In 230 BBY, after the organization of marauders known as the Nihil attacked the planets Aleen, Yeksom, Japeal, and Tais Brabbo and thus caused a refugee crisis, the Chespea Temple put up makeshift shelters around the temple to help and house those that had evacuated. However this made the temple a target, as a Nihil Cloud then fired on and destroyed the temple with the hope of sending a message to the Jedi that the recent and upcoming Nihil attacks were about them. All who were inside were killed, though the Padawan of Jedi Master Imgree was able to send a message to Coruscant to tell them that the temple was gone.
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
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