Darlyn Boda / Legends Darlyn Boda was a criminal trading planet and shadowport originally settled by the Galactic Republic , in the distant Darlyn Boda system of the Anoat sector , located at the far end of the Corellian Trade Spine in the Outer Rim Territories . Known for its humid , twisting jungles , bubbling mud pits , hanging clouds of steam , and a place where the credit was king , Darlyn Boda was a lawless world complementing perfectly the Greater Javin region in which it rested , an area of space negatively publicized for its pirate activity . Although Darlyn Boda fell under Imperial control during the Galactic Civil War , the planet played host to a number of groups , including the Alliance to Restore the Republic , the crime syndicate Black Sun , and the Bounty Hunters ' Guild . In 3 ABY , the bounty hunters Zuckuss and 4 - LOM delivered a group of ninety Echo Base refugees from the Battle of Hoth , including Toryn Farr , to Darlyn Boda ' s large Rebel underground . Description . Darlyn Boda was a steamy , crime - ridden shadowport world in the Darlyn Boda system of the Anoat sector in the Outer Rim Territories . Located at the far end of the Corellian Trade Spine hyperlane , a great distance from the Galactic Core , the planet was a part of the Greater Javin , a region of space known for its relative independence from galactic concerns and politics , as well as being a hotbed for piracy . Darlyn Boda lay just outside the Ivax Nebula , where the Anoat sector bordered the Yarith sector , at the crossroads of the Spine and another Rimward route connecting it with the planet Lutrillia . Darlyn Boda was an approximate half - day hyperspace trip from the nearby planet Hoth , in the direction of the Hydian Way . Known for its vast , thick jungles , bubbling mud pits , clouds of hanging steam , an impressively humid , rainy climate , and shadowy cities , Darlyn Boda was a lawless world where money reigned supreme . Still , violence was considered a last resort for dealings gone awry . The planet itself had a standard day of twenty - four standard hours and a year lasting 503 local days . The toccat , a beast with four hooves , a long , pink snout , a barrel - shaped body , and black , bristled hair , was native to the deepest thickets of Darlyn Boda ' s tangled jungles . The planet ' s local haruspex es used the toccat in their fortune - telling business . The price for captive toccats was exorbitant . History . Republic settlement . A thousand years prior to the Battle of Yavin , Darlyn Boda lay in a largely uncharted area of space beyond the fringes of the Mid Rim , considered then a part of Wild Space . At a time before the Corellian Trade Spine extended past the planet Javin at the border of the Mid Rim , only scouts and the most daring traders traveled the area of space surrounding Darlyn Boda . Charting Darlyn Boda ' s region proved difficult as a result of the sprawling Twin Nebulae gas clouds that dominated the area , which restricted hyperspace travel . Only a short war between the Galactic Republic and the local Mugaari paved the way for Republic cartographers to map the Greater Javin , eventually leading to the settling of Darlyn Boda and a number of other worlds . Republic traders continued to search for safe travel routes through the nebulae , staging their efforts from Darlyn Boda and the region ' s surrounding planets , but it would be centuries before scout ships of the businessman Ecclessis Figg forged shortcuts through the Twin Nebulae . Their success turned Darlyn Boda ' s region into a booming economic force . Galactic Civil War . Darlyn Boda eventually developed into a criminal trading world . Although Javin remained the only planet acting as an Imperial stronghold in the Greater Javin during the Galactic Civil War , by early 3 ABY the Empire did control Darlyn Boda ' s government . Despite being an Imperial world , elements representing the Alliance to Restore the Republic , the criminal organization Black Sun , and the Bounty Hunters ' Guild freely operated on Darlyn Boda , all equally suspicious of one another . In fact , Darlyn Boda boasted a large Rebel underground thriving under the Empire ' s nose in addition to its prevalent criminal presence . In the years preceding the Battle of Yavin , the protocol droid 4 - LOM , working as a valet and Human - cyborg relations specialist aboard the luxury liner " Kuari Princess " , jumped ship when the vessel reached Darlyn Boda . 4 - LOM had learned to override his droid programming , stealing and valuing wealth as well as any greedy sentient being after growing discouraged with a wealthy passenger , Dom Pricina , who he constantly found absentmindedly leaving jewelry lying around the ship . Specifically , 4 - LOM grew concerned for the Ankarres Sapphire , a rare jewel fabled for its healing abilities . He regarded Pricina as incompetent and stole the sapphire for its own safekeeping rather than allowing her to lose it as he knew she would . At Darlyn Boda 4 - LOM consigned the Ankarres Sapphire and several other stolen jewels , embarking on a career devoted to crime . 