Death of Borsk Fey'lya
When the enemy burst into the former Imperial Palace, the New Republic's Chief of State blew himself up with a proton bomb, taking some twenty-five thousand invaders with him. His target was the warmaster Tsavong Lah, but Lah had been warned and stayed outside the capital.
Description
The Bothan Borsk Fey'lya had held the post of Chief of State of the New Republic since 23 ABY. For most of the war, he guarded his own reputation, was prepared to hand Yavin 4 over to the invaders, and considered surrendering the Jedi, as demanded by Warmaster Tsavong Lah. The turning point came when Nom Anor appeared before the Senate with new demands: Fey'lya publicly backed Luke Skywalker and called the Vong cowards. When the offensive against Coruscant began, the Chief of State asked his longtime rival Leia Organa Solo to lead the defense, while he himself remained in the former Imperial Palace. He attached a proton bomb to a heartbeat sensor and announced his surrender, hoping to detonate it together with Tsavong Lah. The Warmaster saw through the plan and sent Commander Romm Zqar in his place, who killed the Bothan when he refused to capitulate. The explosion destroyed Zqar, more than twenty-five thousand warriors, and almost half of the palace along with its data towers, preserving the Republic's secrets. Fey'lya's death prompted the Bothans to declare ar'krai — total war.
Source: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
Participants
- Galactic EmpireFaction
- New RepublicFaction
- Yuuzhan VongFaction
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Locations
- Coruscant
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Works
- The New Jedi Order: Star by StarBookСобытие показано в этом произведении.
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Causes
No confirmed causes yet.
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Consequences
- Election of Cal Omas and restoration of the Jedi Council28 ABYA consequence of this eventThe death of the head of state during the fall of the capital opened a struggle for the highest office, which Cal Omas won.
- Formation of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances28 ABYThis event contributed to itThe death of the head of state vacated his post and opened the way to the restructuring of the New Republic into a federation.
Source: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
Meanwhile
- Fall of Coruscant27 ABYHappens in parallelExplanation hidden: it reveals the plot of the related event.
Source: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
Other connections
No other confirmed connections yet.
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- Death of Borsk Fey'lya → Election of Cal Omas and restoration of the Jedi CouncilElection of Cal Omas and restoration of the Jedi CouncilA consequence of this event. The death of the head of state during the fall of the capital opened a struggle for the highest office, which Cal Omas won.
- Death of Borsk Fey'lya → Formation of the Galactic Federation of Free AlliancesFormation of the Galactic Federation of Free AlliancesThis event contributed to it. The death of the head of state vacated his post and opened the way to the restructuring of the New Republic into a federation.
Sources
The novel Star by Star describes Borsk Fey'lya's self-detonation in the Imperial Palace during the assault on Coruscant, which killed about twenty-five thousand Yuuzhan Vong.
Primary work · The New Jedi Order: Star by Star · Checked: 23 October 2026
Source: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star