Atrivis sector / Legends Despite being a small sector in the northern Outer Rim Territories , the Atrivis sector and its inhabitants participated in events of galactic and historic significance . From hosting an outpost of the Rakata n Infinite Empire in 30 , 000 BBY ; to giving birth to the formidable Death Star in 0 BBY ; to forming part of the most stable Imperial splinter faction , the Pentastar Alignment , between 6 and 11 ABY ; to supporting the Empire - in - exile in 137 ABY ; the Atrivis sector was involved in tumultuous events . Located in the New Territories , the sector was traversed by the Braxant and Relgim Run hyperlane s , and was home to several native sentient species , including the Dazouri , Ho ' Din , Makurth , Shaliz ' Na and Zeffliffl . Those civilizations , and the immigrants that joined them in the sector , were united by their fierce independence . Full exploration of the sector began in 15 , 000 BBY and continued through until 1000 BBY . During that period , several Ho ' Din participated in the Great Hyperspace and Mandalorian Wars , while Makurth participated in the New Sith Wars . During the Clone Wars , the independent attitude of the Atrivis sector ' s inhabitants manifested in sympathy for the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The Confederacy employed the notorious Pirates of Iridium to raid supply lines , and ran a research factory on Fest , but was eventually defeated by the Galactic Republic . Later , the rise of the Galactic Empire saw the sector placed under the control of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin as part of Oversector Outer . The sector was home to some of the earliest resistance to the new , autocratic government , although its inhabitants remained disorganized and internally divided in their resistance efforts until the massacre of Mantooine led to the establishment of the unified Atrivis Resistance Group . For two years , the Empire constructed the Death Star in the sector ' s Horuz system , supporting the battle station ' s construction with forced labor from penal institutions on Gree Baaker , Desolation Station , and Despayre . The Death Star repelled several assaults by the Alliance to Restore the Republic before using its superlaser to shatter Despayre , subsequently leaving the sector on a quest to brutally eliminate the Alliance leadership and cow the galaxy into submission . Armed conflict , however , continued in the sector , with altercations at Atrivis , Fest and Spefik and as part of Operation Cobolt , contributing to the Galactic Civil War . Following the death of Emperor Palpatine at the Battle of Endor , the Atrivis sector was included within the newly - formed Pentastar Alignment , an Imperial splinter faction led by Grand Moff Ardus Kaine . The Alignment lent forces to Grand Admiral Thrawn , who personally planned an assault against Generis that transpired only eight days prior to his assassination . The following year , the death of Kaine during a major offensive Imperial campaign precipitated the eventual transition of the sector into New Republic control . It remained in Republic hands for only a few years before being conquered by the invading , extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong in 26 ABY . Following their eventual defeat in 29 ABY , the Atrivis sector soon passed back into Imperial territory as part of a newly resurgent Empire . It would remain under Imperial control until after the Sith – Imperial War , when it began to support the Empire - in - exile of deposed Emperor Roan Fel . Description . The Atrivis sector was a relatively small sector of space in the Outer Rim Territories , located in the galactic north in a region known as the New Territories . Its coreward boundary bordered the Cademimu sector , and , moving clockwise , it also bordered the Cassander , Albarrio , Relgim and Oplovis sector s . Two major hyperspace routes passed through the sector : the Braxant and Relgim Run s . The Braxant Run was the most important route in the entire northern quadrant of the galaxy , beginning at an intersection with the Hydian Way . The Braxant entered the Atrivis sector from Ketaris in the Oplovis sector and traversed the Fedje and Vuchelle system s before leaving Atrivis for the Cassander sector . The Relgim Rum began at the Fedje system , but struck out almost perpendicular to the Braxant Run , working its way through a string of Atrivis systems , with a sharp kink west at the Nam ' ta system before continuing across Atrivis and into its namesake , the Relgim sector . By 25 ABY , the average population of the sector was less than 1 million per inhabited planet , with the exception of Fedje and areas around Moltok , which averaged between 1 and 10 million inhabitants . Braxant Run star systems . The planet Fedje , at the intersection of the Braxant and Relgim Runs , was a forested world , home to many exotic arboreal life forms ; these included the rare folded ear boosqueak . Humans settled Fedje , becoming known for the expansive hand gestures that accompanied their oratory . Located further down the Braxant was Vuchelle , an orange planet right on the three - way border with the Cademimu and Cassander sectors . Relgim Run star systems . The Fest system was a prominent system along the Relgim Run . It contained the planet Fest , an urbanized and densely populated world with little remaining wilderness areas . It was equipped with spaceports , spy satellites , and an orbital Imperial base . Fest had a history of petty bickering with Mantooine , another Atrivis sector planet . Further along the Relgim Run was the Devon system . Members of a religious sect inhabited its fourth planet , Devon Four . The Generis system was located further down the Relgim Run ; it contained the planets Atrivis 7 , Atrivis , and Generis . Generis was a world of striking natural beauty , covered with rough terrain and lush jungles . The planet had no major