The Onderon Civil War reached its conclusion with a climactic battle fought in 3951 BBY on both the planet Onderon and its moon, Dxun. This event marked one of the final significant occurrences during the First Jedi Purge. This battle not only brought the Civil War to an end but also served as a pivotal moment that ultimately led to the cessation of the purge. It acted as the impetus, provoking the Sith to expose their presence, which in turn allowed Meetra Surik, the Jedi Exile, to destroy them.
Throughout the duration of the civil war, Jedi Master Kavar, who served as an advisor to Queen Talia, believed that they possessed the capability to secure victory independently. His confidence stemmed from the fact that the majority of Onderon's military forces maintained their allegiance to the Queen, rather than her cousin, General Vaklu. The Jedi Master came to understand that the conflict extended beyond a mere power struggle between two members of Onderon's royal family. Instead, it represented a clash between the Galactic Republic, which was fighting to keep Onderon within its world, and Vaklu's clandestine allies. Kavar's intention was to force these hidden allies into the open, but their true identity proved to be the Sith—a formidable adversary that the Onderonians were ill-equipped to confront.
Consequently, Kavar made the decision to summon another Jedi, Meetra Surik, who had recently visited Iziz and encountered him. The Exile, having just completed her search for the remaining Jedi Masters, viewed this summons as an opportunity to bring together the three remaining Masters—Kavar, Vrook Lamar, and [Zez-Kai Ell](/article/zez-kai_ell]—and once again answered the call to war.
The Ebon Hawk, the Exile's vessel, made its landing in the jungles of Dxun, Onderon's main moon, in close proximity to the Mandalorian camp led by Mandalore the Preserver. Upon arrival, she discovered that the Sith had established a base nearby, situated near the ancient tomb of the Sith Lord Freedon Nadd. Recognizing the urgency of the situation in Iziz, where Kavar and Talia required immediate assistance, the Exile delegated three of her companions to support the Mandalorians in their fight against the Sith. Subsequently, she, along with Kreia and one other companion, departed for Iziz aboard a Basilisk war droid that had been modified to accommodate three individuals.
The Exile's companions were successful in their assigned task. They overcame the Sith guarding the entrance to the tomb and, upon entering, disrupted a ritual being performed by four Sith Masters near Freedon Nadd's sarcophagus. After the tomb's master attempted to sway them to the dark side, Meetra's allies retaliated by eliminating the Sith and claiming Freedon Nadd's short lightsaber from his sarcophagus.
Simultaneously, upon the Basilisk's landing in the devastated merchant district of Iziz, Vaklu's patrolling forces fled in the belief that the Mandalorians had allied themselves with Talia. Aided by Captain Bostuco and his loyalist soldiers, the Exile launched an assault through Vaklu's defenses on the Sky Ramp, an extended bridge that connected the merchant quarter to the royal palace. Despite facing overwhelming odds, the Exile's formidable Force abilities proved too much for Vaklu's troops, the Sith, and the beasts. After a bloody campaign on the Sky Ramp, which involved rescuing a besieged Royalist unit in a pillbox and eliminating Vakluist aircraft, the Exile reached the palace.
Inside the palace, the Exile discovered Vaklu and Colonel Tobin attempting to breach a force field, the final barrier separating them from the throne room, using a drexl beast. Compounding the situation, Tobin sealed off the exit, and Kiph, a Twi'lek computer slicer hired by Vaklu, activated traps and prevented Captain Kadron of the royalists from reopening the door.
Ultimately, the Exile located Kiph and thwarted his access to the security system. Kadron reopened the door, allowing the Exile to reach it just as the drexl breached the force field. However, the beast turned on Tobin, who was left for dead but narrowly survived. Vaklu's soldiers charged into the throne room, only to be met by the Exile, who swiftly dispatched the beast.
