Thrackan Sal-Solo

Thrackan Sal-Solo is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe. He is a secondary villain in several EU novels.

The Corellian Trilogy

He first appears in "The Corellian Trilogy", when he uses xenophobia to gain power for his political party, the Human League. During the turmoil of the Corellian Crisis, he imprisoned his cousin Han, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and the Solo children. The children escape and foil his plot to establish himself as the dictator of a government resembling the Empire. The Bakuran fleet jumps into the Corellian system to stop Sal-Solo, who controls the superweapon known as Centerpoint Station, and had threatened several star systems with it. The Triad, former rulers of Corellia, regain control of the station, and the interdiction field is killed. A waiting New Republic armada jumps in and deposes Sal-Solo.

The New Jedi Order

In the "New Jedi Order" series, Sal-Solo tries to persuade Anakin Solo, who had bonded with the Yuuzhan Vong species, to fire the station's repulsor weapon; Anakin refuses. Sal-Solo then takes the controls and fires the weapon, demolishing the better half of a Yuuzhan Vong armada but also most of the Hapes Consortium armada battling over Fondor in an instant. This earns the eternal enmity of the Hapans and forces the Yuuzhan Vong to retreat, though Sal-Solo is hailed a hero.

On the strength of his pyrrhic victory and his own political cunning, he is elected Diktat. When Leia is injured by the Warmaster Tsavong Lah, he forces the Jedi to flee Corellia, which almost costs Leia her life. The Jedi Master Eelysa is spared, however, when the Solos convince Sal-Solo that she was Jaina, letting them take her with them.

In "Destiny's Way", Sal-Solo is given control of the Peace Brigade against his will while trying to make a deal with the Yuuzhan Vong, and is sent to set up the new government on Ylesia. Within a week, the Galactic Alliance invades and ousts him a second time. He is captured along with the Republic's self-proclaimed Chief of State, Pwoe, who had been on an unsanctioned diplomatic mission to Ylesia. The Peace Brigade command structure collapses after this; most members either become slaves to or under the direct command of the Yuuzhan Vong.

Legacy of the Force

In "Betrayal", he starts a new separatist movement based around the idea that all planets have the right to their own self-defense forces. His plans to use Centerpoint to force concessions are set back when Ben Skywalker sabotages the station. When he attempts to repair the station, the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances responds by completely blockading Corellia.

Sal-Solo also faces dissent from the Corellian political system. As there are three major political parties on Corellia, his position is never truly secure. In "Bloodlines", he is assassinated in his own office by Boba Fett, Han Solo, and a bounty hunter named Mirta Gev. They had been hired by Dur Gejjen, a representative of the rival Democratic Alliance, which takes over the Corellian government after the assassination by blaming the incident on the Galactic Alliance.

References

*"Star Wars, Ambush at Corellia", (Book 1 of the Corellian Trilogy) 1st printing, 1995. Roger MacBride Allen, ISBN 0-553-29803-8
*"Star Wars, Assault at Selonia", (Book 2 of the Corellian Trilogy) 1st printing, 1995. Roger MacBride Allen, ISBN 0-553-29805-4
*"Star Wars, Showdown at Centerpoint", (Book 3 of the Corellian Trilogy) 1st printing, 1995. Roger MacBride Allen, ISBN 0-553-29806-2
*"Star Wars, New Jedi Order: ", (Book 5 of the New Jedi Order) 1st paperback printing, 2000. James Luceno, ISBN 0-345-42859-5