
Of its roughly two million inhabitants, only 84,690 escaped. It was Calrissian’s planet, Dubrillion, that was attacked by the alien race known as the Yuuzhan Vong. (NREMC) and the efforts of former New Republic General and hero of the Rebel Alliance, Lando Calrissian.

What little human food that is available is due to New Republic Emergency Management Corps. Most of the inhabitants of this third-world planet are Twi’leks and Bothans, and most are smugglers. They smell like bantha fodder, and they taste just as awful, but there is not much human food on Anglu. He voraciously bites into one, the blood-red juice dripping down his cheeks.

His face momentarily brightens in the light of the twin moons of Anglu as he finds the motherlode: three ripe galga berries, each the size of his head. During the short nights at Refugee Camp CR-12C on planet Anglu, he still hears the echoes of the screams of his family in his dreams, and most nights he avoids sleep altogether. Nemoj Emjad, 9, rummages through trash bins for half-eaten MREs or galga berries. Stackpole’s book “Dark Tide I: Onslaught” were used as inspiration for this article.) It was pieced together from several articles by several journalists. ( This article first appeared in the New Republic magazine, The Lightsaber, on, 25 A.Y. Why Pacifists Within the Galactic Senate are Attempting to Block a New Jedi Council and What that Could Mean in the Face of Potential War with the Yuuzhan Vong The Dangers of Neutrality: Political Strife in the New Republic As Leia and Gavin Darklighter lead desperate refugees in a fighting retreat from Yuuzhan Vong forces, Mara Jade, Anakin, Jacen, and Corran Horn find themselves tested as never before by a faceless, implacable foe determined to smother the light of the New Republic forever beneath a shroud of darkest evil. Now Luke must wield all the awesome powers of a Jedi Master to defeat the gravest threat since Darth Vader.

Most ominous of all, they are impervious to the Force. Their technology is as strange as it is deadly.

Merciless warriors, the Yuuzhan Vong glory in torture. When alien invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong strike without warning, the New Republic is thrown on the defensive. Even the Jedi feel the strain, as rogue elements rebel against Luke's leadership. Just when unity is needed most, mistrust is on the rise. It is a perilous time for the New Republic. ONSLAUGHT pits the battle-tested heroes of the past-Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa Solo-along with the next generation of Jedi and droids, against fearsome never-before-encountered enemies from beyond the galactic rim. In this epic of unsurpassed action and imagination, Michael Stackpole helps to launch an exciting new era in Star Wars® history.
