The Battle of the Cron Drift was a skirmish fought between a Galactic Alliance strike force and a small team of Jedi led by Jedi Master Teras Olin in the Cron Drift, marking the beginning of the Second Jedi Civil War. The Alliance force was led into the asteroid belt by the Jedi to prevent them from reaching the Jedi Praxeum on Rhen Var, which was their original target. Unable to keep track of enemy starfighters and the asteroids around them, the attacking Alliance force was quickly thinned down. However, the Jedi suffered the same deficiency, albeit to a lesser degree due to their Force-heightened abilities. Among the Jedi to fall was Teras's former master, Tyar Istamar, who was shot down by Darth Paxis himself, who was piloting the Aether Sparrow while Teras watched in horror. Driven int