Moorja / Legends Moorja was a small Inner Rim world on the Corellian Trade Spine . It was owned by the Salliche Agricultural Corporation , which ran an agricultural and mining colony there . Though the planet was frequently swept by fierce ion storms capable of interfering with electronic equipment , it was a major exporter of foodstuffs . During the Clone Wars , the Confederacy of Independent Systems established a base on the planet , gathering soil from its badlands , which it then utilized during its assault on Ukio . The Confederacy later conquered the planet and garrisoned it with organic forces , a rare move for the battle droid - focused government . While there , the CIS fought the Galactic Republic in the Battle of Moorja . The planet subsequently became part of the Galactic Empire and home to an advanced scout training facility . During the Galactic Civil War , the planet was the site of another major engagement , between forces of the Empire and the rogue Moff Utoxx Prentioch ; both were attempting to gain access to a New Republic reconnaissance report prepared by the Black Curs . Later that same year , the New Republic gained control of the planet , establishing a permanent base , and using it as a jumping point for assaults against various Imperial forces . Description . Moorja was a small planet in the Moorja system of the Inner Rim , down the Corellian Trade Spine from Yag ' Dhul . It had one moon , and a local day consisting of seventeen standard hours , and a year of 310 local days . The terrain varied from fertile plains and forests to a number of desolate badlands . Notable among these badlands were the Crumbling Lands , a region of sedimentary rock strata undermined over many years by water erosion . Many caves and tunnels crisscrossed the area , while sandstone formations and deep sinkholes dominated the surface . The soil in the Moorja badlands was an electrostatic compound with photosensitive properties . In contrast to these barren regions , most of Moorja ' s surface was naturally fertile , aided by plentiful rainfall from the frequent ion storms that blew in from the world ' s oceans . However , poor crop management had taxed this fertility , leaving many areas dependent on artificially produced fertilizer . Nevertheless , Moorja produced sufficient crops of fenti bean s and ruva grain to export offworld . The planet was home to no native sentient species . The most distinctive creatures there were the bruwose s , immense lizards that inhabited the badlands . Equipped with large fore - paw talons , the reptiles burrowed through the soft rock , searching for small prey . The bruwoses possessed only vestigial eyes , instead using heat , sound and smell for guidance . A frequent recurrence on Moorja were ion storms . These lightning storms heavily interfered with electronic equipment , and ion lightning strikes damaged shields , life support , nav - control and other important starship systems , rendering planetary landings extremely difficult . To counteract this , most of Moorja ' s farming equipment was earthed , however , machinery still needed to be replaced often . History . Galactic Republic . Around 22 BBY , near the start of the Clone Wars , the Confederacy of Independent Systems established a presence in the Moorja badlands , under the command of Magistrate Passel Argente of the Corporate Alliance , and his assistant T - series tactical droid , Doctor . The Doctor had developed Project Instinction , an operative designed to neutralize the agriworld of Ukio . The Confederacy utilized four seismic tank s to collect soil from the Moorja badlands . The Confederacy took advantage of its photosensitive properties by dumping large amounts of soil into Ukio ' s atmosphere . There , it stuck to the planet ' s defensive shields , drifting to stay in line with the planet ' s star , creating a moving eclipse designed to block sunlight from the surface and destroy the planet ' s crops . In the later years of the Clone Wars , circa 20 BBY , the Confederacy gained control of the entire Corellian Trade Spine , including Moorja , after an extended campaign known as Operation Durge ' s Lance . The Confederacy then opted to fortify Moorja in order to protect the " back door " of their recent conquest . However , the frequent ion storms that swept the planet prevented a cost - effective deployment of the Confederacy ' s standard droid forces . As such , a combined force of organic troops , made up of Neimoidian Gunnery Battalions , Gossam Commandos , and Koorivar Fusiliers , was stationed on the planet , in a move announced by Commerce Guild President e Shu Mai . The cost of the unusual move was offset by the availability of agrarian yields to feed the troops . While planetside , the Fusiliers took part in the Battle of Moorja under the command of the famous General Oro Dassyne . The Koorivar General went on to lead troops in the ruinous Battle of Bomis Koori IV . Galactic Empire . With the defeat of the Confederacy and the subsequent declaration of the Galactic Empire , control of Moorja switched hands to the new galactic power . The Salliche Agricultural Corporation , an Imperial agricultural conglomerate , governed the planet , although so long as the colony paid its taxes and produce exports continued , supervision was limited . The Empire also established an advanced Scout trooper training camp in one of the more remote regions of the planet ; Moorja was selected as a political favor to an officer of the Imperial Navy that hailed from the colony . The scout base was largely kept a secret from the planet ' s inhabitants , although a small garrison was established on the planet to keep peace in the urban centers . The training facility offered refresher courses for Imperial units who were rotated out on a weekly basis . While the facility was under the command of Colonel Dyrra , a group of smugglers broke into the facility and stole a " Lambda " - class shuttle . Fighting off the troops stationed there , and a number of training probe droids , the thieves piloted the shuttle straight into an ion storm and into orbit . There , they avoided an Imperial Star Destroyer and its TIE fighter patrols and escaped into hyperspace . Dyrra , however , was not content to end the pursuit . Tracking the thieves to the planet Tatooine , he ambushed them in their Mos Eisley docking bay . Despite this advantage , the thieves managed to escape the colonel a second time . While the Empire suffered a major