4 - LOM returned to the crime world years later when , in 3 ABY , working then as a bounty hunter , he and his Gand partner , Zuckuss , rescued the Rebel survivors of the destroyed GR - 75 medium transport " Bright Hope " at the Battle of Hoth . While the hunters originally planned to capture the Rebels and collect on their Imperial bounties , Rebel Toryn Farr convinced them to deliver her , her sister , Samoc Farr , and the " Bright Hope " eighty - eight other survivors to Darlyn Boda ' s nearby Rebel underground , where they would find sanctuary from the hounding Imperial Navy . Upon landing on the planet , 4 - LOM ventured into the city of Darlyn Boda , returning to the same jewel shop where he had pawned the Ankarres Sapphire to an old woman years before . 4 - LOM was relieved to learn that the shop proprietor had sold each of his jewels except the sapphire , which he retrieved and provided to Samoc Farr so she may treat her injuries sustained at Hoth . Meanwhile , Toryn Farr had linked up with Darlyn Boda ' s Rebel cell , handing over care of the " Bright Hope " survivors to the cell ' s leadership . After spending several weeks on Darlyn Boda , 4 - LOM and five other Rebels , including the Farr sisters , departed from the planet for the Rebels ' predetermined rendezvous point beyond the galactic plane , where the Alliance had regrouped following the Hoth retreat . Sometime during the time frame following the Battle of Hoth and the establishment of the New Republic in 4 ABY , Figg Excavations , a subsidiary of the Outer Javin Company , sought to break from its membership in the Mining Guild . They thus dispatched an operative to Darlyn Boda to hire pirates to hit Greater Javin shipping , including FiggEx ' s own ships , a ruse that would allow them to seek protection from the Anoat sector government and allow them to leave the Mining Guild . After ships begin to disappear from the area ' s trading lanes , rumors surfaced among Darlyn Boda ' s populace concerning the reemergence of the notorious pirates Clabburn the Elder and Salmakk , both of whom hadn ' t been heard from in the Greater Javin for years . In response to the missing FiggEx transports , the Mining Guild set up a temporary office on Darlyn Boda for the Guild Enforcers , a paramilitary agency , as part of an investigation into the matter , hoping to hire a group of smugglers or bounty hunters to go after the two pirates . Inhabitants . Darlyn Boda ' s lawlessness created a breeding ground for unsavory criminal elements , numerous intrigues , and various groups looking to serve their own ends , including the Rebellion and agents of Prince Xizor ' s Black Sun crime syndicate , as well as contacts from Figg Excavations and agents of the Mining Guild during the hunt for the pirates Clabburn and Salmakk . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , the planet thrived with a mixed - species population of 200 million . Darlyn Boda boasted a booming grassroots industry offered by local haruspexes — entrail - reading . Presenting the entrails of a freshly killed toccat , a native animal , to these fortune tellers would result in a prophetic reading proving to be highly specific and surprisingly accurate . A good way to glean information , Darlyn Boda ' s haruspexes nevertheless rarely had live toccats caged and ready for sacrifice . Obtaining an entrail - reading might very well have required a trip into the planet ' s jungles to capture a toccat . Among the volatile brew inhabiting Darlyn Boda was the famous Corellian information dealer Nogo Sistek , who could normally be found within Pepper ' s Pax , a local restaurant in the city Darlyn Boda , and the female Yarkora arms smuggler Sheryc Seka , always staying alert for people asking too many questions about her pirate boss Salmakk . Locations . The planet was known for its humid , sweaty jungles , mud holes , and lawless cities . The city Darlyn Boda , with its shadowy streets , presented a ripe criminal environment , of which the bounty hunting droid 4 - LOM took advantage in beginning a life of illegality . Located in the city was a small jewel shop serving Darlyn Boda ' s criminal element . The shop was filled with a number of glittering gems , including the Ankarres Sapphire for a number of years surrounding the beginning of the Galactic Civil War . Pepper ' s Pax , a combination restaurant and tavern , was located in the city Darlyn Boda at the end of a muddy alleyway , positioned between the jewel shop and a mortuary . A favorite gathering place of the planet ' s criminal inhabitants of every denomination , the bar had only two rules , enforced by Pepper ' s quill - covered bouncers : no fighting and no cowards . Consequently , as a result of the second rule , all newcomers were required to eat a mouthful of firespice vegetable pods . Those failing the intestinal fortitude check were ejected . Patrons considered Pepper ' s Pax to be neutral ground , and it served as a good spot for information brokers , such as Nogo Sistek . Sheryc Seka was another Pepper ' s regular . Behind the scenes . The planet Darlyn Boda first appeared in M . Shayne Bell ' s short story " " , first published in 1996 as part of the anthology book " Tales of the Bounty Hunters " . Darlyn Boda served as the locale where 4 - LOM would first embark on a life of crime , as well as where he would return years later on a path to redemption . The subsequent Wizards of the Coast " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " supplements , " " and " Rough and Tundra " , expanded Darlyn Boda ' s history based on the information previously presented in " Of Possible Futures " , providing a number of planet - specific details for Darlyn Boda and establishing several other planets to be located in the surrounding Greater Javin region .