Farstine / Legends Farstine was a planet within the Farstine system , situated in the Mid Rim ' s Ryndellian sector . The planet was located on two major hyperlane s : the Five Veils Route , which connected the Mid Rim to the Svivreni and Skine sector s in the Outer Rim Territories , and the Triellus Trade Route , which spanned a large section of the Outer Rim within the Slice . Farstine possessed a methane atmosphere , requiring oxygen - breathing species to use breath masks for survival on the surface . Relatively untouched by galactic events , a battle was fought at Farstine in 19 BBY between Separatist holdout forces commanded by Trade Federation Customs Vizier Marath Vooro , and an Imperial fleet headed by the Imperial officer Octavian Grant . The planet was known to be one of the spice trade ' s major transshipment hubs , and was under Imperial occupation at some point during the Galactic Civil War . Description . Farstine was a planet located in the Ryndellian sector on the edge of the Mid Rim in the Trailing Sectors . Situated within the Farstine system , Farstine was the starting point for the Five Veils Route , a trade route that directly connected the world to Trigalis . The Five Veils Route , also known as the Five Veils ' Tour trade route , boasted two separate endpoints , connecting Farstine to the planets Skynara in the Skine sector and Svivren in the Svivreni sector , both in the Outer Rim Territories . Farstine was also located between the planets Zhar and Ryndellia on the Triellus Trade Route , a hyperlane that linked a swath of the Outer Rim contained within the Slice , skirting Hutt Space before turning into the Mid Rim and terminating at Enarc . Farstine had a methane atmosphere , and oxygen - breathing species required breath masks for survival . By 25 ABY , Farstine had a population numbering between 500 million to one billion inhabitants . History . Farstine was discovered and settled sometime prior to the Cold War , an uneasy eleven - year period of peace between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire following the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant , which ended the Great Galactic War in 3653 BBY . The Rattataki criminal Kaliyo Djannis visited the planet with her lover , the arms dealer Yjal , before the war . They broke off their relationship while on the planet . Over two thousand years later , during the New Sith Wars — which pitted the Republic against the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness between 1004 BBY and 1000 BBY — Farstine was located in disputed territory . During the Clone Wars that raged from 22 BBY to 19 BBY , fought between the Republic and the breakaway separatists of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Farstine fell within Republic - controlled space . In 19 BBY , following the end of the Clone Wars , the victorious Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire . Trade Federation Customs Vizier Marath Vooro refused to recognize the legitimacy of the treaty that Acting Viceroy Sentepeth Findos approved , which effectively dissolved the Trade Federation — a major contributor to the Confederacy of Independent Systems — by signing over all their assets to the Empire . Vooro retained command of Trade Federation Defense Fleet ships and battle droids at Enarc , which lay on the Triellus Trade Route relatively close to Farstine . Seeking to bring various Separatist holdouts — including Vooro — to heel , the Empire launched a series of campaigns to reconquer the Outer Rim Territories . A fleet commanded by the Imperial officer Octavian Grant faced Vooro ' s forces at Farstine and defeated them , forcing Vooro to retreat down the Five Veils Route . Grant subsequently captured Vooro on the fringes of the Hook Nebula . Farstine was well - known as a major transshipment point for the spice trade , with consignments of the narcotic traveling along both the Triellus Trade Route and the Five Veils Route upon which Farstine was located . During the Galactic Civil War , which was fought between the Empire and the insurgent Alliance to Restore the Republic , Imperial forces occupied Farstine . While the Empire was taking control of the planet , a bounty hunter encountered a child who had been orphaned when his parents were killed by Imperial troops . The homeless , penniless child had only fifteen minutes of oxygen remaining ; taking pity on the boy , the bounty hunter — who privately admitted that the orphan stirred memories of a younger brother who had died at an early age — took charge of the child . The luxury yacht " Veil of Skynara " regularly ran cruises for tourists from Farstine to Skynara in the Skine sector during the Galactic Civil War . In 3 ABY , the Imperial Death Squadron used Farstine as a transit point en route from the Qeimet system to the Eriadu system . The bounty hunter Boba Fett also employed the planet as a navigational stopover as he traveled from the Vergesso Asteroids in the Lybeya system to the planet Tatooine with the carbonite - encased Han Solo in the hold of his starship , " Slave I " . In 9 ABY , Imperial forces allied with Grand Admiral Thrawn passed by Farstine on route to Svivren , where they laid siege to the planet on 44 : 7 : 24 as part of Thrawn ' s campaign against the New Republic , the galactic government and successor state to the Alliance . By 137 ABY , Farstine fell within the space claimed by Darth Krayt ' s Empire . Behind the scenes . Farstine was first mentioned in " " , published by West End Games in 1987 . It was later mentioned in 1993 ' s " " , also published by West End Games . Farstine received an entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , and was mentioned in dialogue by the character Kaliyo Djannis in 2011 ' s " " , an by BioWare . " Galaxy Guide 9 : Fragments from the Rim " establishes that Farstine is the head of the Five Veils ' Tour trade route , which linked Farstine to Skynara in the Skine sector . In 2009 ' s " The Essential Atlas " by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace , no mention was made of the Five Veils ' Tour trade route , but a Five Veils Route was included , linking Farstine to Svivren in the Svivreni sector . In a thread on the Jedi Council Forums on TheForce . Net , Fry clarified that the Five Veils ' Tour trade route and the Five Veils Route were the same hyperlane and that the differing destinations were a result of tourism and shipping companies setting different endpoints . Farstine ' s entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " established that it was located in the Skine sector . While Skynara , the end point of the Five Veils Route , had been established to be located in the Skine sector in " Galaxy Guide 9 : Fragments from the Rim " , Farstine had not . The to " The Essential Atlas " established that Farstine was actually located in the Ryndellian sector . In " The Essential Atlas " , a map entitled " Galactic Explorations " on page 120 charts when regions of the galaxy were first discovered and explored . Farstine is located within an area stated to have been explored between 3000 BBY and 1 , 000 BBY . However , as Farstine is mentioned in dialogue in " Star Wars : The Old Republic " , set between 3643 BBY and 3640 BBY , the planet must have been discovered prior to that date .