Alsakan / Legends Alsakan was an ecumenopolis world in the Alsakan system in the Core Worlds . A Core Founder on the Perlemian Trade Route , Alsakan was an ancient , wealthy world that had been a major political player for centuries , and was responsible for the seventeen Alsakan Conflicts that had been fought with Coruscant over the nature and shape of the early Galactic Republic . Description . Positioned on the Perlemian Trade Route immediately Rimward of Coruscant , Alsakan was a heavily - urbanized planet that had been a regional power broker for millennia . A Core Founder , it was considered part of the Arrowhead , the triangle of ancient systems at the head of the Perlemian and the Corellian Run that had grown out of the Tetrahedron in the earliest days of the Galactic Republic . Alsakani culture and values came to dominate the Human - majority worlds of the Perlemian , which championed local independence and limited government . This region , known as " the Axis " , came into opposition to the heavily - urbanized and bureaucratic megaworlds of " the Spin " , the parts of the Corellian Run and Metellos Trade Route dominated by Coruscant where a strong state was seen as a protector against economic exploitation . Over a period of 14 , 000 years , from 17 , 000 BBY to 3017 BBY , the two coalitions would fight seventeen wars over these ideological differences . A wealthy planet , at the start of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , Alsakan was able to afford one of the earliest Star Dreadnoughts for the Alsaka sector ' s local defense forces . Alsakan ' s planetary capital was Xenvaer . Archais was an ancient region of Alsakan , and Rucapar one of its major cities . Built among five equidistant mountains , Rucapar had been the site of the Alsakan Mosaics , an ancient Wonder of the Galaxy that stretched in five lanes of tiles to each mountain . The city and the mosaics were largely destroyed during the Cleansing of Rucapar in the Third Alsakan Conflict . History . Early history . Alsakan was once a Killik colony before 30 , 000 BBY when they were taken to the Unknown Regions , possibly by the Celestial s in 30 , 000 BBY . At least one Killik from Alsakan became a user of the dark side and was able to escape the world and flee to Sarafur . Alsakan later became a world of the Rakata Empire . In 26 , 000 BBY Alsakan was colonized by Humans from Coruscant in the colony ship " Kuat Explorer " . The planet was divided into many kingdoms until the King of Archais united the planet after the Battle of the Ten Valleys . Alsakan became a Core Founder of the Galactic Republic in 25 , 053 BBY . The Alsakani had favored a limited economic and political union over the galaxy - spanning state the Galactic Republic became , and for many centuries afterwards were inclined to see the Republic government as overly - powerful . In particular , Alsakan was isolated from the cultural and economic pressures that produced Old Galactic Standard , the trade language that became Galactic Basic , and the Alsakani continued to speak High Galactic . During the Tionese War , Alsakan suffered heavy destruction from pressure bomb s released by warships of the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion . The planet served as a temporary Tionese forward base for their raids against Coruscant , and the significant Tionese cultural influence led the Alsakani to adopt a number of characters from the Tionese alphabet to create a new writing system for High Galactic . The Alsakan Conflicts . Amid growing economic competition between the Core Worlds to sponsor colonization throughout the Great Manifest Period , Alsakan became the champion of the Human - dominated world of the Perlemian Trade Route . The coalition along the Perlemian led by Alsakan became known as " the Axis " , and envied Coruscant ' s predominance of the urban , multispecies worlds of the Corellian Run and the Metellos Trade Route . Coruscant ' s coalition , known the " the Spin " , viewed a strong , centralized state as a protector against economic exploitation and inequality , while Alsakan and the Axis were aristocratic in their values , enthusiastic for open spaces and local independence . From 17 , 000 BBY until 3017 BBY , Alsakan tried to usurp Coruscant ' s predominance seventeen times , causing the Alsakan Conflicts between the planets ' holdings in the Expansion Region . The First Alsakan Conflict began when Alsakani younger sons , assisted by other noble families like House Juoni of Kaikielius , moved to claim systems in the path of the Spin - based Grand Companies . The Republic backed the Grand Companies , and though the first conflict was resolved with the Challat Compromise , Alsakan continued to sponsor colonization across the Slice in the path of the Grand Companies . The Second Alsakan Conflict began in 16 , 200 BBY , and the Conflicts soon fell into a pattern : Alsakani nobles and Coruscant - backed megacorps fought for resources in the Expansion Region , while the Corellian Hegemony declared neutrality and protected its own interests . While both Coruscant and Alsakan were raided , neither had the resources to split their forces between attack and defense . However , Alsakan did suffer severe damage during the Third Alsakan Conflict , when the city of Rucapar was largely destroyed along with the ancient Alsakan Mosaics . The Alsakan Conflicts saw a number of military innovations , including Alsakan ' s " Atgeir " - class battlecruiser . The Seventeenth Alsakan Conflict saw the introduction into the Republic fleet of the " Invincible " - class Dreadnaught Heavy Cruiser , in opposition to the Axis sublight missile corvette . After the Republic fell under the control of the Pius Dea cult in 11 , 987 BBY , it launched a series of increasingly - violent crusades against the species of the Outer Rim . In response , Alsakan and much of the Axis seceded from the Republic around 11 , 820 BBY . The Sixth Alsakan Conflict was a vicious war between Alsakan and the Pius Dea Republic , which saw Alsakan open up secret lines of communication with numerous species that had been the victims of the Crusades , including the Duros , Herglics and Hutts . These alliances were instrumental to the ultimate fall of the Pius Dea in 10 , 967 BBY , where Pius Dea Renunciates , backed by the Jedi Order and Alsakani battleships , helped destroy Pius Dea forces in the Seventh Alsakan Conflict , culminating in the