Coruscant Spaceport Massacre

"Soon, all of the Empire will cry for war."

- Vladimir Makarov

The Coruscant Spaceport Massacre was a massacre committee by Imperial Nationalists at the central spaceport on Coruscant. It resulted in the deaths of over 350 civilians and over 30 security guards. The massacre was carried out by six Imperial Commandos of the Nationalist movement, under Captain Vladimir Makarov, the leader of the movement. It was also the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.

The Nationalists carried it out with a spy for the sole purpose of making it look like Colonel Jagged Fel, an enemy of the Nationalist movement, was the one who ordered it. The spy, Zane Mytranar of Imperial Security, was killed by Makarov as they were escaping the spaceport, leaving his body. The Galactic Alliance Security Force found the body, and caused the Galactic Senate and the Alliance Chief of State to think that it was done by Fel. The Jedi knew that it was not Fel, though the Alliance government ignored them in rage over the incident and believed that it was him.

The massacre was followed by a coup d'état carried out by Makarov on Bastion against the Moffs.