


The Combine was defeated in the war when the Jedi intervened after convincing the Trade Federation to turn on their allies.

However, it was a trap the Collective had developed a navicomputer virus and unleashed it on the illegal war fleet assembled by Senator Ranulph Tarkin, resulting in the Stark Hyperspace War. Members of the Jedi Council suspected that the Collective was behind the bacta shortage, and along with representatives of the Galactic Senate agreed to Stark's suggestion of a mediation summit on the planet Troiken. During it, the Combine became heroes to the poor people of the Outer Rim when they began "raiding" bacta shipmentsĪnd redirecting them to the planets that otherwise could not afford them - although still selling it at a profit to benefit their alliance with the Trade Federation. Secretly in league with scheming dignitaries in the governing boards of the Trade Federation and the Xucphra Corporation, the Collective caused the bacta shortage of 44 BBY.
