Darkknell / Legends Darkknell was a terrestrial planet located in the Outer Rim Territories , specifically in the Knel ' char system , Grumani sector . Description . Darkknell was orbited by three aging and weak suns in the Knel ' char system . The main star Knel ' char I was a dying star while the smaller Knel ' char II and Knel ' char III were too weak to provide adequate sunlight to the planet . These two smaller suns orbited each other as they circled Knel ' char I . A standard day on Darkknell lasted 32 standard hours due to the planet ' s slow rotation , which resulted in very long days and nights depending on latitude and seasonal patterns . These factors contributed to the planet ' s distinctive name of " Darkknell . " Despite these factors , its terrestrial atmosphere made it a suitable home for various species , including Humans , Duros , and Sullustans . Darkknell was situated along the strategically important hyperlane Hydian Way and was an important trading center for millennia . Due to its strategic location , Darkknell became the regional headquarters for several galactic corporations and briefly served as the capital of Sith Lord Daiman ' s Daimanate during the Republic Dark Age . Known exports included iridum and other products essential to the manufacture of starfighters . Known urban centers included Xakrea and Raykel . History . Between 3701 BBY and 3699 BBY the Hydian Way was charted through Darkknell as part of the Seswenna Expansion . During the Sith civil war , the planet was part of the Chagras Hegemony . However , after the death of its ruler and the fragmentation of the Hegemony under various warring Sith Lords , Darkknell became the capital of the Daimanate , the personal domain of the Sith Lord Daiman . Under his rule , he had large statues and holographic projectors depicting himself constructed to maintain the population in a perpetual state of cognitive dissonance . He also had the main city Xakrea rebuilt as his capital and built a large heptagonal fortress known as the Sanctum Celestial . By 1032 BBY , Darkknell ' s defense forces had been weakened by the distribution of Deluge spice by Grace Command ' s top - secret Operation Deluge . Daiman responded by culling half of his defense force . Following the Aquilaris campaign , Darkknell sustained large - scale damage during an artificial global flood created by the Hutt crimelord Zodoh during the Battle of Darkknell . The planet was only saved through the efforts of the Jedi Knight Kerra Holt and the Republic starfighter captain Jenn Devaad , who destroyed Zodoh ' s flagship " Voracious " which was responsible for coordinating a fleet of Stormdriver s , capital ships capable of generating artificial atmospheric storms and floods . Zodoh was captured and subsequently executed by Daiman , who wanted to smart the humiliation of being temporarily rendered impotent during the flooding . During the Clone Wars , the planet was located within Separatist space . It was here that Garm Bel Iblis , while reluctantly working alongside the master thief and con artist Moranda Savich , gained information on the Death Star construction . Behind the scenes . The planet is misspelled as Darknell in the novel " Darth Plagueis " .