Flashpoint ( planet ) Flashpoint was an airless planet that orbited very close to its star , with a day lasting just one standard hour . Being so close to its star meant that the planet was bathed in stellar radiation and thus devoid of life . Before the Great Sith War , a protective magnetic field was set up and a research station established by scientists to study stars . In 3965 BBY , this station was seized by Mandalorian warriors as part of their invasion of Galactic Republic space . The Mandalorian scientist Demagol used the research station to experiment on Jedi in an attempt to discover the source of their powers , but the Mandalorian presence was later expunged from Flashpoint by fugitive Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and his companions in 3964 BBY . Description . Located in the Meerian sector of the Outer Rim Territories , Flashpoint was a planet that orbited very close to its star and had no orbiting moons . Flashpoint was a relatively new arrival in its star system and subsequently had a year that was 1 , 776 local days long , with each day lasting only one standard hour . The proximity to its star also meant that the surface of the planet — constantly bombarded by stellar radiation — was extremely arid and lacked an atmosphere of any kind , leaving it void of life . A small area of Flashpoint was made habitable when a magnetic field was set up on the surface by scientists of the Galactic Republic . The scientists also established a research station on the planet to study stars . Surface travel was impossible outside this field due to the solar radiation clinging to the planet . The short nighttime had no effect on the radiation , and Flashpoint would cool only slightly during this time . History . Four - thousand years before the Galactic Civil War , the Galactic Republic established the Flashpoint Stellar Research Station on the planet to study the life cycle of stars , with funding for the station diverted from another solar observatory on Metellos 3 . In 3965 BBY , after the Great Sith War , the nomadic Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders instigated the Mandalorian Wars by invading Republic worlds close to the edge of Mandalorian - controlled space . One of these worlds was Flashpoint . A year later , Mandalore the Ultimate , leader of the Mandalorians , awarded the captured Flashpoint research station to the Mandalorian scientist Demagol as a location for him to carry out experiments on Jedi to discover the source of their powers . When the conflict between the Neo - Crusaders and the Republic escalated , greater numbers of Jedi were brought to Flashpoint , usually in small " Teroch " - type gunships . Shortly after the Battle of Vanquo in 3963 BBY , fugitive Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and the crew of the space transport " The Last Resort " traveled to Flashpoint to stage a rescue of Jarael , a crew member who had been captured by Mandalorians on Vanquo . By posing as the prisoner of an apostatized Mandalorian scout , Rohlan Dyre , Carrick planted himself inside the research station , where he ambushed Demagol and took the scientist ' s Mandalorian armor . Dyre , together with a now - disguised Carrick , then distracted the Neo - Crusader sentries in the station ' s landing area while the Padawan used the Force to subtly place mining charges on nearby vessels and shield projectors . Marn Hierogryph , one of Carrick ' s other companions , detonated the charges remotely to leave only one Mandalorian craft , which the the remaining Neo - Crusaders used to flee . With their captors gone , the Jedi prisoners were able to leave Flashpoint while Jarael was reunited with Carrick and the crew . When they too departed , Flashpoint was left deserted . Inhabitants . The intense heat and radiation from its sun left the surface of Flashpoint entirely devoid of life . Sentient beings , mainly scientific researchers , were able to reside on the planet after the Great Sith War as a result of the protection accorded by a magnetic shield . By the time of the Mandalorian occupation , the majority of Flashpoint ' s inhabitants were Humans , with sentries also residing in the research station to control the numerous Jedi prisoners being held for Demagol ' s notorious experiments . Locations . Flashpoint Stellar Research Station . The only habitable location on Flashpoint was the Flashpoint Stellar Research Station set up by Republic scientists around 4000 BBY . Five projectors maintained a protective magnetic shield over the actual structure of the station as well as a landing area large enough to accommodate at least three " Ministry " - class shuttle - sized craft . The main part of the station was in an underground bunker and contained Demagol ' s experimentation room . Behind the scenes . Flashpoint first appeared in " " , the second issue of the eponymous story arc of the comic book series , . The planet was further mentioned in several of the later issues , including a short story focusing on Demagol by John Jackson Miller , the writer of the comic series . Flashpoint received entries in the 2008 " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . A precise location for the planet was given in " The Essential Atlas " , published in 2009 . Miller has stated that he liked creating locations such as Flashpoint for the series , as it took readers to places they would not have seen before in the " Star Wars " universe .