settlements , and was only lightly settled . Some of its locals — a mix of Humans and other species — established wilderness ranches , attracting wealthy offworlders with opportunities to hunt , hike , and raft down white - water rapids . The planet was also dotted with ruins of the ancient Rakata civilization . Atrivis 7 was also inhabited by Humans , who worked as farmers and ranchers . Continuing along the Relgim Run led to the Markbee ' s Star system , containing the water world Zeffliffl . In the salty seas of its southern continent , the Zeffliffl species evolved . After Zeffliffl , the Relgim Run continued onto the Nam ' ta system . It was there , in the system containing the gas giant Nam ' ta , that the Run kinked westward , continuing on towards the Horuz system . The Horuz system contained the planet Despayre , two gas giants and two asteroid belts . Despayre ' s single continent was covered in dense jungle filled with diverse poisonous species such as the crab spider , flit and scorpion slug . Because of these attributes , the planet was turned into a prison for many of the worst criminal offenders in the galaxy . The Mantooine system was located on the Relgim Run near to its crossover into the Relgim sector . The planet Mantooine was only lightly populated with farmers and had a long - standing rivalry with Fest . It lent its name to the classical dance piece known as the " Mantooine Minuet " . It was also the endpoint of cruises by the giant luxury liner " Kuari Princess " , which traveled down the Relgim Run between Endoraan and Mantooine . Other star systems . The Atrivis sector had a number of other star systems that were not located on either of the two most prominent routes . The Hethar system was located on the eastern border of the sector . Native to Hethar was the gornt species . These squat creatures were a staple of the local diet and were later commercially farmed by Sullustan colonists and sold to the Imperial Navy . Further west in the sector were the Iridium , Gibbela , Spefik and Dartibek system s . Iridium was home for a time to the Pirates of Iridium , while Gibbela — close to the Relgim border — was populated by a primitive species of polymorphs , known as the Dazouri . It was distant from even minor trade routes , and was seldom visited . The Spefik system was home to Spefik , a desolate and barren planet . During the Galactic Civil War , it hosted a Rebel base . The Dartibek system was at the western - most extent of the Atrivis sector , at the joining of the Atrivis , Albarrio and Relgim sectors . The system contained a number of planets ; one of the innermost was Moltok , which was entirely covered in trees . Although close to its sun , the planet was kept temperate by ash from volcanoes that blocked out radiation and heat . Its botanical species included the wuppa and Camba - Fruit ; derivatives of the latter were commercially exported . Moltok was home to two sentient species : the Ho ' Din and the Makurth . The Atrivis sector also contained the Gree Baaker system . Its eponymous planet was home to an Imperial Labor Camp for those serving life sentences . Also located within the sector was a system that contained an asteroid belt . Built within a large , misshaped asteroid in this system was Desolation Station , an Imperial construction facility that utilized slave labor . Finally , the sector contained the Shar ' Ack system . It contained the forested homeworld of the Shaliz ' Na , a winged and muscular sentient species of artisans . History . Pre - Republic history . In 30 , 000 BBY , the planet Generis possessed a strong Force signature . As a consequence , it attracted the Force - based hyperdrives of the Rakata n species who were expanding from their homeworld Lehon . The Rakata forged a vast empire that united worlds scattered all across the galaxy , naming it the Infinite Empire . On Generis , they built exotic temples that would last for thousands of years . The Rakatan empire lasted for almost five thousand years before collapsing due to plague , followed by slave revolts in 25 , 200 BBY . Their temples on Generis eventually collapsed and were overgrown by jungle . Galactic Republic . Early exploration . Some systems within the Atrivis sector were discovered by the Galactic Republic during the Kymoodon Era , circa 15 , 000 BBY . New advances in hyperspace technology at this time led to exploration of pockets of space not directly connected with the territory of the Republic ; in the north these included the Mantooine and Sestooine system s ( the latter would become part of the Relgim sector ) , and spread to include the Dartibek and Horuz systems . During the Pius Dea Era of 11 , 965 - 10 , 966 BBY , the Atrivis sector suffered suppression by the Coruscant - based religious sect Pius Dea . Hoping to escape Pius Dea rule , Republic citizens abandoned Fedje and settled the Prefsbelt system . By 5000 BBY , the Dartibek system — which contained the planet Moltok — and other parts of the Atrivis sector were widely explored by the Republic and were considered part of the civilized galaxy . The Republic had also established a hyperlane connecting Moltok to the central territories of the Republic via Ord Cantrell , Iridonia and Vicondor . The Ho ' Din of Moltok had traveled offworld by this time ; during the Great Hyperspace War , Lohjoy served as a starship engineer aboard the Sith Empire starship " Omen " . A number of Ho ' Din also served the Republic in 3964 BBY , such as Oojoh and Rutu . Oojoh was trained as a Jedi Padawan on Taris , while Lieutenant Rutu served with distinction in the Republic Navy during the Mandalorian Wars . The extent of the widely explored area around Moltok remained largely static through this period until at least 3956 BBY . Between 3681 BBY and 3653 BBY , the Great Galactic War pitted the forces of the Galactic Republic against the resurgent forces of the Sith Empire . As a side event of that