Valo Atrocity

Concurrent

Valo Atrocity

Outcome

Nihil tactical^[4] and psychological victory^[1]
- Valo is devastated, with hundreds of thousands dead^[5]

Combatants
Galactic Republic^[1] Jedi Order^[1] Togruta government^[1]	Nihil^[1]

Commanders
Supreme Chancellor Lina Soh^[1] Jedi Master Stellan Gios^[1] Captain Idrax Snat^[1]^[6]	Tempest Runner Pan Eyta^[1] Tempest Runner Lourna Dee^[1] Tempest Runner Zeetar^[1]

Units
Valo Security Force^[1] Royal Togruta Fleet (late)^[1]

Strength
Jedi^[1] Multiple Jedi Masters^[1] Multiple Jedi Knights^[6] Multiple Jedi Padawans^[1] Togruta guards^[1] Captain Maramis^[1] Rhil Dairo^[1] Zeen Mrala^[6] VSF officers^[1]^[6] T-9^[1] V-18^[6] Ty Yorrick^[1] 3 sanvals^[1] Jedi Vectors^[1] 1 Padawan Academic Cruiser^[6] Star Hopper^[6] 1 Elite-class research vessel †^[1]^[6] Innovator†^[1]^[6] 1 junk hauler^[6] Varonchagger†^[6]	Nihil pirates^[1]^[6] Cloudships^[1] Strikeships^[1] Stormships^[1] Elegencia^[1] Drengir (early)^[6]

Casualties
Many Jedi^[1]^[6] Many VSF officers^[6] Mikkel Sutmani^[1] Vam Targes^[1] Multiple Jedi Vectors^[1] The Varonchagger^[6] 1 Elite-class research vessel^[1]^[6] Innovator^[1]^[6]	Many Nihil pirates^[1] Drengir^[6]

Civilian casualties
Hundreds of thousands of civilians^[1]^[5]

"They may have suffered massive causalities at the Republic Fair, but they still considered it a tactical victory. And in many ways, it was."

―Torban Buck reflects on the Nihil^[4]

The Valo Atrocity,^[7] also known as the Battle of Valo,^[8] the attack on Lonisa City,^[6] the atrocity on Valo,^[9] the attack on Valo,^[5] or the massacre at the Republic Fair,^[10] was a battle that occured during the High Republic Era when the Nihil attacked the planet Valo. The Galactic Republic had been holding the Republic Fair on the planet, with visitors from across the galaxy.^[1] The attack left Valo devastated, with hundreds of thousands of deaths.^[5]

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Appearances[]

The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1 (In flashback(s))
The High Republic: The Rising Storm (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
The High Republic: The Rising Storm audiobook
The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (First identified as attack on Lonisa City)
The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower audiobook
The High Republic: Showdown at the Fair
The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2021
The High Republic (2021) 8 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Trail of Shadows 1 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic Adventures (2021) 8 (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 2 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (Mentioned only) (First identified as attack on Valo, simultaneous with audiobook)
The High Republic: Out of the Shadows audiobook (Mentioned only)
"The Lonely Traveler is Home" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life (Indirect mention only)
"The Lonely Traveler is Home" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life audiobook (Indirect mention only)
"Starlight: Past Mistakes" — Star Wars Insider 205–206 (Mentioned only) (First identified as atrocity on Valo)
The High Republic: Tempest Runner (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Tempest Runner script (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Trail of Shadows 2 (Appears in hologram)
The High Republic (2021) 9 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
The High Republic (2021) 10 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Mission to Disaster (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Mission to Disaster audiobook (Mentioned only)
"Starlight: Shadows Remain" — Star Wars Insider 207–208 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Midnight Horizon audiobook (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: The Fallen Star (In flashback(s))
The High Republic: The Fallen Star audiobook (In flashback(s))
The High Republic (2021) 12 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Valo Atrocity)
The High Republic (2021) 13 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic Adventures (2021) 13 (In flashback(s))
The High Republic (2021) 15 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 2 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 1 (Mentioned only)
The High Republic Adventures: The Nameless Terror 1 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Escape from Valo (Appears in hologram)
The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (Mentioned only)
The High Republic (2023) 4 (In flashback(s))
The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1 (In flashback(s))
The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 3 (Indirect mention only)
The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (Mentioned only) (First identified as massacre at the Republic Fair)

Sources[]

