Mulako Corporation Primordial Water Quarry The Mulako Corporation Primordial Water Quarry , also known as Mulako Corporation Quarry , Mulako Corporation comet , MC Quarry , and Mulako quarry , was a comet that orbited its star once every hundred years . For the greater part of this period , the Mulako Corporation mined ice on the comet ' s surface , extracting pure water from it and selling it to gourmets . When the Mulako Corporation Quarry approached its perihelion and became habitable as a result , the company opened luxurious resorts on the comet for a few months , and tourists visited the warm and humid facilities , with several tourist attractions being available both inside and on the surface . In the year 12 ABY , Human Jedi Luke Skywalker and Callista Ming visited the Mulako Corporation Quarry in hopes of restoring Ming ' s lost connection to the Force . The Jedi stayed for a while at one of the resort facilities , where they were discreetly observed by the Hutt Randa Besadii Diori before leaving the comet to continue their efforts elsewhere . Description . The Mulako Corporation Primordial Water Quarry , also known as Mulako Corporation Quarry , MC Quarry , Mulako Corporation comet , and simply as Mulako quarry , was a long - term periodic comet with an irregular shape and low gravity . The comet orbited an average – sized orange star , located in the Trailing Sectors region of the galaxy , once every hundred years . The comet contained pure water that traced its origin back to the formation of the star system in which it was located . Gas geyser s on Mulako Corporation Quarry ' s tarnished surface expelled volatile gases into space , leading to the formation of a coma and a long tail along the comet ' s orbit . The coma contained gas particles and ions that could scintillate against the shields of starships , causing static over their comm systems . The cometary ice crust also contained rock inclusions . When the Mulako quarry neared its closest approach to its sun and became warmer , enough gas evaporated from the ice to form a breathable atmosphere . As a result , the inside of the comet became habitable during these few months . As the water quarry comet came closer still to its perihelion , it became unstable due to increased gas evaporation , eruption of new geysers , and a small possibility of splitting apart due to active mining operations on the comet ' s surface and interior . When the comet moved away from its star into deep space , it became colder and the gases froze out , forming new layers of ice . History . In the year 12 ABY , the Human Jedi Master Luke Skywalker made reservations at one of Mulako quarry ' s resort facilities for himself and fellow Human Jedi Callista Ming in order to rekindle Ming ' s lost Force sensitivity . They traveled incognito on an unmarked space yacht from the planet Coruscant to the comet and arrived during the tourist season of the local resorts . At the same time , the Hutt Randa Besadii Diori was also visiting the Mulako quarry and noticed Skywalker and Ming . After Ming made an unsuccessful attempt at telekinesis and a night spent in the resort , the pair left the comet for the planet Dagobah to continue their attempts at reestablishing Ming ' s connection to the Force . Inhabitants . For roughly a period of one hundred years during each of the comet ' s orbits , the Mulako Corporation used machines to strip - mine water ice on the Mulako quarry — both on the surface and in the interior . The ice was stored and distilled , and the resulting pure water was sold at a high price to important officials and gourmets , with the company advertising the fact that the water had never been recycled through organic life forms . As the water quarry comet approached its perihelion , however , the Mulako Corporation Primordial Water Quarry became one of the most exclusive resort sites in its galactic sector . The company reinstalled the resort facilities and opened them to tourists for a few months , then closed them down as the comet became unstable due to close proximity to its star . Then , as the comet began to move away from the sun again , the resorts were dug out and re - opened for a few more months . Finally , when it became too cold on the comet , the facilities were closed , and the company returned to ice mining again . Locations . The Mulako Corporation had built several resort facilities on the comet , along with various restaurants and lounges . The warm and damp interior of the resorts featured curving corridors ; tropical caverns ; and spacious suites with fountains , waterfalls , and polymerized frozen walls . The company used rocks found on the comet to create original furniture of various sizes and shapes . The comet ' s vapors were intentionally turned into a humidifying mist . This allowed for orange and yellow lights to be shined through the omnipresent mists for visual effects , and multicolored glow - lamp s were also installed in Skywalker and Ming ' s suite . The facility that Skywalker and Ming visited used porter droids to carry the luggage of new arrivals . As an alternative to staying in the resort facilities , tourists could also explore the tunnels created in the mining process , as well as the naturally occurring gas geysers . Visiting starships on the Mulako Corporation Quarry were guided to a cavern – like portal that was surrounded by yellow , purple , red , and black marker lights . The lights were transmitted for the benefit of Mulako Corporation ' s customers whose eyesight was attuned to various portions of the spectrum . Behind the scenes . The Mulako Corporation Primordial Water Quarry first appeared in the 1995 novel " Darksaber " , written by Kevin J . Anderson . The 2012 reference book " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " placed the Mulako Corporation comet in grid square N - 14 . According to the 2009 reference book " The Essential Atlas " , parts of both the Expansion Region and the Inner Rim regions of the galaxy are located in that grid square ; however , sources did not establish which of these regions contained the Mulako quarry .