Centerpoint Station Centerpoint Station , known to the Killik s as Qolaraloq or the World Puller , was an ancient space station that was capable of moving entire planets with its tractor beams . It was created by the Thuruht hive c . 100 , 000 BBY ; this would make it perhaps one of the oldest artifacts known to the Jedi in the Yuuzhan Vong War era . Description . Centerpoint Station contained within its colossal bulk an extremely intricate collection of ultra - high energy systems . The best minds in the galaxy had been studying , mapping , and pondering the workings of this mechanical leviathan for ages , but there were still gaping holes in the understanding of its key processes . What had actually been discovered was that the system was capable of generating huge amounts of nuclear , magnetic , electric , tractor beam , and hyperspace power for use in a type of " hyperspace tractor beam . " Centerpoint Station was able to project this powerful tractor beam through a hyperspace path at any target . It was capable of ' gripping ' an object as large as a star and then just as easily able to move the target object anywhere within its considerable operational range . The station could also harness this power for the actual destruction of stars and planets , collapsing their cores through massive gravitational fluxes . The powerful hyperspace tractor beam arrays consisted of huge conelike structures within the station surrounded by six smaller cones . During the system ' s operation , this specifically designed geometric array acted as the source of the beam ' s power . With a width of 100 kilometers and length of 350 kilometers , it was larger than the first Death Star . From a distance , it appeared as a huge partially translucent sphere with two small cylindrical poles facing Talus and Tralus . The interior consisted of a hollowed area known as Hollowtown that was , at one point , inhabited , as well as the station ' s immensely powerful tractor beam arrays . The station was built before the invention of artificial gravity , so it rotated to simulate gravity . In actuality , Hollowtown and the Glowpoint , an artificial sun - like spot at its center , was the power source for the station and its mysterious one - time inhabitants and builders . A smaller station of similar design existed within the The Maw , dubbed Sinkhole Station by its inhabitants . History . Origins and re - discovery . In the year 44 ABY , the Jedi Raynar Thul , Lowbacca , and Tekli met with the Thuruht Killik hive . Thuruht allowed them to see the hive ' s Histories , which revealed that the Killiks had in fact created Centerpoint — which they called " Qolaraloq " — with the power of the Force . The Thuruht hive , along with dozens of other hives , created Centerpoint under the instruction of the Son and the Daughter , whom the Killiks knew as the Architects . By joining the hive mind , the siblings gave the Killiks the strength in the Force to construct the station . Using the Force , the Killiks extracted and smelted ore from asteroids , as well as moved themselves throughout space without any other means of propulsion . According to the Thuruht , Centerpoint was built , along with Sinkhole Station , the inner workings of Kessel , and the Maw itself , to contain their " Mother " , the being known as Abeloth — whom the Killiks would come to call the Bringer of Chaos . This revelation disproved the previous speculation by many species that the Killiks had simply absorbed one of Centerpoint ' s designers into their collective mind and brought the memory of the creation of Centerpoint into the fold of the hive - minded species . In fact , this theory was partially right - the Son and the Daughter had become Joiner s in order to direct the construction , and to give the Killiks the Force abilities necessary to create it . Once their task was complete , the Ones left the hivemind and took their power in the Force with them . Eons before the establishment of the Republic , Centerpoint Station was used to move the planets of the Corellian system — Corellia , Selonia , Drall , Talus , and Tralus — to their current locations . After that job , the structure remained at a between the two worlds of Talus and Tralus , and it generated power from their gravity well projectors . When Corellians explored space and their system , they also discovered the Centerpoint Station being there from the dawn of time . Although they studied and inhabited it , the Station remained a mystery to them with an unknown purpose . It was never determined that the Station was made to be inhabited , however the Glowpoint provided light and warm environment to the interior and made it acceptable as any fertile planet . For generations , colonists inhabited the Station with homes , parks , lakes , orchards , and farmland , creating the Hollowtown . Later history . Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY , the librarian at the Theed library on Naboo asked a spacer a number of questions , and Centerpoint Station was the subject of one of them . Around this time , the Galactic Empire also stole a Rebel blockade runner , packed it with explosives , and set it on a collision course with Centerpoint Station . In doing so , they hoped the Rebel Alliance would be viewed as both foolish and dangerous , and that it would force the hands of Rebel sympathizers . However , Rebel spies learned of the plan , and Master Sergeant Crowley oversaw a group of Rebel agents who successfully destroyed the corvette before it could reach its destination . During the Corellian Crisis in 18 ABY , it was discovered that the unique tractor beam system could be used as a weapon ; a weapon capable of destroying entire stars , making it at least as powerful as the Sun Crusher . In this crisis , Thrackan Sal - Solo intended to use the station to force entire star systems into submission and restore the Imperial system . After a gripping battle that rocked the Corellian system and very nearly dragged the New Republic down , the " Starbuster Plot " was averted . Hollowtown was incinerated by the Glowpoint when the Sacorrian Triad used the Station to supernova their first star . The few survivors returned to their planets . A few years later during the Yuuzhan Vong War , Anakin Solo refused to use Centerpoint Station to destroy an entire Yuuzhan Vong fleet in the Battle of Fondor , so Thrackan Sal - Solo did instead ; however , his aim was off , resulting in the destruction of not only half of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet , but nearly three quarters of the allied Hapan fleet as well . Second Galactic Civil War . In 40 ABY , Centerpoint Station was once again used as a weapon , but this time it was the Corellian people who took up arms within its massive walls . But their way would not be easy , as the station was controlled by a droid that Thrackan Sal - Solo had programmed to make itself believe it was Anakin Solo . Ben Skywalker was able to disable the station by making the droid , who then referred to itself as " Anakin Sal - Solo , " realize the truth of its existence . It was damaged by Galactic Alliance forces at the end of the Blockade of Corellia , giving hope that this weapon would never again be used to obliterate neighboring worlds . Despite the desire for peace , images of Centerpoint Station would be displayed on clothing items worn by Corellians to show their dedication to their homeworld ' s cause . It took little time for Centerpoint to be again operational after being damaged by the Galactic Alliance . The weapon was fired under Five World Prime Minister Sadras Koyan ' s initiative in order to wipe out Jacen Solo and the Galactic Alliance Second Fleet . Solo managed to survive the assault , although the Second Fleet was not to be so fortunate . He later returned to Centerpoint at the head of a task force to capture the station for use against the Confederation . Seeing that the balance of power would tip greatly in favor of anyone who possessed its enormous destructive force , Grand Master Luke Skywalker and the New Jedi Order carried out a raid upon the station in order to finally destroy it . Jedi Master Kyp Durron led the raid , with Toval Seyah , a Galactic Alliance scientist and former spy who had worked on the station in the past . Seyah was able to modify Centerpoint ' s galactic data reserves in such a way that all coordinates in the galaxy were altered to become those of the station . During the pitched battle between Confederation and Galactic Alliance forces , a technician named Rikel , who had lost his wife on the galactic capital of Coruscant to the Galactic Alliance Guard , was left in charge of the station ' s fire - control chamber . He tried to set the coordinates to target Coruscant itself , and therefore set the targeting coordinates to [ 0 , 0 , 0 ] . Unbeknownst to Rikel , a Republic sabotage mission had reprogramed the station to reset all galactic coordinates ( beginning with Coruscant ) as its own . When fired , Centerpoint targeted itself . The resulting gravitic pulse detonated the station , wiping all traces of the enigmatic structure from the system , killing all on board , and destroying countless vessels in its blast radius . As a result of Centerpoint ' s destruction , Sinkhole Station in the Maw began to malfunction . This caused the shell of black holes that composed the Maw to begin to slide apart , creating a " crack " in the otherwise complete shell of black holes . This then allowed Abeloth to reach out from the Maw , which seemed to have blocked her influence when it was intact ( as Abeloth was previously only able to influence those within the Maw , such as the Jedi younglings at Shelter ) . According to Thuruht , the destruction of Centerpoint was a direct result of Jacen Solo ' s attempt to change what he saw in his vision at the Pool of Knowledge . By trying to change the future , Jacen apparently altered the Current of the Force and unleashed Abeloth — the Celestial embodiment of Chaos .