campaign , the Republic was involved in the Kanz Disorders of 3670 BBY , after which the Republic shrunk its borders to Iridonia in the north , and began reconsidering Republic membership for distant settlements and Republic enclaves . After a significant victory at Coruscant , the Sith forced the Republic to sign the Treaty of Coruscant , which effectively divided the galaxy into two spheres of control . The Atrivis sector fell within the sphere of control of the Sith Empire , which compromised most of the eastern half of the galaxy . Despite the signing of the peace treaty , relations were uneasy between the galactic powers : a Cold War lasted for eleven years , before outright war returned in 3642 BBY . One year in , an independent organization on the planet Nam ' ta claimed to have received thousands of diplomatic dispatches from the Galactic Republic . Its plan to release these onto the HoloNet was uncovered , and pressure brought to bear on the Nam ' ta government to clamp down on the organization . Later exploration . The eastern portion of the Atrivis sector was not fully explored until the blazing of the Hydian Way , circa 3000 – 1000 BBY . The Makurth , the second sentient species of Moltok , were found off - world by at least 1000 BBY ; during the New Sith Wars , the Makurth Fohargh underwent training as part of the Brotherhood of Darkness , although Moltok itself was unaligned in the conflict . Seven hundred years later , the Ho ' Din almost destroyed the ecosystem of their planet , leading them to embrace botanical sciences and other less invasive disciplines in restoring their world . By 280 BBY , they had developed organic medicines that came to be exported around the galaxy . Another Ho ' Din product available offworld was Ho ' Din herbal tea ; some combinations proved addictive to Humans . In 124 BBY , the Atrivis sector , together with the rest of the Outer Rim and parts of the Mid Rim , was declared by the Galactic Republic to be a free - trade zone . However , in the 30s , a political faction known as the Reformist s sought to roll back that liberalization , and place taxes on many Rim trade routes . Several years before the Clone Wars would embroil the galaxy , the religious leaders of Devon Four refused to pay taxes to the central galactic government . In response , the Republic embargoed the planet , preventing any starship traffic from reaching its surface . Shortly after the embargo was initiated , an infectious plague broke out on the planet ' s surface . Despite the threat this posed to the planet ' s population , the Republic was unrelenting in its embargo . At the behest of Sheeka Tull , whose sister lived on Devon Four , smugglers broke the Republic embargo , delivering medical supplies . Sheeka Tull was later caught by the Republic and was given a deferred sentence of ten years labor . The Clone Wars . During the Separatist Crisis , circa 24 – 22 BBY , the Confederacy of Independent Systems hired the Pirates of Iridium as privateers . The pirates had been active in the Atrivis sector for a year , raiding its trade routes . They were distinguished by their use of power gem s . These unusual jewels radiated an aura that disrupted starships ' magnetic - shields , an ability the pirates used to great advantage during their raids . During the Separatist Crisis , they raided Republic grain and spice convoys until they were destroyed in 22 BBY by a Jedi - led Republic strike force at a skirmish over Vuchelle . When the Clone Wars finally broke out , the Atrivis sector was part of Confederate territory . Less than ten months into the war , they had established a research factory on Fest in which they were developing a super - metal known as phrik . The facility was discovered by Null - class Advanced Recon Commando s , and ten months into the war , the Republic dispatched the elite Omega Squad to destroy the factory . Encountering heavy resistance from battle droids , they nevertheless successfully completed the mission . By 19 BBY , the Republic had successfully recovered control of the Atrivis sector . Galactic Empire . Early resistance . With the declaration of the New Order in 19 BBY , the Atrivis sector came under control of the Galactic Empire . The sector fell under the jurisdiction of Grand Moff Tarkin as part of Oversector Outer . Oversectors such as this one were created to encompass numerous sectors known to house chronic unrest or rebellion , and facilitate swift Imperial retribution across sector boundaries . Moffs Rebus and Seerdon also had projects within the sector . The Atrivis sector was at the forefront of opposition to the New Order , due in large part to the stubborn independence common throughout much of the Outer Rim Territories . However , in its early years , the sector ' s resistance was fractured and lacking unity , with resistance groups scattered across many systems and divided by regional and historic rivalries . Nonetheless , this continued annoyance prompted the Empire to establish a garrison post on Mantooine to keep order in the sector . In 2 BBY , the Mantooine Liberators resistance group overthrew this under - defended garrison and boldly occupied the premises . The Liberators were unaware of a large Imperial strike force in the neighboring Fest system , and had no contact with the Fest resistance group that could have warned them of this danger . As such , the Mantooine resistance was caught by surprise when Imperial forces arrived in Mantooine ; the local rebels were decimated . There were also extensive civilian casualties in the battle , which as heard of as far afield as Hutt Space and came to be regarded as a massacre . The Rebel Alliance honored the sacrifice of those who lost their lives on Mantooine by casting the Mantooine Medallion , which was awarded to individuals for " exceptionally meritorious service . " Years later , a Corellian Corvette was named the " Mantooine " in honor of the planet . The massacre on Mantooine drove home the necessity of communication to the other resistance groups in the Atrivis sector ; the Fest Resistance Group responded by forming a wider Atrivis Resistance Group ( ARG ) to coordinate resources within the sector . The ARG established a hidden base on an abandoned space station in the barren Generis system , where their leadership was fed information from an extensive network across the sector . This centralization made the resistance a significantly more potent force , although their continuing success also brought concerns ; they were still isolated within their system and vulnerable to Imperial offensives launched from outside the sector . Elsewhere in the sector , the Empire established a Labor Camp on Gree Baaker , where many individuals were sentenced to life imprisonment . The Empire scouted Gibbela as a possible site for colonization , with preliminary reconnaissance suggesting the native population would provide little resistance ; however , when a small taskforce was dispatched to the planet , it was massacred by one such native after he polymorphed into a vicious predator . The Empire had more success in its conquest of Shar ' Ack . It enslaved the native Shaliz ' Na and strictly controlled alcohol imports to and manufacture on the planet . Given the Shaliz ' Na addiction to alcohol , this gave the Empire significant leverage over the population . It did , however , lead to a number of Shaliz ' Na leaving the planet to recover from alcoholism . The Death Star . During this period , a crucial Imperial project was under construction in the Atrivis sector : the Death Star . This immense battlestation , designed with the capacity to destroy planets , was to be the foundation of the Tarkin Doctrine , whereby the Empire would " rule through the fear of force rather than through force itself . " After initial construction phases in the Geonosis , Seswenna , and Patriim system s , the construction was finally moved to the Horuz system for completion . There , it orbited the penal world Despayre for two years . The system ' s two asteroid belt s were stripped of iron and nickel by Imperial masticator s , and combined with alloys obtained from Despayre . The planet ' s moon , Haroon , was also mined for resources . Construction utilized convict labor , in particular , that of thousands of Wookiees . Prisoners from the Gree Baaker Labor Camp were also assigned to work duty on the station . The Empire also utilized Desolation Station to manufacture several components of its superlaser with which the Death Star would be able to rupture the core of planets , ultimately shattering its targets into pieces . The construction of the station was kept top secret . Emperor Palpatine himself visited the Death Star while it was under construction in the Horuz system , for the culmination of his strategy to crush organized leadership of resistance to his Empire . Imprisoned aboard the station were four critical leaders of rebellion : three influential senators Garm Bel Iblis of Corellia , Mon Mothma of Chandrila and Bail Organa of Alderaan , together with Jedi Master and Order 66 - survivor Rahm Kota . The four leaders had met on Corellia and formally declared an organized rebellion against the Empire . However , the four had actually been manipulated to meet on Corellia by Imperial machinations implemented by Galen Marek , a pupil of the Emperor ' s apprentice Darth Vader ; they were captured and transferred to the Death Star for interrogation . Marek , however , had earnestly believed his efforts to draw together the insurrectionists would lead to the overthrow of the Emperor . Marek was furious at being duped . Uncovering the location of the Death Star in a Force vision , he traveled to the Atrivis sector and infiltrated the vast construction site . Having inciting Wookiee slave laborers to riot , two of the laborers guided Marek to the Emperor ' s location . There , Marek dueled and defeated Darth Vader ; before ultimately engaging the Emperor in direct combat . This provided a sufficient diversion for the four captives to flee the battle station to safety , although Marek perished in encounter . Formalizing Rebellion . Senator Mon Mothma would return to the Atrivis sector , where she met with the leadership of the Atrivis Resistance Group . She proposed linking the ARG into the newly established Rebellion . After some deliberation , the ARG signed the Treaty of Generis , officially joining the Rebel Alliance for the duration of the Galactic Civil War . As part of this deal , an Outer Rim Communications Center was established on Generis , with a starfighter outpost to protect it . The Alliance also sent several dozen SpecForce officers to train up the Atrivis resistance . The Treaty also meant a flow of new weapons and equipment to the sector , in return for becoming a prime supplier of foodstuffs to the wider Rebellion . Within six months , the ARG transformed into a fully operational Atrivis Sector Force . Rebel units that operated within Atrivis sector included the 132nd Forward Division . Kota subsequently directed several efforts to undermine the completion of the Death Star . He dispatched former - Imperial stormtrooper X2 to Desolation Station to prevent one of the final components of the superlaser — the tributary beam — from being delivered to the Death Star . As the tributary beam was being stored on a transport that was protected by a defensive shield corridor , X2 was required to infiltrate the facility and deactivate the shield . Prior to deactivating the shields , X2 released some Wookiee laborers held on the station . With their help , X2 fled the station aboard a captured TIE fighter and , with cover provided by Rebel starfighter reinforcements , managed to infiltrate and gain control of the tributary - carrying transport . X2 activated the beam , using it to destroy Desolation Station . This mission set back the