Skirmish on Vianax

Skirmish on Vianax
Conflict	Nihil conflict
Date	229 BBY
Place	Vianax
Combatants
Jedi Order
Nihil
Strength
1 Jedi Master Kelnacca 1 Jedi Padawan Yarzion Vell
Multiple Nihil
Casualties
At least 2 Nihil

"'The Force will provide' Master Elzar said, and it did. It provided me with a master who was brave. Powerful. Silent."

―Yarzion Vell, to Ordea

In 229 BBY, Jedi Master Kelnacca of the Jedi Order and his Padawan, Yarzion Vell, fought members of the Nihil pirates on Vianax, an astronomical object located in the Nihil-controlled Occlusion Zone, as part of the Order's conflict with the marauders. At one point during the skirmish, Vell used his lightsaber to deflect blaster shots from the Nihil while Kelnacca leapt over several of the pirates and attacked one upon landing. The Nihil suffered at least two casualties during the fighting.

Following the battle, multiple children, including a human and an Elomin, watched as Kelnacca and Vell helped clear debris and make repairs. Around 149 BBY, when Vell was dying, he told his own Padawan, Ordea, about his training under Kelnacca and mentioned the skirmish while telling them about Kelnacca's bravery and powerfulness.

Behind the scenes

The skirmish on Vianax appeared in a flashback in the one-shot comic The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1, written by Cavan Scott, illustrated by Marika Cresta, and published by Marvel Comics on September 4, 2024. Before the comic's release, it was first pictured in a video uploaded to the official Star Wars YouTube on July 25 of that year.

Appearances

• The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1 (First appearance) (In flashback(s))

Sources

• This Week! in Star Wars Dispatch: Outlaws, High Republic, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (First pictured)
• SDCC 2024: The Acolyte Publishing Program and Other Reveals from the Lucasfilm Panel on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)

Notes and references

Nihil conflict Galactic timeline Previous: Concurrent: Drengir crisis · Valo Republic Fair Next: Events of the Nihil conflict 232 BBY Trymant IV · Elphrona · Tanalorr · Haileap system · 40th Emergence · Kur Nebula · Amaxine station · Wevo · Bright Jewel system · Quantxi · Vrant Tarnum · Kazlin system 231 BBY Halcyon · Mandrine · Cyclor (I) · Chortose · Valo (I) · Cyclor (II) · Grizal · Vrant Tarnum · Takodana · Tiikae (I) · Coruscant · Everbloom · Gravity's Heart · Vorzyd V · Operation: Counterstrike (Carlac · Magaveene · Dreighton Nebula · Aris · Golrath · Port Haven) · Galov · Restitution · Infiltration of the Nihil Tempest (Soola system · Xais) · Quilken 230 BBY Port Haileap · Dalna (I) · Hon-Tallos · Mission to Dalna (Dalna (II)) · Nefitifi system · Ocktai system · Corellia (II) · Gus Talon (I) · Aleen · Japeal · Tais Brabbo · Yeksom · Echerta system · No-Space · Krix Kamerat (Dol'har Hyde) · Chespea · Nihil convoy · Starlight Beacon · Corellia (III) (Gus Talon (II) · Coronet City) · Banchii (I) · Valo (II) · Marchion's Declaration · Deployment of the stormseeds 229 BBY Banchii (II) · Gallimere (I) · Genetia · Corellia (IV) (Corellia (V)) · Avar Kriss · Asternin · Hetzal Prime (I) · Valo (III) (Lonisa City (I) · City hall · Underground prison · Lonisa City (II) · Innovator) · Ribento · Gaze Electric · Prandril · Daedus · Bracront · Gallimere (II) · Ubrikkia · Ookbat · Vianax 228 BBY Stormwall (I) · Stormwall (II) · Hetzal Prime (II) · Seswenna (I) · Seswenna (II) · Aricho · Korvix Vorn · Eriadu (I) · Eriadu (II) (Eriadu (III)) · Valo (IV) · Missions across the Stormwall (Nihil Space) · Ballum · Kindosorn · Naboo Occupation (Naboo (I) · Naboo (II)) · Lightning Crash (II) · Vixoseph I · Palagosal (I) · Oisin · Mynos Three · Palagosal (II) · Angoth · Tolis · Astenban · Banchii (III) · Nihil satellite · Banchii (IV) · Tragor Station · Nihil asteroid facility (I) · Nihil asteroid facility (II) · Search for Boolan and Sskeer (Waskiro · Haiklet) · Kashyyyk · Second Naboo Occupation (Naboo (III)) · Eriadu (IV) By 132 BBY Defeat of the Nihil Related topics and articles Galactic Republic · Jedi Order · Nihil · Ro family · Great Hyperspace Disaster · Emergences · Nihil celebration · Occlusion Zone · Blight · Nameless
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