Of course, there had been cases in the original story where Frik alloy was cut through by a Lightsaber. For example, the Dark Troopers in The Mandalorian II were all sliced apart by a Lightsaber, and their entire bodies were made of Frik alloy.
But who had been wielding that Lightsaber? That was Luke Skywalker! Though Luke had yet to reach his peak at this point, he was already the strongest Jedi Knight in history.
And so, on June 28, 20 BBY, a battle that shocked the entire Milky Way Galaxy erupted on Antewei Planet—a world of immense future value that, for now, had merely been chosen by certain parties as the main battlefield!
That afternoon, Galactic Standard Time on the 28th, Mace Windu led the main force of the Second Systems Army in splitting into three groups and approaching the Antewei System from three directions.
The Second Systems Army's main fleet consisted of 118 capital ships: 80 Hunter Class Battlecruisers, 5 Invincible-class battleships, 25 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, and 8 Victory I-class Star Destroyers, with a total fighter complement of 20,000!
There were also 325 small and medium warships, including 90 Aquitenes-class light cruisers, 50 Kallak-class light cruisers, 50 Armed Consular-class cruisers, 50 CR-70 frigates, 80 DP-20 anti-aircraft gunboats, and 5 Revelation-class light cruisers.
This was unquestionably a formidable force, but a closer look revealed that it was actually just the Galactic Republic's early-war warship configuration. There were not many new vessels, and the Hunter Class Battlecruiser remained the mainstay. Both the Invincible-class battleships and Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers had already been phased out by the Navy.
Moreover, the Kallak-class light cruisers and CR-70 frigates were also vessels the Republic Navy had stopped ordering. The Consular-class cruiser had originally been a diplomatic vessel, but after the war began, so many had