construction timetable of the Death Star . Following this sabotage , the Alliance undertook an audacious reconnaissance mission to the site of the Death Star itself . Starfighters under the direction of Master Kota entered the Horuz system and engaged enemy starfighters . X2 , a volunteer on this mission , was able to infiltrate a supporting " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer , using its weapons emplacements to strike at the Death Star . This and other damage inflicted on the Death Star provided a small opportunity for some Rebels on board the station itself . While some set about freeing prisoners aboard the station , X2 used the partially completed superlaser to strike at the Star Destroyer he had only recently departed , destroying it completely . Having glimpsed the destructive potential of the battlestation , the Rebel strike team extracted themselves from the battle and fled the Horuz system to deliver their intelligence to Alliance High Command . Following this strike , the Alliance launched a more substantial assault on the station , led by the " Fortressa " , a " Lucrehulk " - class starfighter carrier . Launching at least 500 starfighters , the assault was a disastrous failure , with the " Fortressa " destroyed early by a low powered beam from the Death Star and its fighters soon picked off by supporting Imperial forces . Despite these attempts by the resistance to slow completion of the Death Star , the battlestation was finished soon after . Before departing the sector for the Core Worlds , the station ' s superlaser was tested on Despayre ; in three successive blasts , the prison world was destroyed , eliminating all inhabitants . Rianna Saren , an escapee from the prison world below who had infiltrated the station only shortly before this destruction , contacted Leia Organa , a high - ranking member of the Rebellion and daughter of Bail Organa , from the station and informed her of Despayre ' s destruction as well as the location of schematics of the Death Star located on the planet Danuta . Saren then fled the station to Danuta , part of a multi - pronged attempt to secure the plans to the Death Star . Following this destruction , the battlestation left the sector ; however , the Empire left some forces in the system in case any members of the Alliance came to investigate . Shortly after , two CR90 corvettes collectively compromising " Ethar " was dispatched to the system and captured by the Imperial forces . Further Alliance forces arrived in the system shortly after , and starfighters from Red Squadron , Blue Squadron and Gold Squadron managed to recover the corvettes . The Death Star itself traveled to Alderaan in the Core Worlds , where its destructive power was publicly demonstrated with the destruction of that planet . It then traveled to the Yavin system , intending to destroy the leadership of the Rebel Alliance . In a climactic battle , however , the Death Star was destroyed . Grand Moff Tarkin perished along with his battlestation and control of Oversector Outer — and , consequently , the Atrivis sector — passed to Grand Moff Ardus Kaine , a brilliant theorist and strategist known for his emphasis on success through total domination . Further conflict . Despite the significant blow dealt to the Empire at the Battle of Yavin , its control of the Atrivis sector continued . As part of another Imperial project in the Atrivis sector , the Empire re - established phrik processing on Fest . The alloy phrik was then used in the Dark Trooper Project , producing extremely strong , lightweight droid armor . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , the Dark trooper s were tested against a Rebel base on Talay . Upon investigating , Rebel operative Kyle Katarn tracked the source of the attack to Moff Rebus , in charge of the project . Rebus revealed the phrik was being processed at the Imperial Weapons Research Facility on Fest . Traveling to the planet , Katarn infiltrated the Imperial operation , stealing a sample of phrik . The sample led Katarn to the source of phrikite on Gromas 16 , and eventually led to the derailing of the Dark Trooper Project . Further action occurred on Fest in 1 ABY , when Rebel resistance again raided the Weapons Research Facility in order to steal three All Terrain Personal Transport s . While the Rebels initially broke the transports out from the Imperial facility , they required aerial cover from Rogue Squadron to make good their escape . The successful raid upset Imperial Moff Kohl Seerdon , who was in charge of the research , and in retaliation the Moff blockaded Chandrila , homeworld of Rebel leader Mon Mothma . While these successes were significant for the Alliance , they also suffered various defeats at the hands of the Empire . An Imperial force of at least two TIE fighter wings attacked their base on the planet Spefik . According to reports , elite pilot Ranulf Trommer single - handedly destroyed the Rebel ' s anti - orbital ion cannons defending the base . The elite Storm commando s were also deployed in the sector on Atrivis where the rebel X - wing pilot Homack was shot down . Other Imperial counter - measures included spraying toxic defoliants across many worlds of the sector in an effort to cripple the agricultural capacity of the sector ' s resistance . Sometime after 1 ABY , the Alliance launched " Operation Cobolt , " a hit - and - run assault on an Imperial orbital base over Mantooine . Its twin objectives were to steal an Imperial Intelligence scandoc , and then to destroy the base , covering the theft in the process . The core of the mission involved a commando team led by Colonels Anna Seertay and Toombs . These troops were supported by starfighter forces stripped from Tierfon , Homon , Farstey and the survivors of the Tocan system defeat . The mission was a success although the resistance forces sustained some losses . Shortly after this operation , the Atrivis resistance