Ambria / Legends Ambria was a small desert planet in the Ambria system , located in the Stenness Node of the Inner Rim . Animal life on Ambria included herds of staga , small lizards called neek s , and the strange , evil dragons called Hssiss from Lake Natth , a place strong with the dark side of the Force . Ambria was one of the refuges of the Sith after their loss in the Great Hyperspace War . Shortly before the Great Sith War , it was home to the Jedi Master Thon . In 4004 BBY , Thon took Oss Wilum as his Padawan on Ambria , following the elimination of its life by a Sith sorceress . In 3999 BBY Thon took Nomi Sunrider as Padawan on Ambria . Also , it was the main war machine for the Sith Empire , creating warships for the Great Hyperspace War . Darth Bane first came to the world in 1000 BBY . Following the Battle of Ruusan , Bane trained his apprentice , Darth Zannah , on the world until 990 BBY . The two dueled there ten years later , resulting in Bane ' s death and Zannah ' s rise as the new Dark Lord of the Sith . History . Early History . Discovered during the Great Manifest Period , Ambria was a mineral - rich world , which boasted several indigenous sentient species , and a wide variety of fauna . Located in the Stenness Node , Ambria along with most of the other worlds in the sector , was considered a lucrative mining world , and it was not long before corporations began to make use of Ambria ' s vast amount of natural resources . Over time , Ambria caught the attention of the mining experts in the Galactic Republic , who established bases there to extract the valuable ores and minerals the planet possessed . However , although Ambria had a breathable atmosphere and plenty of potential nourishment , few permanent establishments were ever built . This was because most species found the terrain too rugged and the climate unbearable to live in , as well as the fact that there were far easier operations to be set up on nearby planets in the Stenness system . Thus , Ambria was never colonized , and , by and large , remained uninhabited for millennia , except for the few native species that roamed the wastelands . The world remained unchanged for centuries , until a Sith sorceress made Ambria her home . Little was known of her origins , and even her name was lost to history , though her deeds had been recorded by the Jedi Order , and were stored in their great archives . She used her dark powers to enslave the native sentients , and used many of the planet ' s wildlife as war - beasts , aided by the dark side . She began construction of a great black obelisk infused with the dark side ; it took her slaves over a century to build it , obsession standing the test of time . Eventually , she had the chance to conduct the Sith ritual the obelisk had been built for . The exact nature of this ritual is unknown , though Jedi scholars were able to make out a basic version of events . Destruction of Ambria . The Sorceress was not as powerful as she had believed , and her overconfidence proved her undoing . She called on more power than any individual had ever attempted previously , and it proved too complex for her to manage . She released an uncontrolled wave of powerful dark energy on the planet ; it destroyed every living thing , aside from the semi - sentient Hssiss , on the planet , which became totally infused with dark side energies . Later , some time after the Great Hyperspace War of 5000 BBY , several of the remaining Sith Lords sought refuge on Ambria , where they hid among the dark side energies in order to avoid persecution . They stayed on the planet for many years , until passing into the Force themselves , leaving yet more dark side spirits on Ambria . They remained embedded in the planet itself , preventing anything from growing on the desolate world . Thon ' s arrival . In time , a Tchuukthai Jedi Master named Thon would make the planet of Ambria his home . Little was known of Thon ' s origins ; he was highly secretive and reclusive about where he had learned his vast array of Force abilities . After teaching the other Jedi on Ossus various powers they had not known previously , Thon departed to find somewhere more secluded and peaceful than the Great Jedi Library to train his students . He began wandering the galaxy aimlessly , letting the Force guide him . Eventually , Thon felt the presence of a number of dark side spirits , way out in the distance beyond his ship ' s scanners . Thon followed the dark presence until he arrived on Ambria , where he was immediately attacked by the malevolent spirits of the Sith . The Tchuukthai Jedi Master managed to repel them for a time , though soon his stamina became depleted , and he could no longer hold off the dark forces . However , Thon still had a plan , and led the spirits to Lake Natth ; he swam out to the center of the lake , and allowed the dark spirits to consume him . However , with one final effort , the mysterious Jedi Master ensnared his foes in a wave of light side energy , confining them the murky waters at the bottom of Lake Natth . The sinister spirits were furious , and often possessed the herds of Hssiss which frequented the lake , and attacked any visitors to the planet . Although they had not been completely defeated , the dark side spirits on Ambria had finally been contained . Thon set about exploring the rest of the planet , and had several foreign species of animal imported ; the Jedi Master wanted to bring about the revival of the desert world . On his travels , he discovered a vast canyon with a particularly strong connection in the Force . Meditating there in hard times , he encouraged the light of the Force to shine once more on the planet . Thon built a small training compound on a broad plain , sparse in luxuries and