sadow began the great hyperspace war, invading the republic and laying siege to its planets. sadow's efforts were initially met with success, his forces amplified by illusions that sadow projected from his meditation sphere. unfortunately, the dark lord's concentration was broken when his apprentice turned on him. with his illusions dispersed. sadow's forces were forced to retreat. upon returning to sith space, they found that kressh had not been killed, and engaged him in a space battle. sadow was victorious again, but they were soon attacked by republic forces. sadow escaped by causing the denarii binary star to go supernova.