A Deep and Residing Sadness
A deep and residing sadness had settled over the galaxy in reaction to the tremendous death and despair that was violently forced upon young and old alike, on Bothan and Human, upon every specie known to inhabitant all the worlds in the galaxy.
War was not the cause of this latest, great tragedy that was ravaging the galaxy, but a nasty, virulent virus which struck its victims with such violent suddenness, that there was no warning, and no way to prepare for it.
Even Force sensitive beings were not spared, and the Jedi Order itself lost its two greatest members, Masters Luke and Mara Skywalker, among many others.
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all was the death of the beloved Alderaan princess, Leia Organa-Solo. She was one of the first casualties of the lethal virus. Not willing to be parted from his beloved wife for even one iota of a second, the mighty Han Solo also succumbed to the disease so that he could remain with his princess forever.
Heading up the scientific/medical approach to finding a cure for the virus, or at least some sort of vaccination is Mon Calamari Jedi Master Cighal and her team of Jedis, medical personnel, and the greatest scientists from other planets.
