Nam ' ta Nam ' ta was a gas giant located in the Nam ' ta system , a part of the Outer Rim Territories ' Atrivis sector . Its clouds formed bands of red , orange , and white . The planet was inhabited during the Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire , and governed by a local government . At that time a local organization planned to leak thousands of Republic diplomatic dispatches , prompting a Republic - allied individual to urge the local government to clamp down on the organization . Description . Nam ' ta was a gas giant , with clouds that formed bands of red , orange , and white coloration . The gas giant was located in the Nam ' ta system of the Atrivis sector , part of the Outer Rim Territories . It was located on the Relgim Run , a hyperlane that traversed the Atrivis sector after branching off the Braxant Run . Nam ' ta was bracketed on the hyperlane by the Markbee ' s Star system on its Coreward side and the Horuz system on its Rimward side . History . Nam ' ta was inhabited and had its own government by the time of the Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire . In the year 3641 BBY , an independent organization that was based on the planet claimed that it had received thousands of Republic diplomatic holorecords and was planning to release the information contained within to the HoloNet . An individual affiliated with the Republic visited Nam ' ta at that time and convinced the local government to repress the organization . Thousands of years later , during the Galactic Civil War , Nam ' ta was located within the territory of the Pentastar Alignment , controlled by Grand Moff Ardus Kaine . Behind the scenes . Notable appearances . Nam ' ta was created for the 1998 PC game " " and was notable in that it was the only planet original to the game . All other planets in the game had appeared elsewhere in the Expanded Universe . This , combined with the proliferation of spelling mistakes in the game , makes it possible that the world was intended to be Namra , a gas giant in the Bacrana system . " Star Wars : Rebellion " uses a generic image to represent Nam ' ta ; this image also represents Annaj , Bespin , and Engira in the game . Within the " Star Wars : Rebellion " in - game encyclopedia entry for Nam ' ta , the Atrivis sector is mistakenly spelled as " Artivis . " Nam ' ta was later mentioned in " " , a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by BioWare and released in 2011 . The game ' s situation on the planet was used as a possible location for Republic - aligned players to assign one of their companions on individual quests . " Star Wars : Rebellion " cartography . " Star Wars : Rebellion " provides hyperspace travel times between each planet in the game . However , in several instances these times are significantly longer than other canon ical sources , which seems to reflect the " Rebellion " hyperspace times as game mechanics rather than actual figures . Nam ' ta ' s intra - sector hyperspace times and distance from Coruscant according to " Rebellion " using the game ' s fastest capital ship hyperdrives are as follows . Note that this chart only includes planets canonically located in the Anoat sector , excepting Coruscant .