Governor Kobori, assassinated?!
When the news arrived, Lin Nanyi was stunned. Governor Kobori had traveled to Dak Planet carrying several cooperation projects the Givin had prepared for the Mon Calamari. On one hand, he was there to test the Mon Calamari's attitude; on the other, he was meant to offer them some benefits and keep them from causing trouble at such a critical moment.
Who would have thought that just days after Governor Kobori arrived on Dak Planet, he would be assassinated?!
But before Lin Nanyi could react, another, even more shocking piece of news arrived.
The current king of Dak Planet, the Mon Calamari Lee-Char...
Assassinated!
This news was even more explosive! King Lee-Char could be said to be the link holding the cooperation between the Mon Calamari and Quarren together. During the Clone Wars, when Lee-Char was still a prince, his father had likewise been assassinated. Yet with the support of Captain Akbar and Quarren Prime Minister Nossori, he had stabilized the planet's situation.
After the Battle of Dak Planet ended and the Galactic Republic was defeated and withdrew, the Quarren became the rulers of Dak Planet. However, the Mon Calamari still made up a large portion of Dak Planet's population, and most of the planet's industrial zones remained under Mon Calamari control.
Therefore, even though the Quarren controlled the planet with the help of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Kingdom of Dawn, they could not simply drive the Mon Calamari out. At the same time, the Mon Calamari urgently needed recognition, or at least enough to preserve some of their status.
Thus, King Lee-Char became an extremely crucial figure. The Quarren needed King Lee-Char as a banner to show that they were, at least, on the same side as the Mon Calamari. The Mon Calamari