received a warning from a monitoring station in the neighboring Oplovis sector . Analyzing Imperial requisition records , Commander Zgorth ' sth was able to predict an attack by Fleet Admiral Tzenkens on Mantooine . With this intelligence , the Rebels sprung their own trap en route , attacking the Imperial forces as they left hyperspace in the Generis system with three Alliance cruisers , defeating the Imperial forces with only minimal casualties . In honor of the sector ' s contribution to the resistance , the Rebel Alliance named a Vangaard Pathfinder the " Atrivis Advancer " , as well as labeling a freighter group the " Atrivis Day " . Pentastar Alignment . Isolationism . The conflicts in the Atrivis sector played out against the background of galactic conflict . In 4 ABY , on the far side of the galaxy from the Atrivis sector , the Empire and the Alliance clashed in an epochal battle in the Endor system . The Alliance proved victorious ; in the process , they destroyed the second Death Star and killed the Emperor himself , leaving the Imperial fleet in disarray . In response to these developments , Grand Moff Kaine recognized that Imperial authority could quickly crumble across the Outer Rim Territories . He moved swiftly to establish the Pentastar Alignment , an aggregation of fifteen Outer Rim sectors — including the Atrivis sector at its eastern - most expanse — that answered to his command from his capital at Entralla . In addition to Kaine as a representative of the Imperial military , the founding Pentastar Alignment Treaty was signed by Imperial governor Dekeet , Commerce Master Commissioner Raquoran of the Velcar Free Commerce Zone , and corporate representatives Wyrn Otro and Elta Besk , of Galentro Heavy Works and Dynamic Automata , respectively . Kaine , one of the earliest converts to the Emperor ' s New Order , held strongly to its policy of Human High Culture , which he applied throughout his dominion . The powerful corporate entities exploited alien populations across the Alignment , funneling trade and industry profits into Alignment treasuries . With these profits , the Alignment produced a fleet of " Enforcer " - class picket cruisers from its shipyards in the Obtrexta sector ' s Jaemus system . These warships formed part of the Alignment navy , which , spearheaded from the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Reaper " , was powerful enough to dissuade any challengers . Grand Moff Kaine soon became more feared throughout his realm than the distant Emperor had ever been . As Kaine was not interested in expansionism , and showed little aggression toward sectors outside his direct control , the Alliance , and its successor government , the New Republic , largely left the Alignment alone and instead concentrated on undermining other Imperial warlords . Through until 9 ABY the Alignment maintained its stranglehold over the Atrivis sector , with the exception of the Republic retaining control of its Outer Rim Communications Center on Generis . This base was secured with the Cracken Flight Group — an elite group of RZ - 1 A - wing interceptors , led by Pash Cracken and composed of pilots that had followed him when he defected from the Empire soon after graduating from the Imperial Naval Academy — except for a short period in 7 ABY , when all of the base ' s forces were temporarily moved toward the Core Worlds in order to cover some of the sectors formerly used by rogue Imperial warlord Zsinj . Imperial machinations . That year , however , Grand Admiral Thrawn returned from the Unknown Regions and rallied Imperial forces across the galaxy , including support from the Alignment ' s military . On the day of 44 : 8 : 19 , just over four months after his initial strike at Obroa - skai , Thrawn ' s forces assaulted the Communications Center at Generis . Using a battle plan composed by Thrawn himself , the Imperial forces captured the Communications Center intact — along with most of the sector fleet supply depots — despite resistance from an elite Republic squadron commanded by Pash Cracken . The Republic forces were able to sneak out most of the command staff , however , and deny the Imperials any working ships , but they nevertheless suffered a significant defeat at the hands of Thrawn . Among the Imperial casualties suffered at this battle was the stormtrooper Grodin Tierce ; ten years later , Tierce was impersonated by members of the Imperial Remnant in a bid to take control of that government . Thrawn ' s forces later destroyed the Communications Center . From Generis , Thrawn ' s forces traveled via Fedje to Ketaris , Agamar and Ithor , all within the space of two days . Thrawn ' s successes were not to last , however , and on 44 : 8 : 27 , a mere eight days after his victory at Generis , Thrawn was assassinated during the Battle of Bilbringi . With the loss of the genius and charisma of the Grand Admiral , the Empire soon reverted to factionalism , with Kaine maintaining control of the Alignment . The following year , in 10 ABY , a reborn clone of Emperor Palpatine emerged from the Deep Core , drawing together the splintered remains of his former Empire . Kaine was required to support the Emperor , but subsequently died during Operation Shadow Hand — a series of military campaigns directed by the Emperor . The Alignment struggled to adjust to the vacuum left by Kaine ' s death , but remained one of the most significant Imperial governments through into 11 ABY . The following year , it was incorporated into an Imperial Remnant under the military command of Admiral Gilad Pellaeon , formerly Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s second - in - command . Pellaeon remained in control of a large swath of territory , including the Atrivis sector , until 17 ABY , when he suffered a major defeat at Anx Minor . Following this , he retreated to a mere eight sectors in the west of the Alignment , relinquishing control of the Atrivis