Within the throne room, Vaklu engaged Talia in a duel. At a crucial moment, Master Kavar arrived and fought his way into the throne room. Kavar and the Exile swiftly dealt with Vaklu's soldiers. Vaklu himself sustained severe injuries at the hands of the Exile.
Talia decreed that her cousin should face immediate execution. Despite Vaklu's desperate pleas, he was put to death by a Royalist firing squad.
With the civil war concluded, the Sith threat remained. Kreia formulated a plan to confront the Sith Lord, Darth Nihilus, whom she knew to be Vaklu and Tobin's secret ally. Kreia deceived Tobin, informing him that the Jedi were concealed within Atris' academy on Telos IV. This deception ultimately set the stage for the even more dramatic Battle of Telos IV.
Following these events, Kavar departed Onderon, seeking to meet with two other Jedi Masters on Dantooine. The Exile boarded a shuttle back to Dxun, where she received congratulations from G0-T0 for stabilizing the political situation on the planet, before departing on the Ebon Hawk.
Alternatively, the player has the option to persuade the queen against executing Vaklu, arguing that it would only turn him into a martyr. Instead, they can suggest focusing on rebuilding the planet and regaining the support of her people. In this scenario, Talia orders Vaklu's imprisonment and awaits a proper trial. The player can also agree with Kreia that Vaklu poses too great a threat to be left alive and personally instruct soldiers to execute him. Choosing the dark side path leads to an alternate ending where the Exile sides with Vaklu against Talia and ultimately kills Kavar in the throne room. The Exile can then choose to either kill Talia personally or allow Vaklu's soldiers to do so. Vaklu expresses his gratitude for the Exile's actions and offers Onderon as a safe haven should the Exile ever need a place to hide.
If the player possesses proficiency in Battle meditation, they can utilize this power to aid the allies of their chosen side without directly engaging enemy soldiers.
The Adept is a character in the computer and video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. The canon choice is unknown, the Exile may appoint the task to one of the above, even if they had yet to receive training in the ways of the Force at the time before the mission. In any event, he or she would learn of being Force-sensitive from the Sith Master of the final confrontation. Male playing characters get Brianna instead of Mical, and can select her for this mission. However, since the release of Star Wars Miniatures: Knights of the Old Republic, Brianna following the Exile became canon even with the Exile being a woman.
- Atton Rand , a pilot who served in both the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War . He had some Echani training and was part of the elite Sith units that Revan trained as Sith assassins . He caught a glimpse of the Force for the first time thanks to the Jedi who turned him from the Sith. He joined the Exile at the Peragus Mining Facility and traveled with her, and eventually asked to be taught how to use the Force.
- Brianna , the daughter of Arren Kae and Yusanis , and the last of the Handmaiden Sisters who served Jedi Master Atris at the Jedi Academy on Telos IV . She was ordered by Atris to sneak aboard the Ebon Hawk and watch the Exile during her quest to gather the last known Jedi Masters. As her Jedi heritage allowed the Exile to train her as a Jedi Guardian , her Echani training taught the Exile the power of Battle Precognition .
- Mical , a Republic agent under direct command of Admiral Carth Onasi . A former apprentice at the Jedi Enclave of Dantooine , he had always wished for the Exile to be his Jedi Master. Sent on a diplomatic mission to find the Jedi, he met her on Dantooine and joined her, eventually resuming his Jedi training under the Exile's tutelage. He was also an historian and scientist, training in the medical arts under some of the best researchers in the Republic.
- Mira , a bounty hunter with Mandalorian training, and a talent for finding people which stemmed from her sensitivity to the Force. She was hired on Nar Shaddaa by Jedi Master Zez-Kai Ell to find the Exile and keep the other hunters away until he could meet with her. She then traveled with the Exile and became one of her disciples in the Force.
- Visas Marr , the former Sith apprentice of Darth Nihilus , the ruling Dark Lord of the Sith . She was the only survivor of the devastation of Katarr , and she hoped the Exile would be the one to end the slayer of her people. She reached the Exile through the Force with the power of Force sight .