Wookieepedia's featured articles for Week 46, 2007: Ozrei N'takkilomandrife and Voss Parck


Ozrei N'takkilomandrife, also known as Knife, was a Nagai and one of the foremost Nagai leaders during the Nagai-Tof War in 4 ABY. He commanded several of the early missions into Alliance territory. The son of scout Krai H'voc, Ozrei first encountered Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca when he tried to set up a slave ring on Kashyyyk, using Chewbacca's family as hostages to keep the Wookiees in line. Knife appeared several more times during the conflict, even being temporarily captured at one point. However, he soon escaped to lead the Nagai throughout the rest of the war.

During the invasion, Knife learned of his half-brother Bey and immediately befriended him, not showing any sign of discrimination. When the Nagai finally allied with the Alliance near the end of the conflict, Knife had a hard time adapting to the new allegiance, picking fights with Alliance warriors. However, the joining of the two forces proved fruitful, and they managed to defeat the Tof threat. With the conflict over, Knife returned with the Nagai fleet to their conquered home planet of Nagi to free it from the Tof ruling there.


Voss Parck was an officer in the Imperial Navy who discovered the future Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo and later served as the commander of Thrawn's Empire of the Hand. Hailing from a naval family on Corulag, Parck followed the expected career path and joined the Republic Navy, serving in the Clone Wars.

Shortly after the Galactic Republic became the Empire, Parck came across Thrawn while chasing smugglers in the Unknown Regions. Impressed by Thrawn's tactical abilities, Parck offered him a position in the Empire and took him back to Coruscant, where Emperor Palpatine was greatly pleased with Parck's find.

Parck remained attached to Thrawn's career, following the Grand Admiral on his mission to subjugate the Unknown Regions and its myriad aggressors. Deeply devoted to and admiring of Thrawn, Parck served as his right-hand man throughout the deployment. When Thrawn returned to known space to take up command of the Empire's military forces, Parck was left behind as steward of the Empire of the Hand, an Imperialist territory Thrawn had carved out of the Unknown Regions.

Upon Thrawn's death, Parck assumed sole command of the Empire of the Hand, continuing its mission to pacify the hostile civilizations in the region, which he regarded as essential to the future of the galaxy. When a hoax proclaimed the return of Thrawn ten years after his death, Parck cautiously opened relations with the galaxy at large, retaining high-level diplomatic ties even after the impostor was exposed.