Great River

The Great River was a underground fugitive network created by Luke Skywalker during the war with the Yuuzhan Vong. It was created to protect the Jedi not only from the Yuuzhan Vong, but from those who would betray the Jedi in a desperate attempt to stop the Vong, such as the Peace Brigade.

In its early existence, the Great River network was a series of hidden routes and strongholds where Jedi and their allies could meet and take refuge from the persecuting Yuuzhan Vong fleets. Important locales for the River included Shelter, a space station owned by Lando Calrissian in the heart of the Maw, and Eclipse, an uncharted planet in the Deep Core that temporarily housed the leading members of the New Jedi Order. The idea for and purpose of the Great River was best described in Luke Skywalker's own words: "Make me a great river... a stream to carry the endangered, the wounded, the weary to safety."