decoration , where he lived , and , when they eventually came to Ambria , taught his Jedi students . He trained several students on Ambria over a twelve year period , including Oss Wilum , a fast - learning Vultan . In 3999 BBY , Wilum had all but completed his training , so Thon had fellow Jedi Master Chamma send his young apprentice to Ambria to hone his Jedi abilities under Thon ' s expert tutelage . However , Andur Sunrider never made it to Ambria . Upon arriving in the Stenness system with his wife Nomi and daughter Vima , Andur was attacked by thugs sent by Great Bogga the Hutt , the self - titled " ruler " of Stenness Node . Bogga had learned that Sunrider would be carrying an amount of valuable adegan crystal s , given to him by his Master Chamma as a gift for Thon . Although Bogga ' s cronies were successful in killing Andur , his wife Nomi , a Force - sensitive being herself , lashed out with her late husband ' s lightsaber , killing one of Bogga ' s men . The others fled , and Bogga ' s efforts to steal the crystals had been thwarted . Nomi continued on to see Thon regardless of Andur ' s death , and when the Tchuukthai Jedi Master realized her Force potential , he decided to train her in the ways of the Force . Despite the set back , Bogga was still determined to get his hands on the crystals , and sent a pirate named Finhead Stonebone to Ambria to retrieve them and kill Thon . The Tchuukthai managed to halt Stonebone ' s first assault , but in an effort to make Sunrider use her lightsaber , he gave himself up to the band of pirates without a fight . Nomi had previously killed a man with her late husband ' s saber , so was reluctant to take a hold of such a potentially dangerous weapon . Thon allowed the pirates to shackle him , though a fight soon broke out between the pirates over who would present the adegan crystals to Great Bogga . Sunrider used this opportunity to use her battle meditation , an old Jedi art which influenced and affect the actions of others . While Stonebone ' s crew fought amongst themselves , Nomi rescued Thon , and together they drove back the pirates . Soon after Sunrider finished her training , the Great Sith War broke out between the Jedi Order / Republic and the Krath ; Thon was the only remaining inhabitant for the duration of the war . However , several other Jedi , fighting for both sides , visited Ambria midway throughout the war . Sunrider and Sylvar , a Cathar Jedi , came to see Thon , while another Cathar , named Crado , as well as Thon ' s former apprentice Oss Wilum , arrived on Ambria to kill the Master . They had been infected by Exar Kun , the Dark Lord of the Sith , and his lies and propaganda , and had been sent to the barren world to dispose of Thon . The Tchuukthai Master , however , and his two visitors easily defeated the Hssiss , Crado , and Wilum sent after them , and forced the Cathar Dark Jedi into fleeing , while Wilum was eventually redeemed . There was little activity on Ambria for the remainder of Thon ' s life , and after the Jedi Master ' s death it was left completely uninhabited once again . After Thon . Although Thon had passed away , his efforts in restoring Ambria ' s once luscious landscape were making progress , though the spirits remained trapped in Lake Natth . After the Tchuukthai ' s time , several Jedi would travel there to find solace , though due to the ever increasing amount of crime in the system , it was largely avoided . A battle was fought between the Republic and Sith troops on Ambria during the New Sith Wars sometime between 2000 and 1000 BBY . Each faction suffered heavy losses during the battle , with various debris and shrapnel all that remained . Apart from the occasional scavengers , nobody had bothered to clean up the remains , leaving much evidence of the battle even years later . Some time after the battle had ceased , a healer named Caleb made Ambria his home , determined to mend the wounds of war . Approximately one thousand years before the Battle of Yavin , a Sith Lord named Darth Bane visited Ambria . Bane thought he was going to meet Githany , a member of the Brotherhood of Darkness , to arrange his rejoining of the Order , though in truth she had been sent to kill Bane . When the Sith arrived on Ambria ' s surface , he noticed the strength of the dark side coming from Lake Natth , and set up camp there . Githany poisoned Bane with synox when she arrived , and the Sith Lord was left to search for a cure on the barren world of Ambria . He chanced upon two scavenger children and their father . He slaughtered both of the children with his lightsaber , using their father ' s sorrow to temporarily cleanse himself of the poison . Bane eventually found the healer named Caleb , and threatened to kill his daughter if he would not heal the Sith Lord . Permanently healed , Bane left Ambria , and it was once again largely uninhabited , bar the few scavengers attempting to find value in the remains of the battle fought on the planet previously . In 990 BBY , Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Bane returned to Ambria and took up residence near Lake Natth and not far from the Meditative Canyon . He set up a small camp for himself and his apprentice Darth Zannah . The accommodations were meager , but sufficient enough to serve as both a training ground for Zannah , and a base of operations for Bane , as well as a home of sorts for both . The two eventually abandoned the camp for more luxurious locales as the Jedi Order stopped looking for Sith ; for they were sure they were extinct . Traveling the galaxy together , the Force would again draw them to Ambria , though not as Master and apprentice . Zannah lured her teacher to the world and challenged him to a duel , one that she was sure she would win . Drawing on all her dark side energy , she ravaged Bane ' s body as he attacked her . As the battle neared to a close , Bane ' s attempt to possess the girl back - fired ; destroying his body and leaving Zannah victorious . Modern history . By the time of the rule of the Galactic Empire , Ambria had long been forgotten . However , the planet regained some interest during the New Republic era . At some point , BioTech Industries established a campus on the planet where they performed research until it was raided by Imperial Captain Marl Semtin . Inhabitants . Ambria originally had several sentient species , though no major settlements were ever known to have been built by these species . After its natural resources were discovered by the Republic , teams of miners inhabited Ambria , though no permanent settlements were ever established . After the Sith sorceress wiped out the native species , Ambria was left uninhabited , though during Thon ' s time , many Jedi students lived and trained there . After the Battle of Ambria , many scavengers made the barren world their home , hoping to scrape a living by searching the remains of the battle for anything of value . Around the time Darth Bane visited Ambria , many families had established homes there , including Caleb and his daughter . In later eras , it remained largely uninhabited , though many Jedi sought refuge on Ambria during the Great Jedi Purge . After the cataclysm caused by the Sith sorceress , most of the fauna native to Ambria was killed , with only several breeds of reptile surviving . The savage predators who frequented Lake Natth , the Hssiss , were often possessed by the dark spirits confined to the lake , and were said to aid those who wielded the dark side of the Force . They originated on Ambria , though Bogga the Hutt eventually transported them off - world , using them as guard beasts . Another surviving species were the territorial neek s , who congregated in flocks in an attempt to achieve safety from predators like the Hssiss . Master Thon brought a third species to Ambria , known as staga . Staga were large horned reptiles who moved in herds , and lived outside Thon ' s dwelling . Locations . Meditative Canyon . Located in the Tiernvael Mountains , the Meditative Canyon on Ambria was a place with a strong connection to the Force . The area was drier and more barren than the rest of the planet , and because of the relentless wind storms that plagued the region , the Canyon remained largely unexplored for millennia — even the Sith Sorceress had not discovered it . Master Thon stumbled upon it as he sought shelter during a vicious storm while he traveled around the planet , and found that one of the walls had an unusually powerful presence in the Force ; it made the Tchuukthai Master feel calm and cut off from the carnage happening above ground . The ancient Jedi Master left once the storm had subsided , though he marked its location , and often returned to meditate . The canyon was extremely vast , measuring over one kilometer deep , one kilometer long and half a kilometer wide . The inside walls of the canyon were lined with small caves , and a deep river lay at the pit of the canyon , twisting and turning to match the canyon ' s remarkable shape . Along the walls of the canyon and inside the caves , there were a great many stalagmites , some of which were covered in transparent crystals . Though the crystals had no impact on the Force , Thon , and other Jedi , used them to focus on during meditation . The canyon had several levels , each marked with a different strata — some had ledges and cliffs , while others had massive caves and tunnels . Throughout Ambria ' s history , none attempted to properly explore these rock formations . Despite its connection to the Force , the canyon remained largely devoid of living beings throughout its history . During Thon ' s time on Ambria , the only creatures who ever explored the canyon were neeks and staga , apart from the Jedi Master and his apprentices . After Thon ' s time , many Jedi Masters used the canyon to occasionally escape their stressful existence , and during the Great Jedi Purge , it served as an excellent hideout for renegade Jedi — Emperor Palpatine was unaware of its existence . Sith Obelisk . The Sith Obelisk on Ambria was kilometers high , with a large spike that shot up into the sky . Built using much of the natural resources of Ambria , the Obelisk was a dark shade of black in color . It was constructed by the Sith Sorceress ' s slaves , and took over one hundred standard years to be entirely built . The Obelisk was erected in the wild , northern regions of the planet , near the great canyon discovered by Thon . When the Sorceress ' failed ritual destroyed the planet , the Obelisk was destroyed , as were the Sorceress and her slaves . Other locations . Ambria included many other notable locations , though they were never fully explored and information about them was rare . After arriving on Ambria , Master Thon built a simple house where he trained his students . It contained few possessions or items of comfort , as was the Jedi way . Thon slept on a straw bed on the floor , while visitors had a mattress bed slightly elevated off the ground . Another location was the Ambrian Wastes , a huge desert covering over half the planet . The Tiernvael Mountains were huge , steep mountains shrouded in shadow and darkness , located just north of the Ambrian equator . They were largely unexplored , though the canyon they were located next to was often used by Master Thon for meditation . Behind the scenes . The PC game " " mistakenly places Ambria in the Xappyh sector of the Outer Rim Territories , and the " Power of the Jedi Sourcebook " incorrectly places it in the Stenness system .