Alliance, but made no public challenge. Slowly, other industrialized planets like Commenor, Fondor, and Bespin developed similarly overt rebellious streaks.

In secret, Corellia began building a fleet comparable to a planetary assault force, supplied by planets like Adumar that produced weapons in violation of Alliance law. Meanwhile, Corellian scientists worked to bring Centerpoint Station online, hoping to once again use it as leverage. As tensions grew, Corellia’s soft rebellion led to the imprisonment of key Corellians like Wedge Antilles, whom Alliance Intelligence perceived as a potential threat.

Operation Roundabout
"We failed to rap their heads&mdash;the arrival of the Corellian fleet prevented that&mdash;but we did take their giant blaster away."

- Cal Omas

In 40 ABY, Alliance accountants had located records of Corellia’s secret fleet, while Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his apprentice Ben Skywalker had discovered an Adumari arms manufacturer producing concussion missiles and proton torpedoes in violation of Order GAO-B11333B. Despite cordial political relations with Prime Minister Saxan, the Alliance chose to bring the rebellious actions of Corellia, and its followers, to heel with a show of military force. Admiral Matric Klauskin was placed at the head of elements of the Second Fleet, including several Jedi teams who would carry out a plan to neutralize the Corellian government and military, including Centerpoint Station. In addition, Wedge Antilles had managed to break out of his Intelligence compound and was installed as the link between Sal-Solo and Saxan.

As Dodonna, Klauskin's flagship, arrived in the space above Corellia, five Jedi operations&mdash;Slashrat, Purella, Tauntaun, Womp Rat and Mynock&mdash;were put into action. As the Jedi taskforces headed for the surface, Klauskin, who was haunted by the ghostly voice of his dead wife, was confronted with a well-prepared Corellian warfleet, including Nebulon-B frigates and Strident-class Star Defenders. A collision sparked a high-pitched starfighter engagement.

Meanwhile, the Jedi operations on the surface of Corellia met heavy resistance. Team Purella, lead by Jaina Solo and including Zekk, Kolir Hu'lya and Thann Mithric "successfully" ambushed Prime Minister Saxan's motorcade, but were ambushed by exploding YVH droids. Task Force Tauntaun, including Tahiri Veila, Doran Tainer and Tiu Zax managed to penetrate Thrackan Sal-Solo's mansion, but were also ambushed. Zax managed to stay behind and hide, acting as an invaluable source of intelligence. Both teams were rescued by Luke Skywalker's Hardpoint Squadron, encompassed in Task Force Womprat. Team Slashrat, a two-person operation watching Behareh Spaceport, was not required due to the arrival of the assault fleet and lack of launches. But as Klauskin's starfighter forces, including disguised Syal Antilles, were forced into engagement, Ben Skywalker and Jacen Solo, or Team Mynock, infiltrated Centerpoint Station and attempted to it. After days of training with Centerpoint scientist Toval Seyah, Ben Skywalker managed to convince a droid that believed it was Anakin Solo to shut down the station's destructive capability, while Jacen distracted Thrackan Sal-Solo.

Admiral Klauskin struggled against the Corellian fleet until he hit what he thought was a stroke of genius: Klauskin ordered all Alliance forces to prepare to withdraw. As Syal Antilles unknowingly engaged her father, her tactics allowed VibroSword Squadron to disable a Nebulon-B frigate before returning to Klauskin's fleet. The Alliance forces, including Mon Calamari cruiser Blue Diver micro-jumped to Tralus, the system's fifth inhabited world, and two hours later, Rendilir was securely under Alliance control. The Alliance had saved face, disabled Centerpoint Station and gained a foothold in the Corellian system.

Attack on Toryaz Station
The Galactic Alliance chose to reopen negotiations in a neutral setting. In a plan devised by Cal Omas, Master Skywalker, Gilad Pellaeon and Cha Niathal, the Alliance would be able to negotiate a withdrawal from Tralus, allowing both the Corellian state and the Alliance to save face and end the conflict. Toryaz Station, an Kuati orbital station commonly used for interplanetary negotiations, was chosen as the negotiations site, with Supreme Commander Pellaeon and Prime Minister Saxan representing their respective parties, and defended by Master Skywalker and contingent of Jedi.

After the first day of negotiations, Lumiya arrived disguised as a Kuati mercantile princess with a team of drugged commandos provided by Sal-Solo. Using her powers, she convinced Captain Siron Tawaler to provide navigation details to the delegation's chambers, and them promptly disposed of Tawaler through an airlock. The rabid commandos struck at each delegation, and succeeded in killing Prime Minister Saxan. Pellaeon's double was also killed, but not the Supreme Commander himself, as he had changed quarters without informing the operators of Toryaz Station. The talks were a failure; Aidel Saxan's former husband Denjax Teppler stepped in to replace her; and the only clues to the mastermind behind it was a piece of cloth representing a variety of Force-based cultures, including the Sith.

Battle of Tralus
The Alliance was pushed from their beachhead on Tralus thanks to a plan formulated by Wedge Antilles and involving YT-5100 Shriek bombers.

The Galactic Alliance Guard
In the weeks following the Battle of Tralus, Jacen Solo successfully lobbied Cal Omas and the Senate into the creation of a new organization meant to counter the increasing threat of terrorists sympathizing with Corellia.

After Mara Jade Skywalker turned down the job, Omas asked Jacen if he would be willing to lead the new paramilitary organization on Coruscant. Jacen agreed and achieved the rank of Colonel. Bringing in Coruscant Security Force operators, ex-NRI agents, and members of the special forces, the Galactic Alliance Guard, or GAG, used extremely effective and public methods of cracking down on Corellian insurgents. The move prompted Supreme Commander Pellaeon to resign as leader of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force, replaced by the ambitious and stern Cha Niathal.

Much to the dismay of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi Council, high-profile images of Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker leading the Galactic Alliance Guard on their raids began to usher in contentions that the Galactic Alliance was transforming into the Empire once again and that yet another member of the Skywalker bloodline was at the helm.

Under the tutelage of Captain Lon Shevu, Ben Skywalker found the Guard as a place of refuge. His enthusiasm for learning and making a difference in "adult" situations added yet more tension between the young Jedi and his parents.

And when Jacen Solo convinced Omas in proceeding with the internment of Corellians on Coruscant, the Galactic Alliance Guard's 967 Commando detachment became known as "stormies" among both its members and the populace. This move added more fuel to the fire, spurning on riots and leading to moves of secession by dozens of worlds. Worst of all, Han Solo, enraged that his son was leading the effort in interning thousands and possibly millions of Corellians, realized that he no longer recognized the boy he had raised.

The Galactic Alliance Guard had become Jacen Solo's fist. With it Jacen lead the Blockade of Corellia taking a first strike at Corellia.

Later developments
During the war, the Corellian leadership planned on drawing the Hapes Consortium into the war on their side by assassinating its Queen Mother, Tenel Ka, and her child, Allana. The result of their plan is unknown.

Appearances

 * Betrayal
 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest