Nouane / Legends Nouane was a planet located in the Nouane system of the Inner Rim . It served as the capital world of the eponymous Allied Region Nouane , a semi - independent government of 212 star systems that was one of countless mini - empires during the early days of the Galactic Republic . Though isolated , Nouane had a strong presence in the early Republic — Nouanese minister s could be found on worlds throughout the galactic government , and Nouane ' s libraries attracted many philosophers and artists from the Core Worlds . In 3963 BBY , Nouane fell to the Mandalorians during the Mandalorian Wars . The beleaguered world turned to the Republic for assistance ; once the Mandalorians were driven off the planet , Nouane and the region joined the Republic as a semi - autonomous Allied Region . Throughout the Galactic Civil War thousands of years later , Nouane was a steadfast supporter of the Galactic Empire that had succeeded the Republic . After the Empire was defeated by the New Republic , the region of Nouane became independent . Description . Since the earliest days of the Galactic Republic , Nouane served as the capital planet of the region of space eponymously named Nouane , a partially - autonomous mini - empire consisting of 212 inhabited star systems in the Inner Rim . The world , located within the Nouane system , fell into the area of space known as the Northern Dependencies . History . During the beginning stages of the Republic ' s Rimward expansions , as early as c . 25 , 000 to 22 , 000 BBY , Nouane was an isolated — yet known — world surrounded by unexplored space . Despite its remoteness , the planet Nouane was home to an elegant civilization that maintained libraries which drew philosophers and artists from the Core Worlds . The planet was renowned for its statecraft , and its minister s held considerable power on various worlds throughout the Republic . During the Alsakan Conflicts between Coruscant and Alsakan , Nouane was located on a hyperlane under Alsakan control . In 3963 BBY , during the Mandalorian Wars , Nouane was besieged and conquered by the nomadic Mandalorian warrior s , who had passed through the system as part of a Coreward advance halted at the asteroid – ringed Omonoth system . The Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders devastated the world , having despised its society . It was because of the Mandalorians ' oppression that Nouane and the rest of the region petitioned for Republic assistance . The Mandalorians were eventually defeated , and the region of Nouane became affiliated with the Republic as an Allied Region , a term used to describe the various mini - empires that were assimilated by the Republic over time . Like all other Allied Regions , Nouane ' s leader was granted the title of Moff or Grand Moff . Thousands of years later , in 19 BBY , Republic Supreme Chancellor Palpatine reorganized the galactic government into the first Galactic Empire . All remaining Allied Regions were also restructured into Imperial client state s , though they remained semi - autonomous . Nouane stood as a steadfast supporter of the Empire during the Galactic Civil War , and following the Empire ' s defeat at the hands of the New Republic , Nouane once again became an independent , neutral region . The world itself was largely ignored during subsequent galactic conflicts , to at least the Second Galactic Civil War that occurred decades after the first ended . Locations . Nouane boasted libraries that , during the early years of the Republic , were noted as attracting artists and philosophers from the Core who wished to study in them . Inhabitants . By 25 ABY , Nouane boasted a population of 1 to 10 billion sentients . Behind the scenes . Though the region of Nouane was briefly mentioned in 1996 ' s " Before the Storm " , written by Michael P . Kube - McDowell , it was not until the release of " The Essential Atlas " , by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace , in 2009 — over a decade after " Before the Storm " release — that the existence of the planet Nouane was revealed .