White Star Pirates

The White Star Pirates was a pirate organization founded in 81 BBY by Devin Mastruk. Devin's goal was to build a powerful empire and take over the galaxy. Through the years however, the pirate organization struggled and had many setbacks.

Beginning
At first the White Star Pirates struggled. They had a hard time finding other pirates that wanted to join the organization because they had a reputation of being weak. For the next few years, the organization was barely able to acquire fifty pirates. They had to raid as many areas as possible just to get enough money to survive. Other pirates saw them as an easy target and Devin had a few assassination attempts against him.

Rise to Power
This all changed in 78 BBY when Orion Forte took over the organization. Devin Mastruk was reluctant to give up the White Star Pirates to this stranger, so they fought. Devin didn't know when he challenged Orion that Forte used to be a Jedi. Orion easily won the fight and killed Devin. After Orion took the organization under his control, the White Star Pirates grew very quickly. He used the Force to persuade others to join the group. He even brought a few other fallen Jedi into the organization to help him keep the pirates under control. After a few years, he decided that if they wanted to truly bring fear into the galaxy, they need more than just pirates. With that decision, he began having battle droids constructed for him. By 63 BBY, he had more than a thousand pirates and just as many battle droids under his control. Then he began his plan to take over the world.

Downfall of Orion Forte
Orion Forte picked the planet Ris'danon as his first victim. He brought more than half of his entire army for the invasion as a precaution, for he didn't know how militarily trained Ris'danon's citizens were. What Orion was not expecting was a Jedi. Especially not one as powerful as the one that was sent. Too late to call off his invasion, Orion discovered that the Jedi Council had sent the extraordinary three-armed Jedi Dak Jesser. Orion tried to use his advantage of numbers to capture or kill the Jedi, but Dak was too smart. The Jedi joined with one of Ris'danon's few elite squads and snaked deep into the heart of Orion's fleet. Dak fought his way through to the bridge of Orion's own ship. Orion drew his lightsaber and fought against Dak, but even though the Padawan was only sixteen years old, Orion could barely defend himself. In the middle of the battle, the ship suddenly shook from a blast. The two Force-users stopped fighting and looked out the viewport. They saw a fleet of ships coming their way. What surprised them most was that the ships were Sith ships. Darth Subeth had come. Dak was able to run away to an escape pod and get off the ship, but Orion was not so lucky. He was killed along with everyone on his ship.

Struggle back to Power
For the next 4 years, the pirates that survived the attack scattered across the galaxy to look for more pirates. But without Orion's help, they were not able to convince many to join them. Finally in 59 BBY, they had amassed a total of 540 pirates. The White Star Pirates were back. The next three years were spent going to small Outer Rim planets and invading them. They had conquered six planets when Dak Jesser finally found out that the organization was still alive. With seven more years of training since Orion's death on his side, Dak was easily able to wipe out the organization for good.

Behind the Scenes
The name of the organization came from Orion's name. Since "Orion" is a group of stars, the organization was named "White Star."

Appearances
Dak Jesser: True Enemy