During the New Sith Wars, the Army of Light was the name given to the military force that Lord Hoth led against the Sith Lord Kaan and his Brotherhood of Darkness. The army consisted of both Jedi and regular troops serving the Republic.

The Army of Light was an ad-hoc military forced hastily assembled and provisioned to combat the sudden change of fortunes of the Brotherhood at a time the Republic had thought the Sith defeated. As the war ground on, Hoth's forces grew even thinner, and he was forced to recruit Force-sensitive children to bolster his forces. He was reluctant to do so but his aide, Pernicar, advised him that if he didn't send the children against Kaan, Kaan would send them against the Jedi.

The Army of Light was greatly weakened by its clashes with the Sith Brotherhood on Ruusan, and by the time of the seventh Battle of Ruusan, they were merely the bedraggled remnants of the army they once were (the youth Tomcat labeled them the "Army of Mud").

One unit of the Army of Light was the Third Legion of Light, commanded by Jedi General New'arforrth. The army was severely weakened by a thought bomb used by Kaan during the seventh battle of Ruusan.

Contents 1 Members 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 See also 5.1 In other languages

MembersEdit

• Aru-Wen
• General Kiel Charny
• Darovit
• Lord Gale
• Ginger
• Hardin
• Lord Hoth
• New'arforrth
• A Pacithhip
• Pernicar
• Petja
• Rajan
• Lord Saleeh
• Torr Snapit
• A Yarkora
• A Red-haired Jedi
• "Bugle boy"

Behind the scenesEdit

Symbols worn on the armor of members of the Army of light and present on flags resemble the Fleur-de-lis. They also carried large Mandalorian beskar shields.

AppearancesEdit

• Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
• Jedi vs. Sith
• Darth Bane: Rule of Two
• Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Darth Plagueis (Indirect mention only)
• Echoes of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
• Dark Forces: Rebel Agent (Mentioned only)
• Dark Forces: Jedi Knight (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (Retcon) (Image appearance only)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Image appearance only)

SourcesEdit

• The Essential Chronology
• Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
• Ultimate Adversaries
• Vader: The Ultimate Guide
• "Heritage of the Sith"—Star Wars Insider 88
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 21
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 23
• The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
•  Essential Atlas Extra: The Knight Errant Gazetteer on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side

See alsoEdit

• Farfalla's Knights

Galactic Republic Army
Republic Army ← 1,004–1,000 BBY Judicial Forces →