Triad of Evil The Triad of Evil was a term given by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to the planets of Felucia , Mygeeto , and Saleucami in his 19 BBY State of the Republic address . These worlds were bastions of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , against whom the Chancellor ' s Galactic Republic was fighting in the galaxy - spanning Clone Wars . All three planets were located in the Outer Rim Territories , and became major battlegrounds during the final sieges of the war . Although Palpatine had a strong support bloc in the Galactic Senate , the notion of a Triad of Evil was controversial among his opposition , which included the Jedi High Council and Senator Bail Prestor Organa ' s anti - war coalition . Each of the worlds was an important part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems : Felucia housed the headquarters of the Commerce Guild , Mygeeto possessed important crystal mines and vaults managed by the InterGalactic Banking Clan , and Saleucami was home to the Confederacy ' s newly developed underground cloning facilities . In his State of the Republic address , Palpatine reassured the populace that the war was nearly won , and that to complete the Republic ' s victory he was ordering a troop surge in the ongoing Outer Rim Sieges , with specific focus on the worlds of the Triad . In truth , Palpatine was only using the conflicts on these planets as a diversion from the Republic capital of Coruscant , which he wished to see attacked in order to further his goals as the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Sidious . Origin and usage . By the third year of the pan - galactic Clone Wars between the democratic Galactic Republic and the separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems , a feeling of imminent victory had ingrained itself within much of the Republic leadership , particularly on the capital planet of Coruscant . Unbeknown to Republic politicians , both sides of the war were being driven by Palpatine , the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and the Dark Lord of the Sith who directed the Confederacy under his alter ego of Darth Sidious . Palpatine orchestrated the war in order to seize control of the galaxy and destroy the Jedi Order , and so had a vested interest in continuing the conflict until he was certain his plan could come to fruition . In that year , the Republic was able to oust the Confederacy and its armies from the Core Worlds , the Inner Rim , Colonies region , and the Mid Rim , exiling the Separatists to the Outer Rim Territories . This led to the Chancellor ' s initiation of the Outer Rim Sieges , which tied up vast amounts of Republic military resources and numerous Jedi leaders in a fight to the end in the farthest reaches of the galaxy . During this time , a number of Republic senators chose to speak out against Palpatine ' s security policies at home and his war policies abroad . The Jedi High Council agreed that the Chancellor ' s office should begin work to bring the war to a close , and so Palpatine was forced to distract the public with more specific targets in the Outer Rim . To that end , the Chancellor used his State of the Republic address that year to brand three worlds as a Triad of Evil . The planets — Felucia , Mygeeto , and Saleucami — were all strongholds of the Confederacy , but were noted by members of the Jedi Council to be relatively insignificant when viewed against the backdrop of the entire war . Alderaanian Senator Bail Prestor Organa , who led the opposition against Palpatine ' s policies , believed that the Chancellor ' s naming of the Triad of Evil was an attempt to seize Confederate - allied worlds by force . This insinuation was incongruous with the Chancellor ' s stated intent to focus efforts on planets that were loyal to the Republic but had been taken by the Separatists through arms . In his State of the Republic , Palpatine claimed that the Triad was a danger to the body of the Republic , and committed two hundred thousand clone troopers to the targeted worlds , as well as to the rest of the Outer Rim theater . While the violence escalated in those distant regions , Darth Sidious ordered his apprentice , Confederate Head of State Count Dooku , and his subordinate , General Grievous , to invade Coruscant and kidnap him as Supreme Chancellor . Grievous was successful in his mission to seize Palpatine , in large part due to the dispersal of Coruscant ' s home fleet to fight the Confederacy in the Triad of Evil . The worlds of the Triad . Felucia . Felucia , located in the Thanium sector at coordinates R - 6 , was a humid world covered in thick jungles of fungal growth . For centuries it had been controlled by the Gossam species and the Commerce Guild , both of which disenfranchised the native peoples . During the Clone Wars , wherein the Commerce Guild allied itself with the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Felucia became a hotly contested world , as it contained the personal holdings of Guild President e Shu Mai and rested along a vital hyperspace route . Republic forces managed to gain a foothold on the world around 21 BBY , but were eventually defeated and driven off the jungle planet by the Confederacy ' s Supreme Commander , General Grievous . The losses during this battle were heavy for the Republic , but many clone troopers and all of their Jedi commanders were able to escape successfully . The Republic continued to launch attacks against Felucia throughout the remainder of the war , but never managed to fully seize the world . Despite winning another engagement later in the conflict , the Republic was unable to retain control of the planet and by the final year of the war , it was again fully controlled by the Confederacy and the Commerce Guild . With the initiation of the Outer Rim Sieges that year , the Republic began broad campaigns to stamp out the Separatist uprising in the galaxy ' s most distant reaches . Felucia became a major target , and Republic attacks on the world became more frequent and aggressive . Confederate battle droid forces fortified their positions on the surface , prompting clone infantry to engage their enemy in a messy , months - long campaign in the fungal wilderness . The 182nd Legion was among the first Republic units to reach the planet , but quickly fell to Felucia ' s untamed beasts and droid defenders . The clones of the elite 501st Legion were sent in to provide reinforcement , but discovered the 182nd had been completely wiped out . A contingent of the 501st stayed on - planet for several months , and fell victim to flesh - eating diseases , local animals , and other difficulties during their tour of duty . They eventually lost contact with their superiors , but were saved by Jedi General Aayla Secura . After Secura and the 501st were rotated out of Felucia , Jedi Knight Barriss Offee and her Padawan Zonder installed themselves in espionage positions within the Commerce Guild workforce . When the tides of war turned against the Confederacy and Palpatine declared Felucia to be a member of the Triad of Evil , Presidente Shu Mai returned to her world to ensure the successful transfer of her holdings off - planet . During her trip there , her forces captured Offee and Zonder and held them prisoner within the Nigkoe Detention Facility . Their capture prompted the Jedi Order to dispatch Secura to the planet once more , this time as theater commander with the 327th Star Corps . Although she and Padawan Ekria succeeded in freeing their comrades , Mai had long since fled Felucia , in the process activating a self - destructive contingency plan for the world ; in her absence , Felucia ' s water supply would be infected with deadly toxins . While Secura , Offee , Zonder , Ekria , and the newly - arrived Padawan Drake Lo ' gaan attempted to halt the spread of the toxins with the 327th , Order 66 was issued , labeling all Jedi as traitors to the Republic . Although the clone forces succeeded in killing the two elder Jedi , the three Padawans escaped the planet unharmed . The contest for Felucia ended shortly after , with the deactivation of the Separatist Droid Army and the end of the Clone Wars . Mygeeto . The icy , crystal - covered planet of Mygeeto was a major holding of the InterGalactic Banking Clan prior to and during the Clone Wars . Located at coordinates K - 5 in the Albarrio sector , the planet was highly valuable due to its crystalline composition and so became the Banking Clan ' s second most prized asset , inferior only to the Clan ' s headquarter world of Muunilinst . The Muuns of the IBC secured the world and proceeded to drive the native Mygeetans into either hiding or slavery . Saleucami . After three years of combat experience against the highly - capable clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic , the Confederate leadership chose to initiate a cloning project of their own . Head of State Dooku selected his Dark Acolyte protege Sora Bulq to head the operation , headquartered on the arid world of Saleucami . Behind the scenes . The Triad of Evil was referred to in James Luceno ' s 2005 novel " Labyrinth of Evil " . 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