sector to the New Republic . New Republic . The New Republic regained control of Generis and rebuilt the Communications Center . Its role was expanded from the Outer Rim to include the Unknown Regions ; at the time , the only such relay center to do so . This made Generis strategically important , but it was never selected for sabotage by the Imperial Remnant , as they considered the Chiss — the dominant power in the Unknown Regions — to be too isolationist for the Republic to make any successful approaches . At one point , New Republic agents successfully captured Qan Gindoch on Mantooine , as part of an operation to disrupt the actions of counterfeiter Pendor Gyrr . In 25 ABY , the galaxy was invaded by an extra - galactic species known as the Yuuzhan Vong . They entered the galaxy from the far north of the New Territories , and advanced steadily core - ward . One invasion corridor took the Yuuzhan Vong down the Braxant Run , where they assaulted and captured both the Moltok and Fedje systems as they penetrated through the Atrivis sector and beyond . By the following year , the Yuuzhan Vong were also in control of the Horuz system ; however , the Generis system managed to hold out as a lone New Republic stronghold in the region . In 28 ABY , Generis was attacked and destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong who were called to the base by an infiltrator armed with a communications villip . The Yuuzhan Vong then proceeded to attack a similar station at Esfandia far to the west , the only other communications outpost servicing the Unknown Regions . There , Imperial Remnant Grand Admiral Pellaeon defeated the Yuuzhan Vong task force . Subsequently , the center at Generis was restored to operational capacity . The Yuuzhan Vong War ultimately came to a conclusion in 29 ABY , when the invaders suffered a series of major military defeats . Under a New Empire . Within the space of eleven years , the Atrivis sector was reclaimed by a resurgent Empire , which had expanded its borders to the edge of the Mid Rim and beyond . This new Empire slowly absorbed much of the galaxy through peaceful means , before launching , in 127 ABY , the Sith – Imperial War against the other major political power , the Galactic Alliance . By the close of this conflict in 130 ABY , the Empire had gained control of the rest of the galaxy ; however , division existed within the Empire . By 137 ABY , the Atrivis sector had become part of a large portion of the New Territories that supported Roan Fel , the deposed former Emperor who had been betrayed at the conclusion of the Sith – Imperial War by his Sith allies . Inhabitants . Native species . Dazouri . The Dazouri were a species of polymorphs native to Gibbela . These beings were diminutive while in their settled form , however , when angered , they transformed into vicious predators double their original size . In this form , they had sharps claws capable of rending flesh and severing limbs . This was discovered by an Imperial scouting team to its detriment . The Dazouri were farmers , living in primitive cloth dwellings . At least one Dazouri , Boss Kaggle , ventured offworld . He became a minor crime lord in the Elrood sector . Ho ' Din . The Ho ' Din were one of two sentient species native to Moltok , and were the most prominent of the species indigenous to the Atrivis sector . They were a tall reptilian species , with dark eyes , lipless mouths and distinctive snake - like hair . After industrialization almost ruined their world , the Ho ' Din focused on organic technology , living in tree villages and structures literally grown from plants . This approach was inspired by their religion , Dinante Fli ' R , whose tenets required them to be respectful to plants . Ho ' Din were widely regarded throughout the galaxy as master botanists and healers . Notable Ho ' Din healers included Baji and Ism Oolos . Ho ' Din Jedi included Iwo Kulka and Plett . The Ho ' Din established colony worlds in neighboring sectors , such as Anemcoro in the Albarrio sector . Makurth . The Makurth were the second sentient species on Moltok . They were saurians covered in green scales with four horns on their heads . They were nocturnal carnivores , known for their terrifying scream . A number of Makurth found employment as bodyguards with the criminal organization Black Sun . One notable Makurth was Fohargh , who trained with the Brotherhood of Darkness during the Light and Darkness War . Shaliz ' Na . The Shaliz ' Na were a native to the planet Shar ' Ack . They had large wings — reaching wingspans of over 3 . 5 meters — which terminated in talon - like fingernails . They were covered in light down and had black hair growing on their heads . They had Human - like facial features . The Shaliz ' Na were addicted to alcohol . During the administration of the Empire , they were enslaved and tight controls were maintained on both locally manufactured and imported liquors . The Shaliz ' Na Tyric left his homeworld , eventually joining the Rebel Alliance along with the rest of the crew of the " Menagerie " . Zeffliffl . The Zeffliffl were a species from the world Zeffliffl , the fourth planet of Markbee ' s Star , and appeared to be multi - humped stacks of dark green seaweed . The leaf - like beings lived in shallow seas , and when traveling offworld , they periodically sprayed themselves with salt water to keep themselves hydrated . Their language sounded like leaves swirled through water . A group of the species traveled to Crseih Station to seek healing from the Waru . There , he successfully healed their ailing member . Immigrated species . Beyond its indigenous inhabitants , many exotic species called the Atrivis sector home . Around 30 , 000 BBY , the Rakata utilized Force - based hyperdrives to unite widely spread worlds into the Rakatan Infinite Empire . One such world was Generis , where they constructed large temples . However , after five