Colonies The Colonies was a region of the galaxy located between the Core Worlds and the Inner Rim . It contained numerous planet s , including Abednedo , Bardotta , Devaron , Carida , Castell , Cato Neimoidia , Halcyon , Narq , Neimoidia , and Uquine . The Colonies sat along major trade routes , and some of them were extremely wealthy . History . Galactic Republic . Ten years before the Clone Wars , a group of usurpers captured the planet ary government of the Colonies world of Halcyon to protest the planet ' s membership of the Galactic Republic . After failed negotiations with the usurpers , the Republic dispatched the Jedi Order and the Judicial Department to deal with the usurpers . The Colonies planet of Castell was the homeworld of the Gossam Shu Mai , who later became Presidente of the Commerce Guild during the Clone Wars . The Colonies were also home to several Neimoidian purse - world s including Cato Neimoidia and Narq . The Neimoidians enslaved the Narquois species of Narq and kept them in servitude for several centuries . Clone Wars . During the Clone Wars , a Separatist and Trade Federation fleet led by Cad Bane attacked the Republic outpost on the Colonies planet of Devaron and captured the Jedi Master Bolla Ropal . Bane tried to force Ropal to unlock a holocron he had stolen from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant . Despite a rescue mission mounted by the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , his Padawan Ahsoka Tano , and Admiral Wullf Yularen , Ropal was killed and Bane managed to steal the holocron and a Kyber memory crystal . At the request of the Jedi Council , Senator Padmé Amidala undertook a mission to Cato Neimoidia in 21 BBY to spy on Senator Rush Clovis , who was secretly colluding with the Trade Federation and the Separatists . During the mission , Amidala obtained a hologram disc which proved that Clovis had dealings with the Separatists , who were planning to build a new droid foundry on Geonosis . In 20 BBY , Count Dooku sent Savage Opress to Devaron to take out the Jedi Temple of Eedit in order to test his prowess . Savage killed the Jedi Master Halsey , his Padawan Knox , and several clone trooper s . Satisfied , Dooku took Opress as his new Sith apprentice in his plot to overthrow Darth Sidious . Later , the Republic Colonel Meebur Gascon and his D - Squad including R2 - D2 foiled a Separatist plot to use a captured " Venator " - class Star Destroyer to disrupt a Republic strategy conference being held in the Carida system . In 19 BBY , Anakin and Ahsoka took part in the defense of Cato Neimoidia against the Separatists before being recalled to Coruscant to investigate a bombing at the Jedi Temple . Following the disappearance of the Dagoyan Masters on the Colonies world of Bardotta , Queen Julia enlisted the help of Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks and Master Mace Windu in rescuing the masters . Binks and Windu discovered the existence of a secret society called the Frangawl Cult which worshiped the demon Malmourral . After the Frangawl Cult kidnapped Julia , Binks and Windu pursued her kidnappers offworld to Zardossa Stix where they stopped a plot to revive the Nightsister Mother Talzin . Following the initiation of Order 66 , Jedi Master Plo Koon ' s fighter was shot down after the capture of Cato Neimoidia . Shortly later , the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire , which exterminated the Jedi and defeated the Separatists . Imperial Era . During the Imperial Era , the Imperial cadet and later rebel informant Zare Leonis was born on the planet Uquine . Due to his parent s ' work as agricultural scientist s , Leonis lived on several offworld locations including the space station Hosk Station and the planet Lothal . By 5 BBY , the planet Carida was known to host an Imperial Academy for senior cadet s . Following the Battle of Yavin , the Jedi and Rebel Alliance starfighter pilot Luke Skywalker visited the Jedi Temple of Eedit on Devaron . He was subsequently involved in a skirmish with Imperial forces and the scavenger Sarco Plank . This was the young Jedi ' s first duel with a lightsaber . During the Galactic Civil War , Castell was a colony world of the Empire that was ruled by Moff Ssaria . At some point following the events above Yavin , the gambler and entrepreneur Lando Calrissian stole Emperor Palpatine ' s luxury yacht " Imperialis " , which was undergoing repairs at the Sienar Fleet Systems Orbital Shipyard CC - 24 above Castell . In response , the Emperor dispatched ships to CC - 24 to punish its Commander Pasqual for failing to prevent the theft of the " Imperialis " . New Republic . Prior to the Battle of Jakku , the Acolytes of the Beyond attacked a New Republic outpost on the planet Devaron . Following the rise of the New Republic , the Narquois sued the Neimoidians in the New Republic courts and sought compensation for centuries of enslavement .