cult ' s ultimate defeat at the Battle of Uquine . Eventually , the Alsakan Conflicts grew less brutal , with longer stretches of peace , until after 8000 BBY they were considered minor diversions . The Seventeenth and final Alsakan Conflict was sparked in 3017 BBY by Alsakan maintaining and expanding its fleet despite the conclusion of the Galactic War s . The Republic responded by building a fleet of two - kilometer - long " Invincible " - class fast battleships . Alsakan and the Axis ' response was mass - produced squadrons of sublight missile corvettes , which successfully defended their systems from Republic raids . However , Corellia reacted with a fleet of long - range frigates . Technological breakthroughs enabled them to be outfitted with fast engines , strong shields , and heavy turbolasers , allowing Prince - Admiral Jonash e Solo to rapidly outfight both Coruscanti and Alsakani battleships . Coruscant and Alsakan responded by declaring war on Corellia , but both were decisively defeated and were forced to accept a peace treaty . A long - term result of the Conflicts was to make colonization along the Perlemian Trade Route unattractive , resulting in a shift of colonists to the west of the Corellian Run and along the growing Corellian Trade Spine . The Corellian Hegemony in the Expansion Region thrived at the expense of the Slice , attracting billions of colonists and seeing the development of the 77 sectors along the Run , a region that Corellia dominated as late as the Galactic Civil War . The Rise of the Empire . In 1000 BBY , the Alsakan Tessent was carved to commemorate the Battle of the Ten Valleys . Native Dark Jedi Jilst Bindalin stole the Tessent and took it to the tomb of the Killik darksider on Sarafur , whom Bindalin believed to have been a Sith Lord . Around 700 BBY , Senator Fird served as Alsakan ' s delegate to the Galactic Senate , and he participated in the debates on the Matter of Creating an Outer Expansion Zone , noting the disadvantages of both centrally - directed colonization and undirected , independent local efforts of settlement . In 22 BBY , the Mothers United March was held in response to the " Baby Ludi " custody case on Alsakan , as was a Refugee Relief Movement fundraiser . Alsakan remained loyal to the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars , and its Star Dreadnought was put into service with the Republic Navy to defend the Core against Separatist incursions . After the Confederacy ' s Bulwark Fleet broke through the Republic ' s siege of Foerost , a battle took place above Alsakan as the Republic ' s Victory Fleet chased the Separatists throughout the Core Worlds . The Galactic Civil War . While a member of the Galactic Empire , Alsakan was one of the first Imperial worlds to surrender to Admiral Gial Ackbar ' s fleet as the New Republic entered the Core Worlds in 6 ABY . In 10 ABY , however , the forces of the Reborn Emperor Palpatine advanced out of the Deep Core and reconquered numerous Core Worlds , including Alsakan . After Imperial forces collapsed into infighting during the Imperial Civil War , rival factions clashed again over the planet , resulting in the mutual destruction of the Star Dreadnoughts " Whelm " and " Panthac " . In 23 ABY , the Alsakan Tessent was at last recovered in the Moddell sector . Inhabitants . The Alsakani were Human settlers who had arrived on the planet aboard the colony ship " Kuat Explorer " some twenty - six thousand years before the Battle of Yavin . As a people , they were aristocratic in their values and enthusiastic for open spaces and local independence . Consequently , they had sought a limited economic and political union when the Galactic Republic was formed , and for much of their history were inclined to see Coruscant as too powerful , resulting in the many Alsakan Conflicts . Reflecting their views , the ancient Alsakani national epic , the " Archaiad " , described the Perlemian Trade Route as " an arrow sent into the possible " . Seeking distance from authority , Alsakan ' s younger sons established small colonies in the Inner Rim , and cared little for government bureaucracy or mass - produced goods beyond warships and blasters . For much of their early history , the Alsakani did not adopt Old Galactic Standard and continued to speak High Galactic . They were responsible for popularising the High Galactic alphabet as an alternative to Aurebesh , as part of Alsakan ' s efforts to portray itself as an alternate galactic capital . The High Galactic script was created after the Alsakani combined Tionese characters with others of their own invention , creating a distinctive new alphabet . Owing to Alsakan ' s values , High Galactic became a popular script among upper - class speakers of Galactic Basic , and its influence endured for millennia after the Alsakan Conflicts . The infamous outlaw surgeon Doctor Cornelius Evazan was an Alsakani active in the Outer Rim during the Galactic Civil War , performing horrific experiments on unwitting captives . Behind the scenes . Alsakan was first mentioned as a Core World in 1993 ' s " Dark Empire Sourcebook " . " Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook " , released that same year , introduced the Alsakan Conflicts and the concept of Alsakan as an early challenger to Coruscant as the dominant power in the galaxy . The Alsakan Conflicts were additionally mentioned in 2005 ' s " The New Essential Chronology " . The influence of the Alsakan Conflicts on the development of galactic colonization and settlement was established in 2009 ' s " The Essential Atlas " . The role of Alsakan in creating and disseminating the High Galactic alphabet as an alternative to Aurebesh during the Conflicts was developed in 2010 ' s " The Written Word " , a " " article written to explain the various writing system s of the galaxy . The Conflicts , and Alsakani culture , were further fleshed out in 2012 ' s " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , which established Alsakan as a very different civilization to Coruscant . A concept ultimately not included in " The Essential Guide to Warfare " would have established Alsakan as having experienced significant influence from Tionese culture during the prolonged period of occupation during the Tionese War . This occupation was envisioned as having substantially influenced Alsakani culture and language , and inculcated a myth that the Alsakani were a lost Tionese colony .