Elzar took a deep breath. “They tried using the Force to hold the station together, to slow its descent. But it didn’t work.” “Then they need our assistance—” “No,” Elzar said. “Not that we have any assistance to give. But they’re past that now. I’m sorry, Stellan—the top half of Starlight Beacon has been destroyed, along with all aboard.” Estala Maru. Every Republic staffer. Every civilian aboard. So many other Jedi—every single one of them, gone, and the Republic humbled—no, humiliated by the Nihil. It was a failure so complete, so appalling, that Stellan could scarcely comprehend it. The
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