Star Wars: The High Republic Show: New High Republic Wave 3 Cover Reveals, Starlight Beacon Model Unveiled, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
9 Heroes of Star Wars: The High Republic Who Aren't Jedi on StarWars.com (backup link)
Star Wars: The High Republic Show: Trail of Shadows, a Tale From Last Call, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
"Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
"The One With the Green Thumb" — Star Wars - The Official Magazine 107
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi (First identified as Battle of Valo)
Star Wars: The High Republic Show: High Republic Phase II Deep Dive, Star Wars Celebration, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
New Concept Art and More Revealed on Star Wars: The High Republic Show on StarWars.com (backup link)
SWCE 2023: 10 Reveals from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Star Wars: Timelines
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 218
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 219
SDCC 2023: 10 Reveals from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
NYCC 2023: 13 Highlights from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
In Escape from Valo, Ram Jomaram Encounters a Deadly Predator — Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker Audiobook Original Coming December 3 - Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
Chancellor Lina Soh in the Databank (backup link)
Lourna Dee in the Databank (backup link)
Marchion Ro in the Databank (backup link)
The Nihil in the Databank (backup link)
Ty Yorrick in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 ^1.44 ^1.45 The High Republic: The Rising Storm
↑ The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1
↑ Star Wars: Timelines
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 The High Republic: Midnight Horizon
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 The High Republic: Out of the Shadows
↑ ^6.00 ^6.01 ^6.02 ^6.03 ^6.04 ^6.05 ^6.06 ^6.07 ^6.08 ^6.09 ^6.10 ^6.11 ^6.12 ^6.13 ^6.14 ^6.15 ^6.16 ^6.17 ^6.18 ^6.19 The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower
↑ The High Republic (2021) 12
↑ Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
↑ "Starlight: Past Mistakes" — Star Wars Insider 205–206
↑ The High Republic: Temptation of the Force

Nihil conflict

Galactic timeline

232 BBY	Trymant IV · Elphrona · Tanalorr · Haileap system · 40th Emergence · Kur Nebula · Amaxine station · Wevo · Bright Jewel system · Quantxi · Kazlin system
231 BBY	Halcyon · Mandrine · Cyclor (I) · Chortose · Valo (I) · Cyclor (II) · Grizal · Vrant Tarnum · Takodana · Tiikae (I) · Coruscant · Everbloom · Gravity's Heart · Vorzyd V · Operation: Counterstrike (Carlac · Magaveene · Dreighton Nebula · Aris · Golrath · Port Haven) · Galov · Restitution · Infiltration of the Nihil Tempest (Soola system · Xais) · Corellia (I) · Quilken
230 BBY	Port Haileap · Dalna (I) · Hon-Tallos · Mission to Dalna (Saludad · Dalna (II)) · Nefitifi system · Ocktai system · Corellia (II) · Gus Talon (I) · Aleen · Japeal · Tais Brabbo · Yeksom · Echerta system · No-Space · Krix Kamerat (Dol'har Hyde) · Chespea · Nihil convoy · Starlight Beacon · Corellia (III) (Gus Talon (II) · Coronet City) · Banchii (I) · Valo (II) · Marchion's Declaration · Deployment of the stormseeds
229 BBY	Banchii (II) · Gallimere (I) · Genetia · Ena · Corellia (IV) (Corellia (V) · Nihil factory) · Avar Kriss · Solunus · Asternin · Exu Prime · Hetzal Prime (I) · Nihil ship · Valo (III) (Lonisa City (I) · City hall · Underground prison · Lonisa City (II) · Innovator) · Ribento · Gaze Electric · Prandril · Daedus · Bracront · Stormwall (I) · Stormwall (II) · Hetzal Prime (II) · Seswenna (I) · Gallimere (II) · Ubrikkia · Ookbat · Ballum · Kindosorn · Tragor Station
228 BBY	Seswenna (II) · Lightning Crash (I) · Aricho · Seswenna (III) · Korvix Vorn · Naboo (I) (Naboo (II) · Naboo (III)) · Lightning Crash (II) · Vixoseph I

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Galactic Republic · Jedi Order · Nihil · Ro family · Great Hyperspace Disaster · Emergences · Nihil celebration · Occlusion Zone · Blight · Nameless

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Drengir crisis

Galactic timeline

232 BBY	Amaxine station · Sedri Minor · Starlight Beacon · Nal Hutta (I)
231 BBY	Daivak · Nal Hutta (II) · Safrifa • Valo · Banchii · Mulita
Other	Batuu • Galidraan · Selvernis

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In other languages

[Rising_Storm-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 ^1.44 ^1.45 The High Republic: The Rising Storm

[Edge_of_Balance_1-2] The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1

[Timelines-3] Star Wars: Timelines

[Midnight_Horizon-4] 4.0 ^4.1 The High Republic: Midnight Horizon

[OOTS-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 The High Republic: Out of the Shadows

[RtCT-6] 6.00 ^6.01 ^6.02 ^6.03 ^6.04 ^6.05 ^6.06 ^6.07 ^6.08 ^6.09 ^6.10 ^6.11 ^6.12 ^6.13 ^6.14 ^6.15 ^6.16 ^6.17 ^6.18 ^6.19 The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower

[The_High_Republic_12-7] The High Republic (2021) 12

[Chronicles_of_the_Jedi-8] Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi

[Past_Mistakes-9] "Starlight: Past Mistakes" — Star Wars Insider 205–206

[Temptation_of_the_Force-10] The High Republic: Temptation of the Force

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