Chapter 126

To accommodate the escorting Kom’rk-class Mark III starfighter-bombers, the Star of Hope deliberately reduced its hyperspace speed.

The journey from Naboo to Mandalore had taken the Star of Hope only seventeen days, while the return journey from Mandalore to Naboo took twenty-three.

On March 1, Year 7 of the Galactic Standard Calendar, as the Star of Hope approached Naboo, the Purrgil-class light cruiser carrying Duchess Satine was still traveling through hyperspace toward Bespin.