The Blight

The Blight was an event that occurred around 170,000 ABY. It consisted of the deaths of most humanoid species in the galaxy over a few years. Even the most powerful Force users were stunned by this turn of events, and did their best to fight it. Some suggested that an unknown Force entity was doing it deliberately so that it could populate the galaxy with creatures of its own creation.

A few believed that the Blight was a sign of the return of the neruki, powerful beings from Zhell mythology that were supposedly imprisoned in netherspace by the gods. In one Zhell text, it was foretold that one day, the neruki would break free from their prison and wreck havoc. They hoped that the Zhell gods would come to stop the Blight, but they never did.

Among the races that did survive was the Omwati. Their religious leaders believed that it was time them to dominate the galaxy as humans had for thousand of years.