Bombing of the Jedi Enclave

The bombing of the Jedi Enclave, also called the assassination of Lharra, took place during the Alsakan Crisis in 13,000 BBY. After the Alsakan Union launched a successful invasion of Coruscant and took control of the planet from the Galactic Republic, Jedi Grandmaster reached out to both government’s leaders in order to negotiate a peaceful settlement that would prevent further conflict.

Kelrada met with Supreme Chancellor Relana Isolde Tanoor on Ord Mirit and convinced her not to retaliate against the Alsakans until he could speak with their leader, the Vicar Lharra. The Grandmaster met with her shortly thereafter in the Jedi Enclave on Ossus, and he convinced her to participate in peace talks. Her handlers, however, were Alsakan extremists who were determined to see the war through to an Alsakan victory. They murdered their own leader and sent out a message saying that Kelrada had assassinated her. They then flew their shuttle into the Jedi Enclave, killing thirty-one Jedi.

This event triggered the conclave on Ossus, where some Jedi suggested that Kelrada was behind the assassination. After arguments between different Jedi, a Jedi Master was found dead the next morning and Kelrada was falsely implicated. This gave rise to the Ospion Guardians and, eventually, the Dark Jedi of the Bogan.

Prelude
In 13,000 BBY, the Alsakan Union launched a successful invasion of Coruscant, taking control of the planet away from the Galactic Republic and beginning the year-long Alsakan Crisis. The goals of the Alsakan leadership were to terraform the planet and restore it to nature as dictated by their religion, as the planet-wide city had offended their beliefs thousands of years earlier. With the Republic’s capital in the hands of the enemy, the Galactic Senate relocated to Ord Mirit, where the Republic leaders began planning a counterattack.

The Jedi Order hoped to prevent any further bloodshed, so Grandmaster Banik Kelrada chose to speak with the leaders of both governments in an effort to convince them to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the conflict. He first traveled to Ord Mirit and spoke with Supreme Chancellor Relana Isolde Tanoor, who was reluctant to support the halting of a counterattack that was already in the planning stages. Nevertheless, Kelrada was able to convince Tanoor to speak with her military commanders and temporarily hold off an attack.

The meeting
In the days following Kelrada’s meeting with Chancellor Tanoor, the Grandmaster was able to set up a meeting with Lharra, the leader of the Alsakan Union, in the Jedi Enclave on Ossus, the Order’s central headquarters. The Jedi had prepared a meal for the Vicar, but the young girl instead chose to move directly into her meeting with the Grandmaster once she arrived on the planet.

Lharra explained that the Alsakan Union had no intention of keeping Coruscant after it was terraformed section-by-section. Lharra had been told by her advisers that the living conditions on Coruscant were extremely poor, with the people breathing carbon dioxide, families living in widespread poverty, and wealth only being controlled by very few rich individuals and organizations. Kelrada explained that while there were issues of poverty, the problem was not as widespread as she had come to believe. Believing that she had been manipulated by her advisers into believing a lie, Lharra agreed to try and prevent further conflict between the two governments and to move the Alsakan Union off of Coruscant, though she feared it would be difficult as the Alsakan priests held a great deal of influence with the Alsakan government and military commanders.

When the Vicar’s advisers entered the room, having listened to the meeting from the outside, they were outraged that Kelrada was able to convince Lharra to attempt to end the war. Nevertheless, they chose to partake in the meal that had been provided. While they were eating, the advisers managed to poison the Vicar’s meal, having chosen to assassinate their own leader rather than end the war and give up Coruscant.

Assassination
"The Vicar is dead, and the Jedi killed her. We aren't coming back, their ambush is too great. Shallharra reign forever."

- Rashus, one of the Vicar’s advisers, transmitting a message to the Alsakan government implicating Kelrada in the Vicar’s assassination

The Vicar and her advisers chose to leave shortly after the meal, Kelrada’s goals in the meeting having been accomplished. As they were boarding the ship, the Vicar collapsed into her adviser’s arms, and she died almost immediately. Two of the advisers made it aboard the ship and took off, while one remained behind. The remaining aide attempted to attack Kelrada, but the Grandmaster made it inside the enclave. He chose to let the departing ship leave, believing that taking it down would give the Alsakans more propaganda to use against the Order. Instead, Kelrada attempted to contact Chancellor Tanoor.

Before Kelrada could reach Ord Mirit, the remaining aide chose to become a martyr, detonating explosives he had attached to a vest. The damaged the structure, collapsing the front entrance and part of the entryway. Seconds later, after transmitting a message to Alsakan claiming that the Jedi Order had murdered Lharra, the two aides aboard the ship crashed their vessel into the enclave, sending a fireball through the surrounding halls and damaging a significant amount of the Jedi Enclave. The two blasts combined killed thirty-one Jedi and injured Kelrada.