defeat by the Alliance to Restore the Republic at the Battle of Endor , the defeat had little impact on Moorja . Even the rising unrest across the Salliche Ag conglomerate — where many workers rebelled , burning fields and farming facilities on multiple worlds — had limited effect on the populace , who continued their lives as though nothing had changed . However , despite the planet ' s momentary inconsequence , it was the site of a large skirmish between warring Imperial factions in 39 : 9 , six months after the Battle of Endor . The cause was Dirk Harkness , a mercenary and Rebel sympathizer , who had conducted an extensive reconnaissance of the Core Worlds as a precursor to a major Rebel offensive in the central galactic region . Before departing on his mission , he had stashed a cache of equipment in the Crumbling Lands of Moorja . His mission having been discovered by the Imperial Advisor s in the Core , he returned to the planet pursued by two of their Star Destroyers under the command of Bregius Golthan . However , Goltan ' s forces were met in the system by two Star Destroyers commanded by the Imperial Warlord Utoxx Prentioch . Prentioch , a former Moff and pretender to the Imperial throne who was carving out his own Dominion in the Mid Rim , sought Harkness ' s recon report for his own gains . While the warships exchanged salvos , Harkness and his companions aboard the " Last Chance " were stuck by turbolaser fire and crash - landed on the planet . Fortunately for Harkness and his team , General Airen Cracken , chief of the New Republic Intelligence Service , was aware of their pursuit . His team , dispatched to provide aid to the mercenaries , arrived in the Moorja system just as the " Last Chance " descended to the planet ' s surface . Competing with two sets of Imperial dropships , the operatives reached the downed mercenaries first . While Harkness ' s companions — Platt Okeefe , Tru ' eb Cholakk , and Jai Raventhorn — were at the ship , Harkness himself had set off across the Crumbling Lands to retrieve a snubfighter he had stashed there . Tracking Harkness through the wastelands , they caught up to him outside the tunnel leading to his ship . However , blocking the entrance to the tunnel were three bruwoses , which the operatives were forced to kill in order to gain access to Harkness ' s ship . Once they had done so , they retrieved Harkness ' s Y - wing and regrouped with the crew of the " Last Chance " . Together they fled the planet , evading fighters from the battle still occurring in Moorja space . Later that same year , the New Republic successfully wrested control of Moorja from Imperial forces , as part of their strategy of isolating various Imperial warlords , and established a permanent presence on the world . The following year , the Republic pushed Coreward from Moorja , striking at Yag ' Dhul against Admiral Sander Delvardus of the Eriadu Authority , and in 6 ABY , a Republic strikeforce from Moorja struck southwest at Bomis Koori , taking Prentioch captive . Later history . Moorja escaped the worst of the Yuuzhan Vong War of 25 – 29 ABY , being on the far side of the invasion vector of the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong ' s assault path , and remained in Republic hands . More than a century later , however , the planet was part of Darth Krayt ' s Sith Empire . Inhabitants . Though Moorja had no native sentient species , it was settled by a number of species under the auspices of the Salliche Ag Corporation . A small colony of Arcona settled the planet , working in salt mines . By 4 ABY , they numbered 2 , 500 , most of whom had some degree of salt addiction . Around 15 , 000 Ithorians lived on the planet , settling around a number of forested regions , where they harvested specialty fruits and low yield crops for export . 25 , 000 Human settlers made up the remainder of the planet ' s permanent population . During the Clone Wars , a number of Gossam , Koorivar , and Neimoidians were stationed on the planet , but none remained on the planet in the decades afterwards . Locations . Confederate base . During the Clone Wars , the Confederacy established a base in the mountains overlooking some of Moorja ' s badlands . From there , the Doctor was able to monitor the progress of the seismic tanks under his command . He occupied the installation , along with his pet Seventeen , and Magistrate Passel Argente , until leaving the planet to assault Ukio . Moorjay . Moorjay was the sole spaceport on the planet and the only major settlement . It was an undisturbed environment , surrounded by millions of acres of farmland and fields . A number of smaller agrarian settlements were dotted around the spaceport , such as the settlement of Avisio . Moorja Training Installation . The Moorja Training Installation was designed to provide refresher courses for squads from different Sector Fleet s . It was located in a remote region of the planet , on the edge of crumbling badlands . The outpost contained limited facilities : a command bunker , two modular barracks , various storage sheds , a mess hall and a motor pool . A flat area was also cleared to provide landing facilities . Behind the scenes . Moorja was created by Peter M . Schweighofer for the roleplaying game adventure " Black Curs Blues " , published in the " Star Wars Adventure Journal 8 " in 1993 . There , it served as the setting for the first part of the adventure , which eventually moved offworld to Canyon and Voktunma . Schweighofer revisited the planet as part of the adventure " The Lambda Heist " in " Star Wars Gamer 2 " , published in 2000 . Again , it was the setting for one part of a larger adventure . The third appearance of the planet was in " " , published in the " Star Wars Insider 76 " magazine in 2004 . Moorja also briefly appeared in the online comic " " . Moorja was initially placed in the Inner Rim region by Schweighofer , but was described as a Mid Rim world by " Insider " magazine . Despite this , both maps in which it has been placed and the " Star Wars Gamer " adventure all returned it to the Inner Rim . It is worth noting that in " Black Curs Blues " , the travel time from the position of the New Republic fleet near Mon Calamari , in the Outer Rim Territories , to Moorja was stated to be " only a few hours . " Since that publication , maps of the galaxy have been published with Mon Calamari on the other side of the galaxy from the Corellian Trade Spine , rendering this travel time unlikely .