thousand years of galactic dominance , plague caused the collapse of the Infinite Empire , and the species later became extinct . Their temples collapsed into ruins overtaken by the jungle , leaving no clues for later settlers as to how or why they died out . During the administration of the Republic , Humans occupied many of the Atrivis sector worlds , including Mantooine , Fest , Iridium and Atrivis 7 . Some notable Human inhabitants of the Atrivis sector included Travia Chan , the Alliance Commander - in - Chief for the sector . One of the original founders of the Fest Resistance Group , she continued working at the Generis base until its conquest in 9 ABY . Chan ' s Chief of Staff was Loom Carplin , a survivor of the original Mantooine cell . Also from Mantooine was the Human Brandei . Rather than joining the resistance movement , he rose to a high rank in the Empire , commanding the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Judicator " . Sullustan colonists also settled in the sector on the planet Hethar . A diverse group of species passed through the sector as tourists aboard the " Kuari Princess " , a luxury liner that traveled the Relgim Run through The Maelstrom . Many aliens were also brought to the sector and imprisoned on the planet Despayre , and later used as slave labor in constructing the first Death Star . These included Brigian s , Cereans , Givin , Gungans , Pho Ph ' eahian s , Mirialans , Wookiees , Ugnaughts , Zelosian s , Twi ' leks , and Ithorians . Various individuals were also forcibly transported to the Gree Baaker Labor Camp and to Desolation Station . Behind the scenes . Paul Murphy created the Atrivis sector for the West End Games sourcebook , " Rebel Alliance Sourcebook " , first published in 1990 . Murphy used the sector to illustrate possible structures for sector resistance groups . This publication placed three planets — Fest , Generis and Mantooine — in the sector and provided a number of anecdotal stories relating its struggles against the Galactic Empire . The sector was also mentioned in a number of other West End Games ' products , but given little expansion at that time . The short story " A Certain Point of View " , written by Charlene Newcomb and published in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 8 " , mentioned the " Generis sector . " Given the prior placement of Generis in the Atrivis sector , and no further mention of a Generis sector , this is interpreted as an alternative name for the same sector . The novel , " Children of the Jedi " , written by Barbara Hambly and published is 1995 , mentioned the Atravis sector . While it is possible this was originally a misspelling of this sector , subsequent sources such as the " Star Wars Encyclopedia " treated it as a distinct entity . The Atrivis sector was one of the many sectors included in the computer game , , released in 1998 . " Rebellion " placed ten planets in the sector ; an additional nine from those previously established . However , " Rebellion " contradicted numerous sources in some of its placements . As such , Leland Chee , Keeper of the Holocron , has stated that when " Rebellion " placements conflict with other existing canon placements , " Rebellion " is overridden . In the case of the Atrivis sector , this applies to three worlds , Tibrin , Togoria , and Trammis III . Tibrin and Togoria have been placed in the Mid Rim , while Trammis III has been placed in the Centrality . This left six new planets receiving placements in this sector : Nam ' ta , Despayre , Moltok , Spefik , Fedje and Zeffliffl . In its internal encyclopedia , " Rebellion " also misspelled the sector name on a couple of occasion , spelling it as both " Artivis " and " Artivas . " The next significant mention of the Atrivis sector occurred in an article on the HoloNet News website , published in 2002 , which detailed a Republic strike against pirates operating in the sector . This article placed Vuchelle in the sector , as well as implying a connection with the planet Iridium . The sector received another mention on the HoloNetNews website , as well as in the Clone Wars - era novel , " " , written by Karen Traviss and published in 2006 . Further planets were not added to the sector until the release of the seminal work , " The Essential Atlas " , co - written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry and published in 2009 . This publication included a map of the Atrivis sector , which confirmed Iridium ' s location , as well as adding Devon , Gibbela and Hethar to the sector . The " Atlas " also significantly expanded available information on the sector , providing details on its location , exploration , population density , and political history , including its incorporation into the Pentastar Alignment , a reference back to material originally published by West End Games in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 " in 1994 . Following the publication of the " Atlas " , StarWars . com published an . Its first update included an appendix that included sector placements for many star systems ; information that was not included in the original publication . This appendix placed Gree Baaker and Shar ' Ack in the Atrivis sector . Additional updates to the Online Companion included a sector map of the Outer Rim Territories , which revealed the patchwork of sectors the Atrivis sector was part of , and , later , the addition of newly published or previously omitted systems to the appendix . The June 1 , 2010 update placed Desolation Station within the sector , incorporating several events from " " into the sector ' s history . Travel times . " Star Wars : Rebellion " provided hyperspace travel times between each of the planets in its version of the Atrivis sector , and between them and Coruscant . These are reproduced in the table below , although it is unclear whether they are to be treated solely as game mechanics or may have some canonical value .